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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knife \Knife\, verb (used with an object) [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]
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.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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