dagger

daga1.

(Etim. disc.; cf. prov. daga, ingl. dagger, it. daga).

1. f. Arma blanca, de hoja corta y con guarnición para cubrir el puño, y gavilanes para los quites, que solía tener dos cortes y a veces uno, tres o cuatro filos.

llegar un negocio a las ~s.

1. fr. coloq. Llegar al lance de mayor aprieto.

daga2.

(Del ár. hisp. ṭáqa, este del ár. clás. ṭāqah, y este del persa ṭāqe).

1. f. Cada una de las tongas o hileras horizontales de ladrillos que se forman en el horno para cocerlos.
Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española

2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one
reference occurs on a page; -- called also {obelisk}.
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Dagger moth (Zo"ol.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larv[ae] 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 dag which comes next in order after the dagger.

To look daggers, or To speak daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.
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Dagger Dag"ger, v. t. To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.]
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Dagger Dag"ger, n. from diagonal. A timber placed diagonally in a ship s frame. --Knight.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English