Dag
(Dag), v. i. To be misty; to drizzle. [Prov. Eng.]
Dagger
(Dag"ger) 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 [†]. It is the second in order when more
than one reference occurs on a page; — called also obelisk.
Dagger moth (Zoöl.),
any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larvæ 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 [‡] which comes next in order after the dagger. — To
look, or speak, daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.
Dagger
(Dag"ger), v. t. To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.]
Dagger
(Dag"ger), n. [Perh. from diagonal.] A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. Knight.
Dagges
(Dagges) n. pl. [OE. See Dag a loose end.] An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments,
introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Daggle
(Dag"gle) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daggled (-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Daggling ] [Freq. of dag, v. t.,
1.] To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.
The warrior's very plume, I say,
Was daggled by the dashing spray.
Sir W. Scott. Daggle
(Dag"gle), v. i. To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.
Nor, like a puppy [have I] daggled through the town.
Pope.