hilt

[ US /ˈhɪɫt/ ]
[ UK /hˈɪlt/ ]
NOUN
  1. the handle of a sword or dagger
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How To Use hilt In A Sentence

  • Their Scottish backsword is fitted with opposing side rings that offer a good deal of hand protection while keeping the hilt light and easy to wear.
  • A flat or smooth philtrum can present in persons with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
  • Holmgren played bad cop to the hilt.
  • Sword hilts glinted at right hips, side-arms on the left. The Falcons of Montabard
  • Flynn said Hilton denied owning a small plastic "bindle" containing 0.8 grams of cocaine powder that the police lieutenant said fell out when Hilton opened the purse to get a tube of lip balm. CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports
  • Honsha carries are a sword with a snaky curved blade and a short dagger - like weapon with a slightly longer hilt and a blade curved backwards.
  • The crew snarled like roused curs, and some made as if to stand, hands clasping the hilts of cutlasses and swords, daggers and stilettos.
  • you are in this to the hilt
  • Take him over the costard with the hilts of thy sword, and then throw him into the malmsey-butt in the next room. Act I. Scene IV. The Tragedy of King Richard the Third
  • He took to antiquarianism, which is a sort of philtre, driving its votaries mildly insane, and filling them with emotions which, on the whole, are probably more often happy than grievous. Hawthorne and His Circle
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