Scimitar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Scimitar	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Scimitar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scimitar n a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scimiter \Scim"iter\, Scimitar* \Scim"i*tar\, n. [F. cimeterre, cf. It. scimitarra, Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarra with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. shimsh[c6]r.] 1. A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians. [Written also {cimeter}, and {scymetar}.] 2. A long-handled billhook. See {Billhook}. {Scimiter pods} (Bot.), the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant ({Entada scandens}) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes.