the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A dirk or long knife.
Word Usage
"A large part of the problem is imagining how much everyone hates me being such a moany whinger, which isn't helped when people tell me I am - the whole "It could be worse" scenario."