Definition of "war-knife" [war-knife]

• A large knife used in war: especially applied to weapons of primitive times and in a general sense: as, the war-knife of the Anglo-Saxons; the war-knife of the New Zealanders. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "At last the king wielded his wits again, war-knife drew,"
• "In old time old men say Ingin make work-knife, war-knife, arrow-head, axe, all ting he want when can't buy."
• "Indian covered with bark, and painted most skilfully, with his war-knife by his side. '"