The huntingdagger German language German Hirschf nger, or deer catcher is a Convert 20 30 in sing on long double edged Germany German stabbing hunting knife , used to kill deer and boar . ref cite book title Hunting Weapons from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century With 288 Illustrations last Blackmore first Howard L pages 70 74 publisher Courier Dover Publication year 2000 ISBN 9780486409610 ref It was a weapon mainly used in the fancy hunts of the German nobility . This dagger developed from Medieval hunting sword s which were longer and mainly used by mounted hunters. Today hunting daggers are occasionally used as parts of traditional German hunting uniforms. ref Blackmore, 2000 p. 52 ref References reflist Knives DEFAULTSORT HuntingDagger Category Daggers Category Ancient weapons Germany stub de Hirschf nger it Paloscio sv Hirschf ngare ... more details
About the weapon Infobox Weapon name Dagger origin image File Fs dagger.jpg 300px caption The Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife , a modern day dagger Type selection is bladed yes A dagger is a fighting knife ... v. Martin, 633 S.W.2d 80 Mo. 1982 This is the dictionary or popular use definition of a dagger, which has been used to describe everything from an ice pick to a folding knife with pointed blade as a dagger . The Missouri Supreme Court used the popular definition of dagger found in Webster s New Universal ... knife with four to five inch blade constitutes a dagger under the Missouri criminal code. ref ref California Penal Code 12020 a 24 dagger means a knife or other instrument with or without a handguard .... The State of California and other jurisdictions have seized upon the popular use definition of a dagger to classify items ranging from a pointed kitchen knife to a tent stake as a dagger under the law ... Science, July 1944, Vol. 145 No. 1, p. 150 The dagger is classified as a type of fighting knife ... dagger designed for civilian sale and use is only a fighting knife, while the U.S. Army M3 trench knife .... The distinctive shape and historic usage of the dagger have made it iconic and symbolic. Characteristics Over the years, the term dagger has been used to describe a wide variety of thrusting knives, including knives that feature only a single cutting edge, such as the European rondel dagger or the Persian .... However, over the last hundred years or so, authorities have recognized that the dagger, in its .... Another distinctive feature of the modern dagger is that it is designed to position the blade ... the modern dagger from more specialized thrusting knives, such as the stiletto . ref name WER ref http definitions.uslegal.com d daggerDagger Law & Legal Definition ref Early history File Poignard 0.188.1 2 fond.jpg thumb 125px A Neolithic dagger from the fr Mus um de Toulouse Museum of Toulouse . File Pu al bero de front n M.A.N. 01.jpg thumb left 60px Pre Roman Iberian iron dagger forged ... more details
Italic title Infobox film name br br small The Dagger small image The Dagger film .jpg image size 196px border alt caption director Miroslav Leki producer Bojan Maljevi br Bojana Maljevi writer Miroslav Leki br Slobodan Stojanovi screenplay story based on based on No , a novel Vuk Dra kovi narrator starring arko Lau evi br Bojana Maljevi music Toma Babovi br Aleksandar Mili cinematography Veljko Despotovi editing Branislav Milo evi studio distributor Monte Royal Pictures released Film date Year Month Day Location runtime 135 min. country Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR of Yugoslavia language Serbian budget The Dagger lang sr , No which means Knife is a 1999 Serbian drama film directed by Miroslav Leki . Film is written by Miroslav Leki , Slobodan Stanojevi and Igor Bojovi . Scenario is based on Vuk Dra kovi s novel of the same name. Story follows the life of Ilija Jugovi Alija Osmanovi , and depicts the horror and absurdity of ethnic partitions. In 1999, the film was screened on 13th Montenegro Film Festival, and gained five featured awards. ref cite web url http filmskifestivalhercegnovi.com index.php?option com content&view article&id 32&Itemid 21 title 13. filmski festival year 1999 work Montenegro Film Festival publisher Freshidea accessdate 1 December 2011 ref ref name the dagger cite web url http www.monteroyalpictures.com index.php?option com content&view article&id 57&Itemid 62&lang en title The Dagger year 2011 work Monte Royal publisher Monte Royal Pictures International accessdate 1 December 2011 ref The film has also been awarded for Directory, with Fipresci Award , as well as the five acting awards in Ni Film Festival. Also, this movie has been nominated for Crystal Star on the Brussels Film Festival. ref name the dagger Many famous persons, including Serbian basketball player Igor Rako evi gave positive critics on this movie ... Dagger Category 1999 films Category 1990s drama films Category Serbian films Category Serbian ... more details
