单词 | scalping-knife |
释义 | scalping-knifen. a. A knife such as that used by the North American Indians in scalping their enemies. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of anlacec1300 misericord1324 bodkin1386 baselardc1390 popperc1390 wood-knife1426 spudc1440 pavade1477 bistoury1490 skene1527 dudgeon1548 sword dagger1567 machete1575 kris1589 bum dagger1596 stillado1607 stiletto1611 steelet1616 hanjar1621 pisaa1640 jockteleg1642 khanjar1684 bayonet1692 kuttar1696 parazonium1751 skene-ochles1754 scalping-knife1759 snick-a-snee1760 manchette1762 snickersnee1775 guard-dagger1786 boarding knife1807 scalp-knife1807 kukri1811 skene-dhu1811 parang1820 stylet1820 belt knife1831 bowie-knife1836 scalper1837 sheath-knife1837 toothpick1837 tumbok lada1839 snick-and-snee knife1843 tickler1844 bowie1846 toad-sticker1858 simi1860 scramasax1862 kinjal1863 left-hander1869 main gauche1869 aikuchi1875 tanto1885 toad-stabber1885 cinquedea1897 trench knife1898 puukko1925 panga1929 quillon dagger1950 flick-knife1957 ratchet knife1966 sai1973 ratchet1975 1759 S. Johnson Idler 20 Jan. 17 A..Mohawk Indian Warrior..with his scalping knife, Tom-ax, and all other implements of war. 1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 309 The Mohawk hardly feels the scalping-knife while he shouts his death-song. 1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. xxii. 328 These had no motive for exchanging the comforts of home..for..the scalping-knives of the Iroquois. b. figurative and allusively. ΚΠ 1764 C. Churchill Gotham i. 5 Whilst her brave rage, not satisfied with life, Rising in blood, adopts the Scalping-Knife. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert Introd. p. xli, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I Peter Pattison's last labours shall now go down to posterity unscathed by the scalping-knife of alteration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1759 |
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