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D(d1.The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Pht and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr. qyga`thr, Skr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation, 1913 Webster]
2.(Mus.)The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F. 1913 Webster]
3.As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign 1913 Webster]
Dab(d, n.[Perh. corrupted fr. adept.]A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the third is a dab at an index.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
Dab, n.[Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.](Zo\'94l.)A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides. 1913 Webster]
Dab(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Dabbed(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Dabbing.][OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.]1.To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber. 1913 Webster]
A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint.S. Sharp. 1913 Webster]
2.To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. \'bdTo dab him in the neck.\'b8 Sir T. More. 1913 Webster]
Dab(?), n.1.A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. 1913 Webster]
A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak.Hawthorne. 1913 Webster]
2.A small mass of anything soft or moist. 1913 Webster]
Dabb(d, n.(Zo\'94l.)A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhubb. 1913 Webster]
Dab"ber(d, n.That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink. 1913 Webster]
Dab"ble(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dabbled(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Dabbling(d.][Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.]To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. \'bdBright hair dabbled in blood.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dab"ble, v. i.1.To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. 1913 Webster]
Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge.Wordsworth. 1913 Webster]
2.To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. \'bdDabbling here and there with the text.\'b8 Atterbury. 1913 Webster]
During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to dabble in politics.J. C. Shairp. 1913 Webster]
Dab"bler(d, n.1.One who dabbles. 1913 Webster]
2.One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler. \'bdour dabblers in politics.\'b8 Swift. 1913 Webster]
Dab"bling*ly(?), adv.In a dabbling manner. 1913 Webster]
Dab"chick`(d, n.[For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.](Zo\'94l.)A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Da*boi"a(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica). 1913 Webster]
Dab"ster, n.[Cf. Dab an expert.]One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
dabbler; as, \'bdI am but a dabster with gentle art\'b8. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Da`ca"po(?). [It., from [the] head or beginning.](Mus.)From the beginning; a direction to return to, and end with, the first strain; -- indicated by the letters D. C. Also, the strain so repeated. 1913 Webster]
Dace(d, n.[Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See Dart a javelin.](Zo\'94l.)A small European cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus leuciscus, formerly Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Squalius, Minnilus, etc. The black-nosed dace is Rhinichthys atronasus the horned dace is Semotilus corporalis. For red dace, see Redfin. 1913 Webster]
Dacelon.a genus of Australasian kingfishers. Syn. -- genus Dacelo. WordNet 1.5]
dachan.[Russian.]a Russian country house, especially a cottage used in the summer. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
\'d8Dachs"hund`(d, n.[G., from dachs badger + hund dog.](Zo\'94l.)One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired. 1913 Webster]
Da"cian(?), a.Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians. -- n.A native of ancient Dacia. 1913 Webster]
Dacninaen.a natural family comprising the honeycreepers. Syn. -- Coerebidae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninae. WordNet 1.5]
da*coit"(d, n.[Hind. , .]One of a class of robbers, in India and Burma (Myanmar), who act in gangs and are usually armed.[Also spelled dakoit.] 1913 Webster +PJC]
da*coit"y(?), n.The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits. 1913 Webster]
Da*co"tahs(?), n. pl.; sing. Dacotan(. (Ethnol.)Same as Dacotas.Longfellow. 1913 Webster]
Dacronn.[Trademark.]a brand of polyester textile fiber, or the wrinkle-resistant fabric prepared from it. Syn. -- dacron, Terylene. WordNet 1.5]
Dacrycarpusn.a genus of evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines. Syn. -- genus Dacrycarpus. WordNet 1.5]
Dacrydiumn.a genus of Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs. Syn. -- genus Dacrydium. WordNet 1.5]
Dacrymycesn.the type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae, consisting of fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa. Syn. -- genus Dacrymyces. WordNet 1.5]
dac"tyl(d, n.[L. dactylus, Gr. da`ktylos a finger, a dactyl. Cf. Digit.]1.(Pros.)A poetical foot of three sylables (\'f5 \'de \'de), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. t\'89gm, E. mer\'b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.[Written also dactyle.] 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)(a)A finger or toe; a digit.(b)The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean. 1913 Webster]
dac"tyl*ar(d, a.1.Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean. 1913 Webster]
Dac*tyl"ic(d, a.[L. dactylicus, Gr. daktyliko`s, fr. da`ktylos.]Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses. 1913 Webster]
Dac*tyl"ic, n.1.A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics. 1913 Webster]
2.pl.Dactylic meters. 1913 Webster]
dac*tyl"i*o*glyph(d, n.[Gr. daktyliogly`fos an engraver of gems; dakty`lios finger ring (fr. da`ktylos finger) + gly`fein to engrave.](Fine Arts)(a)An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.(b)The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem. 1913 Webster]
dac*tyl`i*og"ly*phy(?), n.The art or process of gem engraving. 1913 Webster]
Dac*tyl`i*og"ra*phy(?), n.[Gr. dakty`lios finger ring + -graphy.](Fine Arts)(a)The art of writing or engraving upon gems.(b)In general, the literature or history of the art. 1913 Webster]
Dac*tyl`i*ol"o*gy(?), n.[Gr. dakty`lios finger ring + -logy.](Fine Arts)(a)That branch of arch\'91ology which has to do with gem engraving.(b)That branch of arch\'91ology which has to do with finger rings. 1913 Webster]
Dac*tyl"i*o*man`cy(?), n.[Gr. dakty`lios + -mancy.]Divination by means of finger rings. 1913 Webster]
Dac"tyl*ist(?), n.A writer of dactylic verse. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dac`tyl*i"tis(?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. da`ktylos finger + -itis.](Med.)An inflammatory affection of the fingers.Gross. 1913 Webster]
Dac`tyl*ol"o*gy(?), n.[Gr. da`ktylos finger + -logy.]The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb. 1913 Webster]
