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Sa"bre} (), n.[F. sabre, G. sbel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. szblya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo°s crooked, curved.] A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. Saber fish, or Sabre fish (Zol.), the cutlass fish. Sa"ber Sa"bre}, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Sabered () or Sabred (); p. pr. & vb. n.Sabering or Sabring ().] [Cf. F. sabrer.] To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber. You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission. Burke. Sa"bre (), n. & v.See Saber. スポンサード リンク
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