creese
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Colonel Ishimoto, without asking permission, drew out the creese and waved it about.
From Time Magazine Archive
The creese is more than a sword to the Javanese; it is a sacred symbol, and if it is drawn rashly and without preliminary invocations, Javanese believe that misfortune overtakes the rash drawer.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a keen-edged creese he cut the Flag loose, hurling it down to the ground.
From Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
These latter were very remarkable, and resembled in some respects the writhing creese of the Malay.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Poe, Edgar Allan
Then whetting his brass-mounted creese to the keenest edge upon a smooth stone, he muttered a dread oath betwixt his clenched teeth, and strode moodily across the sandy plain.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
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