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(New York, slang, 1970s-1980s, by extension) A folding knife, especially one used in a crime
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Synonym of Newton's flaming laser sword
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(informal) A Bowie knife.
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The blade of an axe; or, a blade identical to that of an axe, but not actually part of one.
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The main curved portion of a knife blade.
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A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
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(weaponry) A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill
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A man who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked axe.
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An axe with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.
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A narrow-bladed surgical knife.
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(rare) Alternative form of boline [A white handled knife used in Wicca, for physical cutting, in contrast to the athame.]
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A white handled knife used in Wicca, for physical cutting, in contrast to the athame.
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Alternative form of boline [A white handled knife used in Wicca, for physical cutting, in contrast to the athame.]
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The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
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A knife, usually with a fixed double-edged blade, that is carried inside a sheath or attached to a boot.
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A knife, with a serrated edge, designed to cut bread; sometimes slots into a breadboard.
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Alternative form of bread knife [A knife, with a serrated edge, designed to cut bread; sometimes slots into a breadboard.]
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A folding pocket knife with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles.
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Alternative spelling of butter knife [A non-serrated or unilaterally serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it.]
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A crooked stick, staff or club.
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A utility knife suitable for cutting through carpet.
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A large knife designed for cutting cooked turkey and similar dishes.
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A large table knife of a kind formerly kept in a case.
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An unsharpened portion of a knife blade at the base of the blade, near the handle of the knife.
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A thick mitten, usually with yellow leather on the outside.
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Alternative spelling of clasp-knife [A knife with a hinged blade or blades that, for safety when not in use, can be folded into a slot in the handle.]
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A knife with a hinged blade or blades that, for safety when not in use, can be folded into a slot in the handle.
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A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
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A small knife, with a thin, flexible blade, used by clickers to cut leather
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(military, historical) A sword, bayonet or similar weapon made of steel.
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(obsolete) A knife; a dagger.
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(obsolete) hunting knife
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A utility knife used in handicrafts.
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(obsolete) A short, broad sword.
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Obsolete form of cutlass. [(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.]
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Obsolete form of cutlass. [(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.]
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(obsolete) A sword of Damascus steel.
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Alternative form of dandy stick [(obsolete) walking stick]
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A knife which uses deer horn as the material for the handle
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A clasp knife with a large blade like that of a dirk.
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A kind of simple slipjoint pocketknife made in France.
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A knife with a handle at each end, used for shaving hoops for barrels by drawing it towards oneself.
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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; a drawshave.
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A medieval dagger with a distinctive ear-shaped pommel
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(historical) A type of relatively blunt knife used for eating purposes, and not as a weapon
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Alternative spelling of ébauche used particularly for a partially built watch.
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An electrical device with two serrated blades that move with a sawing action, used for slicing food.
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A knife for cutting and serving fish at table.
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(Britain, Ireland) A type of knife which has the blade mounted on a pivot so that it can fold back sideways into the handle when not in use, but can flick out straight, usually with a spring-loaded mechanism, when required.
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(Britain) Alternative spelling of flick knife [(Britain, Ireland) A type of knife which has the blade mounted on a pivot so that it can fold back sideways into the handle when not in use, but can flick out straight, usually with a spring-loaded mechanism, when required.]
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(slang, urban England and Ireland) flick knife, switchblade
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A folding knife, typically a pocketknife.
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A kind of knife whose blade or blades can be folded inside the handle; such a knife is usually a pocketknife.
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A spike on a gauntlet; a gad.
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(cutlery, UK dialectal) A barb on the tang of a knife, in order to prevent it from being pulled out of the handle.
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A folding knife of this type
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(archaeology) a cleaver, similar to an ax but with a wider cutting edge
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(archaic) A maker of handles for knives and other tools
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Alternative form of hand axe [A stone tool made by flaking to produce an edge, used without a handle.]
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Alternative form of hand axe [A stone tool made by flaking to produce an edge, used without a handle.]
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A knife for cutting fresh herbs
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A large knife designed for use in hunting animals, usually with a smooth front edge and a back edge that is partially serrated for sawing.
