Derringer vs Sword - What's the difference?
derringer | sword |
A type of very small, concealable pistol with one or two barrels, but without any loading system or magazine.
(weaponry) A long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice.
* 1591 , William Shakespeare, Henry VI , Part III, Act II, Scene II, line 59.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 49.
Someone paid to handle a sword.
(tarot) A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
(tarot) A card of this suit.
(weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
As nouns the difference between derringer and sword
is that derringer is a common misspelling of the deringer pistol while sword is (weaponry) a long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice .derringer
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(en noun)Usage notes
The spelling and capitalisation of the word has varied since the pistols were first designed, with Deringer being the original usage. In the late 1850s, misspellings added a double R to the name, Derringer, which remained capitalised. Lower case versions of both spellings were in use soon after. The fifth edition Webster's Collegiate Dictionary in 1937 lists the now common spelling of derringer with lower case D and a single R.References
* Guns of the Old West, Charles Edward Chapel, 1961. Chapter VI.sword
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* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.
- Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both.