ref improve date October 2011 Italic title Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name No Hunting series Donald Duck image No Hunting.png image size alt caption Grab your shooting iron, son We re goin huntin director Jack Hannah producer Walt Disney story artist Bill Berg br Dick Shaw voice actor Jack Hannah br Clarence Nash br Bill Thompson voice actor Bill Thompson musician Oliver Wallace animator nowrap Dan MacManus effects br John Sibley layout artist Robert Givens br Yale Gracey background artist Ray Huffine studio Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Productions distributor RKO Pictures RKO Radio Pictures release date Film date 1955 01 14 USA color process Technicolor runtime 6 minutes 10 seconds country Film USA language English preceded by Grand Canyonscope followed by Bearly Asleep No Hunting is a 1955 in film 1955 American Animated cartoon animated short film produced by Walt Disney ... features Donald Duck participating in an overly dramatic hunting trip after being inspired ... Wallace . It was produced in widescreen CinemaScope . No Hunting was nominated for an Academy Award ... that hunting season begins the next day and, possessed by the spirit of his grandfather, decides to participate. When Donald arrives at the hunting grounds that evening, he finds it extremely overcrowded ... downstream. The precise opening of hunting season that night unfolds in dramatic fashion. The scenes ... 01 no hunting jaunuary 14 1955.html Grab You re Shootin Iron, Son We re Goin Huntin at 2719 Hyperion January 6, 2009. ref Background The film s satirical presentation of recreational hunting was inspired by director Jack Hannah Jack Hannah s own experiences as a child. He once said I used to go hunting .... They really are this way. They are as dangerous to themselves as to the game they re hunting. I ve ... links bcdb title 4008 imdb title 48425 http www.disneyshorts.org years 1955 nohunting.html No Hunting ... animated short films, 1950s Category Hunting in popular culture ... more details
Silver Dagger can refer to Silver Dagger song , an American folk ballad Silver Dagger award , Crime Writers Association Award Silver Daggers , experimental music group Silver Dagger comics , a Marvel Comics character Silver Dagger, a character from Samit Basu s GameWorld Trilogy Silver dagger was also the name given to the mercenaries in the fantasy trilogy of the Deverry cycle disambig fr Silver Dagger ... more details
Wiktionary dagger A dagger is a short bladed weapon. Dagger or daggers also may refer to Dagger comics , a fictional comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe Dagger typography , a typographical symbol or glyph Daggers seaQuest DSV Daggers seaQuest DSV , the first episode of seaQuest DSV s second season Conjugate transpose matrix, sometimes denoted with a superscript typographical dagger math M dagger math Dagger category Dagger category theory , an involutive, identity on object functor math dagger colon mathbb C op rightarrow mathbb C math Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. , an English association football club based in Dagenham, London The Dagger , a Serbian drama film Daniel Agger born 1984 , Danish football player Dennis Dagger , a purpose built fire engine IAI Nesher , the Israeli version of the Dassault Mirage 5 multi role fighter aircraft as used in the Argentine air force Garnet Til Alexandros XVII , a fictional character in the video game Final Fantasy IX Logical NOR operator, sometimes known as Quine s dagger math A dagger B math A man who engages in daggering , a simulated rough sex dancehall practice from Jamaica See also Daggar, Pakistan disambig he pl Dagger ... more details
An ear dagger is a relatively rare and exotic form of dagger that was used during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance . It is so named because the pommel of the dagger has a very distinctive shape, in some cases not unlike a human ear. Ear daggers frequently have a single sharpened edge that ends in an acute point. It is thought that the ear dagger was introduced to Europe from Spain, where it presumably originated from the Moors . http www.humanities interactive.org medieval chivalry ex018 15e.html See also List of daggers Dagger Rondel dagger Rondel Stiletto Baselard Dirk External links http www.humanities interactive.org medieval chivalry ex018 15e.html Image of an ear dagger http www.myarmoury.com feature spot rondel.html MyArmoury.com article on rondel daggers, with an illustration of an ear dagger http www.micknives.com messer.php?id 58&cat 1&page 1&pic id 139 Knives Category Daggers weapon stub de Ohrendolch ... more details
