'Knife grass' definitions:

Definition of 'Knife grass'

From: GCIDE
  • Knife \Knife\ (n[imac]f), n.; pl. Knives (n[imac]vz). [OE. knif, AS. cn[imac]f; akin to D. knijf, Icel. kn[imac]fr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.]
  • 1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc.. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A sword or dagger. [1913 Webster]
  • The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Knife grass (Bot.) a tropical American sedge ({Scleria latifolia}), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife.
  • War to the knife, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity. [1913 Webster]