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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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Machete :: Machete (n.) 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 their way through thickets, and for various other purposes..

Director :: Director (n.) A slender grooved instrument upon which a knife is made to slide when it is wished to limit the extent of motion of the latter, or prevent its injuring the parts beneath..

Knifed :: Knifed (imp. & p. p.) of Knif.

Trinket :: Trinket (v. t.) A knife; a cutting tool.

Razor :: Razor (v. t.) A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head..

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.

Trivet :: Trivet (n.) A weaver's knife. See Trevat.

Thwittle :: Thwittle (n.) A small knife; a whittle.

Whittlings :: Whittlings (n. pl.) Chips made by one who whittles; shavings cut from a stick with a knife.

Jackknife :: "Jackknife (n.) A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife..

Back :: Back (n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw..

Drawing Knife :: Drawing knife (n.) Alt. of Drawknif.

Cuttle :: Cuttle (n.) A knife.

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

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..

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

Whet :: Whet (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife..

Sheepsplit :: Sheepsplit (n.) A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.

Carver :: Carver (n.) A large knife for carving.