n. [ OE. blade, blad, AS. blæd leaf; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. blad, Icel. blað, OHG. blat, G. blatt, and perh. to L. folium, Gr.
The crimson dulse . . . with its waving blade. Percival. [ 1913 Webster ]
First the blade, then ear, after that the full corn in the ear. Mark iv. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]
He saw a turnkey in a trice
Fetter a troublesome blade. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
“Lower blade” implies, of course, the lower instead of the upper surface of the tongue. H. Sweet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t. To furnish with a blade. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To put forth or have a blade. [ 1913 Webster ]
As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded
As ever in the Muses' garden bladed. P. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The scapula. See Blade, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A long, thin, marine fish of Europe (Trichiurus lepturus); the ribbon fish. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A sword cutler. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]