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Definition of Blade
Pronunciation: blād | n. | 1. | | | 1. | 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. | | 2. | The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword. | | 3. | The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller. | | 4. | The scapula or shoulder blade. | | 5. | (Arch.) The principal rafters of a roof. | | 6. | (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. | | 7. | A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; - a word of somewhat indefinite meaning. | | 8. | The flat part of the tongue immediately behind the tip, or point. | | v. t. | 1. | To furnish with a blade. | | v. i. | 1. | To put forth or have a blade. |
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