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

 - Dagger moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larvæ are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc.

 - Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities.

 - Double dagger, a mark of reference which comes next ...