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Webster 1913 Edition

Creese

Creese

(krēs)

,

Noun.

[Malay.

kris

.]

A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade.

[Written also

crease

and

kris

.]

From a Malayan

creese

to a sailor’s jackknife.

Julian Hawthorne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Creese

CREESE

,

Noun.

A Malay dagger.