Back-quarte, is a parade of a late invention, and is a round quarte over the arm.
Cave, in Fencing, is a tierce on a quarte side, also the thrust of a prime, or a seconde, at the low quarte side.
Darting, in Fencing, to defend a blow with some contraction of your arm, and to dart a thrust right forward.
Feint forward, in Fencing, made by advancing your point a little from its line and coming to it again.
Guard, in Fencing, is any of the parades you stand on.
On guard, is being placed properly on your feet, and well covered with your weapon.
Lurching, in Fencing, to make an opening, to invite your adversary to thrust at you, when you, being ready, may find a favorable repost at him.
Locking, in Fencing, is to seize your adversary’s sword arm by twining your left arm round it, after you close your parade, shell to shell, in order to disarm him.
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implies the putting of the body and sword in such a state of defence, as to prevent the antagonist from wounding you, by either of the thrusts so denominated. These are the principal positions on which to engage. The others, viz. prime, seconde, quinte, half-circle, &c. are termed parades, when used with the small sword.