| Pronunciation: | | 'seybur
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| Matching Terms: | | sabean, sabeans, sabeism, sabella, sabellian, sabellianism, sabelloid, saber rattling, saberbill, saber-c, saber-c++, sabertooth, sabertoothed, saber-toothed, saber-toothed tiger
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- [n] a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
- [n] a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
- [v] injure with a sabre
- [v] kill with a saber
- [v] cut with a saber
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| | Synonyms: | | cavalry sword, sabre, sabre, sabre |
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| | See Also: | | blade, brand, cut, fencing sword, injure, kill, scimitar, steel, sword, wound |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sa"ber\, Sabre \Sa"bre\, n. [F. sabre, G. s["a]bel; of
uncertain origin; cf. Hung. sz['a]blya, Pol. szabla, Russ.
sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved.]
A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and
usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.
{Saber fish}, or {Sabre fish} (Zo["o]l.), the cutlass fish.
\Sa"ber\, Sabre \Sa"bre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sabered}or
{Sabred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sabering} or {Sabring}.] [Cf. F.
sabrer.]
To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a
saber.
You send troops to saber and bayonet us into
submission. --Burke.
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