creese

Example Sentences

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Colonel Ishimoto, without asking permission, drew out the creese and waved it about.

From Time Magazine Archive

The creese is more than a sword to the Javanese; it is a sacred symbol, and if it is drawn rashly and without preliminary invocations, Javanese believe that misfortune overtakes the rash drawer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then whetting his brass-mounted creese to the keenest edge upon a smooth stone, he muttered a dread oath betwixt his clenched teeth, and strode moodily across the sandy plain.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

I saw a Malay creese on the mantel-piece and hid it behind a picture-frame.

From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George

And yet at no time had Senator Hanway—and himself the master of every art of cord and creese in politics—felt more helpless.

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry