Look up: Knife

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   Knife
   Used to cut gold leaf. It should be cleaned with alcohol or acetone to remove the machine oil. Care for it and sharpen it as you would any good blade. Very fine grit paper or emery cloth should provide a sufficient sharpening abrasive. Its purpose is to clearly break the leaf not cut it. Though a modified cutting motion is used.
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   knife
   [n] - a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point 2. [n] - edge tool used as a cutting instrument 3. [v] - use a knife on
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   knife
   in hand plates,the chisel that does the cutting Category: Mechanical engineering
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   Knife
   Knife noun ; plural Knives . [ Middle English knif , Anglo-Saxon cnīf ; akin to Dutch knijf , Icelandic knīfr , Swedish knif , Danish 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; ...
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   Knife
   Knife transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Knifed ; present participle & verbal noun Knifing .] 1. (Hort.) To prune with the knife. 2. To cut or stab with a knife. [ Low]
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   Knife
   Knife transitive verb Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a candidate of one's own party). [ Slang, U. S.]
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   knife
   Origin: 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, choppi ...
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   knife
   noun edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
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   knife
   verb use a knife on; `The victim was knifed to death`
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    Knife
    A `knife` is a hand held sharp-edged instrument consisting of handle attached to a blade used for cutting. The knife is a tool that can be used as a weapon. Its origins date as far back as two-and-a-half million years ago, as evidenced by the Oldowan tools.
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    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; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc.. • (v. t.) To cut or stab with a knife. • (v. t.)...
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    knife
    tool or implement for cutting. Knives form the largest class of cutting implements known collectively as cutlery (q.v.).[5 related articles]
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    Knife
    A tool which was flaked to form one or more elongate cutting edges.
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    knife
    knife: see cutlery.
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