English
Etymology
From Sco. durk.
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)k|-��(r)k
Noun
en-noun
#A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
#* 1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|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.
Verb
dirk
#To stab with a dirk.
See also
w:dirk|Wikipedia articles on Dirks
category:English verbs
Scots
Alternative spellings
durk
Noun
sco-noun
- A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
Verb
tae dirk
#To stab with a dirk.
category:Scots verbs
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