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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Scabbard :: Scabbard (n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath..
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..
Skean :: Skean (n.) A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.].
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.
Obelisk :: Obelisk (n.) A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [/]. See Dagger, n., 2..
Dirk :: Dirk (n.) A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.
Smeared :: Smeared (a.) Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita)..
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..
Couteau :: Couteau (n.) A knife; 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..
Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made..
Dag :: Dag (n.) A dagger; a poniard.
Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) The haft of a dagger.
Kris :: Kris (n.) A Malay dagger. See Creese.
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..
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..
Stiletto :: Stiletto (n.) A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade..
Haft :: Haft (v. t.) To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger..
Knife :: Knife (n.) A sword or dagger.
Dagger :: Dagger (n.) A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
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