head knife
noun
1A knife with a semicircular blade set transversely to the handle, used chiefly in leather-working.
2A knife or machete having a blade with a backward-pointing spike, used by some headhunting tribes in Samoa and the Philippines; compare head-axe (now rare ).
Origin
Late 17th century.
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