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Definition: To look daggers
Look
\Look\, v. t.
1. To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
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2. To seek; to search for. [Obs.]
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Looking my love, I go from place to place.
--Spenser.
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3. To expect. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as,
to look down opposition.
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A spirit fit to start into an empire,
And look the world to law. --Dryden.
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5. To express or manifest by a look.
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Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again.
--Byron.
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To look daggers. See under
Dagger.
To look in the face, to face or meet with boldness or
confidence; hence, sometimes, to meet for combat.
To look out, to seek for; to search out; as, prudent
persons look out associates of good reputation.
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Dagger
\Dag"ger\ (-g[~e]r), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F.
daguer. See
Dag a dagger.]
1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general
term: cf.
Poniard,
Stiletto,
Bowie knife,
Dirk,
Misericorde,
Anlace.
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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["o]l.), 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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