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The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte. [Written also faible.]

To shoot into blades, as corn. The corn beginneth to fork. Mortimer. 1

The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible.

A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. Shak.

hair. A fret of gold she had next her hair. Chaucer. Fret saw, a saw with a long, narrow blade, used in cutting frets, scrolls, etc.; a scroll saw; a keyhole saw; a compass saw.

A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.

One who furbishes; esp., a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.

t. Garter fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the genus Lepidopus, having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; the scabbard fish. -- Garter king-at-arms, the chief of the official heralds of England, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; -- often abbreviated to Garter. -- Garter snake (Zoöl.), one of several harmless…

A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers.

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.

A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood.

A drop; a clot or coagulation. On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood. Shak.

2. A vehicle used for levelling earth, esp. one with a plow blade suspended from the center, used specifically for grading roads.

A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim.

A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.

A kick on the shins. T. Hughes. Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.

ope and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.

- Heel of a rafter. (Arch.) See Heel, n., 7. -- Heel ring, a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the snath. -- Neck and heels, the whole body. (Colloq.) -- To be at the heels of, to pursue closely; to follow hard: as, hungry want is at my heels. Otway. -- To be down at the heel, to be slovenly or in a poor plight.…

To heave up; to raise aloft. Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft. Spenser.