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Sabre : (noun)
1: a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved
handle [syn: saber]
2: a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back [syn: cavalry
sword, saber]
(verb)
1: cut or injure with a saber [syn: saber]
2: kill with a saber [syn: saber]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Saber \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Saber \Sa"ber\,Sabre : \Sa"bre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saberedor
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sabre : \Sa"bre\, n. & v.
See Saber.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sabre : Semi-Automatic Business Related Environment (OS, IBM 7090)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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