dagg

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dagger moth (Zool.), 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 daggers, or
To speak daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. from diagonal. ] A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor, like a puppy [ have I ] daggled through the town. Pope.

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Daggled 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The warrior's very plume, I say,
Was daggled by the dashing spray. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail. [ 1913 Webster ]