Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scimiter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scimiter \Scim"i*ter\, Scimitar \Scim"i*tar\, n. [F. cimeterre,
cf. It. scimitarra, Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarra
with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. shimsh[=i]r.]
1. A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the
convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs
and persians. [Written also {cimeter}, and {scymetar}.]
2. A long-handled billhook. See {Billhook}.
{Scimiter pods} (Bot.), the immense curved woody pods of a
leguminous woody climbing plant ({Entada scandens})
growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard
round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are
made into boxes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Billhook \Bill"hook`\, n. [Bill + hook.]
A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning
hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes
called a {hand bill}; when the handle is long, a {hedge bill}
or {scimiter}.
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