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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The pointless sword carried before the kings of England at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy. It is also called the sword of Edward the Confessor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Same as curtana.

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  • noun Alternative form of curtana.

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