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Webster 1913 Edition
Hilt
Hilt
,Noun.
[AS.
hilt
, hilte
; akin to OHG. helza
, Prov. G. hilze
, Icel. hjalt
.] 1.
A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hilt
HILT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
hilt
hilt
English
Noun
hilt (plural hilts)
- The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
- The base of the ****
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 2
- he draws it again, and just wetting it with spittle, re-enters, and with ease sheath'd it now up to the hilt
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 2
Synonyms
Meronyms
Holonyms
Translations
grip of a sword
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Verb
hilt (third-person singular simple present hilts, present participle hilting, simple past and past participle hilted)
- (transitive) To provide with a hilt.