drawing knifen.
/ˈdrɔː(r)ɪŋ nʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈdrɔɪŋ ˌnaɪf/, /ˈdrɑɪŋ ˌnaɪf/ 1. A tool consisting of a blade having a handle at each end, used esp. in woodworking for shaving or scraping; = draw knife n. 1.Draw knife is now the usual term.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > other knives
bollock knifec1400
paring knife1415
spudc1440
pricking-knifec1500
shaving-knife1530–1
by-knifec1570
heading knife1574
stock knife1582
drawing knife1583
bung-knife1592
weeding knife1598
drawing knife1610
heading knife1615
draw knife1679
dressing knife1683
redishing knife1688
mocotaugan1716
skinning knife1767
paper knife1789
draw shave1824
leaf-cutter1828
piece-knife1833
nut-pick1851
relic knife1854
butch1859
straw-knife1862
sportsman's companion1863
ulu1864
skinner1872
hacker1875
over-shave1875
stripping-knife1875
Stanley knife1878
flat-back1888
gauge-knife1888
tine-knife1888
plough1899
band-knife1926
X-Acto1943
shank1953
box cutter1955
ratchet knife1966
ratchet1975
1583 in M. A. Havinden Househ. & Farm Inventories Oxfordshire (1965) 149 On Mathooke on drawinge knife on spit.
1645 in C. W. Manwaring Digest Early Connecticut Probate Rec. (1904) I. 21 A gunn,..on[e] auger, one draweing knife.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 151 Drawing Knife..sometimes used instead of the stock-sheave, to pare off the rough wood.
1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 318 A carpenter buys a drawing-knife, which is a stout blade, edged in the middle, and handled at both ends.
1876 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) Gloss. 1235 Drawing Knife, an edge tool used to make an incision on the surface of wood along which the saw is to follow. It prevents the teeth of the saw tearing the surface.
1914 Pop. Mech. Feb. 223/1 The carriage wheel spokes were hand-made with a drawing knife.
2017 @WaspesClass 13 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 3 May 2019) Learning how to use a drawing knife to make planks!
2. Farriery. A knife having a small curved blade with one end curled into a small hook, used in paring and trimming the soles of hooves. Cf. draw knife n. 2.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > other knives
bollock knifec1400
paring knife1415
spudc1440
pricking-knifec1500
shaving-knife1530–1
by-knifec1570
heading knife1574
stock knife1582
drawing knife1583
bung-knife1592
weeding knife1598
drawing knife1610
heading knife1615
draw knife1679
dressing knife1683
redishing knife1688
mocotaugan1716
skinning knife1767
paper knife1789
draw shave1824
leaf-cutter1828
piece-knife1833
nut-pick1851
relic knife1854
butch1859
straw-knife1862
sportsman's companion1863
ulu1864
skinner1872
hacker1875
over-shave1875
stripping-knife1875
Stanley knife1878
flat-back1888
gauge-knife1888
tine-knife1888
plough1899
band-knife1926
X-Acto1943
shank1953
box cutter1955
ratchet knife1966
ratchet1975
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > shoeing instruments
butter1370
firing iron1374
butteris1559
pritchel1568
fuller1587
drawing knife1610
draw knife1711
rennet1725
searcher1834
sate1883
buffer1902
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. c. 392 Then raze both the quarters of the hoofe with a drawing knife,..so deepe that you may see the dew come foorth.
1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xlvi. 602 The Farrier's drawing Knife.
1815 Sporting Mag. 46 159 If..the drawing-knife [be] used every time he is shod, he will be tender footed.
1906 Agric. Jrnl. Cape Good Hope Mar. 308 The operation is best carried out first with a fine drawing knife, then the part is bottomed by a thin edged iron made red hot.
1999 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 15 Mar. A drawing knife is used to lower the hoof and clean out the sole before levelling it with a rasp.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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