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Definition: Scimitar |
ScimitarNoun1. A curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scimitar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife; ataghan, attaghan, yataghan; yatacban; assagai, assegai; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In 1969, the SE4A, was replaced by the SE4B with a V6 3-litre Ford 'Essex' engine. The cheaper SE4C came with a 2.5-litre Ford engine. Just over 1000 SE4s were produced.
The 5a model sold more than any other Scimitar model and is often seen as the 'classic' Scimitar.
The SE6A displayed a number of improvements, including the option of power steering.
Ford had stopped making the 'Essex' engine by 1979, which was one of the major differences with the SE6B. The Cologne 2.8 Litre V6 was used instead. Less than 500 SE6Bs were made.
GTE SE5 (1968-1975)
Based on the chassis of the earlier coupé, the four-seater GTE SE5 came with either 2.5 or 3 litre engines. The 3 litre engine, which gave this model a top speed of over 120mph, was more popular, and the 2.5 litre version was later dropped.GTE SE6 (1975-1979)
More of a luxury model than the SE5, the SE6 series was promoted at the executive market. These models were two-door sports estates, again with the Ford V6 3 litre engine, and were a few inches longer than their predecessorGTC/ SE8 (1979-1986)
The convertible version of the Scimitar GTE was known as the GTC or SE8. It was modelled closely on the SE6 and still included four seats and the 2.8L Cologne engine. Less than 500 convertible models were made.
1984 Reliant Scimitar SS1
Larger version
SS1 (1984-1990)
Aiming to fill a gap in the small sports car market, the Michelotti-designed SS1 was launched. The chassis was inspired by the Lotus Elan. 1300 and 1600cc Ford engines were used, and later the Nissan 1800cc Turbo engine. The car never met the sales targets and only 1500 were produced.SS2/SST (1988-1995)
Restylings of the SS1 in 1988 and 1990 (by William Towns) led to the SS2 and SST. The SS2 was going to be targeted towards an American market, but never got to the production stage.Scimitar Sabre (1991-1995)
This was the last Scimitar. Based on the chassis of the SS1 and SST, it was released in 1991, with a restyle in 1993. The Rover K 1.4 litre engine made this the fastest ever Reliant. Production finished in May 1995 when Reliant were taken over.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Reliant Scimitar."
Crosswords: Scimitar |
| English words defined with "scimitar": Scimiter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scimitar": Acephalous ♦ Fakar ♦ Scimitar Syndrome, Serat, Sword-makers. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away! (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Scimitar of the Prophet (1913) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He first called for my scimitar, which I took out, scabbard and all. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ACEPHALOUS, adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de Joinville. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Scimitar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.62% of the time. "Scimitar" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.62% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.38% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "scimitar": Scimitar Syndrome. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "scimitar": scimitar-horned, scimitar-like, scimitar-shaped. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scimitar | 115 |
scimitar sword | 29 |
reliant scimitar | 11 |
scimitar syndrome | 8 |
horned oryx scimitar | 7 |
scimitar star trek | 4 |
picture scimitar | 4 |
zildjian scimitar | 4 |
scimitar tank | 4 |
glastron scimitar | 4 |
reman scimitar | 3 |
uruk hai scimitar | 3 |
gte reliant scimitar | 3 |
memphis press scimitar | 2 |
oryx scimitar | 2 |
cat scimitar | 2 |
gundam scimitar | 2 |
scimitar supermarine | 2 |
sabre scimitar | 2 |
gte scimitar | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scimitar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kordhë (sabre), këllëç. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المعقوف سيف معقوف. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ятаган (yataghan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | turecká šavle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | scimitar sign (scimitar syndrome), art af oryx-antilope (scimitar-horned-oryx). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | algazel (scimitar-horned-oryx). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cimeterre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Krummsäbel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γιαταγάνι (cutlass, scimiter, simitar, yataghan), χαντζάρι (scimiter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חרב עקומ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | handzsár, görbe élű hosszú kard. