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Meanings of rapier in inglês

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рапира
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1970S surface-to-air missile system by BAC.

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A straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges.

rapieira
Synonyms
Examples for "tuck"
Examples for "tuck"
1
Moore said: I want another boob job and probably a tummy tuck.
News.com.au
2
Look straight ahead, and don't tuck your pelvis or arch your back.
Climbing Magazine
3
They urged them to go home and tuck themselves up in bed.
The Prince and Betty
4
Staying cool in Summer with bompies Best sellers at every tuck shop.
The South African
5
Sorry, old fellow; tuck your head down again and take another nap.
The Veiled Lady, and Other Men and Women
Usage of rapier in inglês
1
It seeks to use state power as a rapier not a bludgeon.
The Guardian
2
Dahlgren's rapier tip moved slowly from right to left, with mesmerizing effect.
The Queen of Bedlam
3
Strickland employed not the rapier of sarcasm but the bludgeon of invective.
The Moon and Sixpence
4
Once more he was thrusting at her with the rapier of truth.
The Lamp of Fate
5
A real smile this time, and I didn't see a rapier anywhere.
The shifter
6
The judge smiled, perhaps appreciating the rapier sharp thrust of his interrogator.
The Irish Times
7
Beaumarchef again made a motion of executing a thrust with the rapier.
Caught in the Net
8
Tom's blood quickened at the feel of the rapier in his hand.
Tom Tufton's Travels
9
The rapier entered just below his thread with a dull chucking stab.
Alice of Old Vincennes
10
Cleggett, for the first time, felt a little impatient with the rapier.
The Cruise of the Jasper B.
11
And he flamed at me while his hand dropped to his rapier.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
12
They might have been compared to a rapier and a two-handed broadsword.
The Highgrader
13
These discussions, involving the swift rapier play of intelligences, Colonel Winwood enjoyed.
The Fortunate Youth
14
A third assassin came at them with a rapier and a knife.
Ilse Witch
15
A glove and rapier, a turret and a postern gate for adventure.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
16
Louvois gathered himself up, and shot his rapier back into its sheath.
The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
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catalão
estoc
Rapier through the time
Rapier across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common