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Dagger Or Dirk Crossword Clue

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noun

• A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.

• A web, a weave, a tangle.

• The membrane of a fish ovary.

• (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.

• (provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.

• A winning streak.

• A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.

63%7 Surname of Dirk in Douglas Adams' 'Dirk Gently' novels
noun

• (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes

• a person who is rejected (from society or home)

41%10 Like a dirk or stiletto
adjective satellite

• resembling a dagger

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New York Times07 Mar 1978 Down 31
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