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drawknives

n. (plural of drawknife English)

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drawknives

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drawknife
  1. n. a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces [syn: drawshave]

  2. [also: drawknives (pl)]

Usage examples of "drawknives".

Light, I've orders for a dozen drawknives and three cooper's adzes, and a carpenter down the street needs a mortise hammer, and .

Start with the drawknives, and we will see how far we get before night.

Light, I’ve orders for a dozen drawknives and three cooper’s adzes, and a carpenter down the street needs a mortise hammer, and .

Light, I've orders for a dozen drawknives and three cooper's adzes, and a carpenter down the street needs a mortise hammer, and.

Oakum and tar and fresh wood shavings from the dry docks where the shipwrights wielded their drawknives and mallets.