Curtle-axe

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Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of cutlass. alt-of, obsolete

    "Lie here ye weedes that I diſdaine to weare, This compleat armor, and this curtle-axe Are adiuncts more beſeeming Tamburlaine."

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"Lie here ye weedes that I diſdaine to weare, This compleat armor, and this curtle-axe Are adiuncts more beſeeming Tamburlaine."

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