Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In fencing, a parry, thrust, counter, etc., on the fencing-floor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun fencing The second defensive position, with the
sword hand held at waist height, with the hand held in a prone position and the tip of the sword below the level of the guard.
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Examples
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"seconde" and "thyrde parte;" also before the New Testament, the well-known one of Henry VIII. giving the Bible, but the space for
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Stay, look at this, "continued he, replying by a thrust in" seconde "to a straight thrust;" if I had lunged, I should have spitted you like a lark. "
The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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Il fait tout ce qui depend de lui pour supprimer la premiere et assurer la seconde.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Il fait tout ce qui depend de lui pour supprimer la premiere et assurer la seconde.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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She's hanging out with her ex-boyfriend again. argot ; seconde moitié des années 1900.
Archive 2010-05-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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And all of this is expressed in a pirouette à la seconde, a step which, to a dancer of McRae's accomplishment, can be dashed off almost without thought.
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Afrique pour la Géographie Comparée, seconde partie.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Le seconde est lapin et le troisieme est la campagne!
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Premier épisode de la seconde époque de la série, Columbo Goes to the Guillotine est diffusé le 6 février 1989, soit presque onze ans après The Conspirators 13 mai 1978 dirigé par le même Leo Penn.
Archive 2009-07-12 Toby O'B 2009
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Au moment de prendre la fuite, la duchesse Camille n'imaginait pas une seule seconde que ce voyage forcé jusqu'aux confins du royaume allait prendre une tournure si... excitante.
Leçons de plaisir - Happy Book Birthday to my French edition! Victoria Janssen 2009
MRBOGGLE commented on the word seconde
-noun
a position in fencing.
June 9, 2009