Knifing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knife \Knife\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knifed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Knifing}.]
     1. (Hort.) To prune with the knife.
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     2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low]


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     3. Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand
        means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against
        (a candidate of one's own party). [Slang, U. S.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]