To look daggers

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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