Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for XIPH'IAS
XIPH'IAS, n. [Gr. from ξιφος, a sword.]
- The sword-fish. In natural history, the name of a genus of fishes, to which the Xiphias Gladius, or common sword-fish belongs.
- A comet shaped like a sword.
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