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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Scim·i·ter , Scim·i·tar  n.
 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.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cim·e·ter n. See Scimiter.
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