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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 5

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A dagger; a poniard. [Obs.] Johnson.

2. A large pistol formerly used. [Obs.] The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some. Foxe. A sort of pistol, called dag, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts. Grose.

3. The unbrunched antler of a young deer.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 5

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A misty shower; dew. [Obs.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 5

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A loose end; a dangling shred. Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail. Wedgwood.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 5

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To daggle or bemire. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson.

2. To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment. [Obs.] Wright.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 5 of 5

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To be misty; to drizzle. [Prov. Eng.]

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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