Glaive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Archaic A sword, especially a broadsword.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve.
  • n. A light lance with a long sharp-pointed head.
  • n. A sword.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a light lance with a long sharp-pointed head.
  • n. A sword; -- used poetically and loosely.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See glave.
  • Word Usage
    "They are accounted one of the most ancient clans in the Highlands, and it is certain they were a people of original Celtic descent, and occupied at one period very extensive possessions in Perthshire and Argyleshire, which they imprudently continued to hold by the coir a glaive, that is, the right of the sword."
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