case knife

American  

noun

1. a knife carried or kept in a case or sheath.

2. a table knife.

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case knife British  

noun

1. another name for sheath knife

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Etymology

Origin of case knife

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

We had only one case knife, which he was very fond of borrowing now and then, to cut the blubber, pretending that the muscle shells, which he broke for the purpose, were not sharp enough.

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The palette knife is much better for freeing or lifting forms from a flat surface than a spatula or a case knife.

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But digging was pretty slow work with the ground frozen and nothing but bayonets and case knives to dig with.

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Instead of sewing the cloth it can be pushed up under the outside rim of the basket with a case knife, this being quicker and equally as effective as sewing.

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The lesser size of early ripe corn yields an ear not much larger than the handle of a case knife, and grows upon a stalk between three and four feet high.

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