Kris

3 definitions found

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

  Kris \Kris\, n.
     A Malay dagger. See {Creese}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Creese \Creese\ (kr[=e]s), n. [Malay. kris.]
     A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a
     serpentine blade. [Written also {crease} and {kris}.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. --Julian
                                                    Hawthorne.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kris
       n : a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: {creese}, {crease}]