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Definition: Hilt |
HiltNoun1. The handle of a sword or dagger. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hilt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Hilt \Hilt\, noun. [from Anglo-Saxon expression hilt, hilte; akin to Old High German. helza, Prov. German hilze, Icelandic hjalt.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instrument | Handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key; turnscrew, screwdriver; knocker. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The pommel is a lump at the top of the guard. The name is derived from the latin for a "little apple". In early swords it was a counterweight to the heavy blade but as metallurgy improved the blade became lighter and the counterweight was no longer needed, so the pommel shrunk. It sometimes has a motif such as a lion's head. Indian swords normally had a large disk as a pommel. The pommel serves various purposes depending on the type of sword.
The grip is the handle of the sword. It was usually of wood or metal, and often covered with leather or shark skin. Shark skin proved to be the most durable in temperate climates but deteriorated in hot climates.
Whatever material covered the grip, it was usually either glued on or held on with wire.
The grip can be made from anything, usually something that would provide
a sure grip, such as leather.Pommel
Grip
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hilt."
Crosswords: Hilt |
| English words defined with "hilt": Basket hilt ♦ forte ♦ Hilted ♦ knob ♦ Languet ♦ pommel ♦ sword knot ♦ to the hilt ♦ Uphilt. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hilt": keel wedge ♦ rumor ♦ Swear by my Sword. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "hilt": Uphilt. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | To the hilt. (Outlaws; writing credit: Viktoriya Tokareva) | |
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Books | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was observing, with its hand upon the hilt of the sword. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character. Sharp, irresistible by mail or shield, By guard unparried as by flight unstayed, O serviceable Rumor, let me wield Against my enemy no other blade. His be the terror of a foe unseen, His the inutile hand upon the hilt, And mine the deadly tongue, long, slender, keen, Hinting a rumor of some ancient guilt. So shall I slay the wretch without a blow, Spare me to celebrate his overthrow, And nurse my valor for another foe. Joel Buxter |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Hilt" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.30% of the time. "Hilt" is used about 142 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.3% | 141 | 26,682 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.7% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 142 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "hilt" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hilt | Last name | 1,000 | 10,349 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "hilt": basket hilt ♦ be up to the hilt in the debt ♦ prove up to the hilt ♦ sabre hilt ♦ to the hilt ♦ up to the hilt. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "hilt": hilt-deep. | |
Ending with "hilt": sword-hilt. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
the hilt | 37 |
hilt mold | 16 |
hilt rapier swept | 6 |
hilt sword | 5 |
family hilt | 5 |
hilt rapier | 4 |
hilt pattern rapier | 3 |
basket hilt | 3 |
basket hilt sword | 2 |
hilt katana | 2 |
hilt mark | 2 |
scottish basket hilt sword | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hilt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dorezë thike, dorezë shpate. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقبض السيف, عكاز (cane, crutch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ефес. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 柄 (authority, handle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | jílec (handle, sword-hilt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قبضه , دسته شمشیر, دسته (A, Administration, Army, Batch, Covey, Detachment, Hand, Handle, Helm, Horde, Host, Ilk, Parcel, Party, School, Sect, Section, Set, Shaft, Sheaf, Shog, Skein, Squad, Stack, Stem, Stud, Team, Usurer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kahva (grip, handle, knob). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | poignée, crosse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | griff (butt, chord, clasp, clutch, feel, fingering, grab, grasp, grasping, grip, gripe, haft, hand, hand grip, handle, head, hold, knob, n., snatch, taking hold, talon, tongs, touching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λαβή ξίφουσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צב "חרב. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyél (grip, haft, handle, helve, mounting, pile, pole, shaft, shank, stave, stele, stem, stock), markolat (grip, gripe, haft, handle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | landaian (hilt of a kris). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | manico (arm, crank, grip, haft, handle, helve, knob, neck, shaft), impugnatura (butt, grasp, grasping distance, grip, haft, hand grip, handgrip, handle, horizontal grasp), elsa (haft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 柄 (design, grip, haft, handgrip, handle, pattern). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | つか (bundle, haft, handbreadth, handgrip, mound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | doarane. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilthay cabo (bight, câblé, cable, Cape, cord, Corporal, end, flex, fold, foreland, gimp, grip, gripe, guy, guy wire, hand, hand grip, handle, hawser, head, headland, helve, hokum, hook, hub, knob, leg pull, naze, non commissioned officer, non-com, ply, preventer, rope, stock, tail, thick rope, wire rope), acidentado (bumpy, rangy, ridged, ridgy, rough, rugged, up and down, waggly). (various references) plãsea, mâner (gripe, haft, handgrip, handle, helve, knob, lever, lug, shaft). (various references) рукоятка (control lever, grasp, grip, haft, handgrip, handhold, handle, holder, lever, stele, stick, tiller). (various references) drška (grip, haft, handgrip, handle, helve, stem), balčak (sword-hilt). (various references) puño (cuff, fist, haft, handgrip, handle, head, knob, wristband), empuñadura (clouding, grip, hand grip, handgrip, handle, start). (various references) svärdsfäste. (various references) "้ามมี". (various references) sap (butt, cauline, grip, haft, halm, handgrip, handhold, handle, haulm, helve, lug, nut, peduncle, scape, shaft, shank, stag, stalk, stem, stick, Stipe, stock), kabza (grasp, haft, handgrip, handle). (various references) рукоятка (brake, grasp, grip, gripe, lever, shaft, stale), ефес. (various references) ho n to n (all, all right, all-in-all, altogether, backbone, clean, completely, consummate, due, full, fully, heartily, hollow, inch, out-and-out, outright, perfectly, profound, purely, quite, regular, sheer, stark, thorough, thoroughly, undivided, utter, utterly, wholly). (various references) dwrn (fist, handle, knob), carn (cairn, haft, handle, hoof). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | capulum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hilt": hilted, hilting, hiltless, hilts. (additional references) | |
Words containing "hilt": philter, philtered, philtering, philters, philtra, philtre, philtred, philtres, philtring, philtrum. (additional references) | |
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"Hilt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chilt, ehilst, healt, Heilat, helnt, helt, hiat, hict, hiet, Hiett, hil, hila, Hilat, Hild, hilf, hili, hilm, hiln, hilp, hilte, hilti, hilty, hipt, hirt, Hitle, hito, Hitt, hizt, hli, hmlt, hult, hyst, ihl, ilt, rhil, thelt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hilt" (pronounced hi"lt) |
| 3 | -i" l t | built, gilt, guilt, jilt, kilt, lilt, Milt, overbuilt, quilt, rebuilt, silt, spilt, stilt, tilt, unbuilt, wilt. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-l-t" | |
-1 letter: hit, lit, til. | |
-2 letters: hi, it, li, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-l-t" | |
+1 letter: filth, hilts, laith, lathi, licht, light, lithe, litho, thill, thiol, thirl, tilth. | |
+2 letters: alight, blight, blithe, chital, eolith, filths, filthy, flight, flitch, glitch, halite, hiatal, hilted, holist, lathis, latish, lichts, lights, liroth, litchi, lither, lithia, lithic, lithos, oolith, plight, plinth, slight, spilth, tahsil, thalli, thills, thinly, thiols, thirls, tholoi, thrill, thulia, tilths, whilst, withal. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 69 6C 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .. .-.. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101001 01101100 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H i l t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0069 006C 0074 |
| 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)42757886 |
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