The upper or principal extremity of various things, esp. when projecting, distinct, removable, or of… The rounded, knobbed, or flattened end of a…

A flat part or side of something; spec. the flat of a sword. Obsolete.

spec. The thick edge of a knife or other cutting instrument, opposite to the face, or cutting edge. Hence back and edge: everything, through…

The flat or blunt end of the head of a miner's pick or similar tool. See also poll-adze n. poll-pick n. at compounds.

Without curvature or projection of surface. flat side (e.g. of a sword): opposed to the edge. Also to turn (a sword) flat.