Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and Persians. 2. (n.) A long-handled billhook. See Billhook. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SCIMITAR sim'-i-tar, -ter (akindke): Formerly given as "fauchion" in the King James Version Judith 13:6; 16:9, the weapon which Judith took down from the rail of the bed at Holofernes' head, and with which she severed his head from his body.