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☆ bowie knife (bo̵̅o̅′ē, bō′-)

a steel knife about fifteen inches long, with a single edge, usually carried in a sheath, used originally by American frontiersmen as a weapon

Etymology: after Col. James Bowie (1799?-1836) or ? his brother, Rezin, U.S. frontiersmen

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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