Definition of dagger

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Dagger (n.) 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.

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Baselard :: Baselard (n.) A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century..
Haft :: Haft (v. t.) To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger..
Dagger :: Dagger (n.) 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.
Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger.
Misericordia :: Misericordia (n.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary..
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..
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..
Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made..
Spud :: Spud (n.) A dagger.
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..
Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) The haft of a dagger.
Stiletto :: Stiletto (n.) A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade..
Couteau :: Couteau (n.) A knife; a dagger.
Skean :: Skean (n.) A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.].
Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended..
Scabbard :: Scabbard (n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath..
Panade :: Panade (n.) A dagger.
Chape :: Chape (n.) The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.
Dirk :: Dirk (n.) A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.
Creese :: Creese (n.) A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade..
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