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anlace
[an-lis]
noun
a short sword having a double-edged blade tapering sharply to a point: worn by civilians from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
anlace
/ ˈæԱɪ /
noun
a medieval short dagger with a broad tapering blade
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of anlace1
Example Sentences
Anlace, Anelace, an′lās, n. a short two-edged knife or dagger, tapering to a point, formerly worn at the girdle.
In 1986 and 1987 the team held a series of meetings with an FBI task force called anlace, which had been set up to try to discover why two KGB officers working for the FBI in Washington had been executed after they returned to Moscow.
This she did three times, while Osberne gat his anlace bare in his hand.
The old word anlace, dagger, common in Mid.
English and revived by Byron and Scott— "His harp in silken scarf was slung, And by his side an anlace hung."
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