Word Meanings - INDEFENSIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Defenseless. The sword awes the indefensive villager. Sir T. Herbert.
Related words: (words related to INDEFENSIVE)
- VILLAGERY
Villages; a district of villages. "The maidens of the villagery." Shak. - SWORDLESS
Destitute of a sword. - SWORDSMANSHIP
The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper. - SWORD-SHAPED
Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like. - INDEFENSIVE
Defenseless. The sword awes the indefensive villager. Sir T. Herbert. - SWORDING
Slashing with a sword. Tennyson. - SWORDED
Girded with a sword. Milton. - SWORDSMAN
1. A soldier; a fighting man. 2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer. - SWORDFISH
A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. Swordfish sucker , a remora which attaches itself to the swordfish. (more info) A very large oceanic fish , the only representative of the family Xiphiidæ. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones - VILLAGER
An inhabitant of a village. Brutus had rather be a villager Than to repute himself a son of Rome Under these hard condition. Shak. - SWORD
One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. Sword arm, the right arm. -- Sword bayonet, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. -- Sword bearer, one who carries his master's sword; an officer - SWORDMAN
A swordsman. "Sinewy swordmen." Shak. - SWORDPLAY
Fencing; a sword fight. - SWORDER
One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat. Shak. - SWORDPLAYER
A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword. - DEFENSELESS
Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected. -- De*fense"less*ly, adv. -- De*fense"less*ness, n. - SWORDBILL
A humming bird having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird. - SWORDICK
The spotted gunnel . - SWORDTAIL
The limulus. Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees. - BROADSWORD
A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott. - BACKSWORD
1. A sword with one sharp edge. 2. In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick. Halliwell. - PASSWORD
A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign. Macaulay. - HALF-SWORD
Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At half-sword." Shak. - MISWORD
To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence. - SMALLSWORD
A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.