Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Malay or Indonesian dagger having a wavy double-edged blade.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Another spelling of
creese .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Malay dagger. See
creese .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
Indonesian orMalay dagger with a wavy, or rigid serpentine blade. - noun A
Moro sword with anasymmetrical blade.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Yes | No | Report from huntin kris wrote 13 weeks 2 days ago
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Thu 11/19/09 1: 55 PM nice interview! kris is such a good guy. i hope this album does really well.
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Yes | No | Report from huntin kris wrote 13 weeks 2 days ago
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I think that kris is going to choose Jr cause they both still love each other and matt is to big of a baby to win her over
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Political, Video Of The Day, Hayden-Panettiere, John McCain kris
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A collection of traditional Indonesian and Malay daggers, called kris, is in the bar; one of the blades measures 47 centimeters long.
Singapore 2008
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They are symbolized to people's minds in general by the dagger called a kris, and by the peculiar form of frenzy which has given rise to the phrase "running amuck."
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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Next to his Koran the kris is the most sacred thing the Malay possesses.
Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Rounsevelle Wildman 1882
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The maker of the kris is a person of importance among the Malays, and ofttimes he is made by his grateful Rajah a Dato, or Lord, for his skill.
Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Rounsevelle Wildman 1882
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The kris is the Malay's national weapon that everyone wears.
Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas George Manville Fenn 1870
chained_bear commented on the word kris
I've heard of kris blades before, but never heard kris used on its own like this. Also thought it was spelled kriss.
"...man with a speckled orange-tawny turban and a kris tucked into his sarong..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 185
March 4, 2008
bilby commented on the word kris
No ss in Malay, Indonesian or Javanese. Spelling keris is also acceptable.
September 16, 2008