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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLADE, n. [Gr.broad.]
1. The stalk or spire of a plant,particularly of grass and corn; but applicable to the stalk of any herbaceous plant, whether green or dry.
2. A leaf. In this sense much used in the Southern States of N. America, for the leaves of maize, which are used as fodder.
3. The cutting part of an instrument, as the blade of a knife, or sword,so named from its length or breadth. Usually, it is made of iron or steel, but may be of any other metal, cast or wrought to an edge or point. Also,the broad part of an oar.
4. The blade of the shoulder,shoulder-blade, or blade-bone, is the scapula, or scapular bone. It is the broad upper bone of the shoulder, so called from its resemblance to a blade or leaf.
5. A brisk man; a bold, forward man; a rake.
BLADE, v.t. To furnish with a blade.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole [syn: blade, leaf blade]
2: a dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures"
3: something long and thin resembling a blade of grass; "a blade of lint on his suit"
4: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand, steel]
5: a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
6: a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
7: the part of the skate that slides on the ice
8: flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water [syn: blade, vane]
9: the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English blæd; akin to Old High German blat leaf, Latin folium, Greek phyllon, Old English bl?wan to blossom — more at blow Date: before 12th century 1. a. leaf 1a(1); especially the leaf of an herb or a grass b. the flat expanded part of a leaf as distinguished from the petiole 2. something resembling the blade of a leaf: as a. the broad flattened part of an oar or paddle b. an arm of a screw propeller, electric fan, or steam turbine c. the broad flat or concave part of a machine (as a bulldozer or snowplow) that comes into contact with the material to be moved d. a broad flat body part; specifically scapula — used chiefly in naming cuts of meat e. the flat portion of the tongue immediately behind the tip; also this portion together with the tip 3. a. the cutting part of an implement b. (1) sword (2) swordsman (3) a dashing lively man c. the runner of an ice skate • bladelike adjective II. intransitive verb (bladed; blading) Date: 1989 to skate on in-line skates • blader noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a the flat part of a knife, chisel, etc., that forms the cutting edge. b = razor-blade. 2 the flattened functional part of an oar, spade, propeller, bat, skate, etc. 3 a the flat, narrow, usu. pointed leaf of grass and cereals. b the whole of such plants before the ear is formed (in the blade). c Bot. the broad thin part of a leaf apart from the petiole. 4 (in full blade-bone) a flat bone, e.g. in the shoulder. 5 Archaeol. a long narrow flake (see FLAKE(1) 3). 6 poet. a sword. 7 colloq. (usu. archaic) a carefree young fellow. Derivatives: bladed adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE blæd f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blade Blade, n. The flat part of the tongue immediately behind the tip, or point. ``Lower blade'' implies, of course, the lower instead of the upper surface of the tongue. --H. Sweet.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blade Blade (bl[=a]d), v. t. To furnish with a blade.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blade Blade, v. i. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Blade Blade (bl[=a]d), n. [OE. blade, blad, AS. bl[ae]d leaf; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. blad, Icel. bla[eth], OHG. blat, G. blatt, and perh. to L. folium, Gr. fy`llon. The root is prob. the same as that of AS. bl[=o]wan, E. blow, to blossom. See Blow to blossom, and cf. Foil leaf of metal.] 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. The crimson dulse . . . with its waving blade. --Percival. First the blade, then ear, after that the full corn in the ear. --Mark iv. 28. 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. pl. (Arch.) The principal rafters of a roof. --Weale. 6. 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. 7. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(blades) 1. The blade of a knife, axe, or saw is the edge, which is used for cutting. Many of these tools have sharp blades, so be careful. N-COUNT 2. The blades of a propeller are the long, flat parts that turn round. N-COUNT: usu pl 3. The blade of an oar is the thin flat part that you put into the water. N-COUNT 4. A blade of grass is a single piece of grass. N-COUNT 5. rotor blade: see rotor see also razor blade, shoulder blade

Easton's Bible Dictionary

applied to the glittering point of a spear (Job 39:23) or sword (Nah. 3:3), the blade of a dagger (Judg. 3:22); the "shoulder blade" (Job 31:22); the "blade" of cereals (Matt. 13:26).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Leaf. 2. Flat part (as of a knife or an oar). 3. Buck, gallant, spark; gay, dashing fellow.

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