From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
kris
n : a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: creese, crease]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Kris \Kris\, n.
A Malay dagger. See Creese.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.]
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From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. --Julian
Hawthorne.
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