regulation sword

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated. [1913 Webster]

The temper and regulation of our own minds.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

2.A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school. [1913 Webster]

Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See Law. [1913 Webster]