Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CIM'I-TER, n. [Fr. cimiterre; Sp. and Port. cimitarra; It. scimitarra.]

A short sword with a convex edge or recurvated point, used by the Persians and Turks. [This word is variously written; but it is a word of foreign origin, and it is not material which orthography is used, provided it is uniform. I have adopted that which is most simple.]