A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.
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A dagger.
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See Creese.
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A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade.
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A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.
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A Malay dagger. See Creese.
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A kind of dagger, -- usually a slender one with a triangular or square blade.
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A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.
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A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.
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A diagram representing data or a set of equations
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An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and…
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A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; t…
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The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
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A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.
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An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian…
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One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.
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