Usually means: Polearm with single-edged blade.
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  1. glaive: Merriam-Webster
  2. glaive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. glaive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. glaive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Glaive, glaive: Wordnik
  6. glaive: Wiktionary
  7. glaive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. glaive: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Glaive, glaive: Dictionary.com
  10. Glaive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Glaive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. glaive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Glaive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. glaive: FreeDictionary.org
  15. glaive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. glaive: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (glaive)

noun:  (obsolete, historical) A light lance with a long, sharp-pointed head.
noun:  (historical) A weapon consisting of a pole with a large blade fixed on the end, the edge of which is on the outside curve.
noun:  (loosely or poetic, archaic) A sword, particularly a broadsword.

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