dirk
NounUS[durk]/dɝk/1 syllable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Dirk noun
Origin: 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.
Dirk transitive verb [past tense & past participle Dirked; present participle & verbal noun Dirking.]
To stab with a dirk. Sir Walter Scott
Dirk adjective
Origin: See Dark, adjective
Dark. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer
Dirk transitive verb
To darken. obsolete Edmund Spenser
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54