[W/K] :: knife

  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 \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
       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]
       v : use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn: stab]
       [also: knives (pl)]

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "knife":
     ax, barong, bayonet, blade, bolo, bowie, bowie knife, cold steel,
     cut, cutlery, cutter, dagger, dining utensils, dirk, edge tool,
     edge tools, flat silver, flatware, forks, gravity knife,
     hollow ware, impale, knives, lance, machete, naked steel, parang,
     pierce, pigsticker, play dirty pool, play one false, plunge in,
     point, poniard, prove false, puncturer, run through, saber,
     sharpener, silver, silver plate, silverware, slash, spear, spike,
     spit, spoons, stab, stainless-steel ware, steel, stick, stiletto,
     switchblade, switchblade knife, sword, tablespoon, tableware,
     teaspoon, toad sticker, transfix, transpierce, whittle, wound
  
  

  Knife
     (1.) Heb. hereb, "the waster," a sharp instrument for
     circumcision (Josh. 5:2, 3, lit. "knives of flint;" comp. Ex.
     4:25); a razor (Ezek. 5:1); a graving tool (Ex. 20:25); an axe
     (Ezek. 26:9).
     
       (2.) Heb. maakeleth, a large knife for slaughtering and
     cutting up food (Gen. 22:6, 10; Prov. 30:14).
     
       (3.) Heb. sakkin, a knife for any purpose, a table knife
     (Prov. 23:2).
     
       (4.) Heb. mahalaph, a butcher's knife for slaughtering the
     victims offered in sacrifice (Ezra 1:9).
     
       (5.) Smaller knives (Heb. ta'ar, Jer. 36:26) were used for
     sharpening pens. The pruning-knives mentioned in Isa. 18:5 (Heb.
     mizmaroth) were probably curved knives.