Definition
| • | An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. |
| • | Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. |
| • | Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. |
| • | The military power of a country. |
| • | One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. |
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