dirknoun [ C ]
uk/dɜːk/us/dɝːk/a type of dagger (= small pointed knife) used as a weapon in Scotland in the past
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Hand weapons
- battleaxe
- bayonet
- blackjack
- blowgun
- blowpipe
- bludgeon
- boomerang
- catapult
- flick knife
- harpoon
- hilt
- jackknife
- kirpan
- rapier
- scabbard
- scimitar
- shanghai
- sheath
- sheath knife
- shield
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Examples from literature
- But of the second party, most had pistols at the belt, and almost all had dirks hanging at the pouches which they wore in front.
- He then strapped on the man's dirk, and put his revolver in his pocket.
- I could ward off a blow with a dirk, and then run in upon my enemy.
- She slipped a dirk into him in as matter-of-course a way as another person would have harpooned a rat!
- The lord of the palace, also wearing his sword and dirk, takes his seat on one side.