Bowie knife

bowie knife English thumb|Bowie knife Alternative forms en bowie knife<id:Q178664> bowie-knife Etymology en James Bowie 1796 1836 American pioneer and soldier = (/ˈbuːi/) who famously used such a knife as a weapon in a duel. Pronunciation en /ˈbuːi naɪf/<q:sometimes prescribed> /ˈboʊ.i naɪf/<q:also widespread> en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bowie knife.wav Southern England Noun Bowie knives en Q178664 A large sheath knife, usually of clip point style and usually with large guards at the ricasso. en California toothpick Missouri toothpick obsolete en knife#Noun < weapon#Noun tool#Noun en hunting knife KA-BAR 430 To ensure good behavior, the slaveholder relies on the whip; to induce proper humility, he relies on the whip; to rebuke what he is pleased to term insolence, he relies on the whip; to supply the place of wages as an incentive to toil, he relies on the whip; to bind down the spirit of the slave, to imbrute and destroy his manhood, he relies on the whip, the chain, the gag, the thumb-screw, the pillory, the bowie-knife, the pistol, and the blood-hound. Further reading en Knives