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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 323 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCHIAVONE , the See also:

Italian name of the See also:basket-hilted See also:sword of the 17th See also:century, resembling what is erroneously called the " See also:claymore " of See also:modern Highland regiments. The " schiavone " was the sword of the See also:Slavonic See also:guards (Schiavone.) of the doges of See also:Venice, whence the name (see SWORD).

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