dagger (S. is earliest for fig. uses exemplified in Mer.V. III. i. 118, Mac. II. iii. 147, Ham. III. ii. 421)
1.
“rapier” (or “sword)
and ,”
method of fighting introduced towards the end of the
16th cent. and taking the place of sword-and-buckler
fighting Wiv. I. i. 297, Ham. V. ii. 152; attrib.
Meas. IV. iii. 16
“the rapier and dagger
man.”
2.
“
of lath,” wooden weapon borne by Vice
in the morality plays Tw.N. IV. ii.
140, 1H4 II. iv. 154; cf.
2H4 III. ii. 347
“Vice's ,”
H5 IV. iv. 78
“pare his nails with a
wooden ”
(cf. Tw.N. IV. ii.
138-144).
