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dagger
1. n. (weapons) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
2. n. (typography) The text character †; the obelus.
3. v. To pierce with a dagger; to stab.
4. n. A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.

Example Sentences

My poor uncle was there, lying on his bloody bed, with a dagger lodged deeply in his heart.  Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?

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