wikipedia|dab=dagger (disambiguation)|dagger
English
Image:Dagger_India_Louvre_MR13434.jpg|thumb|An ornamental dagger

Etymology
From OF. dague.

Pronunciation
rhymes|æɡ�(r)

Noun
en-noun

1. context|weapon A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.

#* RQ:Shakespeare Wives, 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, w:Francis Grose|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.

1. A text character (�) that is used for footnotes, to signify death, and to express the mathematical application of Hermitian conjugacy.
2. rfd-sense figurative Anything that causes pain like a dagger.

#* RQ:Shakespeare Merchant, Act III, Scene II, line 108.
#*: TUBAL: Your daughter spent in Genoa, as I heard, one night, fourscore ducats.
#*: SHYLOCK: Thou stick�st a dagger in me: I shall never see my gold again: fourscore ducats at a sitting! Fourscore ducats!

Synonyms
italbrac|stabbing weapon: dirk, knife
italbrac|text character: obelisk, obelus
italbrac|anything that causes pain like a dagger barb

Derived terms
cloak-and-dagger
look daggers

Translations
trans-top|a stabbing weapon
Bulgarian: кама f
Czech: dýka f
Dutch: t+|nl|dolk|m
Finnish: tikari
French: poignard m
German: Dolch m
Greek: ��ιλέ�ο (stiléto) n, εγ�ει�ίδιο n
Hebrew: פ���� (pigyon) m
Icelandic: rýtingur m
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Italian: daga f, pugnale m, stiletto m, misericordia f
Japanese: �� (����, tanken), �� (����, tanto)
Kurdish; KUchar|د��با�
Polish: sztylet m
Portuguese: adaga f, punhal m
Romanian: t|ro|pumnal|n
Russian: кинжал (kinžál) m
Scottish Gaelic: biodag f, cuinnsear m
Swedish: dolk c
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trans-top|a text character
Dutch: t+|nl|kruis|n
Finnish: risti
French: croix f
German: Kreuz n, Totenkreuz
trans-mid
Italian: croce, daga, coniugazione hermitiana m
Romanian: t|ro|semn de carte|n
Russian: к�е��ик (kr'éstik) m
Swedish: kors n
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trans-top|anything that causes pain like a dagger
Dutch: t+|nl|dolk|m
trans-mid
Italian: arma bianca f, coltello m
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trans-top|Translations to be categorized
ttbc|CJK Characters: �, �
ttbc|Chinese: ��
ttbc|Interlingua: daga
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ttbc|Korean: �� (dangeom), �� (hoegeom)
ttbc|Kurdish: t|ku|xencer f, qeme, deban, kahûr
ttbc|Lithuanian: durklas m
ttbc|Spanish: puñal m, daga f
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See also
poniard
rondel
stiletto

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• 2007-12-05 12:17 - DCDuring - /* Noun */ already had WP tag higher up

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