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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.
A knife carried in a sheath or case.
A knife used in splitting codfish.
A spalting knife.
A large table knife; -- so called from being formerly kept in a case.
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superl.
Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.
n.
A small knife; a whittle.
n. pl.
Chips made by one who whittles; shavings cut from a stick with a knife.
v. t.
To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.
n.
A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.
n.
A weaver's knife. See Trevat.
v. t.
To cut or stab with a knife.
imp. & p. p.
of Knife
v. t.
To prune with the knife.
pron.
Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
a.
Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.
n.
A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight.
n.
A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
v. t.
A knife; a cutting tool.
n.
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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