The Gold Dagger Award was an award given annually by the Crime Writers Association for the best crime ... as the Macallan Gold Dagger . In 2006, due to new sponsorship from the Duncan Lawrie Bank , the award was officially renamed the Duncan Lawrie Dagger , and gained a prize fund of 20,000. It was the biggest ... withdrew its sponsorship of the awards. As a result, the top prize is again called the Gold Dagger ... to 2005, the CWA awarded a Silver Dagger to the runner up. When Duncan Lawrie acquired sponsorship, this award was dropped. The Crime Writers Association also awards a biennial CWA Gold Dagger for Non Fiction and several other Dagger awards. Winners Winners and, where known, shortlisted titles for each year 2000s 2010 Gold Dagger Belinda Bauer author Belinda Bauer , Blacklands novel Blacklands S J ... , Shadowplay Campbell novel 2009 Gold Dagger William Brodrick writer William Brodrick , A Whispered ... 2008 Duncan Lawrie Dagger Frances Fyfield , Blood From Stone James Lee Burke , The Tin Roof ... Dagger Peter Temple , The Broken Shore Giles Blunt , The Fields of Grief James Lee Burke , Pegasus ... Lawrie Dagger Ann Cleeves , Raven Black Simon Beckett , The Chemistry of Death Thomas H. Cook , Red ... of Memory Laura Wilson writer Laura Wilson , A Thousand Lies 2005 Gold Dagger Arnaldur Indri ason , Silence of the Grave Silver Dagger Barbara Nadel , Deadly Web Karin Fossum , Calling Out for You ... Whom He May Devour 2004 Gold Dagger Sara Paretsky , Blacklist novel Blacklist Silver Dagger John Harvey ... Wilson , The Lover novel The Lover 2003 Gold Dagger Minette Walters , Fox Evil Silver Dagger Morag ... Wilson crime novelist Robert Wilson , The Blind Man of Seville 2002 Gold Dagger Jos Carlos Somoza , The Athenian Murders Silver Dagger James Crumley , The Final Country Mark Billingham , Scaredy ... Connelly novel City of Bones Minette Walters , Acid Row 2001 Gold Dagger Henning Mankell , Sidetracked novel Sidetracked Silver Dagger Giles Blunt , Forty Words for Sorrow Stephen Booth writer Stephen ... more details
39 1930 , 82 96. ref and for this reason the Swiss dagger has sometimes also been referred to as Holbein dagger . After 1550, the Swiss dagger became a prestigious ornamental weapon, with hilt .... The Swiss dagger disappears after 1600. About 150 specimens in the style of the late 16th centuries ... dagger issued to officers in the Swiss Army was modelled after the historical Swiss dagger in 1943. File SS dagger IMG 6806 a.jpg thumb 100px Holbein dagger imitation as used by the Nazi Germany Nazi SS . In Nazi Germany , the hilts of some political and military dagger s worn by members of SS , Sturmabteilung SA , and NSKK formations were modelled on the Swiss dagger. See also List of daggers Medieval dagger Swiss degen Baselard Swiss arms and armour References reflist HLS 8618 Schweizerdolch author ... more details
In mathematics , a dagger category also called involutive category or category with involution ref name Burgin ref name Lambek is a category mathematics category equipped with a certain structure called dagger or involution . The name dagger category was coined by Selinger ref name Selinger . Formal definition A dagger category is a category mathematics category math mathbb C math equipped with an Involution mathematics involutive , identity on object functor math dagger colon mathbb C op rightarrow mathbb C math . In detail, this means that it associates to every morphism math f colon A to B math in math mathbb C math its adjoint math f dagger colon B to A math such that for all math f colon A to B math and math g colon B to C math , math mathrm id A mathrm id A dagger colon A rightarrow A math math g circ f dagger f dagger circ g dagger colon C rightarrow A math math f daggerdagger f colon A rightarrow B , math Note that in the previous definition, the term adjoint is used in the linear ... a dagger structure i.e. for a given Relation mathematics relation math R X rightarrow Y math in Rel , the relation math R dagger Y rightarrow X math is the inverse relation relational converse of math ... a dagger structure Given a linear map math f A rightarrow B math , the map math f dagger B rightarrow A math is just its Hermitian adjoint adjoint in the usual sense. Remarkable morphisms In a dagger category math mathbb C math , a morphism math f math is called unitary if math f dagger f 1 math self adjoint if math f f dagger math this is only possible for an endomorphism math f colon A to A math ... are then Unitary transformation unitary and self adjoint in the usual sense. See also Dagger symmetric monoidal category Dagger compact category References references ref name Selinger P. Selinger, http www.mscs.dal.ca selinger papers.html daggerDagger compact closed categories and completely ... Portal Category theory Category Dagger categories ... more details