one-hand alphabet (which was perfected by Abb\'82 de l'Ep\'82e, who died in 1789), and the two-hand alphabet. The latter was probably based on the manual alphabet published by George Dalgarus of Aberdeen, in 1680. See Illustration in Appendix. 1913 Webster]
Dac`tyl*on"o*my(?), n.[Gr. da`ktylos finger + no`mos law, distribution.]The art of numbering or counting by the fingers. 1913 Webster]
Dac`tyl*op"ter*ous(?), a.[Gr. da`ktylos finger + wing, fin.](Zo\'94l.)Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards. 1913 Webster]
Dactyloscopidaen.a natural family of Atlantic fishes comprising the sand stargazers. Syn. -- family Dactyloscopidae. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
\'d8Dac`ty*lo*the"ca(d, n.[NL., fr. Gr. da`ktylos finger, toe + qh`kh case, box.](Zo\'94l.)The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds. 1913 Webster]
dac`tyl*o*zo"oid(d, n.[Gr. da`ktylos finger + E. zooid.](Zo\'94l.)A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora. 1913 Webster]
Dad(d, n.[Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. daid, Gael. daidein, W. tad, OL. tata, Gr. ta`ta, te`tta, Skr. t\'beta.]Father; -- a word sometimes used by children. 1913 Webster]
I was never so bethumped with words, dad.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dad"dle(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Daddled(?), p. pr. & vb. n.Daddling.][Prob. freq. of dade.]To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly. 1913 Webster]
Dad"dock(?), n.[Cf. Prov. E. dad a large piece.]The rotten body of a tree. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. 1913 Webster]
Dad"dy(?), n.Diminutive of Dad.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Dad"dy long"legs`(?). 1.(Zo\'94l.)An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also harvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also father longlegs. 1913 Webster]
Dade(?), v. t.[Of. uncertain origin. Cf. Dandle, Daddle.]To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Little children when they learn to go daded to and fro.Drayton. 1913 Webster]
Dade, v. i.To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
No sooner taught to dade, but from their mother trip.Drayton. 1913 Webster]
Da"do(?), n.; pl.Dadoes(#).[It. dado die, cube, pedestal; of the same origin as E. die, n. See Die, n.](Arch.)(a)That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column. Hence: (b)In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.(c)In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
{ D\'91"dal(?), D\'91*dal"ian(?) }, a.[L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. ; cf. to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical D\'91dalus (Gr. , lit., the cunning worker).]1.Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious. 1913 Webster]
Our bodies decked in our d\'91dalian arms.Chapman. 1913 Webster]
The d\'91dal hand of Nature.J. Philips. 1913 Webster]
The doth the d\'91dal earth throw forth to thee, Spenser. 1913 Webster]
2.Crafty; deceitful. [R.] Keats. 1913 Webster]
D\'91d"a*lous(?), a.(Bot.)Having a variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves.
Daff(d, v. i.To act foolishly; to be foolish or sportive; to toy. [Scot.] Jamieson. 1913 Webster]
Daff, v. t.To daunt. [Prov. Eng.] Grose. 1913 Webster]
Daf"fo*dil(d, n.[OE. affodylle, prop., the asphodel, fr. LL. affodillus (cf. D. affodille or OF. asphodile, aphodille, F. asphod\'8ale), L. asphodelus, fr. Gr. 'asfo`delos. The initial d in English is not satisfactorily explained. See Asphodel.](Bot.)(a)A plant of the genus Asphodelus.(b)A plant of the genus Narcissus (Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc. 1913 Webster]
With damask roses and daffadillies set.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Strow me the ground with daffadowndillies, Spenser. 1913 Webster]
A college gown daffodilly.Tennyson 1913 Webster]
And chance-sown daffodil.Whittier. 1913 Webster]
Daft(d, a.[OE. daft, deft, deft, stupid; prob. the same word as E. deft. See Deft.]1.Stupid; foolish; idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he has gone daft. 1913 Webster]
Let us think no more of this daft businessSir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Daft"ness, n.The quality of being daft. 1913 Webster]
Dag(d, n.[Cf. F. dague, LL. daga, D. dagge (fr. French); all prob. fr. Celtic; Cf. Gael. dag a pistol, Armor. dag dagger, W. dager, dagr, Ir. daigear. Cf. Dagger.]1.A dagger; a poniard. [Obs.] Johnson. 1913 Webster]
2.A large pistol formerly used. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some.Foxe. 1913 Webster]
A sort of pistol, called dag, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts.Grose. 1913 Webster]
3.(Zo\'94l.)The unbranched antler of a young deer. 1913 Webster]
Dag, n.[OE. dagge (cf. Dagger); or cf. AS. d\'beg what is dangling.]A loose end; a dangling shred. 1913 Webster]
Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.Wedgwood. 1913 Webster]
Dag, v. t.[1, from Dag dew. 2, from Dag a loose end.]1.To daggle or bemire. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson. 1913 Webster]
2.To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment. [Obs.] Wright. 1913 Webster]
Dag, v. i.To be misty; to drizzle. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
dagamen.the lemonwood tree (Calycophyllum candidissimum); -- it is a tropical American tree which is source of a tough elastic wood. Syn. -- lemonwood tree, Calycophyllum candidissimum. WordNet 1.5]
Daganprop. n.the Mesopotanian god of agriculture and earth; it is a counterpart of Phoenician and Philistine Dagon.See references to Dagon in the Bible and in the opera Samson et Dalila. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Dagdan.in Irish legend, chief god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit. WordNet 1.5]
daggan.a relatively nontoxic South African herb (Leonotis leonurus) smoked like tobacco. Syn. -- Cape dagga, red dagga, wilde dagga, Leonotis leonurus. WordNet 1.5]
Dag"ger(-g, 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. 1913 Webster]
2.(Print.)A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [obelisk. 1913 Webster]
Dagger moth(Zo\'94l.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larv\'91 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 [ --
To look daggers, or
To speak daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully. 1913 Webster]
Dag"ger, v. t.To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Dag"ger, n.[Perh. from diagonal.]A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.Knight. 1913 Webster]
Dagges(d, n. pl.[OE. See Dag a loose end.]An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. [Obs.] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
Dag"gle(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Daggled(-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Daggling(-gl.][Freq. of dag, v. t., 1.]To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten. 1913 Webster]
The warrior's very plume, I say, daggled by the dashing spray.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Dag"gle, v. i.To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle. 1913 Webster]
Nor, like a puppy [have I] daggled through the town.Pope.
