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hilt

  [hilt]
Use to the hilt in a Sentence
–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.
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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

to the hilt

Also, up to the hilt. Completely, to the maximum degree, as in The house was mortgaged up to the hilt. This idiom alludes to the handle (hilt) of a sword, the only portion that remains out when the weapon is plunged all the way in. The figurative use of the term was first recorded in 1687.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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