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Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface..

Haft :: Haft (n.) 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; the hilt..

Gap :: Gap (v. t.) To notch, as a sword or knife..

Grainer :: Grainer (n.) A knife for taking the hair off skins.

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

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.

Seton :: Seton (n.) A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed..

Comb :: Comb (n.) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.

Scaling :: Scaling (a.) Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc..

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

Cystotome :: Cystotome (n.) A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.

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..

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

Cytty :: Cytty (a.) Short; as, a cutty knife; a cutty sark..

Orchotomy :: Orchotomy (n.) The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by the knife; castration.

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.

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

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

Drawknife :: Drawknife (n.) 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, and drawing shave..

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

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