• 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 is 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Longsword (redirect from Long sword)
    A longsword (also spelled as long sword or long-sword) is a type of European sword characterized as having a cruciform hilt with a grip for primarily two-handed...
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    The small sword or smallsword (also court sword, Gaelic: claidheamh beag or claybeg, French: épée de cour, lit. “Sword of the court”) is a light one-handed...
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  • Sword grass may refer to: Some species of grasses with blades that are sharp enough to cut human skin (this is because they contain many silica phytoliths...
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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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  • 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, 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    The Wallace Sword is an antique two-handed sword purported to have belonged to William Wallace (1270–1305), a Scottish knight who led a resistance to the...
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  • Broken Sword is a series of adventure games. The first game in the series, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars, was released and developed in 1996...
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