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Definition of Swording

1. n. Slashing with a sword.

Definition of Swording

1. Noun. Slashing or fighting with a sword. ¹

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Definition of Swording

1. sword [v] - See also: sword

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swording

Literary usage of Swording

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Sheaf of Poems edited by Mrs. Lillian Bayard Taylor Killiani (1911)
"The Saxon Duke, great swording, sat feasting in his hall, The rarest wines were sparkling in cups of iron all, Delicious foods were passing on iron platters ..."

2. School Days at Rugby by Thomas Hughes (1858)
"Back-swording and wrestling were the most serious holiday pursuits of the ... The great times for back-swording came round once a-year in each village, ..."

3. Curiosities of Natural History by Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1882)
"It is at this time that various rustic games are played, and I listened to a long disquisition on the art of playing " back-swording," &c. ..."

4. A Sheaf of Poems edited by Mrs. Lillian Bayard Taylor Killiani (1911)
"The Saxon Duke, great swording, sat feasting in his hall, The rarest wines were sparkling in cups of iron all, Delicious foods were passing on iron platters ..."

5. School Days at Rugby by Thomas Hughes (1858)
"Back-swording and wrestling were the most serious holiday pursuits of the ... The great times for back-swording came round once a-year in each village, ..."

6. Curiosities of Natural History by Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1882)
"It is at this time that various rustic games are played, and I listened to a long disquisition on the art of playing " back-swording," &c. ..."

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