sword bayonet

A bayonet with a blade like a sword, and capable of being detached from the barrel of the rifle and used like a sword. sword-bearer, s. 1. Ord. Lang.: An attendant who bears or carries his master's sword; a state official who carries a sword of state. 2. Church Hist . ( pl .): A military order instituted in 1198 by Albert, Bishop of the Livonians, by authority of Innocent III. Its chief exploit was to compel the Livonians by force of arms to submit to baptism. In 1237 the order was united with the Teutonic Knights. sword-belt, subst. The waist-belt from which a sword is slung. sword-bill, 8. Ornith.: A popular name for any individual of the Humming-bird genus Docimastes. The bill, which exceeds in length the body of the bird, is a character by which this Humming-bird may be distinguished at the first glance. Its use is to reach the insects on which the bird feeds at the bottom of long tubular flowers. One species is known, Docimastes ensiferus, an inhabitant of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.