Dagger

Definition of dagger:

part of speech: noun

A short sword for stabbing: a mark of reference.

part of speech: noun

A short weapon for stabbing; a reference mark in printing.

Usage examples for dagger:

• As soon as the blow is given, you must break the dagger in the wound. "The-Bravo-of-Venice-a-romance", Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory).

• Then, getting upon his horse, and taking three spears and a dagger he entered the forest, where he soon found a lion, which he wounded with one of the spears. "Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match", Francis C. Woodworth.

• For once its members were a band of brothers, concentrated into one sharp, keen dagger with which they had stabbed Freedom to the heart. "Half a Century", Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm.

• " Perhaps you are right, monsieur; but in all times men die by the dagger and Gaston stopped and picked up the knife with an expression which was not to be mistaken. "The Regent's Daughter", Alexandre Dumas (Pere).