Dag"ger, v. t. To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.]
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Dag"ger, n. [Perh. from diagonal.] A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. Knight.
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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.
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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.
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The warrior's very plume, I say,
daggled by the dashing spray. Sir W. Scott.
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Dag"gle, v. i. To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.
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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.
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Dag"gle-tail` (-t, n. A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
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Dag"lock` (-l, n. [Dag a loose end + lock.] A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.
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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.]
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\'d8Da*go"ba (d, n. [Singhalese d\'begoba.] A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. [East Indies]
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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.
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This day a solemn feast the people hold
Dagon, their sea idol. Milton.
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They brought it into the house of Dagon. 1 Sam. v. 2.
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Dag"on (d, n. [See Dag a loose end.] A slip or piece. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2. The process of taking such pictures.
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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.
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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.
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Da*guerre"o*ty`py (?), n. The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre.
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\'d8Da`ha*be"ah (d, n. [Ar.] A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails.
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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.
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Dah"lin (d, n. [From Dahlia.] (Chem.) A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin.
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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.
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daikon n. a radish of Japan (Raphanus sativus longipinnatus) with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked.
Syn. -- Japanese radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus.
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Dail n. 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.
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Dai"li*ness (?), n. Daily occurence. [R.]
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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.
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Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11.
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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.
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Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Milton.
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Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound
diurnal sphere. Milton.
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Dai"ly, n.; pl. Dailies (. A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.
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Dai"ly, adv. Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
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Dai"mi*o (?), n.; pl. Daimios (#). [Jap., fr. Chin. tai ming great name.] The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.<-- usu. written daimyo -->
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The daimios, or territorial nobles, resided in Yedo and were divided into four classes. Am. Cyc.
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Daint (?), n. [See Dainty, n.] Something of exquisite taste; a dainty. [Obs.] -- a. Dainty. [Obs.]
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To cherish him with diets daint. Spenser.
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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.
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Dain"ti*ly, adv. In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.
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Dain"ti*ness, n. The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.
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The daintiness and niceness of our captains Hakluyt.
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More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. Hakewill.
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The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, Sir H. Wotton.
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Dain"trel (?), n. [From daint or dainty; cf. OF. daintier.] Adelicacy. [Obs.] Halliwell.
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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.]
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I ne told no deyntee of her love. Chaucer.
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2. That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.
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That precious nectar may the taste renew
dainties, by our parents lost. Beau. & Fl.
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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.
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These delicacies
Milton.
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[A table] furnished plenteously with bread,
dainties, remnants of the last regale. Cowper.
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Dain"ty, a. [Compar. Daintier (?); superl. Daintiest.] 1. Rare; valuable; costly. [Obs.]
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Full many a deynt\'82 horse had he in stable. Chaucer.
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dainty maketh dearth,\'b8 i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious.
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2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome.
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Dainty bits
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3. Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender.
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Those dainty limbs which nature lent
Milton.
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I would be the girdle.
dainty, dainty waist. Tennyson.
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4. Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.
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Thew were a fine and dainty people. Bacon.
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And let us not be dainty of leave-taking,
Shak.
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To make dainty, to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [Obs.]
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Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all
makes dainty,
Shak.
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daiquiri n. 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.
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\'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.
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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.
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What stores my dairies and my folds contain. Dryden.
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2. That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese.
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Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter. Temple.
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3. A dairy farm. [R.]
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Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc.
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Dai"ry*ing, n. The business of conducting a dairy.
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Dai"ry*maid` (?), n. A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy.
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Dai"ry*man (?), n.; pl. Dairymen (. A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy.
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Dai"ry*wom`an (?), n.; pl. Dairywomen (. A woman who attends to a dairy.
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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.]
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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.
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3. A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity. [Obs.] Shiply.
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Dai"sied (?), a. Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. \'bdThe daisied green.\'b8 Langhorne.
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The grass all deep and daisied. G. Eliot.
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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 B. 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.
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daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane.
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Michaelmas daisy (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species. -- Oxeye daisy (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy (b).
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daisybush, daisy bush n. 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. -- .
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Dak (dor d, n. [Hind. .] Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India]
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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.
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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*koit", n., Da*koit"y, n. See Dacoit, Dacoity.
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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.
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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.]
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\'d8Dal (d, n. [Hind.] Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus. [East Indies]
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Dalbergia n. 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.
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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.
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Where mountaines rise, umbrageous dales descend. Thomson.
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2. A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump. Knight.
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Dalea n. a genus of plants including the indigo bush.
Syn. -- genus Dalea.
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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.
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daleth (?), the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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Dalf (?), imp. of Delve. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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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.
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Dal"li*ance (?), n. [From Dally.] 1. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.
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Look thou be true, do not give dalliance
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O, the dalliance and the wit,
Tennyson.
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2. Delay or procrastination. Shak.
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3. Entertaining discourse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Dal"li*er (?), n. One who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words. Asham.
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dallis grass, dallisgrass n. a tall tufted perennial tropical American grass (Paspalum dilatatum) naturalized as pasture and forage grass in the southern U.S.
Syn. -- paspalum, Paspalum dilatatum.
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Dal"lop (d, n. [Etymol. unknown.] A tuft or clump. [Obs.] Tusser.
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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.
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We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. Calamy.
