- (v.i.) To put forth or have a blade.
- (v.t.) To furnish with a blade.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller.
- (n.) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- (n.) The scapula or shoulder blade.
- (n.) A sharp-witted, dashing, wild or reckless, fellow; -- a word of somewhat indefinite meaning.
- (n.) The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword.
- (n.) The principal rafters of a roof.
- (n.) The flat part of the tongue immediately behind the tip or point.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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