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A machete (/ m ə ˈ ʃ ɛ t i /; Spanish pronunciation:) is a broad blade used either as an agricultural implement similar to an axe, or in combat like a long-bladed knife. The blade is typically 30 to 66 centimetres (12 to 26 in) long and usually under 3 millimetres ( 1 ⁄ 8 in) thick.
A knife (pl.: knives; from Old Norse knifr 'knife, dirk' [1]) is a tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade, usually attached to a handle or hilt. One of the earliest tools used by humanity, knives appeared at least 2.5 million years ago , as evidenced by the Oldowan tools.
In Kerala, Malayalam language references the semi-circular knife for paddy, called "koduval" and the regular sized billhook machete is known as "vaakathi" (coconut cutting); while the veecharuval is known simply as aruval. The veecharuval was also used as a weapon and is still used as such for self-defence in rural areas or gang warfare in cities.
Like the machete, the parang is frequently used in the jungle as well as being a tool for making housing, furniture, and tools. The parang has been noted in John "Lofty" Wiseman's SAS Survival Handbook [3] for this use. Wiseman points out that by grinding three different angles in three separate regions along the Parang blade—a narrow angle ...
The root coltello, for "knife", derived ultimately from the Latin cultellus meaning "smaller knife", which is the common Latin root for both the Italian and French words. [3] In the English-speaking Caribbean, the word "cutlass" is also used as a word for machete. [4] [5]
Homer mentions the makhaira, but as a domestic knife of no great size. [1] In period texts, μάχαιρα has a variety of meanings, and can refer to virtually any knife or sword, even a surgeon's scalpel, but in a martial context it frequently refers to a type of one-edged sword; a sword designed primarily to cut rather than thrust. [2]
Dementia impacts almost 10% of older adults in the U.S. While scientists haven’t pinpointed exactly what causes it, research is slowly identifying new factors, like diet, that may play a role in ...
Mowgli in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book uses a jambiya knife to kill Shere Khan. Aladdin owns a jambiya left by his father, and uses it to fight Sa'Luk in the 1996 film Aladdin and the King of Thieves. Geralt of Rivia owns a dagger that resembles a jambiya in the 2007 game The Witcher. Ezio Auditore wields a jambiya in Assassin's Creed ...