{ Dag"gle-tail`(d, Dag"gle-tailed`(-t, }a.Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed. 1913 Webster]
Dag"gle-tail`(-t, n.A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail. 1913 Webster]
Dag"lock`(-l, n.[Dag a loose end + lock.]A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock. 1913 Webster]
Da"go(d, n.; pl.Dagos(-g.[Cf. Sp. Diego, E. James.]A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent. [U. S.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Da*go"ba(d, n.[Singhalese d\'begoba.]A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. [East Indies] 1913 Webster]
Da"gon(d, [Heb. D\'begon, fr. dag a fish: cf. Gr. Dagw`n.]The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish.W. Smith. 1913 Webster]
This day a solemn feast the people hold Dagon, their sea idol.Milton. 1913 Webster]
They brought it into the house of Dagon.1 Sam. v. 2. 1913 Webster]
Dag"on(d, n.[See Dag a loose end.]A slip or piece. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dag"swain`(?), n.[From Dag a loose end?]A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool. \'bdUnder coverlets made of dagswain.\'b8 Holinshed. 1913 Webster]
Dag"-tailed`(?), a.[Dag a loose end + tail.]Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. \'bdDag-tailed sheep.\'b8 Bp. Hall.
{ Da*guer"re*an(d, Da*guerre"i*an(?), }a.Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype. 1913 Webster]
Da*guerre"o*type(d, n.[From Daguerre the inventor + -type.]1.An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury. 1913 Webster]
2.The process of taking such pictures. 1913 Webster]
Da*guerre"o*type(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Daguerreotyped(-t; p. pr. & vb. n.Daguerreotyping(-t.]1.To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture. 1913 Webster]
2.To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.
{ Da*guerre"o*ty`per(?), Da*guerre"o*ty`pist(?), }n.One who takes daguerreotypes. 1913 Webster]
Da*guerre"o*ty`py(?), n.The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Da`ha*be"ah(d, n.[Ar.]A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails. 1913 Webster]
Dah"lia(dor d, n.; pl.Dahlias(#).[Named after Andrew Dahl a Swedish botanist.](Bot.)A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Composit\'91; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color. 1913 Webster]
Dah"lin(d, n.[From Dahlia.](Chem.)A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin. 1913 Webster]
Da*hoon"(d, [Origin unknown.]An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close-grained wood; -- called also
dahoon holly. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
daikonn.a radish of Japan (Raphanus sativus longipinnatus) with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked. Syn. -- Japanese radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus. WordNet 1.5]
Dailn.the lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland; -- also called the Dail Eirann. From its members is selected the Taoiseach, or prime minister. Syn. -- Dail Eireann. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Dai"ly(d, a.[AS. d\'91gl\'c6c; d\'91g day + -l\'c6c like. See Day.]Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin. 1913 Webster]
Give us this day our daily bread.Matt. vi. 11. 1913 Webster]
Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.Macaulay.
Syn. -- Daily, Diurnal.Daily is Anglo-Saxon, and diurnal is Latin. The former is used in reference to the ordinary concerns of life; as, daily wants, daily cares, daily employments. The latter is appropriated chiefly by astronomers to what belongs to the astronomical day; as, the diurnal revolution of the earth. 1913 Webster]
Man hath his daily work of body or mind Milton. 1913 Webster]
Dai"ly, n.; pl.Dailies(.A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies. 1913 Webster]
Dai"ly, adv.Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily. 1913 Webster]
Dai"mi*o(?), n.; pl.Daimios(#).[Jap., fr. Chin. tai ming great name.]The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.<-- usu. written daimyo --> 1913 Webster]
The daimios, or territorial nobles, resided in Yedo and were divided into four classes.Am. Cyc. 1913 Webster]
Daint(?), n.[See Dainty, n.]Something of exquisite taste; a dainty. [Obs.] -- a.Dainty. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
To cherish him with diets daint.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Dain"ti*fy(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Daintified(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Daintifying.][Dainty + -fy.]To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious. \'bdDaintified emotion.\'b8 Sat. rev. 1913 Webster]
Dain"ty(?), n.; pl.Dainties(#).[OE. deinie, dainte, deintie, deyntee, OF. deinti\'82 delicacy, orig., dignity, honor, fr. L. dignitas, fr. dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Dignity.]1.Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
I ne told no deyntee of her love.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. 1913 Webster]
That precious nectar may the taste renew dainties, by our parents lost.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
3.A term of fondness. [Poetic] B. Jonson.
