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Case
·vi To propose hypothetical cases. II. Case ·noun Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. III. Case ·v...

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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...

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

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case
A house; perhaps from the Italian CASA. In the canting lingo it meant store or ware house, as well a...

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case
The outside planking of the ship. ...

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knife
An old name for a dagger: thus Lady Macbeth "That my keen knife see not the wound it makes." ...

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Knife
The knives of the Egyptians, and of other nations in early times, were probably only of hard stone, ...

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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 shot
·- A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. ...

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Case system
·add. ·- The system of teaching law in which the instruction is primarily a historical and inductive...

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Case-bay
·noun The space between two principals or girders. II. Case-bay ·noun One of the joists framed betw...

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

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Fly-case
·noun The covering of an insect, ·esp. the elytra of beetles. ...

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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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Lower-case
·adj Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; — used to denote the small letters, in distinction ...

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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 vrow
A prostitute attached to a particular bawdy house. ...

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soul case
The body. He made a hole in his soul case; he wounded him. ...

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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...

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smear-case
(Dutch, Smeer-kaas.) A preparation of milk made to be spread on bread, whence its name; otherwise ca...

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knife-gate
a run at a friend's table. York. ...

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case-book
A register or journal in which the surgeon records the cases of all the sick and wounded, who are pl...

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jack-knife
A horn-handled clasp-knife with a laniard, worn by seamen. ...

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rudder-case
The same as rudder-trunk (which see). ...

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

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case-shot, common
Called also canister-shot. Adapted for close quarters if the enemy be uncovered. It consists of a nu...

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spherical case-shot
See shrapnel shell. ...

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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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