Defn: A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.
KNICKKNACKATORY
Knick"knack`a*to*ry, n.
Defn: A collection of knickknacks. Richardson.
KNICKKNACKERY
Knick"knack`er*y, n.
Defn: Knickknacks.
KNIFE
Knife, n.; pl. Knives. Etym: [OE. knif, AS. cnif; akin to D. knijf,
Icel. knifr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.]
1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc.
2. A sword or dagger. The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. Shak. Knife grass (Bot.) a tropical American sedge (Scleria latifolia), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife. — War to the knife, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity.
KNIFE
Knife, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knifed; p. pr. & vb. n. Knifing.]
1. (Hort.)