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- noun Plural form of
faulchion .
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Examples
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To this proposal they all assented; and they marched away, two thousand in number, till they overtook Antar and Shas: and as they drew night, they attacked them, shouting aloud, with spears and faulchions.
Antar : 1820
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Of their faulchions and helms that emblazon'd the pride,
Thoughts Suggested by the Approach of a Regiment of Soldiers 1812
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Their swords are made crooked like faulchions, and very sharp; but, for want of skill in tempering, will break rather than bend; wherefore our sword-blades, which will bend and become straight again, are often sold at high prices.
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Smite them with your broad faulchions till they lose
The Odyssey of Homer 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1765
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_ Swords, or bucklers, faulchions, darts, and lances! any thing, he cares not! an 'the devil come, it is all one to him: by Jupiter he looks so terribly, that I am half afraid to praise him.
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 John Dryden 1665
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The knights unsheathed their faulchions from the thigh,
Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1503
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'Twas thus those warriors two, with faulchions bare,
Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1503
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And having broke their spears, with faulchions bare
Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1503
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Not hnowing, nor fufpc Their faulchions brandifti'd at the grifly fprlte;
The works of the British poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical 1795
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So deep their faulchions bite, that every ftroke Picrc'd to the quick; and equal wounds they gave and took.
The works of the British poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical 1795
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