hilt
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A stunning jeweled dagger hilt and scabbard from Jahangir’s reign incorporate more than 2,000 diamonds, rubies and emeralds set in an intricate pattern in gold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Another "Star Wars" piece of memorabilia on offer is the lightsaber hilt from "The Force Awakens," which is valued at up to $100,000.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Just six months ago England coach Brendon McCullum backed Jos Buttler to the hilt despite questions over his captain's future.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025
The performers are encouraged to play their roles to the comic hilt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024
The akrafena flies out of Tano’s hands and into my own, hilt first.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Walrus ivory was one of the most prized commodities in medieval times, valued across Europe and the Islamic world for its use in sword hilts, gaming pieces, and sacramental objects.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 22, 2022
Perhaps a line of parasols designed for Jonas Hanway types, with canopies of dashing plaid and polished wooden hilts?
From Slate
Ready Defenders A group of youths stand with their hands on the hilts of their swords, ready to fight if necessary.
From National Geographic
On the night of Nov. 22, 1896, people on an Alameda streetcar saw a huge "bird-shaped" object with a brilliant light hilts nose.
From Time Magazine Archive
The knives were old things: the hilts were made of bone, while the blades were chipped, volcanic glass, black as jet, with white snowflake-shapes frozen forever into the obsidian.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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