n.
- a short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon.
- Printing another term for obelus.
Phrase
- be at daggers drawn
Brit. (of two people) be bitterly hostile towards each other. - look daggers at
glare angrily or venomously at.
Etymology
ME: perh. from obs. dag ‘pierce’, influenced by OFr. dague ‘long dagger’.