Half-sword (n.) Half the length of a sword |
Scabbard (n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept |
Scabbard (v. t.) To put in a scabbard. |
Scabbard plane () See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard. |
Slide (v. t.) To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling |
Slide (v. t.) Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet. |
Slide (v. t.) To pass inadvertently. |
Slide (v. t.) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly |
Slide (v. t.) To slip when walking or standing |
Slide (v. t.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound. |
Slide (v. t.) To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. |
Slide (v. t.) To cause to slide |
Slide (v. t.) To pass or put imperceptibly |
Slide (n.) The act of sliding |
Slide (n.) Smooth, even passage or progress. |
Slide (n.) That on which anything moves by sliding. |
Slide (n.) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down. |
Slide (n.) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement. |
Slide (n.) That which operates by sliding. |
Slide (n.) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it. |
Slide (n.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides. |
Slide (n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like. |
Slide (n.) A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like |
Slide (n.) The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side |
Slide (n.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. |
Slide (n.) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below. |
Slide (n.) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics. |
Slide (n.) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound. |
Slide (n.) Same as Guide bar, under Guide. |
Slide (n.) A slide valve. |
Sword (n.) An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. |
Sword (n.) Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. |
Sword (n.) Destruction by the sword, or in battle |
Sword (n.) The military power of a country. |
Sword (n.) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. |
Sword-shaped (a.) Shaped like a sword |
slide glide coast | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it, his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill, the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope |
sword dance sword dancing | any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air |
cavalry sword saber sabre | a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back |
chute slide slideway sloping trough | sloping channel through which things can descend |
fencing sword | a sword used in the sport of fencing |
hair slide | a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place |
pump action slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
scabbard | a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet |
slide lantern slide | a transparency mounted in a frame, viewed with a slide projector |
slide microscope slide | a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study |
slide playground slide sliding board | plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide |
slide fastener zip zipper zip fastener | a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab |
slide projector | projector that projects an enlarged image of a slide onto a screen |
slide rule slipstick | analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations, have been replaced by pocket calculators |
slide valve | valve that opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port |
sword blade brand steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
sword cane sword stick | a cane concealing a sword or dagger |
sword knot | an ornamental tassel on the hilt of a sword |
swoop slide | (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale, the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides |
slide | (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. |
Abu Sayyaf Bearer of the Sword | a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines, uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping, In Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives |
sword grass | any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges |
kangaroo paw kangaroo's paw kangaroo's-foot kangaroo-foot plant Australian sword lily Anigozanthus manglesii | sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs, Australia |
iris flag fleur-de-lis sword lily | plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing brightolored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals |
gladiolus gladiola glad sword lily | any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers, widely cultivated |
sword bean Canavalia gladiata | twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans, long cultivated in Orient for food |
sword fern | any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed |
basket fern toothed sword fern Nephrolepis pectinata | tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage, West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil |
sword of Damocles | a constant and imminent peril, the possibility hangs over their heads like the sword of Damocles |
skid slip slue slew slide | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner, the wheels skidded against the sidewalk |
slither slide | to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly, They slid through the wicket in the big gate |
slump slide down sink | fall or sink heavily, He slumped onto the couch, My spirits sank |
elapse lapse pass slip by glide by slip away go by slide by go along | pass by, three years elapsed |
slide | move smoothly along a surface, He slid the money over to the other gambler |
ensiform sword-shaped swordlike bladelike | shaped like a sword blade, the iris has an ensiform leaf |