SWORD
ADJECTIVES
1833 — CULTRIVOROUS designating a knife-swallower or sword-swallower
NOUNS
1297 — CALIBURN the name of King Arthur’s sword
1303 — FALCHION a broad sword more or less curved with the edge on the convex side; later, a sword of any kind
1350 — PRICK a dagger or pointed sword → obs.
1386 — TOOL a weapon of war, esp. a sword → arch.
..16C — TOWER HILL VINEGAR the swordsman’s block (the sword preceded the noose as a means of execution) → sl.
1591 — SMITER a sword → obs.
1592 — PRICKADO a stab with a sword → obs.
1594 — FALL the downward stroke of a sword, etc. → obs.
1595 — TOASTING-IRON a sword → arch.
1618 — ANDREW a broadsword, an ‘Andrea Ferrara’ → obs.
1640 — BUM-BLADE a large sword → obs.
1642 — SPIT a sword; chiefly contemptuous usage
1684 — POKER a sword → obs.
1688 — TILTER a rapier or sword → sl. obs.
1698 — TAIL a sword → UK criminals’ sl. obs.
..L17 — COLD IRON a sword → sl.
..L17 — PORKER a sword → UK criminals’ sl.
..L17 — QUEER DEGEN a brass, iron, or steel-hilted sword, with no special ornamentation → UK criminals’ sl.
..L17 — TICKLE-TOBY a sword → sl.
..18C — HAGGER something that hacks; a sword → Sc.
1700 — SPURTLE a sword
1714 — TAIL-DRAWING privately taking a sword a from a gentleman’s side, either in a crowd, or as he walks along the streets at night → UK criminals’ sl.
1751 — TOASTER a rapier or sword
1785 — RIPON — RIPPON a sword → sl.
1825 — DOURLACH a short sword; a dagger → Sc. obs.
1825 — YEPIE a blow as with a sword → Sc. obs.
1843 — TOOTHPICK a large bowie knife; a sword → Amer. dial.
1847 — TOAD-STICKER a large knife, sword, or bayonet; now esp. a large folding knife, a pocketknife → Amer. dial.
.M19 — SKEWER a sword → sl.
1861 — TOASTING-FORK a rapier or sword
1863 — LIGHTNING ROD a sword → US military sl.
1877 — TOAD-STABBER a large knife, sword, or bayonet; now esp. a large folding knife, a pocketknife → Amer. dial.
1884 — SWORDLET a small sword
1890 — CARVING KNIFE a sword → sl. (Bk.)
1893 — IRON a sword → Sc.
1896 — IRON-TOOTHPICK a sword → military sl. (Bk.)
..L19 — MY GAWD a sword → Brit. rhyming sl.
1905 — WAFTER a sword made with a blunt edge for performances, as sword dances → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1915 — CHEESE TOASTER a bayonet; a sword → World War I Amer. sl.
1915 — KNITTING NEEDLE a sword → World War I Amer. sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1387 — SWORDMAN a man who uses or fights with a sword; a gladiator; one skilled in using a sword
1478 — SWORD-SLIPER a sword-sharpener → Sc. & N. Eng. dial., obs.
1540 — BLADESMITH a sword cutler
1577 — BLADER the user of a blade; a swordsman → obs.
1594 — SWORDER a person who kills another with a sword; an assassin, a cut-throat; a person who habitually fights with a sword; a gladiator
1598 — BLADER a maker of blades; a blade-smith → obs.
1619 — BILBO-MAN one who is armed with a bilbo, a sword noted for the temper and elasticity of its blade
1621 — GLADIATOR a professional swordsman or fencer → obs.
1632 — BILBO-SMITH a maker of bilboes
1678 — SWORD-CUTLER a cutler who makes swords or sword-blades
1698 — TAIL DRAWER — TAYLE DRAWER a sword-stealer, one who takes gentlemen’s swords from their sides → UK criminals’ sl. obs.
1815 — SWORDER a person skilled in the use of a sword
1831 — BLADE-FORGER a maker of blades
1872 — SWORD-SMITH a smith who makes swords
1881 — SWORDSTER a person addicted to the use of the sword
1891 — BLADE a swordsman (Bk.)
1895 — SPADASIN — SPADASSIN a swordsman, a bravo, a bully (Bk.)
2006 — BLADE GLOMMER a sword swallower → carnival usage (Bk.)
VERBS
1000 — ABRAID to draw a sword → obs.
1205 — ADRAW to draw out; to draw a sword → obs.
1440 — RUSH to pull out one’s sword hastily → obs.
1610 — CLISH-CLASH to sound like the clashing of swords
1699 — WHIP to pierce with a sword-thrust; to run through → sl. obs.
1837 — SKEWER to run through with a sword or other weapon
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