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Dagger :: Dagger (n.) A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.

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..

Poniard :: Poniard (n.) A kind of dagger, -- usually a slender one with a triangular or square blade..

Stiletto :: Stiletto (n.) A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade..

Anlace :: Anlace (n.) A broad dagger formerly worn at the girdle.

Bayonet :: Bayonet (n.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense..

Dagger :: Dagger (v. t.) To pierce with a dagger; to stab.

Main-gauche :: Main-gauche (n.) The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right; -- used to parry thrusts of the adversary's rapier..

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..

Chape :: Chape (n.) The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.

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

Kris :: Kris (n.) A Malay dagger. See Creese.

Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended..

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..

Haft :: Haft (n.) A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt..

Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger.

Knife :: Knife (n.) A sword or dagger.

Couteau :: Couteau (n.) A knife; a dagger.

Creese :: Creese (n.) A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade..

Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) The haft of a dagger.

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