Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dirk"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dirk \Dirk\, a. [See {Dark}, a.]
Dark. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dirk \Dirk\, v. t.
To darken. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dirk \Dirk\, n. [Ir. duirc.]
A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the
Scottish Highlander.
{Dirk knife}, a clasp knife having a large, dirklike blade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dirk \Dirk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dirked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dirking}.]
To stab with a dirk. --Sir W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dirk
n : (Scottish) a long dagger with a straight blade
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