dirk
noun
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
dirked
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past participleof dirk.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dirk.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dirknouna dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
Example Sentences
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Parkhurst tells Bullinger, among other novelties, that Riccio was a necromancer, who happened to be dirked; by whom he does not say.
From John Knox and the Reformation by Andrew Lang
The man beside the girl kept his smile working and concealed the little stab of jealousy that dirked him.
From The Big-Town Round-Up by William MacLeod Raine
"What's no i' the bag will be i' the broo," quo' the Hielandman when he dirked the haggis.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
I could have walked 100 miles to have dirked him à l’Américaine for his cruelly associating John in the Cockney School, and other blackguardisms.
From Life of John Keats by William Michael Rossetti
