4. The scapula or shoulder blade.
5. pl. (Arch.)
Defn: The principal rafters of a roof. Weale.
6. pl. (Com.)
Defn: The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell. De Colange.
7. A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; — a word of somewhat indefinite meaning. He saw a turnkey in a trice Fetter a troublesome blade. Coleridge.
BLADE
Blade, v. t.
Defn: To furnish with a blade.
BLADE
Blade, v. i.
Defn: To put forth or have a blade. As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded As ever in the Muses' garden bladed. P. Fletcher.