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• Sword of Saint Peter — The Sword of Saint Peter ( pl. Miecz świętego Piotra) is allegedly the sword with which the Apostle Peter cut off the ear of the high priest s servant at the time of Jesus arrest in Gethsemane.The sword is wide tipped, similar in shape to a… …   Wikipedia

• Sword — For other uses, see Sword (disambiguation) and Swords (disambiguation). Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century A sword is a bladed weapon (edged weapon) used primarily for cutting or thrusting. The precise definition of the term varies with the… …   Wikipedia

• sword dance — noun any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air • Syn: ↑sword dancing • Hypernyms: ↑folk dancing, ↑folk dance * * * noun 1. : a ceremonial English and west European folk dance executed by men in a ring by …   Useful english dictionary

• sword — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ sharp ▪ double edged, two edged (both figurative) ▪ The potential financial boost is a double edged sword (= has advantages and disadvantages) …   Collocations dictionary

• Sword of Mercy — The Sword of Mercy, or Edward the Confessor s Sword, is a symbolically broken sword that is part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. The sword has a blade cut off short and square, indicating thereby the quality of the mercy of the… …   Wikipedia

• Sword-billed Hummingbird — For the orthopteran suborder Ensifera, commonly known as crickets, see Ensifera. Sword billed Hummingbird Sword billed Hummingbird Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• sword swallowing — ▪ magician’s trick       a magician s (conjuring) trick dating back to ancient Greece and Rome, involving the swallowing of a sword without bodily injury. Capuleius, in his Metamorphoseon, tells of seeing the trick in Athens, performed by a… …   Universalium

• sword dance — noun Date: 1604 1. a dance performed by men in a circle holding a sword in the right hand and grasping the tip of a neighbor s sword in the left hand 2. a dance performed over or around swords • sword dancer noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Tip — The end of the sword furthest away from the hilt. Most swords taper to a point at the tip, but some blade lines are straight until the very tip. A few swords, such as a U.S. Civil War saber, are curved along their length …   Medieval glossary

• Japanese sword — Traditional Samurai swords and fittings A Japanese sword, or nihontō (日本刀 or にほんとう, lit. Japanese sword …   Wikipedia

• Dao (sword) — Traditional Chinese 刀 Transcriptions Mandarin Hanyu …   Wikipedia