Definition of knife

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Knife (n.) A sword or dagger.

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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..
Bladed :: Bladed (a.) Having a blade or blades; as, a two-bladed knife..
Couteau :: Couteau (n.) A knife; a dagger.
Rusty :: Rusty (superl.) Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat..
Swinglebar :: Swingle (n.) A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand..
Sheepsplit :: Sheepsplit (n.) A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.
Pocketknife :: Pocketknife (n.) A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket..
Yataghan :: Yataghan (n.) A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight..
Cultrated :: Cultrated (a.) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds..
Tenotome :: Tenotome (n.) A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy.
Cream-slice :: Cream-slice (n.) A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream..
Knife :: Knife (v. t.) To prune with the knife.
Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle..
Edge :: Edge (v. t.) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc..
Case Knife :: Case knife () A knife carried in a sheath or case.
Penknife :: Penknife (n.) A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens..
Whittle :: Whittle (v. t.) To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife..
Knife :: 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...
Grainer :: Grainer (n.) A knife for taking the hair off skins.
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..
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