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Definition: BASELARD |
BASELARDNoun1. A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century. |
Etymology: Baselard \Bas"e*lard\, noun. [Old French expression baselarde, Late Latin expression basillardus.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife; ataghan, attaghan, yataghan; yatacban; assagai, assegai; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
baselard | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BASELARD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Ukranian | кинджал (dagger, knife, poniard, snickersnee, stiletto, whinger). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "BASELARD" (pronounced 'Bas"e*lard'): Babillard, Billard, Bollard, Enlard, foulard, Gaillard, Inlard, interlard, Lollard, mallard, Poulard. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-l-r-s" | |
-1 letter: abrades, arables. | |
-2 letters: abased, abaser, abrade, alders, arable, ardebs, balder, balers, bardes, beards, blades, blared, blares, blears, breads, debars, laders, sabred, serdab. | |
-3 letters: abase, abler, ables, albas, alder, ardeb, areal, areas, arles, baaed, baals, balas, balds, baled, baler, bales, balsa, barde, bards, bared, bares, basal, based, baser, beads, beard, bears, blade, blare, blase, blear, brads, braes, bread, dales, darbs, dares, deals, dears, debar, drabs, earls, labra, lader, lades, lards, lares, lased, laser, leads, lears, rales, rased, reads, reals, sabed, saber, sable, sabra, sabre, salad, seral. | |
-4 letters: aals, abas, abed, able, alae, alar, alas, alba, albs, ales, arbs, area, ares, arse, asea, baal, baas, bade, bads, bald, bale, bals, bard, bare, bars, base, bead, bear, beds, bels, blae, bled, brad, brae, bras, bred, dabs, dale, dals, darb, dare, deal, dear, debs, dels, drab, earl, ears, elds, eras, labs, lade, lads, lard, lars, lase, lead, lear, leas, rads, rale, rase, read, real, rebs, reds, sabe, sade, sale, sard, seal, sear, sera, slab, sled. | |
-5 letters: aal, aas, aba, abs, ads, ala, alb, ale, als, arb, are, ars, baa, bad, bal, bar, bas, bed, bel, bra, dab, dal, deb, del, ear, eds, eld, els, era, ers, lab, lad, lar, las, lea, led, rad, ras, reb, red, res, sab, sad, sae, sal, sea, sel, ser. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-e-l-r-s" | |
+2 letters: adsorbable, adverbials, balderdash, balladeers, balladries, balustrade, berascaled, broadscale, handlebars, spreadable. | |
+3 letters: addressable, balustraded, balustrades, banderillas, bandleaders, bardolaters, barrelheads, candelabras, discardable, persuadable, radiolabels, sandblaster. | |
+4 letters: abstractedly, adorableness, balderdashes, bardolatries, blackhanders, candelabrums, disagreeable, disagreeably, distractable, distrainable, gallbladders, hardscrabble, labradorites, leaderboards, paddleboards, plasterboard, readableness, readjustable, sandblasters. | |
+5 letters: administrable, admirableness, adorabilities, decarboxylase, dischargeable, drapabilities, embarrassedly, flabbergasted, plasterboards, readabilities, roadabilities, spreadability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 53 45 4C 41 52 44 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- ... . .-.. .- .-. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01010011 01000101 01001100 01000001 01010010 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A S E L A R D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0053 0045 004C 0041 0052 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3635533946355238 |
| 1. Definition 2. Expressions: Internet 3. Translations: Modern 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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