unref date November 2008 notability Books date November 2008 The Dragon s Dagger is a 1994 fantasy novel by R.A. Salvatore , the second book in the Spearwielder s Tales book series. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Dragon s Dagger Category Fantasy novels Category Novels by R. A. Salvatore Category 1994 novels 1990s fantasy novel stub ... more details
Infobox person name Jack Dagger image alt caption birth name Todd Abrams birth date birth place Baton Rouge, Louisiana death date death place nationality American other names known for Knife throwing occupation residence Los Angeles, California official website http jackdagger.com Jack Dagger , born as Todd Abrams , is a knife throwing and primitive weapons expert. He grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he started practicing knife and axe throwing from a young age. ref http www.knife depot.com blog the king of fling a glimpse into the life of professional knife thrower jack dagger The King of Fling a glimpse into the life of professional knife thrower Jack Dagger on The Cutting Edge Lawton, Daniel June 30, 2011 ref As he became an expert, Dagger organized the Baton Rouge Knife and Axe Throwers Club. His first television commercial was in 1995, which featured him throwing a tomahawk axe tomahawk at a Louisiana shaped target for a local political campaign ad. Dagger moved to Los Angeles in 2003, where he met Michael J. Bainton, current executive director of the International Knife Throwing Hall of Fame. Bainton guided Dagger to practice further, perfecting his technique. Since that, Dagger ... also organized the LA Daggers. Dagger has won several World Championships, and has been recognized ... Knife Throwing Entertainer of the Year Award three times. Dagger also works as an adviser ... from Don t Mess with the Zohan . ref http blog.coldsteel.com 2011 11 jack dagger.html Jack Dagger video with Conan O Brien on Cold Steel ref Dagger has been a recurring trainer in History Channel s marksmen competition show, Top Shot . Dagger has trained the contestants in the use of throwing knife ... Official website http jackdagger.com http theawesomer.com jack dagger knife thrower 45017 Jack Dagger Knife Thrower on The Awesomer Top Shot Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dagger ... DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dagger, Jack Category Living people ... more details
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Dagger after the dagger weapon HMS Oceanway F143 HMS Dagger , a Casa Grande class dock landing ship built under Lend Lease in the United States and renamed HMS Oceanway F143 HMS Oceanway in August 1943 before completion. The vessel served in the Royal Navy until 1947 when it was lent to the Greek Navy. Returned to the United States in 1952, it was loaned to France and later purchased by the French Government. It was expended as a target in 1970. HMS Dagger G23 6 , a Weapon class destroyer laid down in March 1945 but cancelled before completion. References Colledge cite web url http www.navsource.org archives 10 12 1212.htm work NavSource Online title HMS Oceanway F 143 accessdate 2009 04 14 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Dagger, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
unreferenced date December 2007 Image CMOC Treasures of Ancient China exhibit bronze dagger axe.jpg thumb right Dagger axe head, the blade is to the left, with the protusion to the right being used to fix it to a haft. It would also have a metal spear point at the top so the weapon could be used in a thrusting and swinging motion. The dagger axe zh c p g w ko sometimes confusingly translated halberd is a type of weapon that was in use from Shang dynasty until at least Han dynasty China . It consists of a dagger shaped blade made of jade ceremonial , bronze , or later iron , mounted by the Tang weaponry tang of the dagger to a perpendicular wooden wikt shaft shaft with a spear point. There is a variant type with a divided two part head, consisting of the usual straight blade and a scythe like blade. Though the weapon saw frequent use in ancient China, the