ABSP: Words - Knives

Science & Tech > Implements > Knives

Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.

athame	in wicca, a witch's knife, used in ritual.
barlow	a jackknife.
breadknife	a knife for cutting bread.
catling	a type of surgical knife.
colter	a knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard.
coulter	a knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard.
culter	(Obs.) a knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard.
cutlery	the occupation of a cutler.
knifeless	without a knife.
knifelike	like a knife.
paperknife	a knife for cutting paper.
paravane	a knife-bearing torpedo-like device for cutting mines adrift.
santoku	a kind of Japanese knife.
spokeshave	a plane or knife used to round spokes.
whittle	a clasp knife or other large knife; (verb) to pare or cut with a knife.

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