parry

• Before he could either strike or parry, the king's poniard sheathed itself in his throat, above the gorget, slanting downward into his heart. —  The Bloody Crown of Conan
• With a swift short sword parry that left his opponent's guard open, the leader withdrew his broadsword from the chest of his enemy. —  The Dragons at War
• Her sword darted past a blade that sought to parry, and sheathed six inches of its point in a leather-guarded midriff. —  Conan The Warrior
• She glimpsed the flicker of steel, heard the lightning crack of stroke, parry, and counter-stroke, and the crunch of bone as Conan's long knife split the other's skull. —  Conan the Adventurer
• The vintner and Mr Haredale, unable to sit quietly listening to the noise without seeing what went on, had climbed to the roof of the house, and hiding behind a stack of chimneys, were looking cautiously down into the street, almost hoping that after so many repulses the rioters would be foiled, when a great shout proclaimed that a parry were coming round the other way; and the dismal jingling of those accursed fetters warned them next moment that they too were led by Hugh. —  Barnaby Rudge

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