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

She had caught up an old Malay creese that lay in a corner, and was now making for the door, at which half a dozen domestics were by this time gathered.

From The Portent & Other Stories by MacDonald, George

He drew forth a creese, and holding it up saw this name cut upon the handle: "JOHN POTTS."

From Cord and Creese by De Mille, James

Inside their clothing each tucked a sharp-edged creese, also a loaded service revolver.

From Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)