what does sheath mean?
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A sheath is the thin, pouchlike thing a sword is carried in when not in use. To sheath a sword means to slide it into the sheath. To unsheath it is to remove it from the sheath.
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Well, first, I'll tell you the difference between a knife and a dagger as many have alluded to before. A knife is a bladed instrument meant primarily for cutting, while a dagger is the same but meant primarily for thrusting or stabbing. Thus, the size of the knife or the purpose of it has nothing to do with being a weapon or a tool. A classic Bowie knife style is certainly not a tool but a weapon. However, MOST knives are tools and MOST daggers are/were weapons. Also, MOST knives are single edged and MOST daggers are double edged. However, these are all generalizations and not definitions. \n   Now, the major difference is between a knife and a sword is the length. In Merriam-Webster, they define a sword as "a weapon (as a cutlass or rapier) with a long blade for cutting or thrusting that is often used as a symbol of honor or authority." \n   The question becomes just how long is long? Generally, anything with a blade under 6 inches is certainly a knife or dagger. Anything over a foot long is almost certainly a sword or at least called a "short sword." If the blade is between 6 inches and a foot in length it could be called anything from a "long knife" to a "short sword." \n   Even when a new law was passed in the Australian state of Victoria outlawing the carrying of swords, the length of the blade was not detailed or even mentioned in the law. So, the issue of what blade length actually constitues a sword gets really dicey. In my own humble opinion, if the blade could actually cut off your head in one shot, it's a sword. If it would take more than one hit to decapitate you, it's a knife. \n   Hope this helps...
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ttp://www.synec-doc.be/escrime/dico/engl.htm\n\nhttp://www.fencing101.com/glossary.php\n\nIt is "parry," by the way...
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"Fistmeal".  The Compact Oxford English Dictionary.  2nd ed.  Clarendon Press, Oxford.  pg 596.  Is that what you needed?\n\nEDIT:  The definition reads:  The breadth of the fist.
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Having not read Ralph's question I'm just guessing here, but a stick sharpened at both ends presents a problem in that a stick is at best a crude weapon/tool and being sharp on both ends makes it a treacherous weapon/tool.
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Annealed....can't think of one, this is softened steel which is highly malleable. This condition is often used to shape steel in its soft condition and then tempered after during a process.\n\nTempered, the perfect example is a medieval sword, which needed to retain a sharp edge, while being flexible to avoid breaking during combat. A modern consumer product could be a hunting knife, a bowie knife etc.\n\nHardened means that the steel is extremely hard and wear resistant, but very brittle and is easily broken or shattered. A modern consumer product would be a steel file. (for shaping softer steel)
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machete I think. Spell check says OK
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A survival knife (hunting, etc)\nMagnesium stick (fire)\nA large roll of twine (just about everything)
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The origin of the word (to answer your question) is from the French "corde du roi" which translates to the king's cord, or king's rope.\n\nIt is believed that anyone caught wearing courderoy's would be hung by the king's fashion police, using (of course) the king's rope.  8^)
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It means good luck. The Orientals way back when used to keep them in special gilded aquarians. True. Not kidding.\nSo are spiders. Not the biting or poisonous kinds, of course. Daddy long legs and mantis I used to keep. (I didn't kill them in other words.)
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It dates back as far as the bronze age and was originally used for hunting and skinning.  It became part of everyday dress, because it dates from a time when people had minimal posessions and therefore kept the most precious ones on them at all times.  Worked metal - such as a dirk - in the bronze age would qualify as such.  Additionally, in a time when people were primarily occupied with finding sustenance it would make sense to keep a hunting knife on your person at all times so you'd be ready whenever you'd happen to come across prey.  \n\nThe modern dirk, which is of a more military purpose, was developed in the early medieval period.  It was designed to be able to punch through metal plate armour and stab someone in their vital abdominal organs, and for this reason is also sometimes called a punching dagger or a kidney dagger.\n\nEven after its primary purpose shifted, the dirk frequently did double-duty as both a hunting and martial tool as the common person likely couldn't afford a variety of special knives.  Even if they could, it would be terribly inconvenient to carry more than you absolutely had to when living on a battlefield.
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Does it not mean string? Like if you have a necklace that's a thin strip of leather, is that not also called a thong?? I dunno!
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I believe it's the dagger?
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what in the hell does that mean?
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A regular, one-sided blade, like on a basic pocket knife?  No.\n\nFor the most part, a knife is only a problem when it is concealed *and* it is a dirk or dagger (basically, this is a double-edged knife).  However, depending on why that steak knife is in your back pocket and covered with your shirt, you might well find yourself in trouble.  \n\nThere is no one single answer I think is safe to give you because of the several different laws on the subject, the bzillions of different kinds of knives, and the different places you might want to take it.  \n\nIf you have a particular kind of knife you're asking about, post that information and I can probably help narrow this down for you.
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Do you know what stalin mean in english word?? It means iron fist, That why.
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it has a handle and some kind of webbing in it!