Bowie knife: alternatives and connections

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the ot…

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as…

A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, e…

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fif…

A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

Having a blade or blades; as, a two-bladed knife.

A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood,…

A little cat; a kitten.

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream.

A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a.

Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.

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A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an…

A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners.

Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen.