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| barong |
a heavy, broad-bladed knife or cleaver that is used by the Moros of the Philippines. |
| blade |
the cutting part of a knife, sword, scissors, or the like. [1/6 definitions] |
| bolo |
a large machetelike knife used in the Philippines to cut through jungle vegetation. |
| bowie knife |
a hunting knife about fifteen inches long that has a single-edged, pointed blade and a crosspiece and is usu. sheathed. |
| buck4 |
an object such as a buckhorn knife that was formerly placed before a player in a poker game to indicate the responsibility to deal. |
| buckhorn |
the horn of a buck deer, esp. used as a material for buttons, knife handles, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| butter knife |
a small knife with a dull edge, used to cut, serve, or spread butter. |
| carving knife |
a long knife used to carve meat. |
| case knife |
a knife carried in a sheath or case. [2 definitions] |
| chop1 |
to cut into many pieces with a sturdy knife or cleaver (often fol. by "up"). [1/8 definitions] |
| cleaver |
a heavy, wide-bladed, axlike knife, esp. used by butchers. |
| cut |
to pierce, slice, or hew with a sharp-edged implement such as a knife, ax, saw, or scissors. [1/25 definitions] |
| cut off |
to remove (something) using a sharp tool such as a knife. [1/8 definitions] |
| cutting edge |
the sharp edge of a cutting implement, such as scissors, a knife, or the like, that serves to cut or penetrate something. [1/2 definitions] |
| drawknife |
a knife that can be drawn, by means of handles at both ends of the blade, toward the user to shave a surface. |
| edge |
the cutting side of a knife blade or other such instrument. [1/10 definitions] |
| haft |
to provide with a handle or hilt, as a knife. [1/2 definitions] |
| hara-kiri |
a Japanese ritual suicide with knife or dagger, usu. to preserve one's honor, and associated esp. with the samurai and, more recently, the military. [1/2 definitions] |
| hilt |
the part by which a sword, knife, tool, or the like is held; handle. |
| hone |
to sharpen (a knife, razor, or the like) with or as if with a hone. [1/5 definitions] |
| hunting knife |
a large sharp knife carried by hunters and used esp. to skin, gut, and cut up game. |
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