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| Knife |
An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc.. |
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| Knife |
A sword or dagger. |
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| Knife |
To prune with the knife. |
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| Knife |
To cut or stab with a knife. |
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| Bowie knife |
A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife. |
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| Spalding knife |
A spalting knife. |
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| Spalting knife |
A knife used in splitting codfish. |
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| Case knife |
A knife carried in a sheath or case. |
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| Case knife |
A large table knife; -- so called from being formerly kept in a case. |
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| Drawing knife |
Alt. of Drawknife |
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| Knife-edge |
A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction. |
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