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dagger

N กริช  ดาบสั้น  dirk stiletto kid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DAGGER

n. 1. A short sword; a poniard.
2. In fencing schools, a blunt blade of iron with a basket hilt, used for defense.
3. With printers, and obelisk, or obelus, a mark of reference in the form of a dagger.

 

DAGGER

v.t.To pierce with a dagger; to stab.

 

DAGGERS-DRAWING

n.The act of drawing daggers; approach to open attack or to violence; a quarrel.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DAGGER

Dag "ger, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See Dag a dagger. ]

 

1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.

 

2. (Print. )

 

Defn: A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [|]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk. Dagger moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larvæ are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc. -- Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. Shak. -- Double dagger, a mark of reference [||] which comes next in order after the dagger. -- To look, or speak, daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.

 

DAGGER

DAGGER Dag "ger, v. t.

 

Defn: To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs. ]

 

DAGGER

Dag "ger, n. Etym: [Perh. from diagonal. ]

 

Defn: A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. Knight.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dagger

dag ger |ˈdagər ˈdæɡər | ▶noun 1 a short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon. • Printing another term for obelus. 2 a moth with a dark dagger-shaped marking on the forewing. [Genus Acronicta, family Noctuidae: several species. ] PHRASES at daggers drawn in bitter enmity. look daggers at glare angrily or venomously at. ORIGIN late Middle English: perhaps from obsolete dag ‘pierce, stab, ’ influenced by Old French dague ‘long dagger. ’

 

daggerboard

dag ger board |ˈdagərˌbôrd ˈdæɡərbɔrd | ▶noun a board that slides vertically through the keel of a sailboat to reduce sideways movement. Compare with centerboard.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dagger

dag ¦ger |ˈdagə | ▶noun 1 a short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon. • Printing another term for obelus. 2 a moth with a dark dagger-shaped marking on the forewing. ●Genus Acronicta, family Noctuidae: several species. PHRASES be at daggers drawn Brit. (of two people ) be bitterly hostile towards each other. look (or glare ) daggers at glare very angrily at. ORIGIN late Middle English: perhaps from obsolete dag ‘pierce, stab ’, influenced by Old French dague ‘long dagger ’.

 

daggerboard

dagger |board |ˈdagəbɔːd | ▶noun a kind of centreboard which slides vertically through the keel of a sailing boat.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dagger

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