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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. |
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The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife
or a sword. |
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The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms
of a screw propeller. |
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The scapula or shoulder blade. |
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The principal rafters of a roof. |
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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. |
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A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; -- a
word of somewhat indefinite meaning. |
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To furnish with a blade. |
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To put forth or have a blade. |
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