| slovo | definícia |
knife
(mass) | knife
- nôž |
knife
(encz) | knife,nůž |
Knife
(gcide) | Knife \Knife\ (n[imac]f), n.; pl. Knives (n[imac]vz). [OE.
knif, AS. cn[imac]f; akin to D. knijf, Icel. kn[imac]fr, 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..
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2. A sword or dagger.
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The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. --Shak.
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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.
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Knife
(gcide) | Knife \Knife\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knifed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Knifing.]
1. (Hort.) To prune with the knife.
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2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low]
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3. Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand
means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against
(a candidate of one's own party). [Slang, U. S.]
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knife
(wn) | knife
n 1: edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade
with a sharp edge and a handle
2: a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
3: any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame
licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire
into the dark" [syn: tongue, knife]
v 1: use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn:
knife, stab] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
knife
(mass) | knife
- nôž |
bowie knife
(encz) | bowie knife,lovecký tesák n: Zdeněk Brož |
carving knife
(encz) | carving knife, n: |
case knife
(encz) | case knife, n: |
clasp knife
(encz) | clasp knife,zavírací nůž Zdeněk Brož |
clasp-knife
(encz) | clasp-knife,zavírací nůž Zdeněk Brož |
drawknife
(encz) | drawknife,poříz n: Zdeněk Brož |
fish knife
(encz) | fish knife, n: |
flick knife
(encz) | flick knife, n: |
flick-knife
(encz) | flick-knife, n: |
have an accent you could cut with a knife
(encz) | have an accent you could cut with a knife,mít silný
přízvuk [fráz.] Pino |
hunting knife
(encz) | hunting knife, n: |
jackknife
(encz) | jackknife,kudla n: Zdeněk Brožjackknife,velký nůž Zdeněk Brožjackknife,zavírák n: Zdeněk Brož |
jackknife clam
(encz) | jackknife clam, n: |
jackknife-fish
(encz) | jackknife-fish, n: |
knife
(encz) | knife,nůž |
knife blade
(encz) | knife blade, n: |
knife edge
(encz) | knife edge, n: |
knife fight
(encz) | knife fight, n: |
knife pleat
(encz) | knife pleat, n: |
knife thrust
(encz) | knife thrust, n: |
knife-edge
(encz) | knife-edge, n: |
knife-handle
(encz) | knife-handle, n: |
knifed
(encz) | knifed,pobodaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
knifelike
(encz) | knifelike, adj: |
knifepoint
(encz) | knifepoint,s nožem v ruce Zdeněk Brož |
knifes
(encz) | knifes,nože Zdeněk Brož |
linoleum knife
(encz) | linoleum knife, n: |
palette knife
(encz) | palette knife, n: |
paper knife
(encz) | paper knife, n: |
paperknife
(encz) | paperknife,nůž na dopisy n: Zdeněk Brož |
paring knife
(encz) | paring knife, n: |
penknife
(encz) | penknife,kapesní nůž n: |
pocket knife
(encz) | pocket knife,kapesní nůž |
pocket-knife
(encz) | pocket-knife,kapesní nůž n: Zdeněk Brož |
pocketknife
(encz) | pocketknife,kapesní nůž n: Zdeněk Brožpocketknife,zavírací nůž n: Zdeněk Brož |
pruning knife
(encz) | pruning knife, n: |
putty knife
(encz) | putty knife, n: |
sheath knife
(encz) | sheath knife,dýka n: Zdeněk Brož |
stanley knife
(encz) | stanley knife,pracovní nůž n: [tech.] např. na koberce ap. PinoStanley knife,lámací nožík n: Ivan MasárStanley knife,lámací nůž n: Ivan Masár |
steak knife
(encz) | steak knife, n: |
surgical knife
(encz) | surgical knife, n: |
switchblade knife
(encz) | switchblade knife, |
table knife
(encz) | table knife, n: |
trench knife
(encz) | trench knife, n: |
utility knife
(encz) | utility knife,lámací nůž n: Pinoutility knife,pracovní nůž n: [tech.] např. na koberce ap. Pino |
yellowknife
(encz) | Yellowknife,město - Kanada n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Balance knife
(gcide) | Balance \Bal"ance\ (b[a^]l"ans), n. [OE. balaunce, F. balance,
fr. L. bilanx, bilancis, having two scales; bis twice (akin
to E. two) + lanx plate, scale.]
