kris, creese, crease
(noun) a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
Source: WordNet® 3.1
creese (plural creeses)
Archaic form of kris.
creese (third-person singular simple present creeses, present participle creesing, simple past and past participle creesed)
Archaic form of kris.
Source: Wiktionary
Creese (krs), n. Etym: [Malay. kris.]
Definition: A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. [Written also crease and kris.] From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. Julian Hawthorne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
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