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dirk

  [durk]
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–noun
1. a dagger, esp. of the Scottish Highlands.
–verb (used with object)
2. to stab with a dirk.
Origin:
1595–1605; orig. Scots; of obscure etym.
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Dirk

  [durk]
–noun
a male given name, form of Derek.
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dirk   (dûrk)   
n.  A dagger.
tr.v.   dirked, dirk·ing, dirks
To stab with a dirk.

[Scots durk.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

dirk 
1602, probably from Dirk, the proper name, which was used in Scand. for "a picklock." Earliest association is with Highlanders, but there seems to be no such word in Gaelic, where the proper name is biodag.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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