Syn. -- Dainty, Delicacy. These words are here compared as denoting articles of food. The term delicacy as applied to a nice article of any kind, and hence to articles of food which are particularly attractive. Dainty is stronger, and denotes some exquisite article of cookery. A hotel may be provided with all the delicacies of the season, and its table richly covered with dainties. 1913 Webster]
These delicacies Milton. 1913 Webster]
[A table] furnished plenteously with bread, dainties, remnants of the last regale.Cowper. 1913 Webster]
Full many a deynt\'82 horse had he in stable.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
dainty maketh dearth,\'b8 i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious. 1913 Webster]
2.Delicious to the palate; toothsome. 1913 Webster]
Dainty bits Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender. 1913 Webster]
Those dainty limbs which nature lent Milton. 1913 Webster]
I would be the girdle. dainty, dainty waist.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
4.Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious. 1913 Webster]
Thew were a fine and dainty people.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
And let us not be dainty of leave-taking, Shak. 1913 Webster]
To make dainty, to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all makes dainty, Shak. 1913 Webster]
daiquirin.an alcoholic beverage containing rum and lime or lemon juice, usually mixed with a fruit juice or fruit extract and often blended with crushed ice; as, a strawberry daiquiri. Syn. -- rum cocktail. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
\'d8Da"\'8b*ra(d, n.[Turk. daire circuit, department, fr. Ar. da\'8brah circle.]Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or his family. The most important are the Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh(s, or Da"i*ra Sa"ni*yeh, and the Da"i*ra Khas"sa, administered by the khedive's European bondholders, and known collectively as the Daira, or the Daira estates. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dai"ry(d, n.; pl.Dairies(-r.[OE. deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja, orig., a baking maid, fr. Icel. deig. Dough.]1.The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese. 1913 Webster]
What stores my dairies and my folds contain.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese. 1913 Webster]
Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter.Temple. 1913 Webster]
3.A dairy farm. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc. 1913 Webster]
Dai"ry*ing, n.The business of conducting a dairy. 1913 Webster]
Dai"ry*maid`(?), n.A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy. 1913 Webster]
Dai"ry*man(?), n.; pl.Dairymen(.A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy. 1913 Webster]
Dai"ry*wom`an(?), n.; pl.Dairywomen(.A woman who attends to a dairy. 1913 Webster]
Da"is(d, n.[OE. deis, des, table, dais, OF. deis table, F. dais a canopy, L. discus a quoit, a dish (from the shape), LL., table, fr. Gr. a quoit, a dish. See Dish.]1.The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests. 1913 Webster]
3.A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity. [Obs.] Shiply. 1913 Webster]
Dai"sied(?), a.Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. \'bdThe daisied green.\'b8 Langhorne. 1913 Webster]
The grass all deep and daisied.G. Eliot. 1913 Webster]
Dai"sy(d, n.; pl.Daisies(d.[OE. dayesye, AS. d\'91ges-e day's eye, daisy. See Day, and Eye.](Bot.)(a)A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Composit\'91. The common English and classical daisy is Bellis perennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.(b)The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed. 1913 Webster]
daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane. 1913 Webster]
Michaelmas daisy(Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species. --
Oxeye daisy(Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy(b). 1913 Webster]
daisybush, daisy bushn.any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays. Syn. -- . WordNet 1.5]
Dak(dor d, n.[Hind. .]Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India] 1913 Webster]
Dak boat, a mail boat.Percy Smith. --
Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the end of a dak stage. --
To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquins or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.
{ Da"ker(?), Da"kir(?), }n.[See Dicker.](O. Eng. & Scots Law)A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
Da"ker hen`(?). [Perh. fr. W. crecial the daker hen; crec a sharp noise (creg harsh, hoarse, crechian to scream) + iar hen; or cf. D. duiken to dive, plunge.](Zo\'94l.)The corncrake or land rail.
Da*ko"ta group`(?). (Geol.)A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied. 1913 Webster]
Da*ko"tas(?), n. pl.; sing. Dacota(. (Ethnol.)An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux.[Written also Dacotahs.] 1913 Webster]
Dalbergian.a large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers. Syn. -- genus Dalbergia. WordNet 1.5]
Dale(d, n.[AS. d\'91l; akin to LG., D., Sw., Dan., OS., & Goth. dal, Icel. dalr, OHG. tal, G. thal, and perh. to Gr. qo`los a rotunda, Skr. dh\'bera depth. Cf. Dell.]1.A low place between hills; a vale or valley. 1913 Webster]
Where mountaines rise, umbrageous dales descend.Thomson. 1913 Webster]
2.A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.Knight. 1913 Webster]
Dalean.a genus of plants including the indigo bush. Syn. -- genus Dalea. WordNet 1.5]
Dales"man(d, n.; pl.Dalesmen(d.One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
daleth(?), the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. PJC]
Dalf(?), imp. of Delve. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dalles(d, n. pl.[F. dalle a tube, gutter, trough.]A rapid, esp. one where the channel is narrowed between rock walls. [Northwestern U. S. & Canada]
The place below, where the compressed river wound like a silver thread among the flat black rocks, was the far-famed Dalles of the Columbia.F. H. Balch. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dal"li*ance(?), n.[From Dally.]1.The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play. 1913 Webster]
Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Shak. 1913 Webster]
O, the dalliance and the wit, Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Dal"li*er(?), n.One who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words.Asham. 1913 Webster]
dallis grass, dallisgrassn.a tall tufted perennial tropical American grass (Paspalum dilatatum) naturalized as pasture and forage grass in the southern U.S. Syn. -- paspalum, Paspalum dilatatum. WordNet 1.5]
Dal"lop(d, n.[Etymol. unknown.]A tuft or clump. [Obs.] Tusser. 1913 Webster]
Dal"ly(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Dallied(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Dallying.][OE. dalien, dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull.]1.To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle. 1913 Webster]
We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer.Calamy. 1913 Webster]
We have put off God, and dallied with his grace.Barrow. 1913 Webster]
2.To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport. 1913 Webster]
Not dallying with a brace of courtesans.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dal"ly, v. t.To delay unnecessarily; to while away. 1913 Webster]
Dallying off the time with often skirmishes.Knolles. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dal*ma"ni*a(?), n.[From Dalman, the geologist.](Paleon.)A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dal`ma*ni"tes(?), n.Same as Dalmania. 1913 Webster]
Dal*ma"tian(?), a.Of or pertaining to Dalmatia. 1913 Webster]
Dalmatian dog(Zo\'94l.), a carriage dog, shaped like a pointer, and having black or bluish spots on a white ground; the coach dog.
