Would to heaven that he had swept off our heads with his enormous scimitar instead of obscuring the light of our countenances with these wool-combings that cover us!
Over the gown, girdling or crossing his figure, he had a broad baldric which was also black, and from which hung a huge scimitar with a black scabbard and furniture.
The dreadful scimitar fell with the hand that held it, and the black yielding under the violence of the stroke, lost his stirrups, and made the earth shake with the weight of his fall.
The scimitar made a horrible hissing in the air: but, before the black could have time to make a second blow, Codadad struck him on his right arm, with such force, that he cut it off.
If that be so, said he, take the scimitar and cut off her head.
After this he went and lay down in the black's bed, took his scimitar with him under the counterpane, and lay there to execute what he had designed.
Upon this I stepped back, and threw the scimitar on the ground.
My brother, continued the barber, one morning fastened the bag of glass about him, disguised himself like an old woman, and took a scimitar under his gown.
At these words, the monster took up the scimitar and cut off one of her hands, which left her only so much life as to give me a token with the other, that she bid me for ever adieu.
With all my heart, replied I, and took the scimitar in my hand.
O then, said the genie, pulling out a scimitar, and presenting it to the princess, if you never saw him before, take the scimitar and cut off his head.
Then he rose up, and seized her by the arm so suddenly, that she had not time to know who it was, and with a blow of his scimitar cut her in two, so that the one half fell one way, and the other another.
The genie, with his scimitar still lifted up, had so much patience as to hear the wretch make an end of his lamentations, but would not relent.
I am Jabaster, a lieutenant of the Lord; this scimitar is my commission.
Suddenly, with admirable skill, he flung his scimitar edgewise at the legs of his farthest foe, who stopped short, roaring with pain.
The two arms fell with a sudden force; they heard the hissing of the scimitar and the cry of the victim, then a truncated mass sank beneath the blow.
From time to time a broad sheet of lightning opened the horizon in its whole width, darted like a serpent over the black mass of trees, and like a terrible scimitar divided the heavens and the waters into two parts.
He wore a crooked scimitar by his side, a short cane spear was in his hand, and his seat in the saddle of the beautiful black horse he rode would have distinguished him at once as the native of another land.
The Arab was now standing in the midst of the hall, gazing towards the door, with his naked scimitar in his hand.
Thereat the captain lifted his scimitar to his own throat, saying that he was now a ruined man, and that nothing remained to him but death.
He then dug a grave with the broad scimitar of his adversary, laid the corpse within it, covered it over with turf, and knelt on the spot in silent heartfelt prayer for the soul of the departed.
Then, quicker than words, Weaver escaped a sweeping blow from the scimitar by jumping nimbly backwards, and the next moment his blade had passed through the Moslem's shoulder.
The Scimitar lay at anchor with her sail down, and two men were coming ashore in the tender.
A good example of the use of bronze in the early Assyrian period is to be found in a scimitar (cf.
It is thus possible that the scimitar, or at least the archetype of the scimitar owes its origin to the Sumerians.
The edge of the blade was of course on the outside of the curve, the instrument thus resembling a scimitar or short curved sword.
It is interesting to compare thescimitar of Adad-nirari with the sword found by Andrae at Ashur (cf.
His beard curls nobly over his chest, his Damascus scimitar on his thigh.
Cutting off the bow of Sini's grandson, that scimitar fell down on the earth, and looked resplendent like a circle of fire, as it lay on the earth.
Then mighty Jalasandha taking up his scimitar and large shield made of bull's hide and decked with a hundred moons whirled the former for a while and hurled it at Satwata.
That scimitaris a souvenir of a disastrous exploit therein.
And suddenly, there in the light, she raised a shining scimitar in her right hand.
The Sultana appeared in the doorway, dressed in white with her hair unplaited, with frowning brows and the scimitar in her right hand.
As my father slung his scimitar over his shoulder, one of them said in a loud clear voice: 'At Sticotur, in the monastery.
For a moment his glance was arrested: by Toli's side, a gun and a long scimitar lay shining on the ground.
To this scimitar they offered sacrifices of horses and cattle, the main wealth of the country, and more costly sacrifices than to all the rest of their gods.
Then the king's son drew his scimitar and ran on Ganelon, saying, "Give him to me; it is not fit this man should live!
I have thee, and thy scimitar shall not avail thee!
Then Dhaumya, having washed the horse, gave a scimitar to Bhima with which to strike off the head at a single blow.
Bhima raised the scimitar and severed the head, which immediately ascended unto heaven and vanished from before the eyes of all.
Iduna flew to Iskander, who caught her in one arm, while he waved his scimitar with the other.
Hitherto my pretended sovereign has not required me to bare my scimitar against my Christian brethren.
His fragile blade shivered into a thousand pieces as it crossed the scimitar of Iskander, and in a moment his bleeding head fell over the parapet.
Plunge your scimitar in its midnight waters thrice, on the eve of the new moon, and each time summon the enemy you would desire to meet.
Does a man commonly see another come up waving a scimitar and offer no remarks?
The moon with her scimitar had now ripped up and rolled away all the storm-wrack.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scimitar" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.