Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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)
Knives \Knives\, n. pl.
of {Knife}. See {Knife}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pocketknife \Pock"et*knife`\, n.; pl. {-knives}.
A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle
so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.
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