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Knife
·noun A sword or dagger. II. Knife ·vt To prune with the knife. III. Knife ·vt To cut or stab with...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Knife
1) Heb. hereb, "the waster," a sharp instrument for circumcision (Josh. 5:2, 3, lit. "knives of flin...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Knife
The knives of the Egyptians, and of other nations in early times, were probably only of hard stone, ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bowie knife
·- A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; — ...

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Case knife
·- A knife carried in a sheath or case. II. Case knife ·- A large table knife; — so called from be...

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Drawing knife
·noun ·Alt. of <<Drawknife>>. ...

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Knife switch
·add. ·- A switch consisting of one or more knifelike pieces hinged at one end and making contact ne...

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Knife-edge
·noun A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving...

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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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bowie-knife
(Pron. [boo-ee]). A knife from ten to fifteen inches long and about two inches broad, so named after...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
knife-gate
a run at a friend's table. York. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
jack-knife
A horn-handled clasp-knife with a laniard, worn by seamen. ...

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spalding-knife
A knife used for splitting fish in Newfoundland. ...

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hard up in a clinch, and no knife to cut the seizing
Overtaken by misfortune, and no means of evading it. ...

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