Dal*mat"i*ca(?), n., Dal*mat"ic(, n.[LL. dalmatica: cf. F. dalmatique.]1.(R. C. Ch.)A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia. 1913 Webster]
2.A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation. 1913 Webster]
dalon.a herb of the Pacific islands (Colocasia esculenta) grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves. Syn. -- taro, taro plant, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Dal` se"gno(?). [It., from the sign.](Mus.)A direction to go back to the sign Segno. 1913 Webster]
Daltonn.John Dalton, scientist, born 1766, died 1844. Syn. -- John Dalton. WordNet 1.5]
daltonn.[from the chemist John Dalton, proponent of the modern atomic theory of matter.]a unit of mass, approximately 1.66 x 10-24 grams; -- it is approximately equal to the mass of one hydrogen atom, but the exact value differs slightly as used in physics and chemistry. It is used mostly to describe the size of proteins and nucleic acids in biochemistry.Molecular weights are often expressed as dimensionless units, the unit being understood (in chemistry) to be the atomic mass unit with carbon equal to 14. Thus having a \'bdmolecular weight of 255\'b8 means the same as each molecule having a mass of 255 daltons. Syn. atomic mass unit. PJC]
Dal*to"ni*an(?), n.One afflicted with color blindness. 1913 Webster]
Dal"ton*ism(?), n.Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity.Nichol. 1913 Webster]
Dam(d, n.[OE. dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See Dame.]1.A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. 1913 Webster]
Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . .Dame is used of a hen; we now make a great difference between dame and dam.T. L. K. Oliphant. 1913 Webster]
The dam runs lowing up and down, Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.A king or crowned piece in the game of draughts. 1913 Webster]
Dam, n.[Akin to OLG., D., & Dan. dam, G. & Sw. damm, Icel. dammr, and AS. fordemman to stop up, Goth. Fa\'a3rdammjan.]1.A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water. 1913 Webster]
2.(Metal.)A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace. 1913 Webster]
Dam plate(Blast Furnace), an iron plate in front of the dam, to strengthen it. 1913 Webster]
Dam, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dammed(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Damming.]1.To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up. 1913 Webster]
I'll have the current in this place dammed up.Shak. 1913 Webster]
A weight of earth that dams in the water.Mortimer. 1913 Webster]
2.To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain. 1913 Webster]
The strait pass was dammed Shak. 1913 Webster]
To dam out, to keep out by means of a dam. 1913 Webster]
Daman.a genus of deer including the Eurasian fallow deer, Dama dama. Syn. -- genus Dama. WordNet 1.5]
Dam"age(d, n.[OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See Damn.]1.Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief. 1913 Webster]
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage.Prov. xxvi. 6. 1913 Webster]
Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.pl.(Law)The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another. 1913 Webster]
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Consequential damage. See under Consequential. --
Exemplary damages(Law), damages imposed by way of example to others. Similar in purpose to vindictive damages, below. --
Nominal damages(Law), those given for a violation of a right where no actual loss has accrued. --
vindictive damagesor
punitive damages, those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.
Syn. -- Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See Mischief. 1913 Webster]
Dam"age, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Damaged(d; p. pr. & vb. n.Damaging(d.][Cf. OF. damagier, domagier. See Damage, n.]To occasion damage to the soundness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair. 1913 Webster]
He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship.Clarendon. 1913 Webster]
Dam"age(d, v. i.To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soundness or value; as, some colors in cloth damage in sunlight. 1913 Webster]
Dam"age*a*ble(d, a.[Cf. OF. damageable, F. dommageable for sense 2.]1.Capable of being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a damageable cargo. 1913 Webster]
2.Hurtful; pernicious. [R.] 1913 Webster]
That it be not damageable unto your royal majesty.Hakluyt. 1913 Webster]
damaged(d, adj.1.changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite of undamaged. [Narrower terms: battered, beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound; bent, crumpled, dented; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed; burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate); burst, ruptured; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed; defaced, marred; hurt, weakened; knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; mangled, mutilated; peeling; scraped, scratched; storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged, destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound. WordNet 1.5]
2.Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower terms: busted; chipped; cracked; crumbled, fragmented; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured; shattered, smashed, splintered; split; unkept, violated] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured, unsound. Syn. -- broken. WordNet 1.5]
3.being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged reputation. Syn. -- discredited. WordNet 1.5]
4.made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as, the senator's seriously damaged reputation. Syn. -- besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished. WordNet 1.5]
Dam"age fea`sant(?). [OF. damage + F. faisant doing, p. pr. See Feasible.](Law)Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
damagesn.(Law)a sum of money paid in compensation for an injury or wrong. Syn. -- amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress. WordNet 1.5]
damagingadj.1.causing harm or injury; as, damaging to career and reputation. Syn. -- detrimental, detrimental to(predicate), prejudicial, prejudicious. WordNet 1.5]
2.designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions. Syn. -- negative. WordNet 1.5]
Damaliscusn.a genus of African antelopes including the sassaby, Damaliscus lunatus. Syn. -- genus Damaliscus. WordNet 1.5]
Da"man(d, n.(Zo\'94l.)A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of Northern Africa is Hyrax Brucei; -- called also ashkoko, dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax. 1913 Webster]
Dam"ar(?), n.See Dammar. 1913 Webster]
Da*ma"ra(d, n.[The name is supposed to be from Hottentot dama vanquished.]A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damaras include an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras, who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dam"as*cene(d, a.[L. Damascenus of Damascus, fr. Damascus the city, Gr. Damasko`s. See Damask, and cf. Damaskeen, Damaskin, Damson.]Of or relating to Damascus. 1913 Webster]
Dam"as*cene(d, n.A kind of plum, now called damson. See Damson. 1913 Webster]
Dam`as*cene"(d, v. t.Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. \'bdDamascened armor.\'b8 Beaconsfield. \'bdCast and damascened steel.\'b8 Ure. 1913 Webster]
damascenedadj.decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; -- of metallic objects; as, a damascened sword. Syn. -- damascene. WordNet 1.5]
Da*mas"cus(?), n.[L.]A city of Syria. 1913 Webster]
Damascus blade, a sword or scimiter, made chiefly at Damascus, having a variegated appearance of watering, and proverbial for excellence. --
