kris, creese, crease
(noun) a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Kris
A diminutive of the female given names Kristina, Christina, Kristin, Kristine and related given names.
A diminutive of the male given names Christopher, Christian, and related given names.
• Risk, irks, kirs, riks, risk
kris (plural krises or krisses)
An Indonesian or Malay dagger with a wavy, or rigid serpentine blade.
A Moro sword with an asymmetrical blade.
kris (third-person singular simple present krises, present participle krissing or krising, simple past and past participle krissed or krised)
(transitive) To stab with a kris.
• Risk, irks, kirs, riks, risk
Source: Wiktionary
Kris, n.
Definition: A Malay dagger. See Creese.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2025
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
