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Acute
adjective · 78% connection
Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Awl
noun · 78% connection
A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Beaked
adjective · 78% connection
Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Bickern
noun · 78% connection
An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks); also, the beak or horn itself.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Bill
noun · 78% connection
A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a han…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Billhook
noun · 78% connection
A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Bowie knife
unknown · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Catling
noun · 78% connection
A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Cere
noun · 78% connection
The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Cultirostral
adjective · 78% connection
Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Cultriform
adjective · 78% connection
Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Cut
verb · 78% connection
To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Dart
noun · 78% connection
A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Drill
noun · 78% connection
An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Flesher
noun · 78% connection
A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Flute a bec
unknown · 78% connection
A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
Gougeshell
noun · 78% connection
A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp-edged, pointed, shaped, like, pruning.
