"sheath-knife" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1879, United States National Museum, “Section B, Chapter I”, in Bulletin of the United States National Museum. No. 14; Catalogue of the Collection to Illustrate the Animal Resources and the Fisheries of the United States, page 74:",
          "text": "Sailors' and fishermen's sheath-knives.\nSailors' sheath-knives. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Conn.\n29428. Sheath and belt, with \"law-abiding\" sheath-knife. First quality.\n29426. Sheath and belt. Second quality.\n29427. Sheath and belt, with \"law-abiding\" sheath-knife. Third quality.\nThe \"law-abiding\" sheath-knife is round at the tip of the blade, which is also thick and dull.",
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          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 159:",
          "text": "But when he saw this he loosened his sheath-knife and held it ready.",
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        "Alternative form of sheath knife."
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          "text": "Sailors' and fishermen's sheath-knives.\nSailors' sheath-knives. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Conn.\n29428. Sheath and belt, with \"law-abiding\" sheath-knife. First quality.\n29426. Sheath and belt. Second quality.\n29427. Sheath and belt, with \"law-abiding\" sheath-knife. Third quality.\nThe \"law-abiding\" sheath-knife is round at the tip of the blade, which is also thick and dull.",
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          "text": "But when he saw this he loosened his sheath-knife and held it ready.",
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