29 April 2017

kris, creese or crease

[krees]

noun

1. a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.

Origin of creese

Malay

1570-1580; < Malay kəris (spelling keris)

Dictionary.com

Historical Examples

To wait till to-night, and then lead you out of the jungle if you did not want to go, and stab you with my kris.
Middy and Ensign
G. Manville Fenn

I am only armed with a kris, and have no spear as thou hast,’ he said.
In Court and Kampong
Hugh Clifford

Besides that weapon the Mindanao uses lance, kris, and shield, as do the other nations.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 – Volume 40 of 55
Francisco Colin

The kris as a weapon of offence and defence is now almost a thing of the past.
Tales of the Malayan Coast
Rounsevelle Wildman

Anagram

risk

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29 April 1945 – the Dacchau concentration camp near Munich is liberated by US forces.

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