1579 J. Jones i. xl. 87 Launcelike, swordlike.
1650 H. Vaughan 39 A swordlike gleame Kept man for sin First Out.
a1711 T. Ken (1721) I. 184 Maternal Pity pierc'd her through and through, Up to the hilt her Sword-like Sorrow flew.
1852 P. J. Bailey (ed. 5) 495 A stranger star, Swordlike in shape.