Damascus iron, or
Damascus twist, metal formed of thin bars or wires of iron and steel elaborately twisted and welded together; used for making gun barrels, etc., of high quality, in which the surface, when polished and acted upon by acid, has a damask appearance. --
Damascus steel. See Damask steel, under Damask, a. 1913 Webster]
Da*mas"cus steel. See Damask steel, under Damask. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dam"ask(d, n.[From the city Damascus, L. Damascus, Gr. Damasko`s, Heb. Dammesq, Ar. Daemeshq; cf. Heb. d'meseq damask; cf. It. damasco, Sp. damasco, F. damas. Cf. Damascene, Damass\'90.]1.Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like. \'bdA bed of ancient damask.\'b8 W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
2.Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color. 1913 Webster]
3.A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings. 1913 Webster]
4.Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or \'bdwater\'b8 of such steel. 1913 Webster]
5.A deep pink or rose color.Fairfax. 1913 Webster]
Dam"ask, a.1.Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus. 1913 Webster]
2.Having the color of the damask rose. 1913 Webster]
But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, damask cheek.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Damask color, a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose. --
Damask plum, a small dark-colored plum, generally called damson. --
Damask rose(Bot.), a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose (Rosa damascena) from Damascus. \'bdDamask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years.\'b8 Bacon. --
Damask steel, or
Damascus steel, steel of the kind originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines; especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; -- formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great flexibility and tenacity. 1913 Webster]
Dam"ask, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Damasked(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Damasking.]To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or \'bdwater,\'b8 as metal. See Damaskeen. 1913 Webster]
Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold.Dryde 1913 Webster]
On the soft, downy bank, damasked with flowers.Milton.
{ Dam"as*keen`(?), Dam"as*ken(?), }v. t.[F. damaschinare. See Damascene, v.]To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or \'bdwater\'b8 produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask. 1913 Webster]
Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly engraving, and partly carving.Ure. 1913 Webster]
Dam"as*kin(?), n.[Cf. F. damasquin, adj., It. damaschino, Sp. damasquino. See Damaskeen.]A sword of Damask steel. 1913 Webster]
No old Toledo blades or damaskins.Howell (1641). 1913 Webster]
Da*mas*s\'82"(?), a.[F. damass\'82, fr. damas. See Damask.]Woven like damask. -- n.A damass\'82 fabric, esp. one of linen. 1913 Webster]
Dam"as*sin(d, n.[F., fr. damas. See Damask.]A kind of modified damask or brocade. 1913 Webster]
Dam"bo*nite(-b, n.[Cf. F. dambonite.](Chem.)A white, crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc. 1913 Webster]
Dam"bose(d, n.(Chem.)A crystalline variety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite. 1913 Webster]
Dame(d, n.[F. dame, LL. domna, fr. L. domina mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to domare to tame, subdue. See Tame, and cf. Dam a mother, Dan, Danger, Dungeon, Dominie, Don, n., Duenna.]1.A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady. 1913 Webster]
Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, dame, the lord protector's wife.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school. 1913 Webster]
In the dame's classes at the village school.Emerson. 1913 Webster]
3.A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman. 1913 Webster]
4.A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dame"wort`(?), n.(Bot.)A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet.Loudon. 1913 Webster]
Da`mi*a"na(?), n.[NL.; of uncertain origin.](Med.)A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac. 1913 Webster]
Turnera and from Bigelovia veneta. Wood & Bache. 1913 Webster]
Da"mi*an*ist(?), n.(Eccl. Hist.)A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
{ Dam"mar(?), Dam"ma*ra(?), }n.[Jav. & Malay. damar.]An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine. 1913 Webster]
Dammar pine, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas (Agathis orientalis syn. Dammara orientalis), yielding dammar. 1913 Webster]
Dam"ma*ra, n.(Bot.)A large tree of the order Conifer\'91, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species. 1913 Webster]
Damn(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Damned(dor d; p. pr. & vb. n.Damning(dor d.][OE. damnen dampnen (with excrescent p), OF. damner, dampner, F. damner, fr. L. damnare, damnatum, to condemn, fr. damnum damage, a fine, penalty. Cf. Condemn, Damage.]1.To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure. 1913 Webster]
He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.(Theol.)To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse. 1913 Webster]
3.To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc. 1913 Webster]
You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, Pope. 1913 Webster]
Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively. 1913 Webster]
Damn, v. i.To invoke damnation; to curse. \'bdWhile I inwardly damn.\'b8 Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
Dam`na*bil"i*ty(?), n.The quality of being damnable; damnableness.Sir T. More. 1913 Webster]
Dam"na*ble(?), a.[L. damnabilis, fr. damnare: cf. F. damnable. See Damn.]1.Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature. 1913 Webster]
A creature unprepared unmeet for death, damnable.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dam*na"tion(?), n.[F. damnation, L. damnatio, fr. damnare. See Damn.]1.The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation. 1913 Webster]
2.(Theol.)Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself. 1913 Webster]
How can ye escape the damnation of hell?Matt. xxiii. 33. 1913 Webster]
Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.A sin deserving of everlasting punishment. [R.] 1913 Webster]
The deep damnation of his taking-off.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dam"na*to*ry(d, a.[L. damnatorius, fr. damnator a condemner.]Dooming to damnation; condemnatory. \'bdDamnatory invectives.\'b8 Hallam. 1913 Webster]
Damned(?), a.1.Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition. 1913 Webster]
2.Hateful; detestable; abominable. 1913 Webster]
But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dam*nif"ic(?), a.[L. damnificus; damnum damage, loss + facere to make. See Damn.]Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious. 1913 Webster]
Dam`ni*fi*ca"tion(?), n.[LL. damnificatio.]That which causes damage or loss. 1913 Webster]
Dam"ni*fy(d, v. t.[LL. damnificare, fr. L. damnificus: cf. OF. damnefier. See Damnific.]To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair. [R.] 1913 Webster]
This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Dam"our*ite(d, n.[Ater the French chemist Damour.](Min.)A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water. 1913 Webster]
Damp(d, n.[Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor, steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG. dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]1.Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor. 1913 Webster]
