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Haft :: Haft (v. t.) To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger..

Dirk :: Dirk (n.) A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.

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..

Hilt :: Hilt (n.) A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like..

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..

Skean :: Skean (n.) A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.].

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

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..

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..

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..

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

Panade :: Panade (n.) A dagger.

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

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

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

Popper :: Popper (n.) A dagger.

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..

Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made..

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

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