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knives
(encz) | knives,nože |
Knives
(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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Knives
(gcide) | Knives \Knives\,
n. pl. of Knife. See Knife.
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-knives
(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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clasp-knives
(encz) | clasp-knives, |
jackknives
(encz) | jackknives,velké nože Zdeněk Brož |
penknives
(encz) | penknives,kapesní nože n: pl. Petr Prášek |
pocketknives
(encz) | pocketknives, |
Knives
(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.
[1913 Webster]Knives \Knives\,
n. pl. of Knife. See Knife.
[1913 Webster]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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-knives
(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.
[1913 Webster]Knives \Knives\,
n. pl. of Knife. See Knife.
[1913 Webster]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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Penknives
(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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stone knives and bearskins
(foldoc) | stone knives and bearskins
(From the Star Trek Classic episode "The City on the Edge of
Forever") A term traditionally used to describe (and
deprecate) computing environments that are grotesquely
primitive in light of what is known about good ways to design
things. As in "Don't get too used to the facilities here.
Once you leave SAIL it's stone knives and bearskins as far as
the eye can see".
Compare steam-powered.
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stone knives and bearskins
(jargon) | stone knives and bearskins
n.
[from the Star Trek Classic episode The City on the Edge of Forever] A term
traditionally used to describe (and deprecate) computing environments that
are grotesquely primitive in light of what is known about good ways to
design things. As in “Don't get too used to the facilities here. Once you
leave SAIL it's stone knives and bearskins as far as the eye can see”.
Compare steam-powered.
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