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Definition of Kreeses
1. kreese [v] - See also: kreese
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kreeses
Literary usage of Kreeses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1827)
"... kreeses, and various side arms. The kreese has a blade fourteen inches long.
It is not polished, but has a waving surface, resembling that of an ..."
2. An Account of the Island of Ceylon: Containing Its History, Geography by Robert Percival (1803)
"Along with their other arms they always wear their kreeses or poisoned daggers
by their sides: in the heat of an engagement they often throw down their ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"They were armed with kreeses — not the slender Malacca kreese, but large and
formidable weapons. After some conversation through the interpreter, ..."
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