bowie

The knife which Terry drew, and which he afterwards designated as "a small sheath knife," was, including the handle, nine and a quarter inches long, the blade being five inches, having a sharp point, and is commonly called a bowie-knife.

Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State Stephen Johnson Field 1857

The Southern people use a long curved knife, called a bowie, after its inventor.

As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home Anonymous

To call his bowie-knife "a small sheath-knife," and the outrageous conduct of his wife "acts of indiscretion;" to pretend that he lost his temper because he was assaulted "while making an honest effort to peaceably and quietly enforce the order of the court," and finally to pretend that his wife had been "unnecessarily assaulted" in his presence, was all not only false, but simply absurd and ridiculous.

Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State Stephen Johnson Field 1857

On being cautioned as to the risk he ran in sleeping in the same room with a young rattlesnake, he quietly replied: "Yes, I know the vermins never go to sleep; but I always do with one eye open and my" bowie "for a bed-fellow."

Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more, 1906

They have spears and guns, some of them "bowie" knives and pistols; while the Indian hunter still believes in the efficacy of the silent arrow.

The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850

To this was fastened a holster, and the shining butt of a pistol could be seen protruding out; a hunting-knife of the kind denominated "bowie" hanging over the left hip, completed his "arms and accoutrements."

The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

To this was fastened a holster, and the shining butt of a pistol could be seen protruding out; a hunting-knife of the kind denominated "bowie" hanging over the left hip, completed his "arms and accoutrements."

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

a formidable weapon -- for the knife was a "bowie," and had a long blade, with a point like a rapier.

The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

a formidable weapon -- for the knife was a "bowie," and had a long blade, with a point like a rapier.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

Every sea-chest broke open, every sea-bag turned out, and whiskey bottles, knuckle-dusters, sling-shots, bowie-knives, an 'guns chucked overside by the armful.

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