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Look up: Sword

  1. Sword
    One of the four elemental tools, representing the fire element - or in some traditions the air element. Usually used by Covens, not Solitary witches.
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  2. sword
    [n] - a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Sword
    Code name for the D-Day landing beaches of Lion-sur-Mer - June 1944
    Found on http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/glosss.h

  4. sword
    a narrow,curved,steel strip set in a handle,with the distal end hooked so as to enable a measuring tape to be passed by its end-buckle under a log lying on the ground for taking girths Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. sword
    General term for any weapon with a handle and a long blade used for cutting and thrusting. It encompasses the lightweight rapier, the two-handed claymore, and the curved-bladed sabre. Swords carried by foot soldiers are shorter than those for mounted soldiers. Simple crossguards gradually gave way to knuckle-guards for greater hand protection in la …
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  6. Sword
    Sword (sōrd) noun [ Middle English swerd , Anglo-Saxon sweord ; akin to OFries. swerd , swird , Dutch zwaard , Old Saxon swerd , Old High German swert , German schwert , Icelandic sve...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/260

  7. sword
    1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharppointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. ... 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. 'He [the r...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. sword
    blade 1 brand noun a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. Sword
    • (n.) Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. • (n.) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. • (n.) Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. • (n.) An offensive weapon, having a long and usually ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. sword
    preeminent hand weapon through a long period of history, consisting of a metal blade varying in length, breadth, and configuration, but longer than ... [8 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/197

  11. sword
    sword, weapon of offense and defense in personal combat, consisting of a blade with a sharp point and one or two cutting edges, set in a hilt with a handle protected by a metal case or cross guard. The sword may have developed from the dagger at the beginning of the Bronze Age. It was not, however, ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0

  12. Sword
    Sword is British slang for the penis.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. Sword
    Sword is British slang for the penis.
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  14. Sword
    A sword is an offensive weapon designed for cutting and, or, thrusting. A sword consists essentially of a long straight or curved blade - which may or may not be sharpened on one or both edges - with a handle or hilt and a cross-guard and often a sharp point.
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  15. sword
    General term for any weapon with a handle and a long blade used for cutting and thrusting. It encompasses the lightweight rapier, the two-handed claymore, and the curved-bladed sabre. Swords carried by foot soldiers are shorter than those for mounted soldiers. Simple crossguards gradually gave way t...
    Found on http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-ter

  16. SWORD
    The name of the LME’s system for electronic storage and management of warrants.
    Found on http://www.metalbulletin.com/Glossary.ht

  17. Sword
    A `sword` is a bladed weapon (edged weapon) used primarily for cutting or thrusting. The precise definition of the term varies with the historical epoch or the geographical region under consideration. In the most narrow sense, a sword consists of a blade with two edges, a hilt, and a crossgua...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword

  18. Sword
    (band) `Sword` is a Canadian heavy metal band that was active in the 1980s and just announced a reunion for 2011. History: In the early 80`s, south of Montréal in Saint Bruno, Quebec, Rick (vocals) and Dan Hughes (drums) formed a heavy metal band called `Sword`. They were joined by guitari...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword

  19. SWORD
    (protocol) `SWORD` (Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit) is an interoperability standard that allows digital repositories to accept the deposit of content from multiple sources in different formats (such as XML documents) via a standardized protocol. In the same way that the HTTP p...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWORD



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12 February 2012

This day in history:
/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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