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was knifing
  • past progressive of knife.

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The boat was knifing out of the water and porpoising.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stan was standing beside him on the deck and the boat was knifing along half out of the water.

From A Yankee Flier in Italy by Montgomery, Rutherford George