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1. Scimitar
   HMS Scimitar was a British Admiralty S Class destroyer of 905 tons displacement launched about 1918. She was armed with three 4-inch guns; five smaller guns and four 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in pairs. She was powered by three Yarrow oil boilers providing a top speed of 31 knots and carried a complement of 98.
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2. Scimitar
   [Marvel Comics] Scimitar is a supervillain in the Marvel Comics. Scimitar is a master of bladed weapons who serves Master Khan. ==Fictional character biography== Little is known about Scimitar`s past, except that his name has been used by many other people in his country of Halwan. It is eve...
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3. scimitar
   [n] - a curved oriental saber
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4. Scimitar
   Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked [UK]
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5. scimitar
   in cardiology,a radiological appearance on the chest X-ray in isolated anomalous drainage of a lower pulmonary vein where the distended vein running up the right atrium has an appearance likened to a scimitar Category: Medicine
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6. scimitar
   1. A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, in use among Mohammedans, especially, the Arabs and persians. ... Alternative forms: cimeter, and scymetar. ... 2. A long-handled billhook. See Billhook. ... <botany> Scimiter pods, the immense curved woody pods of a legum...
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7. scimitar
   noun a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade
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8. Scimitar
   • (n.) A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians. • (n.) A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
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9. scimitar
   (from the article `sword`) The advantage of a curved blade for cutting was early appreciated in Asia, where it was long used by the Indians, Persians, and others before its ...
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10. Scimitar
    Scimitar is a British reconnaissance tracked vehicle with a primary role to gather information. Used by medium reconnaissance Regiments and armoured infantry units for reconnaissance, the vehicle is fitted with a Rarden 30mm cannon and 7.62 mm machine-gun for self defence and has a top speed of 50 mph and carries a crew of three.
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11. Scimitar
    A scimitar (so named from the Persian schimshir) or cimiter (so named from the Biscayan cimetarra) is a highly tempered sword with a convex cutting edge mainly associated with the Persians and Turks.
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12. Scimitar
    A scimitar (ər or ɑr) is a backsword or sabre with a curved blade, originating in Southwest Asia (Middle East). The Arabic term saif (سيف) translates to "sword" in general, but is normally taken to refer to the scimitar type of curved backsword in particular. The curved sword or "scimitar" was widespread throughout the Muslim world from a...
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