dagger

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dagger (enc)

Noun	1.	dagger - a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing sticker dirk - a long dagger with a straight blade haft, helve - the handle of a weapon or tool hilt - the handle of a sword or dagger kirpan - a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men are obliged to wear at all times knife - a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point creese, kris, crease - a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade bodkin, poniard - a dagger with a slender blade stiletto - a small dagger with a tapered blade
	2.	dagger - a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote obelisk grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

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