dagger : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  hugger-mugger; clandestine; secret; hole-and-corner; surreptitious; underground; hush-hush; undercover.
  
  • clandestine intelligence operations
  • cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
  • hole-and-corner intrigue
  • secret missions
  • a secret agent
  • secret sales of arms
  • surreptitious mobilization of troops
  • an undercover investigation
  • underground resistance

WordNet

• noun North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
  Polystichum acrostichoides; canker brake; evergreen wood fern; Christmas fern.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larvæ are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc.

Webster 1913

• the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. Shak.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite resembling a dagger
  

WordNet

• noun a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
  double obelisk; diesis.
  

WordNet

• (Print.), a reference mark (&ddagr;) next to the dagger (&dagr;) in order; a diesis.
• a mark of reference [‡] which comes next in order after the dagger.

Webster 1913

• noun yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves
  Yucca gloriosa; Spanish dagger.
  
• noun arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers
  Yucca carnerosana; Spanish dagger.
  

WordNet

• noun yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves
  Yucca gloriosa; Spanish dagger.
  
• noun arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers
  Yucca carnerosana; Spanish dagger.
  

WordNet

• (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.

Webster 1913

• . See under Dagger.

Webster 1913

• to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.

Webster 1913