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Billhook :: Billhook (n.) A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter..

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

Whittle :: Whittle (v. i.) To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.

Scale :: Scale (n.) The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife.

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

Thwite :: Thwite (v. t.) To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.

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

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..

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..

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

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.

Fleece :: Fleece (n.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

Bladed :: Bladed (a.) Composed of long and narrow plates, shaped like the blade of a knife..

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

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

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

Dissecting :: Dissecting (a.) Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope..

Drawknife :: Drawknife (n.) A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood..

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

Knifeboard :: Knifeboard (n.) A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

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