bowie-knifen.

/ˈbəʊɪnʌɪf/

Etymology: < the name of one Colonel Bowie (see quot. 1885 at main sense); originally, according to Bartlett, ‘pronounced boo-ee’ /ˈbuːɪ/

A large knife, with a blade from ten to fifteen inches long and above an inch broad, curved and double-edged near the point, carried as a weapon in the wilder parts of the United States.

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

1836 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 12 Aug. (Thornton) Our infamous Bowie knives, have made us a reproach to civilization.

1838 Jeffersonian (Albany, N.Y.) 8 Sept. (Thornton) The Louisville Journal chronicles ‘a challenge to fight with Bowie knives, toe to toe’.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iii. 110 A sewing society..which..never comes to fisty cuffs or bowie-knives as sane assemblies have been known to do elsewhere.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxviii. 141 St. Clare received a fatal stab in the side with a bowie-knife.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table i. 21 The American bowie-knife is the same tool [gladius], modified to meet the daily wants of civilized society.

1885 Daily News 11 Feb. 5/3 The hunting-dagger which belonged to the redoubtable Colonel James Bowie, and which has served as the pattern of all subsequent bowie-knives..is a formidable double-edged weapon, with a horn handle and a curved blade fifteen inches long and an inch and a quarter wide at the hilt.

Derivatives

ˈbowie-kniving n.

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

1861 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 350 Not impassible to imputations of gouging, bowie-kniving and knuckle-dusting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	bowie-knife
释义	bowie-knifen. /ˈbəʊɪnʌɪf/ Etymology: < the name of one Colonel Bowie (see quot. 1885 at main sense); originally, according to Bartlett, ‘pronounced boo-ee’ /ˈbuːɪ/ A large knife, with a blade from ten to fifteen inches long and above an inch broad, curved and double-edged near the point, carried as a weapon in the wilder parts of the United States. 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 1836 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 12 Aug. (Thornton) Our infamous Bowie knives, have made us a reproach to civilization. 1838 Jeffersonian (Albany, N.Y.) 8 Sept. (Thornton) The Louisville Journal chronicles ‘a challenge to fight with Bowie knives, toe to toe’. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iii. 110 A sewing society..which..never comes to fisty cuffs or bowie-knives as sane assemblies have been known to do elsewhere. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxviii. 141 St. Clare received a fatal stab in the side with a bowie-knife. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table i. 21 The American bowie-knife is the same tool [gladius], modified to meet the daily wants of civilized society. 1885 Daily News 11 Feb. 5/3 The hunting-dagger which belonged to the redoubtable Colonel James Bowie, and which has served as the pattern of all subsequent bowie-knives..is a formidable double-edged weapon, with a horn handle and a curved blade fifteen inches long and an inch and a quarter wide at the hilt. Derivatives ˈbowie-kniving n. 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 1861 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 350 Not impassible to imputations of gouging, bowie-kniving and knuckle-dusting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1836
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