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Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A lance or spear. In the fourteenth century the lance was often shortened, for use by a dismounted man-at-arms.
- n. A sword; a broadsword; a falchion.
- n. A weapon like the halberd, having a long cutting blade with a sharp point fixed upon a staff: sometimes called a Welsh glave, from its supposed origin.
- n. A slipper.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of glaive.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See glaive.
Examples
“The door quivered beneath the general onslaught of the now exultant outlaws, and, as a glave shattered the panel the jester threw himself over the casement.”
“But as he attempted to pass the gate, a stalwart guard stepped forward, presenting a formidable-looking glave.”
“The guard unsuspiciously handed the glave to the jester, who immediately turned it upon the sentinel.”
“They gave her husband an excuse for his venerable silk hat and his gilded glave.”
“They consisted of the long sword, the short sword, the dagger, the mace, and a weapon known as the hand-gisarm, or glave-lot -- a heavy swordlike blade eight palms long, a palm in breadth, and riveted to a stout handle of wood three feet long.”
“Sastoji se od 4 nezavisne dozirne glave i ima mogue?”
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James Glave: Private Health Care is Stranding U.S. Expats Overseas
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