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CREESE

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creese

  [krees]
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–noun
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
Also, crease, kris.

Origin:
1570–80; < Malay kəris (sp. keris)
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creese   (krēs)   
n.  Variant of kris.
kris also creese   (krēs)   
n.  A Malayan dagger with a wavy double-edged blade.

[Malay kris.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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