Swordfish sucker (Zoöl.), a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches
itself to the swordfish.
Sword"ick (?), n. (Zoöl.) The spotted gunnel (Murænoides gunnellus).
[Prov. Eng.]
Sword"ing (?), n. Slashing with a sword. Tennyson.
Sword"less (?), a. Destitute of a sword.
Sword"man (?), n.; pl. Swordmen (&?;). A swordsman. "Sinewy swordmen."
Shak.
Sword"play` (?), n. Fencing; a sword fight.
Sword"play`er (?), n. A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill
in the use of the sword.
Sword"-shaped` (?), a. (Bot.) Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the
long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
Swords"man (?), n.; pl. Swordsmen (&?;). 1. A soldier; a fighting man.
2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of
fencing; a fencer.
Swords"man*ship, n. The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of
the sword. Cowper.
Sword"tail` (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The limulus. (b) Any hemipterous insect
of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees.
Swore (?), imp. of Swear.
Sworn (?), p. p. of Swear.
Sworn brothers, originally, companions in arms who took an oath to
share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends. -- Sworn
enemies, determined or irreconcilable enemies. -- Sworn friends, close
friends.
Swough (?), n. [See Swoon.] 1. A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough.
[Obs.]
He sigheth with full many a sorry swough.
Chaucer.