Night . . . with black air damps and dreadful gloom.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind. 1913 Webster]
Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, damp of grief comes o'er my soul.Addison. 1913 Webster]
It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion.J. D. Forbes. 1913 Webster]
3.(Mining)A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc. 1913 Webster]
Choke damp, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal life. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic. --
Damp sheet, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air currents and prevent accumulation of gas. --
Fire damp, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with flame. 1913 Webster]
Damp(d, a.[Compar.Damper(?); superl.Dampest.]1.Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. 1913 Webster]
O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.] 1913 Webster]
All these and more came flocking, but with looks damp.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Damp, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Damped(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Damping.][OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See Damp, n.]1.To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth. 1913 Webster]
2.To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage. \'bdTo damp your tender hopes.\'b8 Akenside. 1913 Webster]
Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word!Sir J. Lubbock. 1913 Webster]
The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Damp"en(d, v. t.[imp. & p. p.dampened(d; p. pr. & vb. n.dampening.]1.To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet. 1913 Webster]
2.To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. 1913 Webster]
In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.The Century. 1913 Webster]
Damp"en, v. i.To become damp; to deaden.Byron. 1913 Webster]
dampeningn.the act or process of making something slightly wet. Syn. -- moistening. WordNet 1.5]
damp"er(d, n.That which damps or checks;as:(a)A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.(b)A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time. 1913 Webster]
Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities.W. Black. 1913 Webster]
Damp"ish(?), a.Moderately damp or moist.
-- Damp"ish*ly, adv. -- Damp"ish*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Damp"ne(?), v. t.To damn. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dam"sel(d, n.[OE. damosel, damesel, damisel, damsel, fr. OF. damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, F. demoiselle young lady; cf. OF. damoisel young nobleman, F. damoiseau; fr. LL. domicella, dominicella, fem., domicellus, dominicellus, masc., dim. fr. L. domina, dominus. See Dame, and cf. Demoiselle, Doncella.]1.A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden. 1913 Webster]
With her train of damsels she was gone, Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
3.(Milling)An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper. 1913 Webster]
damselflyn.a slender nonstinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest. WordNet 1.5]
Dam"son(d, n.[OE. damasin the Damascus plum, fr. L. Damascenus. See Damascene.]A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum. 1913 Webster]
Dan(d, n.[OE. dan, danz, OF. danz (prop. only nom.), dan, master, fr. L. dominus. See Dame.]A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright Spenser. 1913 Webster]
What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land.Thomson. 1913 Webster]
Dan, n.[Etymol. uncertain.](Mining)A small truck or sledge used in coal mines. 1913 Webster]
Danaidaen.a small natural family of usually tropical butterflies, including the monarch butterflies. Syn. -- family Danaidae. WordNet 1.5]
Da"na*ide(d, n.[From the mythical Danaides, who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes.](Mach.)A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one. 1913 Webster]
Da"na*ite(d, n.[Named after J. Freeman Dana.](Min.)A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite. 1913 Webster]
Da"na*lite(?), n.[Named after James Dwight Dana.](Min.)A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, containing sulphur. 1913 Webster]
Danausn.the type genus of the Danaidae, including the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus. Syn. -- genus Danaus. WordNet 1.5]
Dan"bu*rite(?), n.(Min.)A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form.Dana. 1913 Webster]
Dance(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Danced(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dancing.][F. danser, fr. OHG. dans to draw; akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See Thin.]1.To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically. 1913 Webster]
Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance.Wither. 1913 Webster]
Good shepherd, what fair swain is this dances with your daughter?Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about. 1913 Webster]
Then, 'tis time to dance off.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
More dances my rapt heart Shak. 1913 Webster]
Shadows in the glassy waters dance.Byron. 1913 Webster]
Where rivulets dance their wayward round.Wordsworth. 1913 Webster]
To dance on a rope, or
To dance on nothing, to be hanged. 1913 Webster]
Dance(?), v. t.To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle. 1913 Webster]
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Thy grandsire loved thee well; danced thee on his knee.Shak. 1913 Webster]
To dance attendance, to come and go obsequiously; to be or remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to please or gain favor. 1913 Webster]
A man of his place, and so near our favor, dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dance, n.[F. danse, of German origin. See Dance, v. i.]1.The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mus.)A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc. 1913 Webster]
dance was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing. 1913 Webster]
Of remedies of love she knew parchance dance.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Dance of Death(Art), an allegorical representation of the power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high, and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton. --
Morris dance. See Morris. --
To lead one a dance, to cause one to go through a series of movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a dance not understood. 1913 Webster]
Dan"cer(?), n.One who dances or who practices dancing. 1913 Webster]
The merry dancers, beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternately without any considerable change of length. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora. 1913 Webster]
Dan`cet`t\'82"(?), a.[Cf. F. danch\'82 dancett\'82, dent tooth.](Her.)Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancett\'82 has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon. 1913 Webster]
Dan"cing(?), p. a. & vb. n.from Dance. 1913 Webster]
Dancing girl, one of the women in the East Indies whose profession is to dance in the temples, or for the amusement of spectators. There are various classes of dancing girls. --
Dancing master, a teacher of dancing. --
Dancing school, a school or place where dancing is taught. 1913 Webster]
Dan"cy(?), a.(Her.)Same as Dancett\'82. 1913 Webster]
Dan"de*li`on(?), n.[F. dent de lion lion's tooth, fr. L. dens tooth + leo lion. See Tooth, n., and Lion.](Bot.)A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (Taraxacum officinale, formerly called Taraxacum Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves. 1913 Webster]
Dan"der(?), n.[Corrupted from dandruff.]1.Dandruff or scurf on the head. 1913 Webster]
