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yielding parry

yielding parry noun: deflecting the incoming attack by maintaining contact with the blade and changing the point of contact between the blades, moving from a position of poor leverage to one using the forte for strong leverage.

Noun

yielding parry (plural yielding parries)

  1. deflecting the incoming attack by maintaining contact with the blade and changing the point of contact between the blades, moving from a position of poor leverage to one using the forte for strong leverage

Forms of yielding parry

pluralyielding parries

Questions about yielding parry

What does yielding parry mean?
Yielding parry means deflecting the incoming attack by maintaining contact with the blade and changing the point of contact between the blades, moving from a position of poor leverage to one using the forte for strong leverage.
What part of speech is yielding parry?
Yielding parry is a noun.
What is the plural of yielding parry?
The plural of yielding parry is yielding parries.

Words near yielding parry in the dictionary

  1. yieldest
  2. yieldeth
  3. yieldful
  4. yielding
  5. yielding parries
  6. yielding parry
  7. yielding the field
  8. yielding the ghost
  9. yielding up
  10. yielding up the ghost
  11. yieldingly

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