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Dagger Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dagger? [n] a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing [n] a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dagger: obelisk \| sticker Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dagger: ankh \| avellan cross \| ax \| bayonet \| blade \| bowie knife \| Calvary cross \| chi \| chi-rho \| christcross \| Christogram \| cold steel \| crisscross \| cross \| cross ancre \| cross botonee \| cross bourdonee \| cross fitche \| cross fleury \| cross formee \| cross fourchee \| cross grignolee \| cross moline \| cross of Cleves \| cross of Lorraine \| cross patee \| cross recercelee \| crossbones \| cross-crosslet \| crosslet \| crucifix \| cruciform \| crux \| crux ansata \| crux capitata \| crux decussata \| crux gammata \| crux immissa \| crux ordinaria \| cutlery \| cutter \| dirk \| dudgeon \| edge tools \| ex \| exing \| fork cross \| gammadion \| Greek cross \| impale \| inverted cross \| Jerusalem cross \| knife \| lance \| Latin cross \| long cross \| Maltese cross \| naked steel \| papal cross \| pectoral cross \| pierce \| pigsticker \| plunge in \| point \| poniard \| potent cross \| puncturer \| rood \| run through \| Russian cross \| saber \| saltire \| sharpener \| spear \| spike \| spit \| stab \| steel \| stick \| stiletto \| swastika \| sword \| T \| tau \| toad sticker \| transfix \| transpierce \| trefled cross \| voided cross \| whittle \| X See Also \| bodkin \| character \| dirk \| grapheme \| graphic symbol \| haft \| helve \| hilt \| knife \| poniard \| stiletto Dagger In Webster's Dictionary \Dag"ger\ (-g[~e]r), n. [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.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also {obelisk}. {Dagger moth} (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus {Apatalea}. The larv[ae] 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 [[dag]] which comes next in order after the dagger. {To look, or speak}, {daggers}, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully. \Dag"ger\, v. t. To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.] \Dag"ger\, n. [Perh. from diagonal.] A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. --Knight.

Dagger Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dagger?

[n] a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
[n] a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dagger: obelisk | sticker

Dagger In Webster's Dictionary

\Dag"ger\ (-g[~e]r), n. [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.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger
   [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one
   reference occurs on a page; -- called also {obelisk}.

{Dagger moth} (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus {Apatalea}.
   The larv[ae] 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 [[dag]] which comes next
   in order after the dagger.

{To look, or speak}, {daggers}, to look or speak fiercely or
   reproachfully.


\Dag"ger\, v. t.
To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.]


\Dag"ger\, n. [Perh. from diagonal.]
A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. --Knight.

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