Dirk
WordNet
noun
(1) A long dagger with a straight blade
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- In half a minute he had reached the port scuppers, and picked, out of a coil of rope, a long knife, or rather a short dirk, discolored to the hilt with blood.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island