Anagrams of: DAGGERING

• marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner

• the act of arranging in a graduated series

• changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface

• evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score

• a small piece of cloth

• a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

• music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)

• newspaper with half-size pages

• a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

• treat cruelly

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• play in ragtime

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

• censure severely or angrily

• break into lumps before sorting

• a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

• a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

• restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

• prevent from speaking out

• be too tight; rub or press

• tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them

• make jokes or quips

• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

• cause to retch or choke

• make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

• long and light rowing boat; especially for racing

• an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

• a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting

• tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain

• small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood

• a booking for musicians

• the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

• a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England

• a particular interpretation or performance

• a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument

• written material intended to be read

• a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

• a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance

• the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments

• a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

• a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used

• fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc)