A short sword or dagger, with a deeply notched or toothed blade, designed to catch or grapple an opponent's weapon.

Something that breaks. / A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines. / The building in which such a machine is placed. / A person who specializes in breaking things.

(US, dated) Used to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio.

A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship's boat in case of shipwreck.

A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known. / (Britain) A species in that genus, Abramis brama.

(nautical) To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.

A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence

(transitive) To make a breach in. / (transitive) To violate or break. / (transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.

The consecrated bread used in the Eucharist.

(basketball) An offensive play in which a team, having won possession of the ball, moves the ball downcourt as quickly as possible, attempting to get an easy shot before the defense can set up.