saber

  • 101saber rattling — or[sword rattling] {n.} A show of military strength usually to frighten; a threat of military force. * /The dictator marched his troops and tanks along the border of our country and did some saber rattling./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 102saber fish — cutlass fish cutlass fish, cutlassfish cutlassfish . 1. (Zo[ o]l.) a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish ({Trichiurus lepturus}) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp daggerlike teeth; called …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 103saber-toothed tigers — Machaerodus Ma*ch[ae] ro*dus (m[.a]*k[=e] r[ o]*d[u^]s), Machairodus Ma*chai ro*dus (m[.a]*k[imac] r[ o]*d[u^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ma chaira dagger + odoy s tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 104saber-toothed tiger — noun Date: 1849 any of numerous extinct cats (as genus Smilodon) widely distributed from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene and characterized by long curving upper canines called also saber toothed cat …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 105saber-toothed cat — noun see saber toothed tiger …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 106Saber (sectoral currency) — The Saber (Spanish/Portuguese: knowledge) currency is a proposal [cite web | title=A Proposal for a Brazilian Education Complementary Currency | work=International Journal of Community Currency Research 2006, Volume… …

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  • 107Saber-sheath trachea — A Saber sheath trachea is a trachea that has an abnormal shaped caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The posterior area of the trachea increases in diameter while the lateral measurement decreases.References* Mosby s Medical, Nursing …

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  • 108Saber no ocupa lugar, (El) — Da a entender que el conocimiento nunca sobra ni estorba, sino al contrario, pues según se afirma en elEl saber es señor y ayudador. Unamuno, empero, apostillaba así la famosa frase proverbial: «... pero ocupa tiempo» …

    Diccionario de dichos y refranes

  • 109saber-rattling — /say beuhr rat ling/, n. a show or threat of military power, esp. as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries. [1920 25; see SABER, RATTLE1, ING1] * * * …

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  • 110saber-toothed tiger — noun Any of numerous species of prehistoric cat like mammals (genus Smilodon), characterized by massive, but short, legs and two large canine teeth, each about seven inches long and shaped like sabers. Also called saber toothed cat …

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