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scimitarra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 偃月刀 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | え"'つとう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cliwe cam. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imitarscay cimitarra (falciform). (various references) sabie (brand, broadsword, falchion, steel, sword), iatagan (falchion, yataghan). (various references) ятаган (yataghan), кривая сабля. (various references) kriva istočnjačka sablja (simitar). (various references) cimitarra. (various references) kroksabel. (various references) "าบโค้งงอที่คม"้านเ"ียว (ของชาวอาหรับ/กลุ่มประเทศตะวันออก). (various references) pala (broadsword, cutlass, machete, paddle, scimiter, sword), eğri kılıç (scimiter). (various references) ятаган (yataghan). (various references) thanh mã tấu (scimiter), thanh đại đao (scimiter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scimitar": scimitars. (additional references) | |
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"Scimitar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cimitero, Samhita, scamster, Schimatari, scimitared, scumite, Scumta, Simitar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-m-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: satiric, simitar, trismic. | |
-2 letters: crista, iatric, mastic, misact, racism, racist, triacs. | |
-3 letters: airts, amici, amirs, astir, carts, crams, mairs, maist, marcs, marts, micas, micra, mitis, scart, scram, scrim, simar, sitar, smart, stair, stria, tamis, tarsi, trams, triac, trims. | |
-4 letters: acts, aims, airs, airt, aits, amir, amis, arcs, arms, arts, asci, cams, cars, cart, cast, cats, cist, cram, cris, iris, macs, mair, marc, mars, mart, mast, mats, mica, miri, mirs, mist, rami, rams, rats, rias, rims, sari, sati, scam, scar, scat, sima, smit, star, stir, tams, tars, tics, tram, trim, tsar. | |
-5 letters: act, aim, air, ais, ait, ami, arc, arm, ars, art, cam, car, cat, cis, ism, its, mac, mar, mas, mat, mir, mis, ram, ras, rat, ria, rim, sac, sat, sic, sim, sir, sit, sri, tam, tar, tas, tic, tis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-m-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: amoristic, armistice, prismatic, scimitars. | |
+2 letters: antiracism, armistices, camorristi, ceramicist, criminates, erraticism, imbricates, manicurist, matricides, mistracing, moralistic, morticians, mydriatics, strabismic. | |
+3 letters: acidimeters, antiracisms, arithmetics, ceramicists, charismatic, chrismation, creationism, erraticisms, formalistic, harmonicist, informatics, manicurists, manneristic, martensitic, mediatrices, miscreating, miscreation, myocarditis, romanticise, romanticism, romanticist, timocracies. | |
+4 letters: acidimetries, axisymmetric, carminatives, charismatics, chrismations, chromaticism, climacterics, commissariat, craniotomies, creationisms, criminations, dichromatism, discriminant, discriminate, dominatrices, gastrocnemii, harmonicists, imbrications, importancies, imprecations, incriminates, isodiametric, lacrimations, magistracies, matriarchies, mercantilism, mercantilist, meristematic, meristically, metrications, militaristic, misanthropic, miscreations, pictorialism, pragmaticism, pragmaticist, pragmatistic, radiochemist, recriminates, romanticised, romanticises, romanticisms, romanticists, romanticizes, sectarianism, semitropical. | |
+5 letters: acclimatizers, actinometries, anisometropic, antiromantics, antisymmetric, aromaticities, autoeroticism, biculturalism, biometricians, calorimetries, ceremonialist, chromaticisms, combinatorics, commercialist, commiserating, commiseration, commiserative, commissariats, comparativist, confirmations, corporativism, craniometries, credentialism, criminalities, determinacies, dichromatisms, discriminants, discriminated, discriminates, discriminator, doctrinairism, geometricians, histaminergic, imperialistic, isometrically, magistratical, mariculturist, masticatories, materialistic, mercantilisms, mercantilists, meritocracies, microclimates, microhabitats, miniaturistic, misarticulate, mistranscribe, multiorgasmic, muscularities, myocarditises, ovariectomies, particularism, pictorialisms, pragmaticisms, pragmaticists, prismatically, protactiniums, racemizations, radiochemists, ramifications, romanticising, sectarianisms, semiparasitic, stromatolitic, theatricalism, tragicomedies, trichromatism, uncharismatic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 69 6D 69 74 61 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .. -- .. - .- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01101001 01101101 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c i m i t a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0069 006D 0069 0074 0061 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5369757975866784 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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