use of the dagger axe decreased dramatically after the Qin and Han dynasties. By the medieval Chinese dynasties, the use of the dagger axe was almost nonexistent. The horizontally aligned blade could be attached to a spear to form a much more useful polearm. Generally, the Qin dynasty is noted as the most prolific user of the dagger axe, with millions of these weapons produced. The use of the weapon involve thrusting the vertical spear head against the enemy s head as a feint. Then the user may cut the foe by pulling the scythe like horizontal blade backwards. The cutting blade is angled optimally to behead the enemy. Normally only the head of a dagger axe is found, with the haft absent due to either decomposition or mechanical ... ridge which reinforces the blade. Some dagger axe artifacts are small and curved, and could have been intended for use as pendant s. Dagger axes appear to have seen use in combat, though most examples .... ChineseText Dagger axes were also experimental weapons of the Chinese, as this continued they were able to fuse their dagger axe with the traditional spear to form a halberd . See also Ji halberd ... more details
File Dagger guard, design by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg thumb right Design of a guard for a ballock dagger with top mount of the scabbard , by Hans Holbein the Younger , nowrap c. 1536 38 File MaryRose bollock daggers.jpg thumb upright right A set of bollock daggers found on board the 16th century ship Mary Rose . The blades have either completely corroded or remain only in the form of concretions. The bollock dagger or ballock knife is a type of dagger with a distinctively shaped shaft, with two oval swellings at the guard resembling male genitalia bollocks . The guard is often in one piece with the wooden grip, and reinforced on top with a shaped metal washer. The dagger was popular in Scandinavia, Flanders, England and Scotland between the 13th and 18th centuries, in particular the Tudor period . In England the bollock dagger was commonly carried by many Border Reivers , as a backup for the lance and the sword. A large number of such weapons were found aboard the wreck of the Mary Rose . In use, the bollock dagger was similar to the Scottish dirk . In the Victorian period weapon historians introduced the term kidney dagger , due to the two lobes at the guard, which could also be seen as kidney shaped, in order to avoid any sexual connotation. Blair 1962 . The hilt was often constructed of buxus box root dudgeon in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the dagger was sometimes called dudgeon dagger or dudgeonhafted dagger in this period. The bollock dagger is the source of the expression, to get, or give, a bollocking , meaning to give or receive a severe chastisement. ref cite web accessdate 2008 01 28 url http www.interknife.co.uk shopping bollockdagger.html title The Bollock Daggers archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070928140501 http www.interknife.co.uk shopping bollockdagger.html Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 09 28 ref failed verification date January ... The Ballock Dagger myArmoury.com article http www.maryrose.org Mary Rose Trust http www.interknife.co.uk ... more details
Infobox record label See Wikipedia WikiProject Music name Dagger Records image image bg parent Experience Hendrix founded founder James Al Hendrix status distributor MCA Records MCA genre Rock music Rock , psychedelic rock , blues rock , acid rock country United States location Seattle , Washington url http www.daggerrecords.com www.daggerrecords.com Dagger Records is an American record label based in Seattle , Washington. ref cite web url http www.allrecordlabels.com db 6 8566.html title Dagger Records accessdate 2008 07 11 publisher AllRecordLabels.com ref Dagger produces and releases, in conjunction with Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. and MCA Records , official Jimi Hendrix Bootleg recording bootleg s and collections of rare studio recordings. ref cite web url http www.daggerrecords.com story.html title The Dagger Records Story accessdate 2007 07 11 publisher Dagger Records ref The first Dagger release was Live at the Oakland Coliseum , a live album documenting The Jimi Hendrix Experience s performance at the Oakland Coliseum , Oakland, California Oakland , California on April 27, 1969. ref cite web url http www.daggerrecords.com disc1.html title The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live at the Oakland Coliseum accessdate 2008 07 11 publisher Dagger Records ref The label has released eleven albums, one every year except 2007 and 2010 . Dagger releases are not distributed to retail outlets, they are only available by ordering online from the company themselves or Authentic Hendrix. ref cite web url http www.authentichendrix.com pgi CUSTOMLISTPRODUCTS7?4,Dagger 20Records,2,90, ,0002, ,157, ,0002, ,158, ,0002, ,159, ,0002, ,160, ,0002 title Dagger Records accessdate 2008 07 21 publisher Authentic Hendrix ref Releases Live at the Oakland Coliseum 1998 Live at Clark University 1999 Morning ... www.jimihendrix.com Experience Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Category American record labels fr Dagger Records pl Dagger Records ... more details
