Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A long-handled weapon resembling the pole-ax, or in some cases more nearly resembling the halberd, but having a long edge for cutting and a straight sharp point in the line of the handle. By some authors it is confounded with the pole-ax.
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- noun Alternative form of
gisarme .
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Examples
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This abundance of odd words can be a double-edged sword, or perhaps a guisarme of linguistic confusion amidst an arsenal of linguistic joy.
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He stabbed at it with his guisarme, plunging the sharp end of it deep into the demons flesh.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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If youre in need of a blade, Alexander, my guisarme is in the entryway.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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He clutched a bloody guisarme in his right hand and Jaces collar in the other.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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Jace raised Samandiriel, but Alec had already dispatched the creature with a jabbing blow from his guisarme.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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His guisarme lay on the deck where hed dropped it; he seized it now and moved to stand next to Jace and face the demon as it came.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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Jace raised Samandiriel, but Alec had already dispatched the creature with a jabbing blow from his guisarme.
City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008
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If youre in need of a blade, Alexander, my guisarme is in the entryway.
City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008
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He clutched a bloody guisarme in his right hand and Jaces collar in the other.
City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008
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He stabbed at it with his guisarme, plunging the sharp end of it deep into the demons flesh.
City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008
qms commented on the word guisarme
A peasant had only his farm
To furnish the stuff for his arm,
So faced armored horsemen
And bloodthirsty Norsemen
With only an axe called guisarme.
February 10, 2017