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bladed

/ˈbleɪdɪd/ adjective C2
  1. Having a blade; having the specified number or type of blades. · a bladed weapon· a four-bladed propeller
  2. Of plants, having long, tapering, flat leaves.
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He walked on tiptoe under the shadow of the wall, and when he reached the window he worked a long-bladed knife through the sash and pushed back the catch.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 96 · B2
“You can see that it was a very short-bladed scissors, since the cutter had to take two snips over ‘keep away.’”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 38 · C1
Someone, then, cut out the message with a pair of short-bladed scissors, pasted it with paste—”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 38 · C1

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