Bowie knife
() A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point |
Case knife
() A knife carried in a sheath or case. |
Case knife
() A large table knife |
Drawing knife
(n.) Alt. of Drawknife |
Edge
(v. t.) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument |
Edge
(v. t.) Any sharp terminating border |
Edge
(v. t.) Sharpness |
Edge
(v. t.) The border or part adjacent to the line of division |
Edge
(v. t.) To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon |
Edge
(v. t.) To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool. |
Edge
(v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border |
Edge
(v. t.) To make sharp or keen, figuratively |
Edge
(v. t.) To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise |
Edge
(v. i.) To move sideways |
Edge
(v. i.) To sail close to the wind. |
Feather-edge/
(n.) The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster. |
Feather-edge/
(n.) Any thin, as on a board or a razor. |
Gilt-edge
(a.) Alt. of Gilt-edged |
Knife
(n.) 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 |
Knife
(n.) A sword or dagger. |
Knife
(v. t.) To prune with the knife. |
Knife
(v. t.) To cut or stab with a knife. |
Knife-edge
(n.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction. |
Load
(v.) A burden |
Load
(v.) The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way |
Load
(v.) That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits |
Load
(v.) A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured |
Load
(v.) The charge of a firearm |
Load
(v.) Weight or violence of blows. |
Load
(v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working. |
Load
(v. t.) To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart |
Load
(v. t.) To adulterate or drug |
Load
(v. t.) To magnetize. |
Spalding knife
() A spalting knife. |
Spalting knife
() A knife used in splitting codfish. |
workload
work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
| case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
| load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply |
stab
thrust knife thrust | a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument, one strong stab to the heart killed him |
knife fight
snickersnee
cut-and-thrust | fighting with knives |
razor clam
jackknife clam
knife-handle | marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell |
bolo
bolo knife | long heavy knife with a single edge, of Philippine origin |
| Bowie knife | a stout hunting knife with a single edge |
| bread knife | a knife used to cut bread |
| butcher knife | a large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat |
| butter knife | a small knife with a dull blade, for cutting or spreading butter |
cargo
lading
freight
load loading
payload
shipment
consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
| carving knife | a large knife used to carve cooked meat |
| case knife sheath knife | a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath |
| case knife | a metal blade with a handle, used as cutlery |
clasp knife
jackknife | a large knife with one or more folding blades |
| dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself |
deckle edge
deckle | rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper |
| edge | a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object, he rounded the edges of the box |
| edge | the outside limit of an object or area or surface, a place farthest away from the center of something, the edge of the leaf is wavy, she sat on the edge of the bed, the water's edge |
| edge tool | any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) |
| fish knife | a small table knife with a spatula blade used for eating fish |
fore edge
foredge | the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved, the part opposite the spine |
| hunting knife | a large sharp knife with a handle shaped to fit the grip |
| knife | edge tool used as a cutting instrument, has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle |
| knife | a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point |
| knife blade | the blade of a knife |
knife edge
cutting edge | the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife |
| knife pleat | a single pleat turned in one direction |
| leading edge | forward edge of an airfoil |
letter opener
paper knife
paperknife | dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books |
linoleum knife
linoleum cutter | a knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleum |
live load
superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic |
load
loading burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
| load | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered |
| palette knife | a spatula used by artists for mixing or applying or scraping off oil paints |
parer
paring knife | a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables |
pocketknife
pocket knife | a knife with a blade that folds into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket |
| pruning knife | a knife with a curved or hooked blade |
| putty knife | a spatula used to mix or apply putty |
| razor edge | an edge that is as sharp as the cutting side of a razor |
| steak knife | a sharp table knife used in eating steak |
| surgical knife | a very sharp knife used in surgery |
switchblade
switchblade knife
flick-knife
flick knife | a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button |
| table knife | a knife used for eating at dining table |
| trailing edge | the rear edge of an airfoil |
| trench knife | a knife with a double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting |
warhead
payload load | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents |
| knife-edge | a narrow boundary, he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity |
| edge | a slight competitive advantage, he had an edge on the competition |