1. An apparatus for weighing.
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Note: In its simplest form, a balance consists of a beam or
lever supported exactly in the middle, having two
scales or basins of equal weight suspended from its
extremities. Another form is that of the Roman balance,
our steelyard, consisting of a lever or beam, suspended
near one of its extremities, on the longer arm of which
a counterpoise slides. The name is also given to other
forms of apparatus for weighing bodies, as to the
combinations of levers making up platform scales; and
even to devices for weighing by the elasticity of a
spring.
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2. Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.
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A fair balance of the advantages on either side.
--Atterbury.
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3. Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.
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4. The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even
adjustment; steadiness.
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And hung a bottle on each side
To make his balance true. --Cowper.
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The order and balance of the country were destroyed.
--Buckle.
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English workmen completely lose their balance. --J.
S. Mill.
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5. An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an
account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; --
also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an
account. "A balance at the banker's." --Thackeray.
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I still think the balance of probabilities leans
towards the account given in the text. --J. Peile.
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6. (Horol.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See
Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary).
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7. (Astron.)
(a) The constellation Libra.
(b) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which
the sun enters at the equinox in September.
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8. A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. t., 8.
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Balance electrometer, a kind of balance, with a poised
beam, which indicates, by weights suspended from one arm,
the mutual attraction of oppositely electrified surfaces.
--Knight.
Balance fish. (Zool.) See Hammerhead.
Balance knife, a carving or table knife the handle of which
overbalances the blade, and so keeps it from contact with
the table.
Balance of power (Politics), such an adjustment of power
among sovereign states that no one state is in a position
to interfere with the independence of the others;
international equilibrium; also, the ability (of a state
or a third party within a state) to control the relations
between sovereign states or between dominant parties in a
state.
Balance sheet (Bookkeeping), a paper showing the balances
of the open accounts of a business, the debit and credit
balances footing up equally, if the system of accounts be
complete and the balances correctly taken.
Balance thermometer, a thermometer mounted as a balance so
that the movement of the mercurial column changes the
inclination of the tube. With the aid of electrical or
mechanical devices adapted to it, it is used for the
automatic regulation of the temperature of rooms warmed
artificially, and as a fire alarm.
Balance of torsion. See Torsion Balance.
Balance of trade (Pol. Econ.), an equilibrium between the
money values of the exports and imports of a country; or
more commonly, the amount required on one side or the
other to make such an equilibrium.
Balance valve, a valve whose surfaces are so arranged that
the fluid pressure tending to seat, and that tending to
unseat, the valve, are nearly in equilibrium; esp., a
puppet valve which is made to operate easily by the
admission of steam to both sides. See Puppet valve.
Hydrostatic balance. See under Hydrostatic.
To lay in balance, to put up as a pledge or security.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
To strike a balance, to find out the difference between the
debit and credit sides of an account.
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Bowie knife
(gcide) | Bowie knife \Bow"ie knife`\
A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long,
and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife,
and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the
United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James
Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife.
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Case knife
(gcide) | Case knife \Case" knife`\
1. A knife carried in a sheath or case. --Addison.
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2. A large table knife; -- so called from being formerly kept
in a case.
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Chopping knife
(gcide) | Chopping \Chop"ping\, n.
Act of cutting by strokes.
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Chopping block, a solid block of wood on which butchers and
others chop meat, etc.
Chopping knife, a knife for chopping or mincing meat,
vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of
the blade instead of at the end.
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Clasp knife
(gcide) | Clasp \Clasp\, n.
1. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding
together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends
of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
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2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a
grasping, as with the hand.
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Clasp knife, a large knife, the blade of which folds or
shuts into the handle.
Clasp lock, a lock which closes or secures itself by means
of a spring.
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Dirk knife
(gcide) | Dirk \Dirk\, n. [Ir. duirc.]
A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the
Scottish Highlander.
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Dirk knife, a clasp knife having a large, dirklike blade.
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Drawing knife
(gcide) | Drawing \Draw"ing\, n.
1. The act of pulling, or attracting.
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2. The act or the art of representing any object by means of
lines and shades; especially, such a representation when
in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors
of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with
hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation;
also, the figure or representation drawn.
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3. The process of stretching or spreading metals as by
hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and
cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.
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4. (Textile Manuf.) The process of pulling out and elongating
the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers,
to prepare it for spinning.
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5. The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.
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Note: Drawing is used adjectively or as the first part of
compounds in the sense of pertaining to drawing, for
drawing (in the sense of pulling, and of pictorial
representation); as, drawing master or drawing-master,
drawing knife or drawing-knife, drawing machine,
drawing board, drawing paper, drawing pen, drawing
pencil, etc.
