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Definition of knife

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Knife (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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Shaving :: Shaving (n.) That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument..

Whittle :: Whittle (n.) A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife..

Cream-slice :: Cream-slice (n.) A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream..

Tang :: Tang (n.) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle..

Couteau :: Couteau (n.) A knife; a dagger.

Kick :: Kick (n.) The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife..

Sheath :: Sheath (n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard..

Prick :: Prick (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board..

Cultriform :: Cultriform (a.) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.

Drawshave :: Drawshave (n.) See Drawing knife.

Grain :: Grain (n.) A blade of a sword, knife, etc..

Blade :: Blade (n.) The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword..

Penknife :: Penknife (n.) A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens..

Thy :: Thy (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..

Tenotome :: Tenotome (n.) A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.

Spalding Knife :: Spalding knife () A spalting knife.

Knife :: Knife (v. t.) To cut or stab with a knife.

Efflower :: Efflower (v. t.) To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather..

Doctor :: Doctor (n.) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine..

Bladed :: Bladed (a.) Having a blade or blades; as, a two-bladed knife..