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▪ I. hilt, n.|hɪlt|
Also 1 hilte, 1–5 hylt, 1–6 hylte, hilte, (3 Lay. heolte, helte), 4 hult, 5 Sc. helt.
[OE. hilt str. n. and m., = MDu. helt, hilt m., ON. hjalt str. n.; also hilte wk. fem., corresp. to OS. hilta (MLG. hilte, MDu. helte, hilte) f., OHG. helza (MHG. helze) wk. f. The former appears to represent an OTeut. *heltoz—hiltiz, neuter s-stem; the latter OTeut. *hiltjôn-; of uncertain origin; not connected with hold vb. (Thence OF. helt, helte, later heut, heu, heute, It. elso, elsa hilt of sword or dagger.)]
1. a. The handle of a sword or dagger.
Beowulf (Z.) 1669 Ic þæt hilt þanan feondum ætferede. c1000ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 142/15 Capulum, hilte. c1205Lay. 1559 Þa brac þat sweord..Riht bi þere hilte. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1594 Hit hym vp to þe hult. 14..Sir Beues (C.) 4313 Þe hylte was a charbocle ston. 1530Palsgr. 531/2 Hylte of a swerde, poignee. 1590Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons 4 Long heavie Daggers also, with great brauling Ale-house hilts. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. ii. xix. 127 He that hath the hilt in his hand in the morning, may have the point at his throat ere night. 1692Sir W. Hope Fencing Master 2 The Hilt is divided into three parts, the Pomell, the Handle, and the Shell. 1847James J. Marston Hall viii, The Duke..laid his hand upon the hilt of his sword.
†b. Formerly often in pl., with same sense.
Beowulf (Z.) 1615 Þa hilt somod since faᵹe. a1000Sal. & Sat. 446 Ofer ða byrᵹena blicað ða hiltas. c1000ælfric Judg. iii. 22 Þa hiltan eodon into þam innoþe. c1400Melayne 116 Gaffe hym þ⊇ hiltis in his hande. c1450Merlin 103 Arthur toke the swerde by the hiltes, and..yaf it to the Archebisshopp. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, ii. i. 68 Ile run him vp to the hilts, as I am a soldier. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 29 In whose belly, she..buried the Poyniard up to the hilts. 1753L. M. tr. Du Boscq's Accompl. Wom. II. 205 The sword..bent to the very hilts.
†c. By extension, a sword-stick or foil. Obs.
1609B. Jonson Case is alt. ii. iv, Let's to some exercise or other, my hearts. Fetch the hilts. Fellow Juniper, wilt thou play?
2. The handle or haft of any other weapon or tool.
1573–80Baret Alv. H 454 The Hilt, or handle of any toole or weapon, manubrium. 1848Lytton Harold ii. i, Before each guest was a knife, with the hilt adorned by precious stones. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1876) I. xiv. 275 Unnecessary..to shew even the hilt of his pistol.
3. Phrases. † by these hilts: a form of asseveration. † loose in the hilts: unreliable, conjugally unfaithful. up to the hilt († hilts): completely, thoroughly, to the furthest degree possible; also to the hilt.
1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 230 Seuen, by these Hilts, or I am a Villaine else. 1632Chapman & Shirley Ball iv. iii, 'Tis not, I fear To fight with him, by these hilts! 1650Howell Cotgrave's Dict. Ep. Ded., In French Cocu is taken for one whose wife is loose in the hilts. 1682Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Chances Wks. (1714) 136 It's no matter, she's loose i' th' Hilts, by Heaven. 1687R. L'Estrange Answ. Diss. 45 He is All, Politiques here, up to the Hilts. 1823Byron Juan xi. lvii, A modern Ancient Pistol—by the hilts! 1862Lond. Rev. 16 Aug. 135 The original statements..have been proved—if we may say so—up to the very hilt. 1883J. Payn Thicker than Water iii. (1884) 18 The estate was mortgaged up to the hilt. 1950J. D. Carr Below Suspicion x. 122 You may trust me to the hilt! 1965New Statesman 16 Apr. 604/1 The Prime Minister..backs their decisions to the hilt. 1965Listener 20 May 742/2 Every event I attended was subscribed to the hilt, and the house was full.
4. Comb. hilt-guard, the part which protects the hand when holding the hilt.
1874Boutell Arms & Arm. v. 80 At the two extremities of its massive rectangular hilt-guard, the Roman sword commonly displays..the head of a lion or..an eagle.
Hence ˈhiltless a., without a hilt.
c1000Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 142/34 Ensis, hiltleas sweord.
▪ II. hilt, v.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To furnish or fit with a hilt; to provide a hilt for.
1813Scott Trierm. iii. xxvii, All the ore he deign'd to hoard Inlays his helm, and hilts his sword. 1822― Nigel xxvii, A long-bladed knife, hilted with buck's-horn. 1874Boutell Arms & Arm. ii. 17 Not a very secure mode of hilting a sword.
Hence ˈhilting vbl. n., concr. material for hilts.
1897Daily News 25 Jan. 9/5 Prices of hilting are high, especially bone.
▪ III. hilt
var. of hild v. Obs., to flay; obs. or dial. f. held, pa. tense of hold v. |