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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Knife
 
= sword or dagger.   1
       
“Till my keen knife see not the wound it makes.”
       
Shakespeare: Macbeth, i. 5.
 


 KnifeKnife and Fork. 

 
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