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- noun Plural form of
backsword .
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They had swords and knives of a foot and a halfe long, and hattchetts very ingeniously done, and clubbs of wood made like backswords; some made of a round head that I admired it.
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673
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