Swooning, swoon'-ing, s

the act of fainting; syncope. catch while on the wing; to seize; to catch up: v.n. to pa with pomp; to descend with a sweep: s. the act of swooping; a falling on and seizing (sweep). change. See Swap. either for thrusting or cutting; destruction by war; an emblem of vengeance or justice, authority and power; war; di ension; an emblem of triumph and protection (A.S. sword). like a sword. London who carries the sword as an emblem of justice, before the Lord Mayor., suspended, and borne by the side. cf a sword. a sword. swords, laid cro -wise, without touching them. skill with swords. mackerel, so named from the prolongation of the upper jaw, which is sharp like a sword.