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claymore
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synonyms: morglay, glaive, ferrara ???
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Definition:a two-handed sword of the 15th through 17th centuries, used by the Scottish Highlanders
image: By Lancelot Speed (1860 – 1931) - Footsteps of Dr. Johnson (Scotland), by George Birkbeck Hill, published in 1890., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7631358
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Blackadder: I trust he has been practising with his claymore.
Mrs. Miggins: Oooooh, I should say so! I'm as weary as a dog with no legs that's just climbed Ben Nevis.
Blackadder: A claymore is a sword, Mrs. Miggins.
BBC. Blackadder, Season 3, Duel and Duality.
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The claymore was wrapped inside his blanket roll; I could see the enormous T-shaped hilt, the grip roughened for battle by careful sanding. I had lifted it, and nearly dropped it. It weighed close to fifteen pounds,
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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There was a wide sweep of the planchette, and then, "'Tis not the shine of steel that always reflects; but it is the claymore that cuts. Both are made of steel and both will mirror sometimes the shillalah. Yet the shillalah is better than the claymore, for the man that is cut will run; but if ye slug him with the blackthorn he will have to listen. This is just a flicker of high light. Bill jumped from bed as the rattle of the latch announced the arrival of a visitor."
Jap Herron. A Novel Written from the Ouija Board.
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