Blade

n.	1.
	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.	(Arch.) The principal rafters of a roof.
	6.	(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.
	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.
	8.	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.
v. t.	1.	To furnish with a blade.
v. i.	1.	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.

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

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