Bladed Weapons

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº074 v.01

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    Main Definitions

1. blade weapon / edged weapons |n| bladed and edged weapons have been used throughout history for combat, hunting and in ceremonies.Edged weapons are used to hack and slash but, depending on the weapon, to also thrust and stab. Not all swords, knives and bayonets have blades, but points, intended for thrusting rather than slashing.
2. "The reason given for this is that according to a recent study done by the Foundation, 24 per cent of homicides are committed with firearms compared to 58 per cent that are committed with knives and blade weapons."
3. "Regarding the governmental public security agenda, the greatest concern is related to the increase in firearms use in crimes related to illegal drug, given that the use of knives and blade weapons still predominates in the cases of homicides in general and violent robberies."
4. cold steel |n| weapon made of steel.
5. "The strong will of the cold steel sword that has made the incisión."
6. "Inside are showed different collections of firearm, shotgun, and cold steel (20th century), a collection of ancient and historical weapons that time ago belonged to outstanding persons of our history."
7. side-arm / sidearm / side arm |n| a weapon, usually a handgun but sometimes a sword, dagger, knife, bayonet or other mêlée weapon, which is worn on the body in a holster or sheath (in the case of a sword, dagger, knife, or bayonet) to permit immediate access and use.
8. "In addition, the United Nations would facilitate, through collaboration with bilateral and multilateral donors, the provision of basic police equipment, such as sidearms, uniforms, boots, belts, handcuffs and batons."
9. "The exhibition route consists of four rooms, within the Second Tower or Cesta, and shows the development of "sidearms" and "firearms", with exhibits of great historical value dating back to the Medieval period and to the 18th century."

    Main Parts

1. back |n| blunt side of the blade.
2. blade |n| the flat cutting edge of a knife, saw, or other tool or weapon.
3. "The blade of a sword is usually very sharp."
4. "A sword has a longer blade than a knife."
5. bolster |n| protruding part that prevents the blade from touching the surface of the table when the knife is laid flat.
6. butt |n| the back end of the knife.
7. cutting edge |n| tapered edge of the blade designed for cutting.
8. "One side of the blade has a smooth cutting edge, the other is partly serrated."
9. edge |n| a line or border at which a surface terminates.
10. "The knives are made of hardened tool-steel and the serration on one side ensures a precise cut even if the knife edge is dulled."
11. "Perfect serrated blades ensure that even after the knife edge is blunt a good chop is still achieved."
12. guard |n| metal part, as wide as the blade, separating the blade and the tang.
13. "Make sure the blade guard assembly is installed and working properly to avoid serious possible injury."
14. "The blade guard has been designed and developed to ensure working under the best possible conditions of safety."
15. finger guard |n| often considered part of the bolster, the finger guard is designed to strengthen the heel of the knife, provide additional weight forward of the handle, and to help to protect the finger from accidentally slipping across the blade.
16. half handle |n| one of two pieces of the knife handle, on each side of the tang.
17. heel |n| tapered part of the bolster at the bottom end of the blade.
18. hilt / handle |n| the handle of a sword or dagger, designed to provide comfort and proper fit.
19. "I like my own sword because it is covered with blood right up to the hilt-the blood of slaughtered sins and errors and prejudices has made it like the sword of Don Rodrigo, "of a dark and purple tint."
20. "Quad's hands gripped sword hilts , cueing Mack to bring his rifle to a firing position."
21. rivet |n| short cylindrical bolt that holds the knife handle together.
22. "Insert an aluminum rivet from the bottom side of the tophat profile into each drill hole and rivet from the front side."
23. "The rivet of the scissor is made of stainless steel and the rivet head is smooth."
24. tang |n| a metal extension of the blade enclosed by the handle. It gives the knife strength, stability, and balance. Good knives have a full tang, which extends all the way to the butt.

    Features

1. double-edged |adj| having two cutting edges.
2. "A double-edged knife."
3. "Careful though, it might turn out to be a double-edged sword."
4. dull |adj| if a knife or blade is dull, it is not sharp.
5. "Dull knives increase injuries to cooks."
6. sharp |adj| having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.
7. "Cut the cake with a very sharp knife."

    More Related

1. knife sharpener |n| a kitchen implement that is used to sharpen knives.
2. "For this reason,  it is important to sharpen the Ham knife with a knife sharpener every time one slices ham."
3. knife grinder 1 |n| one that grinds knives: such as a device (as a grindstone or emery wheel) used for grinding or sharpening knives or other edged tools.
4. "Contact Cozzini Primedge to learn more about our grinder plate and knife sharpening services."to slash cut (something) with a violent sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword.
5. metal |n| a solid material that is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity (e.g., iron, gold, silver, copper, and aluminum, and alloys such as brass and steel).
6. "The electric conductivity of a metal decreases as the temperature increases, while it increases in a liquid."
7. "The structure is made of metal supports and reinforced concrete floors."
8. to slash|v| cut (something) with a violent sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword.
9. "A tire was slashed on my Car."
10. to stab |v| to injure someone with a sharp pointed object such as a knife. 
11. "She was stabbed several times in the chest."
12. "He was jailed for 15 years for stabbing his wife to death."
13. stab |n| a wound produced by a pointed object or weapon.
14. "Wall was reported missing the next day, and police recovered her body — which was dismembered and covered with stab wounds — from the water a couple of weeks later."
15. "Her body was decomposing, and a medical examiner could not determine a cause of death, but found skull fractures and stab wounds on her body." 
16. wound |n| an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
17. "He argues that the infliction of a knife wound of 20 to 25 centimetres in length in the abdomen of Mrs. Amirova, is an act which also clearly rises to the threshold of torture."
18. "Timur Tskhovrebov told Amnesty International that on 24 July, he was attacked in the centre of Tskhinvali by a group of up to 10 people, leaving him with a knife wound to the neck, a broken finger and injuries from punches to his face and body."    

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      Related Posts

1. Weapons (in general)
2. Bladed Weapons Classification
3. Firearms
4. Non Lethal Weapons
5. Weapons of Mass Destruction
6. Metals
7. People Related to Weapons

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