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  2. List of loanwords in Malay - Wikipedia

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    तेजस् / tejas "sharp edge, glow, splendor" taksi | teksi taxi English taxi teko teapot Hokkien (Chinese) 茶壺,茶壶 / tê-ko televisi television Dutch televisie televisyen television English television tembaga copper possibly Sanskrit or Spanish tāmra ताम्र (Sanskrit) or tumbaga (Spanish). The Spanish word rather refers ...

  3. Iaitō - Wikipedia

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    The blade is made of aluminum alloy, and for the student's safety, lacks a sharp edge. Most iaitō are made of an aluminium - zinc alloy which is cheaper and lighter than steel. This use of alloy and a blunt edge also circumvents Japanese legal restrictions on the manufacture of swords made of ferrous metals.

  4. Sharpness (cutting) - Wikipedia

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    Sharpened metal drop-point blade Naturally occurring sharp obsidian piece Shark tooth with a sharp, serrated edge A sewing needle comes to a sharp point. Sharpness refers to the ability of a blade, point, or cutting implement to cut through materials with minimal force, and can more specifically be defined as the capacity of a surface to initiate the cut. [1]

  5. Chisel - Wikipedia

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    A sharp wood chisel in combination with a forstner wood drill bit is used to form this mortise for a half-lap joint in a timber frame. Parts of a wood chisel. Woodworking chisels range from small hand tools for tiny details, to large chisels used to remove big sections of wood, in 'roughing out' the shape of a pattern or design.

  6. Katana - Wikipedia

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    Instead, the edge curves smoothly and uninterrupted into the point. Kissaki-Moroha-Zukuri is a katana blade shape with a distinctive curved and double-edged blade. One edge of the blade is shaped in normal katana fashion while the tip is symmetrical and both edges of the blade are sharp.

  7. List of English words of Dravidian origin - Wikipedia

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    Current distribution of Dravidian languages.. This is a list of English words that are borrowed directly or ultimately from Dravidian languages.Dravidian languages include Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and a number of other languages spoken mainly in South Asia.

  8. Edged and bladed weapons - Wikipedia

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    An edged weapon, [1] or bladed weapon, is a hand-to-hand combat weapon with a cutting edge. [2] Bladed weapons include swords , daggers , knives , and bayonets . Edged weapons are used to cut, hack, or slash; some edged weapons (such as many kinds of swords) may also permit thrusting and stabbing.

  9. Sharpening - Wikipedia

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    A sharp edge may be 'dressed' using a Honing steel The substance on the sharpening surface must be harder (hardness is measured on the Mohs scale ) than the material being sharpened; diamond is extremely hard, making diamond dust very effective for sharpening, though expensive; less costly, but less hard, abrasives are available, such as ...