Word Meanings - HALF-SWORD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At half-sword." Shak.
Related words: (words related to HALF-SWORD)
- CLOSEHANDED
Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n. - SWORDLESS
Destitute of a sword. - SWORDSMANSHIP
The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper. - SWORD-SHAPED
Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like. - LENGTHFUL
Long. Pope. - FIGHTINGLY
Pugnaciously. - CLOSEFISTED
Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne. - SWORDING
Slashing with a sword. Tennyson. - LENGTHINESS
The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity. - SWORDED
Girded with a sword. Milton. - SWORDSMAN
1. A soldier; a fighting man. 2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer. - CLOSEN
To make close. - CLOSER
The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot. 2. A finisher; that which finishes - FIGHTWITE
A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace. - CLOSE-FIGHTS
Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. - LENGTHWAYS; LENGTHWISE
In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction. - SWORDFISH
A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. Swordfish sucker , a remora which attaches itself to the swordfish. (more info) A very large oceanic fish , the only representative of the family Xiphiidæ. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones - CLOSEHAULED
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel. - CLOSE-BODIED
Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe. - SWORD
One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. Sword arm, the right arm. -- Sword bayonet, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. -- Sword bearer, one who carries his master's sword; an officer - UNCLOSE
1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal. - ENCLOSE
To inclose. See Inclose. - BROADSWORD
A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott. - PARCLOSE
A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook. - LENGTHEN
To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. What if I please to lengthen out his date. Dryden. - INCLOSER
One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds. - ALENGTH
At full length; lenghtwise. Chaucer. - FOOTFIGHT
A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney. - CAMPFIGHT
A duel; the decision of a case by a duel. - BUSHFIGHTING
Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.