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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SABER,
SABIAN,
SABEAN, a. Pertaining to Saba, in Ara bia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.
SABIAN, a. The Sabian worship or religion consisted in the the worship of the sun and other heavenly bodies.
SABIAN, n. A worshiper of the sun.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle [syn: saber, sabre]
2: a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back [syn: cavalry sword, saber, sabre] v
1: cut or injure with a saber [syn: sabre, saber]
2: kill with a saber [syn: saber, sabre]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun or sabre Etymology: French sabre, modification of German dialect Sabel, from Middle High German, probably of Slavic origin; akin to Russian sablya saber Date: 1680 1. a cavalry sword with a curved blade, thick back, and guard 2. a. a light fencing or dueling sword having an arched guard that covers the back of the hand and a tapering flexible blade with a full cutting edge along one side and a partial cutting edge on the back at the tip — compare epee, foil b. the sport of fencing with the saber II. transitive verb or sabre (sabered or sabred; sabering or sabring) Date: 1790 to strike, cut, or kill with a saber

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of SABRE.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Saber Sa"ber, Sabre Sa"bre, n. [F. sabre, G. s["a]bel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. sz['a]blya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved.] A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. Saber fish, or Sabre fish (Zo["o]l.), the cutlass fish.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Saber Sa"ber, Sabre Sa"bre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saberedor Sabred; p. pr. & vb. n. Sabering or Sabring.] [Cf. F. sabrer.] To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber. You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission. --Burke.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see sabre