DIRK  , a See also:

• DAGGER

dagger, particularly the heavy dagger carried by the Highlanders of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . The dirk as worn in full Highland See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume is an elaborately ornamented weapon, with cairngorms or other stones set in the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the handle, which has no guard . Inserted in the sheath there may be two small knives . The dirk, in the shape of a straight blade, with a small guard, some 18 in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, is worn by midshipmen in the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NAVY

navy . The origin of the word is doubtful . The earlier forms were dork and See also:

• DUCK

duck, and the spelling dirk, adopted by See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson, represents the See also:

• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation of the second See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . The name seems to have been See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early applied to the daggers of the Highlanders, but the Gaelic word is biodag, and the Irish duirc, often stated to be the origin, is only an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English word . It may be a corruption of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Dolch, a dagger . The See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion that it is an application of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian name " Dirk," the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short form of " Dieterich," is not See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne out, according to the New English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, by any use of this name for a dagger, and is further disproved by the earlier English spelling .