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

Only natives, as you say, sir," returned Nivin slowly—"which is Malay and poor to jest with, besides frequently carrying a creese.

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John

Every creese was then drawn, and the solid hide, after being removed with all expedition, was, for the convenience of carriage, divided into six portions suited for bucklers.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

"But—well, you have no creese, and you are not wild, nor—nor fierce, nor cruel."

From Nautilus by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe