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Dagger

Dăg'ġer, n.

noun

n. [See DAG, n., a dagger. The Ger. & D. degen, a sword, is derived from Fr. dague, It. daga, &c.]

Sense 1. A short sword; a poniard. Sidney.

Sense 2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger; thus [†]. It is the second reference used when more than one occurs on a page;—called also obelisk.

To look daggers, to look fiercely, reproachfully, or angrily.

Dăg'ġer, v. t.

verbtransitive

To pierce with a dagger; to stab.