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KNIFE (0. E. cuff, a word appearing in different forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Du. knijf, Ger. Kneif, a shoe-maker's knife, Swed. knif; the ultimate origin is unknown; Skeat finds the origin in the root of " nip," formerly " knip "; Fr. canif is a

KNIFE (0. E. See also:
CUFF
cuff, a word appearing in different forms in many See also:
TEUTONIC
TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
Teutonic See also:
LANGUAGES
languages, cf. Du. knijf, Ger. Kneif, a See also:
SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)
shoe-maker's knife, Swed. knif; the ultimate origin is unknown; See also:
SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )
Skeat finds the origin in the See also:
ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root of " nip," formerly " knip "; Fr. canif is a lso of See also:

Teutonic origin), a small cutting See also:

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, with the blade either fixed to the handle or fastened with a See also:

HINGE (in Mid. Eng. henge or heeng, from hengen, to hang)

hinge so as to clasp into the handle (see See also:

CUTLERY (Fr. coutellerie, from the Lat. cultellus, a little knife)

CUTLERY) . For the knives chipped from See also:

flint by prehistoric See also:

man see See also:

ARCHAEOLOGY (from Gr. &pxa1a, ancient things, and Xoyos, theory or science)

ARCHAEOLOGY and FLINT IMPLEMENTS .

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