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A pointed tool, rather like an awl, used for breaking ice.
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A type of bolster for a folding knife.
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A compact folding knife.
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A pocketknife consisting of two handle segments joined by a pivot, with a blade connected by a second pivot to the end of one handle segment.
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(historical) A kind of Scottish polearm.
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A series of notches (jimps) down the spine of a blade, created to provide grip on a knife beyond the bolster
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(US, especially Mississippi) A sling blade, a heavy, hooked blade affixed to a long handle (like an axe), with one or both edges sharpened.
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Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as that of a chipper.
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A block of wood (or other material) having slits in which kitchen knives may be stored safely.
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Legal restriction on the carrying and use of knives.
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Alternative form of knife-edge [A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.]
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(historical, banking) Large knife-shaped money made from cast bronze, used in China between 600 and 200 B.C. during the Zhou dynasty.
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A piece of kitchenware for temporarily resting a knife on while it is not in use, and without touching the table.
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A set of knives in a leather or similar holster that rolls out flat for use.
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Alternative form of knife-edge [A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.]
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Alternative form of knife rest [A piece of kitchenware for temporarily resting a knife on while it is not in use, and without touching the table.]
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Alternative form of knife crime [(UK) Criminal activity involving knives, especially when gang-related.]
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The amount that can be carried on a knife.
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Man using a knife as a weapon.
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Someone who sells knives.
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(rare) The act or practice of using knives.
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someone who uses a knife
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A story told by storyknifing.
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Obsolete spelling of knife [A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.]
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A curved knife for cutting leather.
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A type of folding knife in which the blade locks in its extended position by means of a lock on the back of the handle that is released by pressing on a portion of the locking arm or lever (that is, the means of release is likewise on the back of the handle).
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A knife whose blade can be locked in position when fully extended.
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A ceremonial form of this weapon.
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A cleaver used for chopping meat.
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Alternative form of meat axe [A cleaver used for chopping meat.]
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A crescent-shaped steel blade attached to a wooden handle, used to chop food.
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A crescent-shaped knife used by leatherworkers to shave off the fleshy parts of skins.
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(West Country) An specialised axe for cutting tree stumps.
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Alternative form of multitool [A Swiss Army knife or similar tool.]
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Any of a class of folding or telescoping tools with a plier head as the central implement and with sets of peripheral implements (typically knife blades, screwdrivers, files, saws, can openers, bottle openers, scissors, and so on).
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A knife carried by wearing it on a cord around one's neck.
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Acronym of out-the-front, telescoping, describing a knife or sword which xtends and retracts through a hole in one end of the handle, rather than folding (or having a fixed blade).
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A knife with a short, thick blade, used to pry open oysters and separate the meat from the shell.
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A knife for cutting paper or opening envelopes.
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A thin-bladed knife intended for coring and paring (peeling) fruit such as apples as well as slicing small ingredient it is majorly used for detailed & controlled cutting.
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(historical) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped.
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(dated) A small knife designed for safe and convenient storage, typically in the form of a miniature clasp-knife, or with blade retractable into the handle. For the most part, such more convenient designs eventually replaced rigid penknives in cutting quill pens or sharpening pencils.
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(archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
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Alternative spelling of pickaxe [A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.]
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A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
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Alternative spelling of pocketknife [A knife with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into its handle, and of a size small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket. Since the late 19th century the term "penknife" has not been distinct from "pocketknife", but the latter tends to refer to larger and more robust versions, sometimes with more attached tools, suited to heavier duty for casual or ad hoc applications outdoors or in workshops.]
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Alternative spelling of pocketknife [A knife with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into its handle, and of a size small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket. Since the late 19th century the term "penknife" has not been distinct from "pocketknife", but the latter tends to refer to larger and more robust versions, sometimes with more attached tools, suited to heavier duty for casual or ad hoc applications outdoors or in workshops.]
