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Dag   Listen
noun
Dag  n.  
1.
A dagger; a poniard. (Obs.)
2.
A large pistol formerly used. (Obs.) "The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some." "A sort of pistol, called dag, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts."
3.
(Zool.) The unbranched antler of a young deer.






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"Dag" Quotes from Famous Books



... knuck'le cher'ub eph'od heav'y nour'ish cres'cent es'sence heif'er south'ern crev'ice eth'ics jeal'ous frus'trate dex'trous feath'er jel'ly rep'tile ster'ile brim'stone ab'bess ref'use ves'tige dic'tate ad'junct sen'tence wed'lock frig'ate dag'ger skep'tic Wednes'day pil'lage bram'ble speck'le zeal'ous ...
— McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book • W. H. McGuffey

... you. Maybe if I'd make up to the mishthress, yer haner! Thrath she wouldn't turn the crathur from the place, in regard that the tindherness ow the feelin' would come ower her—the rale gintlewoman, any way! 'Tis dag chape you have her at what I said, sir; an' ...
— Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee • William Carleton

... "Good dag. Farvael!" repeated his companion. And still, in an erect position, the gentleman in spectacles kept his eyes fixed on the vessel until a projecting portion of the quay hid the Iris from his sight. I then joined R—— and P—— in the cabin. We were endeavouring to settle what could be done in the ...
— A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden - 2nd edition • W. A. Ross

... said Mr. Hofmyer. "I'll be dag-goned if you ain't right. I wouldn't 'a' said so before I heard that ...
— The Brown Mouse • Herbert Quick

... uti en flickas lif, som boer ega rum vid omkring denna alder och foerebygger salunda aratal af elaende, som aer en saeker foeljd af uraktlatenhet. Medicinen maste tagas bestaemdt enligt foereskrift, intill reningen intraeffar regelbundet hvarje tjuguattonde dag. Om inelfvorna aero benaegna att hoptraenga sig, borde Lefver-Piller (Lydia E. Pinkhams Liver-Pills) begagnas, hvilka blifvit saerskildt sammansatta foer qvinnans bruk och verka i fullkomlig harmoni ...
— Treatise on the Diseases of Women • Lydia E. Pinkham

... something hidden in his breast," cried one of the warders, searching in his jerkin, and at length drawing forth a short, clumsy pistol, or dag, as the weapon was then called. "It is loaded, an please your Majesty," the man ...
— The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 - An Historical Romance • W. Harrison Ainsworth

... Eirik, from Jutland; and by her he had a son, Eirik Blood-axe. He was also married to Svanhild, a daughter of Earl Eystein; and their sons were Olaf Geirstadaalf, Bjorn and Ragnar Rykkil. Lastly, King Harald married Ashild, a daughter of Hring Dagson, up in Ringerike; and their children were, Dag, Hring, Gudrod Skiria, and Ingigerd. It is told that King Harald put away nine wives when he married Ragnhild ...
— Heimskringla - The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway • Snorri Sturluson

... be. He'd enjoy it so. He's the real American. He has imagination and adaptability. It's a shame: all the petits fours and Bach recitals wasted on Jeff Saxton, when a Milt Dag——" ...
— Free Air • Sinclair Lewis



Words linked to "Dag" :   dekagram, jag, Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold, dkg, decagram, g, hectogram, weight unit, gm, gram, garment, hg, gramme, metric weight unit, flap



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