Definition of Dagger

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Dagger

A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.

A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [/]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk.

To pierce with a dagger; to stab.

A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.

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Dagger Quotations

The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.
Thomas Paine

Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.
Benito Mussolini

Word - that invisible dagger.
Emile M. Cioran

Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.
Emile M. Cioran

The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide.
Margaret Cho

I realized that we were all sort of conspiring, well, not conspiring against each other, but all this cloak and dagger stuff and I was like; what is this?
Eric San

And there had to be a dagger thrust in the heart of the left to tell them that you are no longer gonna give five years for a Smith Act prosecution or one year for Contempt of Court, but we're gonna kill ya!
Julius Rosenberg

The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
Alexander Cockburn

Dagger Translations

dagger in Danish is dolk
dagger in Dutch is dolk
dagger in French is surin
dagger in German is Dolch
dagger in Italian is pugnale
dagger in Norwegian is dolk
dagger in Spanish is daga
dagger in Swedish is dolk

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