double-edged in English
Men of the armies fought with double-edged swords, battle-axes, lances, slings, and weapons of archery.
Use "double-edged" in a sentence
1. But Conscription is a double-edged sword
2. A single- or double-edged cutting implement.
3. You must be a double-edged sword.
4. The photograph becomes a double- edged weapon now.
5. A new threshing instrument with double-edged teeth.
6. Many “advances” have truly been a double-edged sword.
7. This has also been translated as "tooth shaped like double-edged knife".
8. Boosted’s burly, belt-driven wheels are a bit of a double-edged sword
9. It was about eight inches long, double edged and as sharp as a razor.
10. Its double - edged nature can also be seen in the characteristics of openness and looseness.
11. As these double-edged “knives” chip or drop out, a dental ‘conveyor belt’ nudges replacements forward.
12. Many were double-edged—cutting from both sides—and were kept sharp and in excellent repair.
13. Ambiguous, ironic, indirect, sarcastic, oblique, sardonic, double-edged, equivocal, with tongue in cheek a Backhanded compliment 2
14. 19 synonyms for Backhanded: ambiguous, ironic, indirect, sarcastic, oblique, sardonic, double-edged, equivocal, with tongue in cheek, indirect, rambling
15. Claymore definition, a two-handed sword with a double-edged blade, used by Scottish Highlanders in the 16th century
16. The Borderlander Dagger has a double-edged blade of damascus steel with a deep central fuller to reduce weight
17. The Maréchal de Puységur described the earliest Bayonets as having a straight, double-edged blade a foot long
18. Embellishments to the scalpel included fixed and folding blades and specialized tips, such as lancets, Bistouries, and double-edged blades called catlins
19. 17 Jehovah continues to comfort his people: “Look! I have made you a threshing sledge, a new threshing instrument having double-edged teeth.
20. Tecnology is a double-edged sword, hope we all take good use of 3G and not let it to be a grenade. Thanks!
21. THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD: TOURISM AND NATIONAL PARKS But a few continued to fly the red flag - and they include Andy Chaffer, of Handsworth, Birmingham
22. Grim Bulwarked hatred between heart and heart!” For Emma Lazarus – an American Jew of Sephardic descent — the “two-faced year” of 1492 held a double-edged irony.
23. The Morris range of hooks includes the Newtown, Knighton, Devon, Llandeilo and Yorkshire Pattern Bill hooks as well as the Long Handled Single Edge and Double Edged Slashers, General Pattern Slashers and the Curved Blade Brushing Hooks
24. Adiaphanous - CAST A SHADOW - COMPLICATED - CONDITIONAL - DARK AS NIGHT - DARK AS PITCH - DEAD OF NIGHT - DOUBLE-EDGED - DOUBLE-FACED - FEATURELESS - HALF-VISIBLE - INDEFINABLE - INSCRUTABLE - LITTLE KNOWN - MISINSTRUCT - NIGHT-FILLED - NIGHT-VEILED - NONDESCRIPT - NONSPECIFIC - OUT-OF-THE-WAY - PREVARICATE - SEMIVISIBLE - …
25. Broadsword (plural Broadswords) (historical) A type of early modern sword that has a broad double-edged blade for cutting (as opposed to the more slender thrust-oriented rapier) and a basket hilt. quotations ▼ A person armed with such a sword
26. However, Christianization had a double-edged effect on lower caste women because it erased "previous traditions of women's autonomous power in favor of an ideal of femininity that was contained, restrained, self-regulating, and, and above all, sexually chaste" (p
27. The Arming Sword (also known as a knightly sword) is the single-handed cruciform sword of the High Middle Ages.It was a straight, double-edged weapon with a single-handed hilt and a blade length of about 28 to 31 inches (70 to 80 centimeters)
28. In the European High Middle Ages, the typical sword (sometimes academically categorized as the knightly sword, Arming sword, or in full, knightly Arming sword) was a straight, double-edged weapon with a single-handed, cruciform (i.e., cross-shaped) hilt and a blade length of about 70 to 80 centimetres (28 to 31 in)
29. ‘David, it is possible that, according to him the Backsword was a larger version of the single stick.’ ‘This is a copy of a basket hilted Backsword which is in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.’ ‘The blade was generally double edged, though single-edged versions known as Backswords were not uncommon.’
30. Principal Translations: Inglés: Español: Backhanded adj adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.": figurative, informal (insincere or double-edged): equívoco/a adj adjetivo: Describe el sustantivo.Puede ser posesivo, numeral, demostrativo ("casa [b
31. Originally, the Chinese Broadswords were not really common as a military weapon compared to the Jian which is known as a double-edged and straight blade from the country; however, the broadsword eventually became a notable cavalry weapon during the Han period because of its durability and excellence as a chopping piece, plus it was also easy to