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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread knives #117265 12/07/2003 9:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Admiral Denver is going through his old sea chest, and mentions a "midshipman's dirk".As a fun thing, let's see how long a list of names for knives we can think of. I found "gully" somewhere in Dickens. A lady who had been a missionary in India showed me a gurkha knife and a kreese. Then there is the Scottish skean dhu. The frontier Bowie knife. French poniard. Mark Twain mentions the Barlow, a popular pocket knife. Mr. Merdle in Little Dorrit cut his jugular with a tortoiseshell penknife. Some additions, please. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: knives #117266 12/07/2003 9:58 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Dirk, stiletto, shiv ('50s US street slang). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: knives #117267 12/08/2003 12:43 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park machette... gutting knife. bread filet paring steak butter french chef cleaver (finishing up in the kitchen) X-acto there are special names for the long and short blades of the sameri-- but i forget the names... with all these knives being brandished, i hope we have a good steel about... or perhaps a strop. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: knives #117268 12/08/2003 3:00 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui kukri noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: knives #117269 12/09/2003 6:14 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Kreese = old anglicisation of Indonesian/Malay kris or keris. This page http://www.geocities.com/keris4u/briefintrotokris.htm has the vocabulary for the various parts of the kris. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: knives #117270 12/09/2003 10:40 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK i hope we have ....a strop. ~ of troy Now, now, temper, temper! Skean Dhu (or Sgian Dubh). The knife worn in the top of a stocking as part of traditional Scottish highland dress. The name means black (ie:secret) knife. bolo Snicker-snee barong yataghan Bowie parang dagger Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,373 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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