nife

/ ˈnaɪfɪ; naɪf /

noun

Origin of nife¹

C20: from the chemical symbols Ni (nickel) and Fe (iron)

If he bought a clock he'd take it all apart with his jack-nife, jest to see how it went together.

So I sot down and took out my jack nife, and went to work takin it all apart.

You jest knock the wedge out, an the Union will cum together jest like shuttin up a jack-nife.

I dug out the Bred with my nife and thru the crums out at the Windo so Mother sh'd not see them.

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