creese
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Colonel Ishimoto, without asking permission, drew out the creese and waved it about.
From Time Magazine Archive
I saw a Malay creese on the mantel-piece and hid it behind a picture-frame.
From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George
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
What a neat hand he was, too, with that spiral-bladed Malay creese of his!
From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)
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