(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:54:13

Sci*om"a*chy (?), n. [Gr. , ; a shadow + battle: cf. F. sciomachie, sciamachie.]

A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat.

[Written also scimachy.]

Cowley.

 

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