单词 | knife-playing |
释义 | knife-playingn.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > types of knife-playinga1400 fire-eating1754 pyrotechnics1778 salamandership1787 juggling1836 second sight1859 sword-swallowing1873 palming1899 pyro1987 a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 1044 Knijf pleyeyng and syngyng. b. Wielding a knife as a weapon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > [noun] snick or snee1670 snicking and sneeing1674 snickersneeing1698 daggering1830 bowieism1844 knife-work1845 knife-playing1855 bowie-kniving1861 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. vi. i. 395 ‘We came nearly to knife-playing,’ said the most distinguished priest in the assembly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400 |
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