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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knife \Knife\ (n[imac]f), noun; pl. {Knives} (n[imac]vz). [OE. knif, AS. cn[=i]f; akin to D. knijf, Icel. kn[=i]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..
2. A sword or dagger.
The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. --Shak.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knives \Knives\, n. pl. of {Knife}. See {Knife}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pocketknife \Pock"et*knife'\, noun; pl. {-knives}. A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
knife
noun
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}]
verb: use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn: {stab}] [also: {knives} (pl)]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
knives See {knife}
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