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
"But—well, you have no creese, and you are not wild, nor—nor fierce, nor cruel."
From Nautilus by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
The thousand yards from the mouth of the cove to the moorings of the Savonarola wound like a Malay creese with an interrogation point for a handle.
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Comfort, Will Levington
Every creese was then drawn, and the solid hide, after being removed with all expedition, was, for the convenience of carriage, divided into six portions suited for bucklers.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
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