Other uses Dagger typography Infobox musical artist name Double Dagger image caption Double Dagger live in Baltimore, 2009 background group or band alias origin Baltimore , Maryland , United States instrument genre Post punk Occupation s years active 2002 2011 label Stationary Heart Records Stationary Heart , Hit Dat Records, Thrill Jockey Records, Toxic Pop, Terra Firma LTD website http www.posttypography.com doubledagger Official Site Members Nolen Strals vocals br Bruce Willen bass br Denny Bowen drums Double Dagger were a post punk trio from Baltimore, Maryland composed of only drums, vocals, and a very loud bass guitar which fills the space a guitar would normally take. Vocalist Nolen Strals and bassist Bruce Willen also comprised the graphic design team Post Typography , which has done ... profilemag 0012.php Hence, Double Dagger made a habit of referring to their style of post hardcore ... up after 9 years. Double Dagger played its last show on October 21, 2011 at the Ottobar in Baltimore ... Yeah Yeahs , giving rise to Double Dagger, as a self described graphicdesigncore band, with several ... Economist, with whom Double Dagger had released a split single in 2003. During their 9 year run, Double Dagger played with a number of high profile acts, including Pere Ubu band Pere Ubu , Lightning ... lifes, Double Dagger announced they would break up following a brief tour of the eastern United ... have all performed with Double Dagger at various live shows Discography Albums Double Dagger album Double Dagger Hit Dat Records 2003 Ragged Rubble http www.stationaryheart.com Stationary Heart Recordings ... links date October 2011 http www.myspace.com doubledaggersucks Double Dagger s MySpace http www.posttypography.com doubledagger Double Dagger s Website http citizendick.org 2009 05 05 double dagger ... Baltimore Trio Double Dagger cuts through Fashionable Pap with a Different Type of Punk http www.youworkforthem.com ... exclusive audio double dagger w bruce willen denny bowen nolen strals.html Interview with Double Dagger ... more details
side, leading to very smooth running. The Dagger was remarkable for its fast rotation, running ..., and weight. These problems weren t solved during the Dagger s lifetime and went unresolved well into its successor the Napier Sabre s lifetime. The Dagger powered the Hawker Hector army co operation ... its Dagger VIII engines were noisy and unreliable. The Dagger also found an application in the experimental Martin Baker MB 2 fighter. Variants Napier Halford Dagger I 1934 650 hp. Dagger II 1938 755 hp Dagger IIIM 1938 725 hp Dagger VIII 1938 955 hp, intermediate altitude supercharger, initially known as E.108 Applications File Hhector.jpg thumb right Dagger powered Hawker Hector Note ref Some ... Page Hereford Hawker Hart Hawker Hector Martin Baker MB 2 Engines on display A preserved Napier Dagger is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum London . Specifications Napier Dagger III MS pistonspecs ... diesel Duxford ukaero3.htm Napier Dagger at oldengine.org Napierengines Aviation lists Category Napier aircraft engines Dagger Category Aircraft piston engines 1930 1939 de Napier Dagger ... more details
Not to be confused with the Gray Dagger of North America A. grisea . Taxobox name Grey Dagger image Acronicta.psi.7147.jpg image width 200px image2 Acronicta psi.jpg image2 width 200px regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Noctuidae genus Acronicta species A. psi binomial Acronicta psi binomial authority Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus , 10th edition of Systema Naturae 1758 synonyms Triaena psi The Grey Dagger Acronicta psi is a moth of the family Noctuidae . It is found from Europe and North Africa to northern Iran , Central Asia , southern and central Siberia and Mongolia . In the Levant it is found in Lebanon and Israel . Image Acronicta psi caterpillar.jpg thumb left 200px Grey Dagger larva feeding on a Prunus serrulata Japanese cherry tree in early autumn Image Acronicta psi pupa.jpg