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You can always see it, but it's too far away to touch. Mountains rest on it, and at sea it surrounds you. What is it?
It can pierce the best armor and make swords crumble with a rub, yet for all its power It can't harm a wooden club.
With sharp edged wit and pointed poise. It can settle disputes without making a noise.
A horrid monster hides from the day, with many legs and many eyes. With silver chains it catches prey. And eats it all before it dies. Yet in every cottage does it stay. And every castle beneath the sky.
My teeth are sharp, my back is straight, to cut things up it is my fate.
A word of five letters, Upside down is the same, A shark does this, But it’s not to blame. What is the word?