Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Philippine Islands, a sword of the Tagalogs, having a straight single-edged blade, a broad back, and a triangular point.
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Examples
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Words told him that his captors, only two in number, meant him to march, hobbled as he was, along a path which they pointed out; but it took several sharp pricks from a "campilan" which one of them carried, to make him start.
Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Sargent Kayme
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Every man there was armed with at least a _barong_ stuck into his broad sash, and many of them boasted a _kris_ and _campilan_ as well, while the brilliant colours of their costumes, and the still more gaudy
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel
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A tall Moro, without any warning, had begun to shriek and whirl, cutting to and fro with his terrible campilan, and before any one could prevent, he had felled two troopers.
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Florence Partello Stuart
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A campilan (two-handled knife, double-edged), and a pearl-handled creese (dagger) were thrust into the sash.
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Florence Partello Stuart
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He hurled himself at the reptile's head, campilan raised to strike, but instead of falling upon the mark, his knife severed the one remaining cable and set the monster free.
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Florence Partello Stuart
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Captain Ugalde parried with his shield the first two blows of the campilan; and then, rushing in with his sword, gave Borongon many wounds in the face, being unable to reach his breast because of the arms that the Moro carried; but he forced him to retire.
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I was washing him to prepare him for burial, I was astounded at the great number of wounds and cruel campilan blows with which they had mutilated his whole body; and then I wondered at his patience and endurance.
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One case was filled entirely with fine specimens of that once-dreaded weapon, the Moro "campilan."
Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros 1895
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"I'm going to have one of these campilan," Hal told himself.
Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros 1895
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The officer next to the alferez -- who was a fine soldier, and, like the other, was on the inner guard in the Sangley ship on which they had come -- defended himself as well as he could, but was finally killed by a stroke of a campilan (a Mindanao weapon); and they took away his sword and dagger.
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