thumb left 200px Pupa This species has grey forewings with bold black dagger shaped markings. The Latin specific name also refers to these markings, as resembling the Greek letter psi . The hindwings are dirty grey, generally paler in the male. The wingspan is 34 45 mm. This moth is very similar to the Dark Dagger Acronicta tridens and identification is generally only possible by minute examination of the genitalia . However, in general this moth is generally darker in colour than the Dark Dagger and always lacks the white hindwings often present in the male of that species. The larva e of the two species are very different see below . The Grey Dagger flies at night from June to August ref flight season and is attracted to light and sometimes to sugar. The larva is whitish below and black above with red spots and a bold yellow stripe along the back. It has a distinctive horn just behind the head absent from the larva of Dark Dagger . It feeds on a wide range of plants, mainly trees and shrubs see list below . The species overwinters as a pupa . Note ... Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984 External links The Grey Dagger http www.uksafari.com ... more details
Other uses Image Hutton s dagger and cloak, guard.jpg right thumb 16th century manual of arms illustration of the Dagger and Cloak. Cloak and dagger is a term sometimes used to refer to situations involving intrigue, secrecy, espionage , or mystery. The phrase has two possible origins. One dates from the early 19th century and is a translation from the French language French de cape et d p e and Spanish language Spanish de capa y espada literally of cloak and sword . These phrases referred to a genre of drama in which the main characters literally wore these items. In 1840, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, In the afternoon read La Dama Duende of Pedro Calder n de la Barca Calder n a very good comedy of cloak and sword . Charles Dickens subsequently used the phrase cloak and dagger in his work Barnaby Rudge a year later as a sarcastic reference to this style of drama. ref Cite book last1 Dickens first1 Charles title Barnaby Rudge A Tale of the Riots of Eighty year 1841 publisher Chapman & Hall location London isbn 0 14 043728 2 pages 203 quote ...his servant brought in a very small scrap of dirty paper, tightly sealed in two places, on the inside whereof was inscribed in pretty large text these words A friend. Desiring of a conference. Immediate. Private. Burn it when you ve read it. Where in the name of the Gunpowder Plot did you pick up this? said his master. It was given him by a person then waiting at the door, the man replied. With a cloak and dagger? said Mr Chester. ref ... The cloak , worn to hide one s identity or remain hidden from view, and the dagger , a concealable ... to wielding a dagger in one hand and a cloak in the other. The purpose of the cloak was to obscure the presence or movement of the dagger, to provide minor protection from slashes, to restrict the movement of the opponent s weapon, and to provide a distraction. Use of the cloak and dagger was considered ... included a section called The Rapier and Cloake . References refs DEFAULTSORT Cloak And Dagger Category ... more details
File khanjariah.png thumb 150px Alif maksura with alif khanjariah above Dagger alif or alif khanjariyya span 2 style font size 13pt lang ar span is a small vertical line placed above an Arabic alphabet Arabic letter , and represents a long a . Dagger alif is written like a superscript of alif or like a vertical short line and placed above the letter. The superscript or dagger alif span 2 style font size 13pt lang ar span transl ar ALA alif khanjariyya , is written as a short vertical stroke on top of an Arabic alphabet Arabic letter . It indicates a long IPA a sound where aleph alif is normally not written, e.g. span 2 style font size 13pt lang ar span or span 2 style font size 13pt lang ar span . The dagger alif occurs in only a few words, but these include some common ones it is seldom written, however, even in fully vocalised texts. Most keyboards do not have dagger alif. The word span 2 style font size 13pt lang ar span transl ar ALA All h is usually produced automatically by entering transl ar ALA alif l m l m h . The word consists of alif ligature of doubled transl ar ALA l m with a shadda and a dagger alif above transl ar ALA l m . See also Arabic diacritics Arabic language Category Arabic diacritics Category Arabic words and phrases Category Quranic orthography Category Phonetic guides writingsystem stub ar id Alif khanjariah ... more details
