Dirk's a Scots word for a short dagger; sometimes a cut-down sword blade mounted on a dagger hilt, rather than a knife blade. The word dirk could've possibly derived from the Gaelic word sgian dearg (red knife), "dearg" [ˈdƷʲɛrəg] shifting to "dirk" [dʌrk]. It may also have been a corruption of the Low German terms Dulk or Dolk. In Bronze Age and Iron Age Scotland and Ireland, the dirk was actually considered to be a sword. Its blade length and style varied, but i… (More on Dirk)