Hypertext Webster Gateway: "knife"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knife \Knife\, n.; pl. {Knives}. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knife \Knife\, v. t. [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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knife \Knife\, v. t.
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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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