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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cutting and Thrusting Weapons
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
DEF

A short stout edged and pointed weapon, like a small sword, used for thrusting and stabbing.

CONT

Besides lance and sword, the knights usually had a dagger or a short sword, and sometimes a smashing weapon, a mace or a war hammer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes blanches
  • Armes anciennes
DEF

Arme de main, à lame large, courte et pointue.

CONT

Entré dans le camp turc en se faisant passer pour un déserteur, [le chevalier serbe] a pénétré de force dans la tente du sultan et l'a poignardé avec une dague empoisonnée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Armas blancas
  • Armas anticuadas
DEF

Arma blanca de hoja corta, parecida a la espada.

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Record 2 1993-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A Papuan-Australian language

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue papoue-australienne

Spanish

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