Lexicographical Neighbors of Scimiters
Literary usage of Scimiters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Japan: Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam by Engelbert Kaempfer, Simon Delboe, Hamond Gibben, William Ramsden (1906)
"Three miraculous scimiters, which had been used in the ancient times of that race
of Demi-gods, who inhabited this country, and carried on cruel wars ..."
2. The Leading Facts of French History by David Henry Montgomery (1903)
"The Saracens charged on the Franks with drawn scimiters, as though with one
tremendous blow they would sweep them off the earth; but the latter, ..."
3. The Leading Facts of French History by David Henry Montgomery (1917)
"The Saracens charged on the Franks with drawn scimiters, as though with one
tremendous blow they would sweep them off the earth; but the latter, ..."
4. Lessons in the Speaking and Writing of English by John Matthews Manly, Eliza Randall Simmons Bailey (1912)
"... who wore two crossed scimiters as his emblem; the third was ... with the
crossed scimiters on his shield. A little way after followed Sir Brcn, ..."
5. An Oriental Outing: Being a Narrative of a Cruise Along the Mediterranean by Edward Stansbury Wilson (1894)
"There were weapons of all sorts—spears, swords, scimiters, pistols, ... From the
curious garbs and handles of the scimiters were flashes of jewels. ..."
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