Dagger
WordNet
noun
(1) A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
(2) A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From dague, from Old Provencal daga, from Germanic (cf. German Degen, Old Norse dage).
Noun
- A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
- , Act I, Scene I, line 282.
- I bruised my shin th’ other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence; ...
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34.
- 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.
- , Act I, Scene I, line 282.
- A text character (†) that is used for footnotes, to signify death, and to express the mathematical application of Hermitian conjugacy.