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| 3 results for knives | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Knife \Knife\, n.; pl. {Knives}. [OE. knif, AS. cn[c6]f; akin to D. knijf, Icel. kn[c6]fr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.] 1. 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.. 2. A sword or dagger. The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. --Shak. {Knife grass} (Bot.) a tropical American sedge ({Scleria latifolia}), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife. {War to the knife}, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Knives \Knives\, n. pl. of {Knife}. See {Knife}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pocketknife \Pock"et*knife`\, n.; pl. {-knives}. A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket. | |
