creese
Example Sentences
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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
Sicto considered: “If the creese falls without sticking into the ground, I shall choose my route first.”
From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Stuart, Florence Partello
I shall throw my creese into the air.
From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Stuart, Florence Partello
"But—well, you have no creese, and you are not wild, nor—nor fierce, nor cruel."
From Nautilus by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
