dag (1)

i. . [DAG (1), s.] A. In trans.: To rain gently, to drizzle. B. Trans.: To besmear, to bemire, to draggle. *dăg (2), *daggen, v. t. [DAG (2), s.] 1. To cut into slips. 2. To cut round the edges. "Leet daggen his clothes." -P. Plowman , 14,210. *dăgged, *daggit, *daggyd, *daggyde, pa.par . or a . [DAG (2), v.] L Ordinary Language: 1. Slit at the edges. "Daggyde. Fractillosus." -Prompt . Parv. 2. Barbed. "They schot speir is, and daggit arrow is, quhair the cum pane is war thickest."- Knox : Hist ., p. 30. II. Comm.: A name given to birch-tar oil. It is also called Black Doggert or Deggett. ( Watts : Dict. Chem ., vol. i., p. 589.) IMG:content-1745.png:[blocks in formation] Shipbuilding : Pieces in a ship's frame, whose side-arms are cast down and bolted through the clamp. They are placed at the lower decks of some ships, instead of hanging-knees, to preserve as much stowage in the hold as po ible. ( Weale , & c.) dagger-knife, s. A weapon capable of being used either as a knife or as a dagger. "Old Allan, though unfit for strife,, Laid hand upon his dagger - knife ." Scott: Lady of the Lake, vi. 1. IMG:content-1746.png:[blocks in formation] Shipbuilding : One of the planks which unite the poppets and stepping-up pieces of the cradle on which the ve el rests in launching.