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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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