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knives |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knife \Knife\, n.; pl {Knives}. [OE. knif, AS cn[=i]f; akin to D. knijf Icel. kn[=i]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]: Knives \Knives\, n. pl of {Knife}. See {Knife}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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