Definition of "scimiter" []

• Dated form of scimitar. (noun)

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• "Small numbers of scimiter-horned oryx (Oryx dammah, EX) may have also occurred."
• "Small numbers of scimiter-horned oryx (Oryx dammah, EX) may have also occurred in the past."
• "Moor circled round his opponent, as a hawk circles when about to make a swoop; his steed obeyed his rider with matchless quickness; at every attack of the infidel, it seemed as if the Christian knight must sink beneath his flashing scimiter."