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Definition of Scimitars
1. scimitar [n] - See also: scimitar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scimitars
Literary usage of Scimitars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... two Persians, devoting themselves for their country, suddenly rushed upon him
with drawn scimitars : the emperor dexterously received their blows on his ..."
2. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"This hermitage, which filled an enemy with dread as deer are frightened at a
lion's den, was likewise adorned with two scimitars wrapped in cloth of gold; ..."
3. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"A slightly curved saber (top) and two types of curved scimitars (middle and ...
scimitars were moon- god symbols in the Mideast East since ancient times. ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"It is said that his flesh was eaten by cats, and that hilts for scimitars were
made of his bones.—The founder of the new Persian dynasty of the ..."
5. The Manufacture of Steel: Containing the Practice and Principles of Working by Frederick Overman, A. A. Fesquet (1873)
"... ire terms applied to a kind of steel which shows a variegated, watery appearance,
on the polished surface. It is originally from Asia, and the scimitars ..."
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