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1. A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, in use among Mohammedans, especially, the Arabs and persians.
Alternative forms: cimeter, and scymetar.
2. A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
<botany> Scimiter pods, the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant (Entada scandens) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes.
Origin: F. Cimeterre, cf. It. Scimitarra, Sp. Cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarry with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. Shimshir.
(01 Mar 1998)
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