to look daggers

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to look daggers - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Look \Look\, v. t.
     1. To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
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     2. To seek; to search for. [Obs.]
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              Looking my love, I go from place to place.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     3. To expect. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     4. To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as,
        to look down opposition.
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              A spirit fit to start into an empire,
              And look the world to law.            --Dryden.
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     5. To express or manifest by a look.
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              Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again.
                                                    --Byron.
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     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.
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  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.
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     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.
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     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.
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