Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Drawing knife \Draw"ing knife"\, Drawknife \Draw"knife`\, n.
   1. A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end,
      used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a
      shave; -- called also {drawshave}, and {drawing shave}.

   2. (Carp.) A tool used for the purpose of making an incision
      along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from
      tearing the surface of the wood.