The Dagger of Daggers was a special award given in 2005 by the Crime Writers Association CWA to celebrate its 50th anniversary. All books that had previously won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year were eligible, and the purpose was to select the best of the best . The shortlist was selected by a ballot of CWA members, with the winner decided by a second round of voting. Winner John le Carr The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 1963 Shortlist Anthony Price Other Paths to Glory 1974 Martin Cruz Smith Gorky Park novel Gorky Park 1981 Peter Lovesey The False Inspector Dew 1982 Barbara Vine Ruth Rendell A Fatal Inversion 1987 Reginald Hill Bones and Silence 1990 Val McDermid The Mermaids Singing 1995 External links http www.thecwa.co.uk daggers 2005 daggerofdaggers.html CWA Dagger of Daggers page Category Mystery and detective fiction awards ... more details
Infobox VG title The Eternal Dagger image File The Eternal Dagger Coverart.png caption developer Strategic Simulations publisher Strategic Simulations distributor designer Paul Murray, Victor Penman license series engine version released 1987 in video gaming 1987 genre Adventure, Role Playing, Strategy modes Single player ratings platforms Apple II , Atari 8 bit , Commodore 64 media requirements input The Eternal Dagger is a 1987 in video gaming 1987 top down role playing video game video game publisher published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. SSI as a sequel to Wizard s Crown , which was released in 1985. Players can transfer their characters over from Wizard s Crown , minus whatever magical items they had on them. The story behind the game is that demons from another dimension are invading the world, and the only item that can seal the portal is the titular dagger. Reception Computer Gaming World described the gameplay as very similar to that of its predecessor, with a few changed spells and in battle options. The use of a single character to represent the party was praised, as it eliminated the frustration of party members getting lost or stuck behind walls that was present in Wizard s Crown . Dungeon combat was described as having worsened, however, due to the time spent maneuvering party members into a position where they can attack before they can do so. The review also felt the game did not have the same balance as the previous, with magic being a much more effective option overall. CGW also considered combat to be more difficult in general, with wide discrepancies between ... Dagger was not of the same quality as its predecessor, and recommended a lot of patience when playing ... title The Eternal Dagger year 1987 pages 46 47 postscript None ref The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon ... pages 32 42 ref References reflist External links moby game id eternal dagger name The Eternal Dagger DEFAULTSORT Eternal Dagger Category 1987 video games Category Apple II games Category Atari 8 bit ... more details
The Dagger in the Library Golden Handcuffs in 1994 1996 is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers Association to a particular author. The award is given to a living author who has given the most pleasure to readers . ref http www.thecwa.co.uk daggers index.html library ref Yearly shortlists are drawn up from submissions by libraries across United Kingdom , and the final decision is made by a panel of librarians . The award is currently sponsored by the Random House and consists of an ornamental dagger and 1500 prize money. Winners 2000s 2009 Colin Cotterill ref cite web url http www.thecwa.co.uk daggers 2009 index.html title The CWA Dagger awards 2009 date 15 July 2009 work Crime Writers Association accessdate 2009 07 18 ref 2008 Craig Russell British author Craig Russell 2007 Stuart MacBride 2006 Jim Kelly author Jim Kelly 2005 Jake Arnott 2004 Alexander McCall Smith 2003 Stephen Booth writer Stephen Booth 2002 Peter Robinson novelist Peter Robinson 2000 2001 in abeyance 1990s 1997 1999 in abeyance 1996 Marian Babson 1995 Lindsey Davis 1994 Robert Barnard References reflist External links http www.thecwa.co.uk daggers index.html gold Crime Writers Association website Category British literary awards Category Mystery and detective fiction awards sk Dagger in the Library ... more details
Dagger Island is part of Aransas Pass, Texas , but closer to central Ingleside, Texas . Corpus Christi Bay is located to the south. Redfish Cove is to the north. coord 27 50 06 N 97 10 16 W display title Category Barrier islands of Texas Category Islands of Texas Category Geography of Nueces County, Texas NuecesTX geo stub ... more details
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