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A drawing of tea, a small portion of tea for steeping.
Drawing knife. See in the Vocabulary.
Drawing paper (Fine Arts), a thick, sized paper for
draughtsman and for water-color painting.
Drawing slate, a soft, slaty substance used in crayon
drawing; -- called also black chalk, or drawing chalk.
Free-hand drawing, a style of drawing made without the use
of guiding or measuring instruments, as distinguished from
mechanical or geometrical drawing; also, a drawing thus
executed.
[1913 Webster] Drawing knifeDrawing knife \Draw"ing knife"\, Drawknife \Draw"knife`\, n.
1. A woodworker`s and 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.
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2. (Carp.) 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.
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Drawknife
(gcide) | Drawing knife \Draw"ing knife"\, Drawknife \Draw"knife`\, n.
1. A woodworker`s and 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.
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2. (Carp.) 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.
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see drawing knife.
Syn: drawshave.
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drawknife
(gcide) | Drawing knife \Draw"ing knife"\, Drawknife \Draw"knife`\, n.
1. A woodworker`s and 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.
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2. (Carp.) 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.
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see drawing knife.
Syn: drawshave.
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Flake knife
(gcide) | Flake \Flake\ (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flakna to flake off,
split, flagna to flake off, Sw. flaga flaw, flake, flake
plate, Dan. flage snowflake. Cf. Flag a flat stone.]
1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a
film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow,
tallow, or fish. "Lottle flakes of scurf." --Addison.
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Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. --Evelyn.
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2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter,
darted from a fire; a flash.
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With flakes of ruddy fire. --Somerville.
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3. (Bot.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the
flower, the petals having large stripes.
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4. a person who behaves strangely; a flaky[2] person.
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Flake knife (Arch[ae]ol.), a cutting instrument used by
savage tribes, made of a flake or chip of hard stone.
--Tylor.
Flake stand, the cooling tub or vessel of a still worm.
--Knight.
Flake white. (Paint.)
(a) The purest white lead, in the form of flakes or
scales.
(b) The trisnitrate of bismuth. --Ure.
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Hay knife
(gcide) | Hay \Hay\, n. [OE. hei, AS. h[=e]g; akin to D. hooi, OHG. hewi,
houwi, G. heu, Dan. & Sw. h["o], Icel. hey, ha, Goth. hawi
grass, fr. the root of E. hew. See Hew to cut.]
Grass cut and cured for fodder.
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Make hay while the sun shines. --Camden.
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Hay may be dried too much as well as too little. --C.
L. Flint.
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Hay cap, a canvas covering for a haycock.
Hay fever (Med.), nasal catarrh accompanied with fever, and
sometimes with paroxysms of dyspn[oe]a, to which some
persons are subject in the spring and summer seasons. It
has been attributed to the effluvium from hay, and to the
pollen of certain plants. It is also called hay asthma,
hay cold, rose cold, and rose fever.
Hay knife, a sharp instrument used in cutting hay out of a
stack or mow.
Hay press, a press for baling loose hay.
Hay tea, the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as
food for cattle, etc.
Hay tedder, a machine for spreading and turning new-mown
hay. See Tedder.
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Jackknife
(gcide) | Jackknife \Jack"knife`\, n.
A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife.
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Knife grass
(gcide) | Knife \Knife\ (n[imac]f), n.; pl. Knives (n[imac]vz). [OE.
knif, AS. cn[imac]f; akin to D. knijf, Icel. kn[imac]fr, 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..
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2. A sword or dagger.
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The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. --Shak.
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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.
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knife handle
(gcide) | Razor \Ra"zor\ (r[=a]"z[~e]r), n. [OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL.
rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t.,
Rase, v. t.]
1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the
hair from the face or the head; also called a {straight
razor}. "Take thee a barber's razor." --Ezek. v. 1.
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2. a device used for shaving, having a replaceable blade with
a very sharp edge; also called safety razor. Also a
similar device, made of plastic, in which the blade is
neither replaceable nor can be sharpened, intended to be
discarded after the blade dulls -- called a {disposable
razor}.
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3. (Zool.) A tusk of a wild boar.
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Razor fish. (Zool.)
(a) A small Mediterranean fish (Coryphaena novacula),
prized for the table.
(b) The razor shell.
Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant ({Scleria
scindens}), the triangular stem and the leaves of which
are edged with minute sharp teeth.
