anlace
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of anlace
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English an(e)las, from Old French ale(s)naz (by metathesis), derivative of alesne “awl,” from Old High German alasna; awl
Example Sentences
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Anlace, Anelace, an′lās, n. a short two-edged knife or dagger, tapering to a point, formerly worn at the girdle.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
This she did three times, while Osberne gat his anlace bare in his hand.
From Project Gutenberg
The old word anlace, dagger, common in Mid.
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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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