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glaive [gleɪv] n (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) an archaic word for sword [from Old French: javelin, from Latin gladius sword] glaived adj How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He is fitter to do the juggling tricks of the Norman chivalry than to maintain the fame and honour of his English ancestry with the glaive and brown-bill, the good old weapons of his country. But those two men were hundred-armed giants, the swords flew about in their hands like the burning glaive of the archangel. Strike at the noble and the priest shrieks, strike at priest and the noble lays his hand upon glaive. |
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