creese

See also: Creese

English

Noun

creese (plural creeses)

1. Archaic form of kris.
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 103:

     ‘[S]hould any of the men discover you, certainly you will have one of their creeses up to the hilt in your guts.’

   • 1887, Julian Hawthorne, A Tragic Mystery: From the Diary of Inspector Byrnes, page 25:

     […] near it is a cluster of weapons of villanous aspect, comprising every thing from a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife or a Smith & Wesson revolver.

Verb

creese (third-person singular simple present creeses, present participle creesing, simple past and past participle creesed)

1. Archaic form of kris.
   • 1799, The Gentleman's Magazine (volume 85, page 170)

     Attributing this to accident, or some impropriety of conduct on the part of the sailor, he went to enquire personally into the affair; but had no sooner approached the head Boorghese, than the fellow creesed him also, and he fell dead at his feet.

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Middle English

Verb

creese

1. Alternative form of cresen