From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
obelisk \ob"e*lisk\ ([o^]b"[e^]*l[i^]sk), noun [L. obeliscus, Gr. 'obeli'skos, dim. of 'obelo's a spit, a pointed pillar: cf. F. ob['e]lisque.]
1. An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.
2. (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also {dagger} [[dagger]]. See {Dagger}, noun, 2.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dagger \Dag"ger\ (-g[~e]r), noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dagger \Dag"ger\, verb (used with an object) To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dagger \Dag"ger\, noun [Perh. from diagonal.] A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. --Knight.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing [syn: {sticker}]
2: a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote [syn: {obelisk}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "dagger": Calvary cross, Christogram, Greek cross, Jerusalem cross, Latin cross, Maltese cross, Russian cross, T, X, ankh, avellan cross, ax, bayonet, blade, bowie knife, chi, chi-rho, christcross, cold steel, crisscross, cross, cross ancre, cross botonee, cross bourdonee, cross fitche, cross fleury, cross formee, cross fourchee, cross grignolee, cross moline, cross of Cleves, cross of Lorraine, cross patee, cross recercelee, cross-crosslet, crossbones, crosslet, crucifix, cruciform, crux, crux ansata, crux capitata, crux decussata, crux gammata, crux immissa, crux ordinaria, cutlery, cutter, dirk, dudgeon, edge tools, ex, exing, fork cross, gammadion, impale, inverted cross, knife, lance, long cross, naked steel, papal cross, pectoral cross, pierce, pigsticker, plunge in, point, poniard, potent cross, puncturer, rood, run through, saber, saltire, sharpener, spear, spike, spit, stab, steel, stick, stiletto, swastika, sword, tau, toad sticker, transfix, transpierce, trefled cross, voided cross, whittle
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