sword, ( w silent), suerd, swearde, swerd, swerde

[A. S. sweord; cogn. with Dut. zwaard; Icel. sverdh; Dan. svard; Sw. svärd; M. H. Ger. swerte; Ger. schwert. From the same root as Sansc. sur i to hunt, to kill.] IMG:content-0703.png:[blocks in formation] the point where it is attached to the blade. The blade of a sword consists of the tang, which enters the hilt; the shoulder, which abuts against the end of the hilt; the forte, the half of the blade nearest the hilt; the faible, or foible, the half nearest the point; the point, the back, the flat, the edge. The parts of the hilt vary in different IMG:content-0704.jpg:[blocks in formation] 8 1, 2. Cutting weapons of Stone Age; 3. Ancient Greek Sword; 4. Roman; 5. Saxon; 6. Danish; 7. Mediæval cutting and thrusting Sword; 8. Sword of sixteenth century; 9. Sword of the Georgian Era; 10. Victorian Sword. kinds of swords; the principal are the pommel, or back piece; the gripe; the bars of the basket, in sabers; the stool or guard-plate; the bow, in ser geants' swords and horse-artillery sabers; the cro , as in the old Highland claymore; the linguets, in IMG:content-0705.png:[blocks in formation] II. Technically : 1. Weav.: One of the bars dependent from the rocking-tree and supporting the lay. 2. Flax : The scutching-blade of the flax-dre er. (1) Sword of State : The sword which is borne before the sovereign, lords, and governors of counties, cities, or boroughs, . (2) To put to the sword: To kill.