Definition of Daggir
Dag"ger (-g&etilde;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 [†]. It is the second in order when more than
one reference occurs on a page; -- called also
obelisk.
Dagger moth (Zoöl.), any moth of
the genus Apatalea. The larvæ 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 [‡] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Weapon) Category:Weapon A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short blade.
Quotations
*1600: I bruis'd my shin th' other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence... — William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I, Scene I, line 282.
*1786: The dagger, under the title cultellum and misericorde, has been the constant companion of the sword, at least from the days of Edward I. and is mentioned in the statute of Winchester. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34.
- A text character (†) that is used for footnotes and also signifies death.
- Anything that causes pain like a dagger.
Quotations
*1596: Tubal: Your daughter spent in Genoa, as I heard, one night fourscore ducats. Shylock: You stick'st a dagger in me. I shall never see my gold again. Fourscore ducats at a sitting, fourscore ducats! — William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene II, line 108.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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