Knife: alternatives and connections

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

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The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring…

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of Wind

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A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.

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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…

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A knife carried in a sheath or case.

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

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A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, an…

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See Drawing knife.

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A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut the…

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One who, or that which, pares; an instrument for paring.

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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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One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.

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One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.

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A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight.

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A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.

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A kind of dagger, -- usually a slender one with a triangular or square blade.

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Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

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A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; t…

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The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.

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A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

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To appoint.

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The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to sta…

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an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

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