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KNIFING
Noun
knifing (plural knifings)
An instance of stabbing with a knife.
Hypernym: stabbing
Verb
knifing
present participle of knife
Anagrams
• finking
Source: Wiktionary
KNIFE
Knife, n.; pl. Knives. Etym: [OE. knif, AS. cnif; akin to D. knijf, Icel. knifr, 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.
Knife, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knifed; p. pr. & vb. n. Knifing.]
1. (Hort.)
Definition: To prune with the knife.
2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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