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A knife with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into its handle, and of a size small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket. Since the late 19th century the term "penknife" has not been distinct from "pocketknife", but the latter tends to refer to larger and more robust versions, sometimes with more attached tools, suited to heavier duty for casual or ad hoc applications outdoors or in workshops.
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(historical) A small metal rod that was heated and used to adjust the plaits of ruffs on clothing.
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The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
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A type of sharp, pointed knife of Nordic heritage, with a short blade and flat back; normally worn in a sheath on the waist, and used for woodcrafts and as hunting knife.
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Obsolete form of pike. [(military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.]
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A cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at the point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as by a pattern; used in shipbuilding.
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The base of a sword or knife blade where it joins the tang.
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a knife used by North American Indians in scalping.
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(historical) An oblong shield of wickerwork once used in Ireland.
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A long-handled billhook.
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An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
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A pruning knife with a curved blade.
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(Scotland) A small, single-edged knife worn tucked into the hose (stocking) as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress along with the kilt.
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A knife with a fixed blade that fits in a protective sheath when not in use.
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Alternative form of sheath knife. [A knife with a fixed blade that fits in a protective sheath when not in use.]
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A blade with one straight edge and one edge which runs parallel for most of the blade's length until it curves abruptly (almost at a right angle) down to a point at the tip, resulting in less of a piercing point than on a Wharncliffe; (loosely) a Wharncliffe.
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A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
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A type of knife designed for shucking oysters, with a short, sturdy double-edged blade.
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A stick used by shoemakers to measure the size of the foot.
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A hunting knife used for skinning animals.
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A heavy, hooked blade affixed to a long handle (like an axe), with one or both edges sharpened.
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Alternative form of sling blade [A heavy, hooked blade affixed to a long handle (like an axe), with one or both edges sharpened.]
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(chiefly attributive) A type of joint for a folding knife, involving a spring that helps hold the blade open against some pressure but does not lock it open in the sense of any positive engagement by the parts of any lock mechanism; it is thus a non-locking type of joint.
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A device consisting of a portable bed of nails used by police and armed forces to puncture car tires.
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A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
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(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A type of retractable utility knife with a replaceable blade.
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A table knife with a sharp, narrow, and often serrated blade designed for cutting tougher foods such as cooked meats.
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Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
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(countable) A blunt, crudely-made knife.
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A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.
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A razor with a blade that can fold into its handle.
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A tool for sharpening scythes.
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a knife intended for survival purposes in a wilderness environment, often in an emergency situation when the user has lost other equipment.
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Any of a class of multi-function pocket knives or multitools, having a blade and various tools, such as screwdrivers and can openers.
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Alternative form of switchblade [A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.]
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Alternative form of switchblade [A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.]
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Alternative form of switchbladed [Armed or equipped with a switchblade.]
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A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
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Armed or equipped with a switchblade.
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A knife with a switchblade.
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A type of knife used to cut cooked and prepared food, with a single moderately sharp edge.
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(informal) A knife with a long narrow blade, especially one that is a folding knife.
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(slang) A sword or large knife.
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(archaic, slang) A sword.
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(obsolete) Synonym of tomahawk
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A knife designed for use in hand-to-hand fighting in trenches, typically having a double-edged blade and a knuckleduster on the handle.
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A weaver's knife. See trevat.
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(obsolete) A double-bladed halberd or battle-axe.
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A cutting tool that has an interchangeable blade that retracts into the handle.
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A short match, made of wood or wax.
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(historical) A cane originally made of twisted grapevine trimmings and used by Roman centurions to beat the soldiers under their command; the various mushroom-headed batons later borne by them as a mark of office
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(obsolete) A knife used for gathering up fragments of food to put them into a voider.
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A type of corkscrew having a folding design and including a small blade resembling a pocketknife
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A knife with one straight edge and one rounded spine which tapers gradually to a point.
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A compact folding knife with two small blades at one end and a single larger blade at the other that folds between them and is sprung by the other ends of both springs.
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A utility knife, usually with a short, sharp, disposable blade mounted on a pen-like body, usually for crafts and hobbies; an X-Acto knife.
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