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Search phrase: fencing

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
HamletHam II.i.25Ay, or drinking, fencing, swearing, quarrelling,I, or drinking, fencing, swearing, / Quarelling,
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.191a fool that taught them me. This is the right fencinga Foole that taught them mee. This is the right Fencing
PericlesPer IV.vi.54Pray you, without any more virginal fencing, willPray you without anie more virginall fencing, will
Twelfth NightTN I.iii.90fencing, dancing, and bear-baiting. O, had I but followedfencing, dancing, and beare-bayting: O had I but followed

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Glossary

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answer[fencing] return hit
backsworda basket-hilted sword with a single-edged blade and a thin back; later, a sword-like stick with a basketwork hilt, used in fencing practice
blow[fencing] stab, firm stroke
defencefencing, swordsmanship, skill of self-defence
dismount[fencing] draw, remove from the sheath
distance[fencing] regulation space to be kept between contestants
distance[fencing: see sense 1] enmity, discord, dissension
fencefencing ability, skill at swordplay
foin[fencing] thrust, lunge
foining[fencing] thrusting, lunging
get[fencing] get inside the guard of, get within the defences of
guard[fencing] defensive position, posture of defence
have[said at the start of a fencing attack or other confrontation] I come at, let me at [a person]
hay[fencing] home thrust, thrust through
montant[fencing] upward thrust
motion[fencing] attack, execution
mountanto[directional thrust in fencing] fencer, duellist
offence[in fencing] attacking stroke, offensive action
pass[fencing] sword-thrust, lunge
passbout, exchange, round [in fencing]
passado[fencing] forward thrust, lunge
play[fencing] win a game, succeed in a bout
punto[fencing] thrust with the sword-point
punto reverso[fencing] back-handed thrust
reverse[fencing] back-handed stroke
sessa, sesey, sese[cry of encouragement used in hunting, fencing] be off, off you go
stoccado, stoccata[fencing] thrust, lunge
stock[fencing] thrust with the dagger-point
stuck[fencing] thrust, lunge
stuck-in[fencing] thrust, lunge
traverse[fencing] pierce, stab, run through
veney[fencing] bout, turn
venue[fencing] sword-thrust, assault, thrust
ward[fencing] defensive posture, parrying movement

Thesaurus

 61 result(s).
assault [in fencing]venue
attack [in fencing]motion
attacking stroke [in fencing]offence
back-handed stroke [in fencing]reverse
back-handed thrust [in fencing]punto reverso
bout [in fencing]pass
bout [in fencing]veney
bout, succeed in a [in fencing]play
defences, get within the [in fencing]get
defensive posture [in fencing]guard
defensive posture [in fencing]ward
draw [in fencing]dismount
exchange [in fencing]pass
execution [in fencing]motion
fencinganswer
fencingbacksword
fencingblow
fencingcause
fencingdefence
fencingdismount
fencingdistance
fencingduello
fencingfoining
fencingget
fencingguard
fencinghay
fencingmontant
fencingmotion
fencingmountanto
fencingoffence
fencingpass
fencingpassado
fencingplay
fencingpunto
fencingpunto reverso
fencingstock
fencingtraverse
fencingvenue
fencingward
fencing abilityfence
guard, get inside the [in fencing]get
home thrust [in fencing]hay
offensive action [in fencing]offence
parrying movement [in fencing]ward
posture of defence [in fencing]guard
remove from the sheath [in fencing]dismount
return hit [in fencing]answer
round [in fencing]pass
sheath, remove from the [in fencing]dismount
stroke, attacking [in fencing]offence
stroke, back-handed [in fencing]reverse
thrust [in fencing]foin
thrust [in fencing]foining
thrust [in fencing]pass
thrust [in fencing]stoccado, stoccata
thrust [in fencing]stuck
thrust [in fencing]stuck-in
thrust [in fencing]venue
thrust through [in fencing]hay
thrust, back-handed [in fencing]punto reverso
turn [in fencing]veney

Themes and Topics

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Sounds...kl iii vi 73 ‘off you go’ in hunting fencing so-ho tg iii i 189 huntin...
Weapons...s and daggers especially in relation to fencing and their accompanying carrying apparat...
...ke stick with a basketwork hilt used in fencing practice baldric tnk iv ii 8...
...light sword specially blunted for use in fencing girdle ham v ii 148 waist...

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