Definition of dagger

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

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Kris :: Kris (n.) A Malay dagger. See Creese.
Poniard :: Poniard (n.) A kind of dagger, -- usually a slender one with a triangular or square blade..
Hilt :: Hilt (n.) A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like..
Panade :: Panade (n.) A dagger.
Smeared :: Smeared (a.) Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita)..
Haft :: Haft (v. t.) To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger..
Chape :: Chape (n.) The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.
Baselard :: Baselard (n.) A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century..
Creese :: Creese (n.) A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade..
Scabbard :: Scabbard (n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath..
Dag :: Dag (n.) A dagger; a poniard.
Diesis :: Diesis (n.) The mark /; -- called also double dagger.
Spud :: Spud (n.) A dagger.
Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) The haft of a dagger.
Inflict :: Inflict (v. t.) To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal..
Boydekin :: Boydekin (n.) A dagger; a bodkin.
Stab :: Stab (v. t.) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person..
Plunge :: Plunge (v. t.) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war..
Stiletto :: Stiletto (n.) A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade..
Dagger :: Dagger (v. t.) To pierce with a dagger; to stab.
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