Razor grinder (Zool.), the European goat-sucker.
Razor shell (Zool.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to
Solen and allied genera, especially Solen ensis (or
Ensatella ensis), and Solen Americana, which have a
long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor
handle in shape. Called also razor clam, razor fish,
knife handle.
Razor stone. Same as Novaculite.
Razor strap, or razor strop, a strap or strop used in
sharpening razors.
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Knife switch
(gcide) | Knife switch \Knife switch\ (Elec.)
A switch consisting of one or more knifelike pieces hinged at
one end and making contact near the other with flat gripping
springs.
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Knifeboard
(gcide) | Knifeboard \Knife"board`\, n.
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
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Knifed
(gcide) | Knife \Knife\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knifed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Knifing.]
1. (Hort.) To prune with the knife.
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2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low]
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3. Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand
means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against
(a candidate of one's own party). [Slang, U. S.]
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Knife-edge
(gcide) | Knife-edge \Knife"-edge`\, n. (Mech.)
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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Knife-edge file. See Illust. of File.
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Knife-edge file
(gcide) | Knife-edge \Knife"-edge`\, n. (Mech.)
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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Knife-edge file. See Illust. of File.
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Palette knife
(gcide) | Palette \Pal"ette\, n. [See Pallet a thin board.]
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1. (Paint.) A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a
thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter
lays and mixes his pigments. Hence, any other object,
usually one with a flat surface, used for the same
purpose. [Written also pallet.]
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2. Hence: The complete set of colors used by an artist or
other person in creating an image, in any medium. The
meaning of this term has been extended in modern times to
include the set of colors used in a particular computer
application, or the complete set of of colors available in
computer displays or printing techniques.
[PJC]
3. Hence: The complete range of resources and techniques used
in any art, such as music.
[PJC]
4. (Anc. Armor) One of the plates covering the points of
junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
--Fairholt.
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5. (Mech.) A breastplate for a breast drill.
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Palette knife, a knife with a very flexible steel blade and
no cutting edge, rounded at the end, used by painters to
mix colors on the grinding slab or palette.
To set the palette (Paint.), to lay upon it the required
pigments in a certain order, according to the intended use
of them in a picture. --Fairholt.
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paperknife
(gcide) | paperknife \pa"per*knife`\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r*n[imac]f`), n.
A dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters
are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books.
Syn: letter opener.
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Penknife
(gcide) | Penknife \Pen"knife`\, n.; pl. Penknives. [Pen + knife.]
A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and
mending quill pens.
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Pocketknife
(gcide) | Pocketknife \Pock"et*knife`\, n.; pl. -knives.
A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle
so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.
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Pruning knife
(gcide) | Pruning \Prun"ing\, n.
1. The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous.
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2. (Falconry) That which is cast off by bird in pruning her
feathers; leavings. --Beau. & Fl.
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Pruning hook, or Pruning knife, cutting instrument used
in pruning trees, etc.
Pruning shears, shears for pruning trees, vines, etc.
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Race knife
(gcide) | Race \Race\, n. [OE. ras, res, rees, AS. r[=ae]s a rush,
running; akin to Icel. r[=a]s course, race. [root]118.]
1. A progress; a course; a movement or progression.
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2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.
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The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of
any beasts. --Bacon.
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3. Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a
contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding,
driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually,
a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he
attended the races.
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The race is not to the swift. --Eccl. ix.
11.
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I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race. --Pope.
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4. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged;
hence, career; course of life.
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My race of glory run, and race of shame. --Milton.
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5. A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or
passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy
sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as,
the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.
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6. The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the
channel in which it flows; a mill race.
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Note: The part of the channel above the wheel is sometimes
called the headrace, the part below, the tailrace.
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7. (Mach.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven
back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.
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Race cloth, a cloth worn by horses in racing, having
pockets to hold the weights prescribed.
Race course.
(a) The path, generally circular or elliptical, over which
a race is run.
(b) Same as Race way, below.
Race cup, a cup given as a prize to the victor in a race.
Race glass, a kind of field glass.
Race horse.
(a) A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a
horse bred or kept for running races.
(b) A breed of horses remarkable for swiftness in running.
(c) (Zool.) The steamer duck.
(d) (Zool.) A mantis.
Race knife, 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.
Race saddle, a light saddle used in racing.
Race track. Same as Race course
(a), above.
Race way, the canal for the current that drives a water
wheel.
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