- 1. n. A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes. Source: opted
- 2. n. a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation Source: wordnet
- 3. A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes. J. Stevens. Source: webster
- 4. A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or threefeet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as ahatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various otherpurposes. J. Stevens. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation Source: ecdict
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