Kris - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Kris :  (noun)

1: a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: creese, crease]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Kris : \Kris\, n. A Malay dagger. See Creese.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Creese \Creese\ (kr[=e]s), n. [Malay. kris.] A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. [Written also crease and kris.]

Based on a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. --Julian Hawthorne.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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