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scimitar
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Definition:A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
photo: By Unknown - LSH 13938 (lm_dig0807), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28909190
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obsolete spellings: scimiter, cimeter, symetar
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He first called for my scimitar, which I took out, scabbard and all.
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver’s Travels (1726)
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McAngus: Yes. Ten thousand of the Turks were there armed with scimitars, and your father with a small knife for peeling fruit.
BBC. Blackadder, season 1: Born to be King
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“Oh, my God. Are you going mad? Get away from me this instant. I hope that you’ve noticed that scimitar dangling from my uniform.”John Kennedy Toole. A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)
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