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obelisk \ob"e*lisk\ ([o^]b"[e^]*l[i^]sk), n. [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.
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2. (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also {dagger}
[[dagger]]. See {Dagger}, n., 2.
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Dagger \Dag"ger\, v. t.
To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.]
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Dagger \Dag"ger\, n. [Perh. from diagonal.]
A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. --Knight.
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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}.
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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}.
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{Dagger moth} (Zool.), 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.
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