DAGGER

Dagger

A dagger is a fighting weapon with a very sharp point designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon. The design dates to human prehistory, and daggers have been used throughout human experience to the modern day in close combat confrontations. Many ancient cultures used adorned daggers in ritual and ceremonial purposes, a trend which continues to the present time in the form of art knives. The distinctive shape and historic usage of the dagger have made it iconic and symbolic.

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dagger

Noun

  1. A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
  2. The text character †; the obelus.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.

Verb

  1. To pierce with a dagger; to stab.


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