2.Anger or vexation; rage. [Low] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
Dan"der, v. i.[See Dandle.]To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Dan"di(?), n.[Hind. , fr. an oar.]A boatman; an oarsman. [India] 1913 Webster]
Dan"die(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)One of a breed of small terriers; -- called also Dandie Dinmont. 1913 Webster]
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{ Dan"die Din"mont(d, orDan"die Din"mont }, n.1.In Scott's \'bdGuy Mannering\'b8, a Border farmer of eccentric but fine character, who owns two terriers claimed to be the progenitors of the Dandie Dinmont terriers. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.One of a breed of terriers with short legs, long body, and rough coat, originating in the country about the English and Scotch border. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dan"di*fied(?), a.Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish. 1913 Webster]
Dan"di*fy(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dandified(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dandifying.][Dandy + -fy.]To cause to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish. 1913 Webster]
Dan"di*prat(?), n.[Dandy + brat child.]1.A little fellow; -- in sport or contempt. \'bdA dandiprat hop-thumb.\'b8 Stanyhurst. 1913 Webster]
2.A small coin. 1913 Webster]
Henry VII. stamped a small coin called dandiprats.Camden. 1913 Webster]
Dan"dle(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dandled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dandling(?).][Cf. G. d\'84ndeln to trifly, dandle, OD. & Prov. G. danten, G. tand trifly, prattle; Scot. dandill, dander, to go about idly, to trifly.]1.To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant. 1913 Webster]
Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees.Is. 1913 Webster]
2.To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet. 1913 Webster]
They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus.Addison. 1913 Webster]
The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence.Jeffrey. 1913 Webster]
3.To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Dan"dler(d, n.One who dandles or fondles. 1913 Webster]
Dan"driff(d, n.See Dandruff.Swift. 1913 Webster]
Dandruff(d, n.[Prob. from W. toncrust, peel, skin + AS. dr dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles.[Written also dandriff.] 1913 Webster]
Dan"dy(d, n.; pl.Dandies(d.[Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2 & 3 are of uncertain etymology.]1.One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. 1913 Webster]
2.(Naut.)(a)A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.(b)A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen. 1913 Webster]
3.A dandy roller. See below. 1913 Webster]
Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush. --
Dandy fever. See Dengue. --
Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. --
Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.
Dan"dy-cock`(, n. masc., Dan"dy-hen`(, n. fem.[See Dandy.]A bantam fowl. 1913 Webster]
Dan"dy*ish, a.Like a dandy. 1913 Webster]
Dan"dy*ism(?), n.The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness.Byron. 1913 Webster]
Dan"dy*ize(?), v. t. & i.To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify. 1913 Webster]
Dan"dy*ling(?), n.[Dandy + -ling.]A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop. 1913 Webster]
Dane(?), n.[LL. Dani: cf. AS. Dene.]A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark. 1913 Webster]
Great Dane. (Zo\'94l.)See Danish dog, under Danish.
{ Dane"geld`(?), Dane"gelt`(?) }, n.[AS. danegeld. See Dane, and Geld, n.](Eng. Hist.)An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm.Wharton's Law Dict. Tomlins. 1913 Webster]
Dane"wort`(?), n.(Bot.)A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.] 1913 Webster]
Dang(?), imp. of Ding. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Dang, v. t.[Cf. Ding.]To dash. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage, Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage.Marlowe. 1913 Webster]
Dan"ger(?), n.[OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See Dungeon, Domain, Dame.]1.Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
In dangerhad he . . . the young girls.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] See In one's danger, below. 1913 Webster]
You stand within his danger, do you not?Shak. 1913 Webster]
Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof this statute.Robynson (More's Utopia). 1913 Webster]
3.Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity. 1913 Webster]
In one's danger, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [Obs.] This sense is retained in the proverb, \'bdOut of debt out of danger.\'b8 1913 Webster]
Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not.Robynson (More's Utopia).
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To do danger, to cause danger. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn. -- Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy. -- Danger, Peril, Hazard, Risk, Jeopardy. Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy. 1913 Webster]
Dan"ger, v. t.To endanger. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dan"ger*less, a.Free from danger. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Dan"ger*ous(?), a.[OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See Danger.]1.Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. 1913 Webster]
Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; dangerous.Shak. 1913 Webster]
It is dangerous to assert a negative.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
2.Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. 1913 Webster]
If they incline to think you dangerous Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] Forby. Bartlett. 1913 Webster]
4.Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; dangerous.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
5.Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] \'bdOf his speech dangerous.\'b8 Chaucer.
-- Dan"ger*ous*ly, adv. -- Dan"ger*ous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
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Dan"gle(d, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Dangled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dangling(?).][Akin to Dan. dangle, dial. Sw. dangla, Dan. dingle, Sw. dingla, Icel. dingla; perh. from E. ding.]To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion. 1913 Webster]
He'd rather on a gibbet dangle Hudibras. 1913 Webster]
From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
To dangle aboutor
To dangle after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset. 1913 Webster]
The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them, Swift. 1913 Webster]
Dan"gle(?), v. t.To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet. 1913 Webster]
And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Dan"gle*ber`ry(?), n.(Bot.)A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward. 1913 Webster]
Dan"gler(?), n.One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler. \'bd Danglers at toilets.\'b8 Burke. 1913 Webster]
Dan"i*el(?), n.A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. 1913 Webster]
A Daniel come to judgment.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Dan"ish(?), a.[See Dane.]Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country. -- n.The language of the Danes. 1913 Webster]
Danish dog(Zo\'94l.), one of a large and powerful breed of dogs reared in Denmark; -- called also great Dane. See Illustration in Appendix. 1913 Webster]