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Glaive   Listen
noun
Glaive  n.  
1.
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.
2.
A sword; used poetically and loosely. "The glaive which he did wield."





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"Glaive" Quotes from Famous Books



... of a shot-window, Good Robin Hood he could glide; Red Roger, with a grounden glaive, Thrust ...
— Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws - Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series • Frank Sidgwick
... wild Albanian, kirtled to his knee, With shawl-girt head and ornamented gun, And gold-embroider'd garments, fair to see; The crimson-scarfed men of Macedon; The Delhi with his cap of terror on, And crooked glaive; the lively, supple Greek, And swarthy Nubia's mutilated son; The bearded Turk, that rarely deigns to speak, Master of all around, ...
— The Life of Lord Byron • John Galt
... said) of Bloodaxe crave The battle-shock of belted glaive; Our sitting-time is done. Hard task, but 'tis thine honour, King, I seek, who here war tidings bring. Arm ...
— The Red True Story Book • Various


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