Definition of blade

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Blade (n.) The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller..

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Serpette :: Serpette (n.) A pruning knife with a curved blade.
Bladefish :: Bladefish (n.) A long, thin, marine fish of Europe (Trichiurus lepturus); the ribbon fish..
Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle..
Clavicle :: Clavicle (n.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter /, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone..
Sickle :: Sickle (n.) 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 blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap..
Frow :: Frow (n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower..
Shovel :: Shovel (v. t.) An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances..
Web :: Web (n.) The blade of a sword.
Mattock :: Mattock (n.) An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax..
Scissors :: Scissors (n. pl.) A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors..
Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim..
Fineness :: Fineness (a.) Keenness or sharpness; as, the fineness of a needle's point, or of the edge of a blade..
Misericordia :: Misericordia (n.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..
Knife :: Knife (n.) 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 names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc...
Bowie Knife :: Bowie knife () A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife..
Twyblade :: Twyblade (n.) See Twayblade.
Scalpel :: Scalpel (n.) A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting..
Pocketknife :: Pocketknife (n.) A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket..
Blade :: Blade (n.) The principal rafters of a roof.
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