LekhoriLekhoriA long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
The Claymore is worn on the left side, the dirk on the right, and the Skean Dhu in the stocking […]
A ceremonial dagger worn by naval or air force officers in some nations' militaries; formerly, a fighting dagger used by sailors as a boarding weapon.
In half a minute he had reached the port scuppers, and picked, out of a coil of rope, a long knife, or rather a short dirk, discolored to the hilt with blood.
A penis.
The word dick itself serves as model for two variants which are probably Midwestern, dirk and dork, also meaning "penis"...
To stab with a dirk.
Roland Graeme has dirked Adam Woodstock — that is all.” ¶ “Good Heaven!” said the Lady, turning pale as ashes, “is the man slain?”
To darken.
A male given name from German or Dutch, equivalent to English Derek.
A surname transferred from the given name.
Etymology unknown, apparently from Scots dirk. First attested in 1602 as dork, in the later 17th century as durk. The spelling dirk is due to Johnson's Dictionary of 1755. Early quotations as well as ...
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Thy wast bignes but combers the grownd, / And dirks the beauty of my blossomes rownd.