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What does "dag" mean?

Dag: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Zoöl.) The unbrunched antler of a young deer.
  2. 3.A misty shower; dew. [Obs.]
  3. 4.A loose end; a dangling shred. Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail. Wedgwood.
  4. 5.To daggle or bemire. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson.
  5. 6.To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment. [Obs.] Wright.
  6. 7.To be misty; to drizzle. [Prov. Eng.]

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