blade

Definitions

1. 1.2. The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword.
2. 2.The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller.
3. 3.The scapula or shoulder blade.
4. 4.pl. (Arch.) The principal rafters of a roof. Weale.
5. 5.pl. (Com.) 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. De Colange.
6. 6.A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; -- a word of somewhat indefinite meaning. He saw a turnkey in a trice Fetter a troublesome blade. Coleridge.
7. 7.To furnish with a blade.
8. 8.To put forth or have a blade. As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded As ever in the Muses' garden bladed. P. Fletcher.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 2. The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword called?
• What is the broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller called?
• What is pl. (Arch.) The principal rafters of a roof. Weale called?
• What is pl. (Com.) 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. De Colange called?
• What is a sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; -- a word of somewhat indefinite meaning. He saw a turnkey in a trice Fetter a troublesome blade. Coleridge called?
• What is to put forth or have a blade. As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded As ever in the Muses' garden bladed. P. Fletcher called?