Part 2726

<blockquote>A sort of pistol, called <b>dag</b>, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts. <i>Grose.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The unbrunched antler of a young deer.</def>

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<hw>Dag</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. <ets>dagg</ets>, Icel. <ets>d\'94gg</ets>. &root;71. See <er>Dew</er>.]</ety> <def>A misty shower; dew.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Dag</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>dagge</ets> (cf. <er>Dagger</er>); or cf. AS. <ets>d\'beg</ets> what is dangling.]</ety> <def>A loose end; a dangling shred.</def>

<blockquote>Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in <b>dags</b> or jags at a sheep's tail. <i>Wedgwood.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Dag</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[1, from <er>Dag</er> dew. 2, from <er>Dag</er> a loose end.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To daggle or bemire.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cut into jags or points; to slash; <as>as, to <ex>dag</ex> a garment</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

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<hw>Dag</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be misty; to drizzle.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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<hw>Dag"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>daggen</ets> to pierce, F. <ets>daguer</ets>. See <er>Dag</er> a dagger.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. <er>Poniard</er>, <er>Stiletto</er>, <er>Bowie knife</er>, <er>Dirk</er>, <er>Misericorde</er>, <er>Anlace</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>obelisk</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Dagger moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any moth of the genus <spn>Apatalea</spn>. The larv\'91 are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc.</cd> -- <col>Dagger of lath</col>, <cd>the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities.</cd> <i>Shak.</i> -- <col>Double dagger</col>, <cd>a mark of reference [&ddagger;] which comes next in order after the dagger.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To look, &or; speak</col>, <col>daggers</col></mcol>, <cd>to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Dag"ger</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To pierce with a dagger; to stab.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Dag"ger</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. from <ets>diagonal</ets>.]</ety> <def>A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

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<hw>Dagges</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[OE. See <er>Dag</er> a loose end.]</ety> <def>An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about <sc>a. d.</sc> 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

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<hw>Dag"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Daggled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Daggling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Freq. of <ets>dag</ets>, v. t., 1.]</ety> <def>To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.</def>