Category:Scimitar

Scim"i*ter, scim"i*tar, n. Etym: [f. cimeterre, cf. It. scimitarra, Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarry with a sharp edge; or corrupted From per. shimshir.]

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.