Results for dagger
Definitions of dagger:
part of speech: noun
A short sword for stabbing: a mark of reference.
part of speech: verb
To pierce or stab with a dagger; to look daggers, to look fiercely or reproachfully: daggers drawn, at enmity.
part of speech: noun
A short weapon for stabbing; a reference mark in printing.
part of speech: noun
Usage examples for dagger:
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Mayenne took out his dagger
"Helmet of Navarre", Bertha Runkle -
Barker was flung back against the shop- front, but used the second only to draw his sword as well as his dagger and calling out, " This is not the first time I've come through the thick of you," flung himself again into the press.
"The Napoleon of Notting Hill", Gilbert K. Chesterton -
" As you will, then," retorted Don Miguel, reluctantly drawing his own dagger but I swear that this quarrel is none of my making."
"The Tangled Skein", Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy -
The dagger fitted into my hand.
"Atlantida", Pierre Benoit