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hilt

  [hilt]
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–noun
1. the handle of a sword or dagger.
2. the handle of any weapon or tool.
–verb (used with object)
3. to furnish with a hilt.
—Idiom
4. to the hilt, to the maximum extent or degree; completely; fully: to play the role to the hilt. Also, up to the hilt.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE hilt(e); c. MD hilt(e), ON hjalt, OHG helza handle of a sword
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hilt   (hĭlt)   
n.  The handle of a weapon or tool.

[Middle English, from Old English.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

hilt 
O.E. hilt, from P.Gmc. *kheltiz (cf. O.N. hjalt, O.H.G. helza "hilt," O.S. helta "oar handle"), of uncertain origin. Formerly also used in pl. in same sense as singular.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

hilt

see to the hilt.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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