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Webster 1913 Edition
Knife
Knife
(nīf)
, Noun.
pl.
Knives
(nīvz)
. [OE.
knif
, AS. cnīf
; akin to D. knijf
, Icel. knīfr
, Sw. knif
, Dan. kniv
.] 1.
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.2.
A sword or dagger.
The coward conquest of a wretch’s
knife
. Shakespeare
Knife grass
(Bot.)
a tropical American sedge (
– Scleria latifolia
), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife. War to the knife
, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity.
Knife
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Knifed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Knifing
.] 1.
(Hort.)
To prune with the knife.
2.
To cut or stab with a knife.
[Low]
Webster 1828 Edition
Knife
KNIFE
,Noun.
1.
A cutting instrument with a sharp edge. Knives are of various shapes and sizes, adapted to their respective uses; as table knives; carving knives or carvers; penknives, &c.2.
A sword or dagger.