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plural daggers
(weaponry) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade. quotations examples
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.
1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34
(typography) The text character †; the obelus. examples
(basketball, American football) A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win. examples
third-person singular simple present daggers, present participle daggering, simple past and past participle daggered
To pierce with a dagger; to stab. examples
A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. quotations examples
DAGGER. A piece of timber that faces on to the poppets of the bilgeways, and crosses them diagonally , to keep them together
1812, David Steel, The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture