5 entries under this word

Dag

Dăg, n.

noun

n. [Fr. dague, It., Sp., & Pg. daga, L. Lat. dagua, D. dagge, a dagger, O. Fr. dagge, a small gun, Gael. dag, a pistol, Armor. dag, dager, W. dager, dagr, Ir. daigear, a dagger.]

Sense 1. A dagger or poniard.

Sense 2. A kind of pistol formerly used.

The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some of them. Foxe.

A sort of pistol, called dag, was used about the same time as hand-guns and harquebuts. Grose.

Dăg, n.

noun

[Sw. dagg, Dan. dug, Icel. dögg. See DEW.] A misty shower; dew. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Dăg, n.

noun

n. [A-S. dag, daug, any thing that is loose.]

A loose end, as of locks of wood; — called also dag-locks.
A leathern latchet.

Dăg, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [1. From dag, dew, q. v. 2. From dag, loose end.]

To daggle or bemire. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson.
To cut into strips or points; to slit; as, to dag the edge of a garment. [Obs.]

Dăg, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To be misty. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.