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

Every creese was then drawn, and the solid hide, after being removed with all expedition, was, for the convenience of carriage, divided into six portions suited for bucklers.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

Inside their clothing each tucked a sharp-edged creese, also a loaded service revolver.

From Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

He read a line or two and gasped out that it was a forgery, and rang the bell again, and looked again behind the clock for his creese.

From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George