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dagger
dagger, a steel bar which plays an essential part in the launching mechanism of a ship. When the dog shores, the blocks of timber which support either side of a ship on the launching ways, are knocked out, the dagger acts as a trigger which releases the vessel and starts it down the launching ways. Nowadays when a ship is launched the whole operation is performed by power, and men with sledgehammers no longer knock out the dog shores, but the principle and mechanics remain unaltered.
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"dagger." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dagger." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-dagger.html "dagger." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-dagger.html |
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dag·ger
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a short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon.
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Printing
another term for obelus.
PHRASES:
at daggers drawn
in bitter enmity.
look daggers at
glare angrily or venomously at.
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"dagger." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dagger." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dagger.html "dagger." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dagger.html |
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dagger. Light with both ends pointed, the larger of which is an ogee: it resembles a dagger in Second Pointed tracery. As it is symmetrical about the long axis, and straight, it is distinct from a mouchette, which is curved, and rounded at one end, resembling a tadpole.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "dagger." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "dagger." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-dagger.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "dagger." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-dagger.html |
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dagger XIV. Has the form of an agent-noun in -ER 1, and perh. f. ME. dagge (XIV) pierce, stab; but infl. by (O)F. dague (XIII) — Pr. or It. daga, which has been referred to Rom. *daca ‘Dacian knife’, sb. use of fem. of Dacus Dacian.
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T. F. HOAD. "dagger." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "dagger." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dagger.html T. F. HOAD. "dagger." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dagger.html |
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dagger
•blagger, bragger, dagger, flagger, Jagger, lagger, nagger, quagga, saggar, shagger, stagger, swagger
•alga, realgar, Trafalgar
•anger, clangour (US clangor), Katanga, languor, manga, panga, sangar, tanga, Tauranga, Zamboanga
•sandbagger • carpetbagger • Erlanger
•Aga, Braga, dagga, dargah, laager, lager, naga, Onondaga, raga, saga
•beggar, eggar, Gregor, mega, Megger
•Edgar • Helga • Heidegger
•bootlegger
•Jaeger, maigre, Meleager, Noriega, Ortega, rutabaga, Sagar
•Antigua, beleaguer, bodega, eager, intriguer, leaguer, meagre (US meager), reneger, Riga, Seeger, Vega
•chigger, configure, digger, figure, Frigga, jigger, ligger, rigger, rigor, rigour, snigger, swigger, transfigure, trigger, vigour (US vigor)
•churinga, finger, linger, malinger
•gravedigger • ladyfinger • forefinger
•omega • vinegar • Honegger
•outrigger • Minnesinger
•Auriga, Eiger, liger, saiga, taiga, tiger
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"dagger." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dagger." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dagger.html "dagger." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dagger.html |
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