bayonet β A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.
blade β The blade of a knife, axe, or saw is the edge, which is used for cutting.
cutter β A cutter is a tool that you use for cutting through something.
dagger β A dagger is a weapon like a knife with two sharp edges.
machete β a large heavy knife used especially in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon.
scalpel β a small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
sickle β an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
skewer β an oblique movement, direction, or position.
sword β a weapon having various forms but consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved blade, sharp-edged on one or both sides, with one end pointed and the other fixed in a hilt or handle.
bolo β a large single-edged knife, originating in the Philippines
cutlass β A cutlass is a short sword that used to be used by sailors.
edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
lancet β a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
point β a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
steel β any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
stiletto β a short dagger with a blade that is thick in proportion to its width.
switchblade β a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
cutting edge β If you are at the cutting edge of a particular field of activity, you are involved in its most important or most exciting developments.
catamaran β A catamaran is a sailing boat with two parallel hulls that are held in place by a single deck.
craft β You can refer to a boat, a spacecraft, or an aircraft as a craft.
schooner β Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2).
ship β a romantic relationship between fictional characters, especially one that people discuss, write about, or take an interest in, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.: popular ships in fan fiction.
skiff β any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
sloop β a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails. Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
vessel β a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
yacht β a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
bark β When a dog barks, it makes a short, loud noise, once or several times.
brig β A brig is a type of ship with two masts and square sails.
brigantine β a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
clipper β Clippers are a tool used for cutting small amounts from something, especially from someone's hair or nails.
dory β a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
galleon β a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts.
galley β a kitchen or an area with kitchen facilities in a ship, plane, or camper.
jack β Sir John Arthur ("Jack") 1926β2014, Australian racing-car driver and designer.
ketch β a sailing vessel rigged fore and aft on two masts, the larger, forward one being the mainmast and the after one, stepped forward of the rudderpost, being the mizzen or jigger.
pinnace β a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
windjammer β (formerly) a merchant ship propelled by sails.
yawl β a ship's small boat, rowed by a crew of four or six.