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Webster 1913 Edition

Glaive

Glaive

,
Noun.
[F.
glaive
, L.
gladius
; prob. akin to E.
claymore
. Cf.
Gladiator
.]
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.
Wilhelm.
2.
A sword; – used poetically and loosely.
The
glaive
which he did wield.
Spenser.

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