Blade | Easton's Bible Dictionary

Blade
·vt To furnish with a blade. II. Blade ·noun The scapula or shoulder blade. III. Blade ·vi To put ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
flax-blade
n. the leaf of the New Zealand Flax (q.v.). 1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' i. 5, p. 11: «With flax-bl...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
quartz-blade
n. blade of a miner'sknife used for picking lumps of gold out of the stone. 1891. `The Argus,' Dec...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
corn-blade
The leaf of the maize. Corn-blades are collected and used as fodder in some of the Southern States.-...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
damascus blade
Swords famed for the quality and temper of the metal, as well as the beauty of the jowhir, or wateri...

The Sailor's Word-Book
brother of the blade
A soldier BUSKIN. A player. BUNG. A brewer QUILL. An author. STRING. A fiddler. WHIP. A coachman. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
knight of the blade
A bully. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
blade of an anchor
That part of the arm prepared to receive the palm. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
blade or wash of an oar
Is the flat part of it which is plunged into the water in rowing. The force and effect in a great me...

The Sailor's Word-Book