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ˈpaper-knife
A knife of ivory, bone, wood, or other substance, used to cut paper along a fold, esp. to cut open the leaves of an uncut book.
1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) viii. iii, Being reduced to make a paper-knife of your finger. 1848Thackeray Lett. 28 July, A paper-knife with a Mother of pearl blade. 1889Besant Bell St. Paul's II. 137 Standing thoughtfully at a table, playing with a paper-knife.
Hence ˈpaper-knife v., to cut with a paper-knife.
1898Academy 17 Sept. 267/2 A fresh batch of publications..has reached us. The first to be paper-knifed was The Meaning of Education. |