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To speak daggers

Dagger \Dag"ger\ (-g[~e]r), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See Dag a dagger.]

  1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.

  2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk.

    Dagger moth (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larv[ae] are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc.

    Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities.
    --Shak.

    Double dagger, a mark of reference [[dag]] which comes next in order after the dagger.

    To look daggers, or To speak daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.