■ noun
1》 a short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon.
2》 Printing another term for obelus .
Phrases
be at ~s drawn Brit. (of two people) be bitterly hostile towards each other.
look ~s at glare angrily or venomously at.
Origin
ME: perh. from obs. dag 'pierce', influenced by OFr. dague 'long ~'.