Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The blade or cutting part of a sword.

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Examples

  • Meirion was stiff as a lance, and his voice thinned and steely as a sword-blade.

    His Disposition 2010

  • Now let me ask thee, did it ever befal any man to dream that he was battling a sore battle and after to awake from sleep and find in his hand a sword-blade besmeared with blood?

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Then through this larger forest gateway he came out into the evening light, with a chip of grey wood sticking to his sword-blade.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • Then through this larger forest gateway he came out into the evening light, with a chip of grey wood sticking to his sword-blade.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • Before she followed the body down, she dug up a few handfuls of earth and used it to scrub her sword-blade as clean as she could, then slipped the sword into its shoulder-sheath again.

    The Warslayer Edghill, Rosemary 2002

  • The dawn sky was the glowing shade of a sword-blade fresh from the coals of the forge.

    Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

  • The Aenir staggered back, then felt the searing agony of a sword-blade buried deep in his belly.

    The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995

  • He struggled to rise and a second rider ended his torment, slashing a sword-blade to his face.

    The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995

  • He tried to rise, only to see a sword-blade flash down.

    The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995

  • He stared at Caellach Gwain with a gaze as sharp as a sword-blade, and the old wizard actually shrank back from him.

    Elvenblood Lackey, Mercedes 1995

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