Morglay

A sword (glave de la mort, the sword of Sir Bevis of Southampton, a generic name for a sword. (See Sword.)

“Had I been accompanied with my Toledo or Morglay.”—Every Woman in her Humour

“Carrying their morglays in their hands.”—Beaumont and Fletcher: Honest Man.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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