A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be...
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S.W.O.R.D. (Sentient World Observation and Response Department) is a fictional counterterrorism and intelligence agency appearing in American comic books...
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The Sword was an American heavy metal band from Austin, Texas. Formed in 2003, the band was composed of vocalist and guitarist John D. Cronise, guitarist...
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This is a list of types of swords. The term sword used here is a narrow definition. This is not a general List of premodern combat weapons and does not...
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Damocles (redirect from Damocles Sword)
appears in a (likely apocryphal) anecdote commonly referred to as "the sword of Damocles", an allusion to the imminent and ever-present peril faced by...
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of swords; a sword was simply a single-edged or double-edged knife. Historical terms without a universal consensus of definition (i.e. "arming sword",...
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A Japanese sword (Japanese: 日本刀, Hepburn: nihontō) is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan. Bronze swords were made as early as...
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Iron sword or sword of iron, is a sword made of iron. It may also refer to: Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II, a 1989 videogame The Iron Sword (book), a...
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The Sword in the Stone may refer to: A weapon in the Arthurian legend of Excalibur, which only the rightful king of Britain can pull from the stone The...
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The Viking Age sword (also Viking sword) or Carolingian sword is the type of sword prevalent in Western and Northern Europe during the Early Middle Ages...
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Ages, the typical sword (sometimes academically categorized as the knightly sword, arming sword, or in full, knightly arming sword) was a straight, double-edged...
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up sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sword is a cutting and/or thrusting weapon. Sword, Swords, or The Sword may also refer to: Swords, Dublin...
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An executioner's sword is a sword designed specifically for decapitation of condemned criminals (as opposed to combat). These swords were intended for...
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Excalibur (redirect from Sword in the stone (King Arthur))
mythical sword of King Arthur that may possess magical powers or be associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. Traditionally, the sword in the...
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Sword and sorcery (S&S) or heroic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures....
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Half-sword, in 14th- to 16th-century fencing with longswords, refers to the technique of gripping the central part of the sword blade with the left hand...
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Sword Art Online (Japanese: ソードアート・オンライン, Hepburn: Sōdo Āto Onrain) is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec...
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The basket-hilted sword is a sword type of the early modern era characterised by a basket-shaped guard that protects the hand. The basket hilt is a development...
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Sword and shield may refer to: Sword and Shield, a Dungeons & Dragons adventure module Sword and Shield (film), a 1926 German silent film Sword and shield...
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Sword swallowing is a skill in which the performer passes a sword through the mouth and down the esophagus to the stomach. This feat is not swallowing...
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword (杖と剣のウィストリア, Tsue to Tsurugi no Uisutoria) is a Japanese manga series written by Fujino Ōmori and illustrated by Toshi Aoi. It...
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"Live by the sword, die by the sword" is a proverb in the form of a parallel phrase, derived from the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 26, 26:52): "Then said...
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Sword may refer to: By the Sword (novel), fantasy by Mercedes Lackey in 1991 By the Sword (film), directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan in 1991 By the Sword (manga)...
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Sword making, historically, has been the work of specialized smiths or metalworkers called bladesmiths or swordsmiths. Swords have been made of different...
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Historically, Chinese swords are classified into two types, the jian and the dao. A Jian is a straight, double-edged sword mainly used for stabbing, and...
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Canavalia gladiata (redirect from Sword Bean)
Canavalia gladiata, the sword bean or scimitar bean, is a domesticated plant species in the legume family Fabaceae. It is used as a vegetable in interior...
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valleys and narrow mountain passes, which favor use of spears and bows, the sword found use as a secondary, close-quarters weapon, in addition to far more...
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The Dull Sword (Japanese: なまくら刀, Hepburn: Namakura Gatana) is a Japanese animated short film produced by Jun'ichi Kōuchi in 1917. It was rediscovered...
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Kusanagi no Tsurugi (redirect from Kusanagi Sword)
legendary Japanese sword and one of three Imperial Regalia of Japan. It was originally called Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi (天叢雲剣, "Heavenly Sword of Gathering...
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ken (剣) is a Japanese sword. The word is used in the West to refer to a specific type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword used in antiquity (as opposed...
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