Word Meanings - SWORDPLAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Fencing; a sword fight.
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- FENCE MONTH
the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or - FENCER
One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil. As blunt as the fencer's foils. Shak. - 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. - FIGHTINGLY
Pugnaciously. - SWORDING
Slashing with a sword. Tennyson. - FENCEFUL
Affording defense; defensive. Congreve. - SWORDED
Girded with a sword. Milton. - FIGHT
fechten, Sw. fäkta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare 1. To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in - 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. - FIGHTWITE
A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace. - 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 - 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 - FENCING
1. The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the s,allword. See Fence, v. i., 2. 2. Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers. Shak. 3. The materials used for building fences. 4. The act of building - FIGHTING
1. Qualified for war; fit for battle. An host of fighting men. 2 Chron. xxvi. 11. 2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. Pope. A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. -- Fighting crab , - FENCELESS
Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless. Milton. - SWORDMAN
A swordsman. "Sinewy swordmen." Shak. - SWORDPLAY
Fencing; a sword fight. - SWORDER
One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat. Shak. - DEFENCE
See DEFENSE - BROADSWORD
A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott. - 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. - BUSHFIGHTER
One accustomed to bushfighting. Parkman. - 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. - COCKFIGHTING
The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.