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  1. Dirk
    [play] Dirk is a stage play adapted from the novel Dirk Gently`s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams. ==History== The original adaptation was by James Goss and Arvind Ethan David while still at school in 1991. In this form it was less than an hour long and "amusing but utterly incompr...
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  2. Dirk
    Ritual knife of the Scottish tradition.
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  3. Dirk
    Naval The Midshipman's sword, just under 2 feet long, the dirk was officially introduced in 1833 for Volunteers; Midshipmen were not given dirks until 1856. They were slung from waist belts (which came in about 1825). Their disappearance from the Navy dates from 1939.
    Found op http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/d.htm

  4. dirk
    [n] - (Scottish) a long dagger with a straight blade
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  5. dirk
    1 A long single-edged knife, traditionally used by Scottish Highlanders and still worn by officers of Scottish regiments of the British army. 2 A short dagger with either a straight or curved blade, carried by naval officers in the late 18th and early 18th centuries.
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  6. Dirk
    Dirk noun [ Ir. duirc .] A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander. Dirk knife , a clasp knife having a large, dirklike blade.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/72

  7. Dirk
    Dirk transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dirked ; present participle & verbal noun Dirking .] To stab with a dirk. Sir W. Scott.
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  8. Dirk
    Dirk adjective [ See Dark , adjective ] Dark. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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  9. Dirk
    Dirk transitive verb To darken. [ Obsolete] Spenser.
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  1. dirk
    noun a long dagger with a straight blade
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  2. Dirk
    • (v. t.) To stab with a dirk. • (n.) A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander. • (a.) Dark. • (v. t.) To darken.
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  3. Dirk
    Dirk is a Dutch boy name. The meaning of the name is `Power Over the People` Where is it used? The name Dirk is mainly used In Dutch and In English.It is an abbreviated form of Diederik, used In Dutch.How do they say it elsewhere? Dierk ( In German) Theodoric ( In Ancient Germanic) See also In Du...
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/index.php?boys/Dirk

  4. Dirk
    A dirk is a long thrusting dagger. It was historically used as a personal weapon for officers engaged in naval hand-to-hand combat during the Age of Sail, as well as the personal sidearm of the officers of Scottish Highland regiments. ==Etymology== The term is associated with Scotland in the Early ...
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  5. Dirk
    A dirk is a dagger or poniard worn as part of the equipment of a Highlander.
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  6. dirk
    A long single-edged knife, traditionally used by Scottish Highlanders and still worn by officers of Scottish regiments of the British army.
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  7. Dirk
    a long, usually single-edged dagger that developed from the Medieval ballock and kidney daggers.
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  8. Dirk
    A dagger, approximately 12 inches (300 mm) long, normally only worn by Highland bagpipers in full dress.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_bagpipe_terms

  9. Dirk
    [name] Dirk is a Dutch and Low German short form of Dietrich. See Theodoric for the origin and history of the name. People called Dirk: Fictional characters: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_(name)

  10. dirk
    1) 'darling' actor bogarde 2) Actor bogarde 3) Bogarde of 'darling' 4) Cussler's pitt 5) Dagger 6) Dutch boy name 7) Highlander's weapon 8) Highlands dagger 9) Highlands weapon 10) Quaint weapon 11) Ritual knife of the scot...
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