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Look \Look\, v. t.

1. To look at; to turn the eyes toward. [1913 Webster]

2. To seek; to search for. [Obs.]

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Looking my love, I go from place to place. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

3. To expect. [Obs.]

--Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to look down opposition. [1913 Webster]

A spirit fit to start into an empire, And look the world to law. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

5. To express or manifest by a look. [1913 Webster]

Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

To look daggers. See under Dagger.

To look in the face, to face or meet with boldness or confidence; hence, sometimes, to meet for combat.

To look out, to seek for; to search out; as, prudent persons look out associates of good reputation. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Dagger \Dag"ger\ (-g[~e]r), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See Dag a dagger.]

1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace. [1913 Webster]

2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk. [1913 Webster]

Dagger moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larv[ae] are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc.

Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. --Shak.

Double dagger, a mark of reference [[dag]] which comes next in order after the dagger.

To look daggers, or To speak daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Look \Look\, v. t.

1. To look at; to turn the eyes toward.

2. To seek; to search for. [Obs.]

Looking my love, I go from place to place. --Spenser.

3. To expect. [Obs.]

--Shak.

4. To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to look down opposition.

A spirit fit to start into an empire, And look the world to law. --Dryden.

5. To express or manifest by a look.

Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again. --Byron.

To look daggers. See under Dagger.

To look in the face, to face or meet with boldness or confidence; hence, sometimes, to meet for combat.

To look out, to seek for; as, prudent persons look out associates good reputation.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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