swordstick

The same as SWORD CANE (q.v.). sword-tails, sword-tail crustacea, s. pl. Zool.: The order Xiphosura. [KING-CRAB.] *sword (sw a ), v. t. [SWORD, 8.] To slash with a sword. " Swording right and left Tennyson: Last Tournament. Men, women." swörd-ed (swa ), a. [Eng.sword; -ed.] Girt with a sword. "The helmed cherubim and sworded seraphim Are seen in glitt'ring ranks with wings display'd." Milton: Nativity, xi. *swörd-er (swa ), s. [Eng.sword; -er.] One who uses or fights with a sword; one skilled in the use of the sword; a swordsman; in contempt, a cutthroat. "With blade advanced, each Chieftain bold Showed like the sworder's form of old." Scott: Lord of the Isles, ii. 18. swordick swörd'-Ick (sw as 8), 8. [SWORD, 8.] [BUTTERFISH.] swörd-le (sw a ), a. [English sword; -le .] Destitute of a sword. "With swordle belt and fetter'd hand." Byron: Paris in a , ix. swörd-man (swa ), subst. [Eng. sword , and man.] A swordsman, a soldier. "Like to prove most sinewy swordmen." Shakesp.: All's Well, ii. 1. IMG:content-0709.png:[blocks in formation] 2. One who is skilled in the use of the sword; a fencer.