creese

English

Noun

creese (plural creeses)

1. Archaic form of kris.
   • 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 crees, present participle es, 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.