creese

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The creese is more than a sword to the Javanese; it is a sacred symbol, and if it is drawn rashly and without preliminary invocations, Javanese believe that misfortune overtakes the rash drawer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Colonel Ishimoto, without asking permission, drew out the creese and waved it about.

From Time Magazine Archive

I saw a Malay creese on the mantel-piece and hid it behind a picture-frame.

From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George

A magician with a sword—with a great, evil, written-upon creese like that hanging at Black Hill—was here before the palace.

From Foes by Johnston, Mary

I rushed to the picture where I had hidden the creese, and threw it on the table.

From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George