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Why: In the Longfellow poem Excelsior:
His brow was sad; his eye beneath,Answer: A short, broad sword with a convex cutting edge and a sharp point, used in medieval times. Looks like this:
Flashed like a falchion from its sheath
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The More You Know: Yowch. From Latin falx, falc: "sickle."
