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dagger
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
obelisk \ob"e*lisk\ ([o^]b"[e^]*l[i^]sk), n. [L. obeliscus, Gr. 'obeli`skos, dim. of 'obelo`s a spit, a pointed pillar: cf. F. ob['e]lisque.] An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called ...
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A dagger , or obelisk , , is a typographical symbol or glyph . The term "obelisk" derives from Greek ( obeliskos ), which means "little obelus"; from ( obelos ) meaning "roasting spit". It was originally represented by the - and ÷ symbols and was first ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB draw ▪ He quietly drew his dagger and braced himself. ▪ At last he could resist the devil's prompting no longer; he drew his dagger and split the reed. look ▪ Their relationship is not free and easy but at least Red ...
Usage examples of dagger.
Thenceforward they may fight as it pleases them, ahorse, or afoot, with lance, with sword, or with dagger, but to the vanquished no mercy will be shown.
Shaking his head, Alec slid the dagger into the pocket of his boot and grinned.
He gave Alec his belt dagger and a small, razorlike blade from the neck of his cloak.
Seregil gave him a wink as Nysander took out his small ivory dagger and waved Alec to a chair.
Now, fierce, Sir Gui did curse the Fool amain, And, cursing, strove his dagger to regain.
Between these sinister relics hung African shields of hide and bamboo, crossed with assagais and war daggers.
Constantine should be rendered incapable of the throne: her emissaries assaulted the sleeping prince, and stabbed their daggers with such violence and precipitation into his eyes as if they meant to execute a mortal sentence.
Over him, a dagger in his withered hand--yes, about to strike, in the very act--stood the old Shaman, and on the floor hard by, gazing upward with wide-set eyes, dead and still majestic in her death, lay Atene, Khania of Kaloon.
He, attempting to force the sworn word of a warrior, knew naught of my presence till my left hand had taken him by the hair, forcing his head back exposing his throat to the point of my dagger.
Came, Bedel, with drawn dagger, because he refused to go to prison, was banished from the University.
She held back a grin as Randolph smiled at Benedict, completely oblivious of the daggers being aimed his way.
The bosomy little woman subsided, adjusting her head scarf, but the look she shot at Mat should have been accompanied by a dagger in her hand.
Over kilts and loose shirts, all wore knee-long mail hauberks, belted at the hips with thick leather bands sporting huge buckles of brass or polished steel from which depended a sword of some descriptioneverything from native short swords and brass-hilted boarding cutlasses to European and Middle Eastern military brandsat least one each of dirk and dagger and one or more pistols, metal flasks of powder and cour bouilli boxes for lead balls and spanners.
The dagger at his hip was a border dirk set with a water-pale cairngorm in the pommel, like sunlight on peat in a highland stream.
In his full regalia the Buzzard mounted the platform, and as he took the oath placed one hand on the flashing yellow cairngorm in the hilt of his dagger.