Bōw'ie-knife, n.
(bō'e-nīf), n. A knife from ten to fifteen inches long, and about two inches broad, worn as a weapon in the Southern and South-western States;—so named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Bartlett.
(bō'e-nīf), n. A knife from ten to fifteen inches long, and about two inches broad, worn as a weapon in the Southern and South-western States;—so named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Bartlett.