{ Scim"i*ter , Scim"i*tar } (?),
n. [F. cimeterre, cf. It. scimitarra,
Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarra with a sharp edge;
or corrupted from Per. shimshīr.] 1.
A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex
side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians.
[Written also cimeter, and scymetar.]
2. A long-handled billhook. See
Billhook.
Scimiter pods (Bot.), 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.
{ Scim"i*ter , Scim"i*tar } (?),
n. [F. cimeterre, cf. It. scimitarra,
Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarra with a sharp edge;
or corrupted from Per. shimshīr.] 1.
A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex
side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians.
[Written also cimeter, and scymetar.]
2. A long-handled billhook. See
Billhook.
Scimiter pods (Bot.), 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.