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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)
Idioms 3.
to furnish with a hilt.
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:
before 900; Middle English, Old English hilt(e); cognate with Middle Dutch hilt(e), Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza handle of a sword
before 900; Middle English, Old English hilt(e); cognate with Middle Dutch hilt(e), Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza handle of a sword
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| —n | |
| 1. | the handle or shaft of a sword, dagger, etc |
| 2. | to the hilt to the full |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to supply with a hilt |
| [Old English; related to Old Norse hjalt, Old Saxon helta oar handle, Old High German helza] | |
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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.
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