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hilt Noun 1. the handle or shaft of a sword, dagger, or knife 2. to the hilt to the full: he plays the role to the hilt [Old English]
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hilt Translationsto the hilt (fig) [support] → incondicionalmente; to the hilt (fig) [support] → à fond |
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By my hilt I believe that the men of England are all in France already, and that what is left behind are in sooth the women dressed up in their paltocks and hosen. But when Sir Bedivere drew Excalibur and saw the jewels of the hilt shine in the wintry moonlight, he could not find it in his heart to cast anything so beautiful and precious from him. He bowed his head behind his master, and without stirring held hilt up over his right shoulder a long blade in a silver scabbard. |
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