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Webster 1913 Edition
Sabre
{
, Sa′ber
,Sa′bre
}Noun.
[F.
sabre
, G. säbel
; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. száblya
, Pol. szabla
, Russ. sabla
, and L. Gr. ζαβόσ
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
(Zool.)
, the cutlass fish.
{
, Sa′ber
,Sa′bre
}Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sabre
SABRE
,Noun.