Definition of "cimeter" []

• Alternative spelling of scimitar. (noun)

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• "To propagate the true religion, was the duty of a faithful Mussulman: the unbelievers were _his_ enemies, and those of the Prophet; and, in the hands of the Turks, the cimeter was the only instrument of conversion."
• "They talked to each other with great emotion, and each of them held a kind of cimeter in his hand."
• "If you stand right fronting and face to face to a fact, you will see the sun glimmer on both its surfaces, as if it were a cimeter, and feel its sweet edge dividing you through the heart and marrow, and so you will happily conclude your mortal career."