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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Knife \Knife\ (n[imac]f), noun; 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..
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.0.48 [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.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}, {knife}]
verb
1: use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn: {knife}, {stab}]
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