hilting
hilting is the present participle and gerund of hilt.
Meaning of hilt
Verb
hilt (third-person singular simple present hilts, present participle hilting, simple past and past participle hilted)
- To provide with a hilt.
- Being lightly hilted, it was very heavy in the point and was useful only as an unscientific chopper, dangerous if it connected with a vital part of an adversary, ideal for cutting at defenceless infantry, but unsuitable for sabre to sabre action, especially against the French equivalent, a...1973, Ugo Pericoli, 1815: the armies at Waterloo, page 78
- To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (e.g. finger until palm, penis until pelvis).
- his fingers hilted inside2015, Kitsune, page 41
Questions about hilting
- What is hilting the present participle and gerund of?
- Hilting is the present participle and gerund of hilt.
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