A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.
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The griffin.
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To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
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A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shap…
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Alt. of Axe
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A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wield…
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Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.
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A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
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A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.
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An orderly succession; a line; a row
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An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and…
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A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the…
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A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one…
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One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.
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An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, r…
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The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
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