I bruised my shin th’ other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence; ...
b) A text character (†) that is used for footnotes, to signify death, and to express the mathematical application of Hermitian conjugacy.
The dagger, under the title cultellum and misericorde, has been the constant companion of the sword, at least from the days of Edward I. and is mentioned in the statute of Winchester.
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