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We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. Barrow.
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2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
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Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. Shak.
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Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. Shak.
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Dal"ly, v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
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Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. Knolles.
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\'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.
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\'d8Dal`ma*ni"tes (?), n. Same as Dalmania.
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Dal*ma"tian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Dalmatia.
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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.
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2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation.
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dalo n. 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.
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\'d8Dal` se"gno (?). [It., from the sign.] (Mus.) A direction to go back to the sign Segno.
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Dalton n. John Dalton, scientist, born 1766, died 1844.
Syn. -- John Dalton.
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dalton n. [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.
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Dal*to"ni*an (?), n. One afflicted with color blindness.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The dam runs lowing up and down,
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2. A king or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
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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.
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2. (Metal.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
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Dam plate (Blast Furnace), an iron plate in front of the dam, to strengthen it.
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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.
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I'll have the current in this place dammed up. Shak.
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A weight of earth that dams in the water. Mortimer.
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2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
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The strait pass was dammed
Shak.
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To dam out, to keep out by means of a dam.
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Dama n. a genus of deer including the Eurasian fallow deer, Dama dama.
Syn. -- genus Dama.
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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.
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He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. Prov. xxvi. 6.
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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.
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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.
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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 damages or punitive damages, those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.

Syn. -- Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See Mischief.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2. Hurtful; pernicious. [R.]
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That it be not damageable unto your royal majesty. Hakluyt.
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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
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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.
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3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged reputation.
Syn. -- discredited.
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4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as, the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn. -- besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished.
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Dam"age fea`sant (?). [OF. damage + F. faisant doing, p. pr. See Feasible.] (Law) Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone.
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damages n. (Law) a sum of money paid in compensation for an injury or wrong.
Syn. -- amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress.
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damaging adj. 1. causing harm or injury; as, damaging to career and reputation.
Syn. -- detrimental, detrimental to(predicate), prejudicial, prejudicious.
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2. designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions.
Syn. -- negative.
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Damaliscus n. a genus of African antelopes including the sassaby, Damaliscus lunatus.
Syn. -- genus Damaliscus.
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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.
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Dam"ar (?), n. See Dammar.
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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.
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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.
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Dam"as*cene (d, n. A kind of plum, now called damson. See Damson.
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Dam`as*cene" (d, v. t. Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. \'bdDamascened armor.\'b8 Beaconsfield. \'bdCast and damascened steel.\'b8 Ure.
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damascened adj. decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; -- of metallic objects; as, a damascened sword.
Syn. -- damascene.
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Da*mas"cus (?), n. [L.] A city of Syria.
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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.
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Da*mas"cus steel. See Damask steel, under Damask.
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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.
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2. Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color.
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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.
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4. Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or \'bdwater\'b8 of such steel.
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5. A deep pink or rose color. Fairfax.
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Dam"ask, a. 1. Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus.
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2. Having the color of the damask rose.
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But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud,
damask cheek. Shak.
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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, 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.
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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.
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Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold. Dryde
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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.
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Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly engraving, and partly carving. Ure.
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Dam"as*kin (?), n. [Cf. F. damasquin, adj., It. damaschino, Sp. damasquino. See Damaskeen.] A sword of Damask steel.
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No old Toledo blades or damaskins. Howell (1641).
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Da*mas*s\'82" (?), a. [F. damass\'82, fr. damas. See Damask.] Woven like damask. -- n. A damass\'82 fabric, esp. one of linen.
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Dam"as*sin (d, n. [F., fr. damas. See Damask.] A kind of modified damask or brocade.
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Dam"bo*nite (-b, n. [Cf. F. dambonite.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc.
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Dam"bose (d, n. (Chem.) A crystalline variety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite.
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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.
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Then shall these lords do vex me half so much,
dame, the lord protector's wife. Shak.
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2. The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.
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In the dame's classes at the village school. Emerson.
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3. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.
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4. A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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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.
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Da`mi*a"na (?), n. [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Med.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.
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Turnera and from Bigelovia veneta. Wood & Bache.
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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.
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Dammar pine, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas (Agathis, ), yielding dammar.
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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.
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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.
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He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. Shak.
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2. (Theol.) To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.
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3. To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.
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You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing. Pope.
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
Pope.
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Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively.
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Damn, v. i. To invoke damnation; to curse. \'bdWhile I inwardly damn.\'b8 Goldsmith.
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Dam`na*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being damnable; damnableness. Sir T. More.
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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.
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A creature unprepared unmeet for death,
damnable. Shak.
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2. Odious; pernicious; detestable.
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Begin, murderer; . . . leave thy damnable faces. Shak.
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Dam"na*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness.
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The damnableness of this most execrable impiety. Prynne.
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Dam"na*bly, adv. 1. In a manner to incur severe censure, condemnation, or punishment.
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2. Odiously; detestably; excessively. [Low]
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Dam*na"tion (?), n. [F. damnation, L. damnatio, fr. damnare. See Damn.] 1. The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
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2. (Theol.) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.
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How can ye escape the damnation of hell? Matt. xxiii. 33.
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Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation. Shak.
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3. A sin deserving of everlasting punishment. [R.]
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The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak.
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Dam"na*to*ry (d, a. [L. damnatorius, fr. damnator a condemner.] Dooming to damnation; condemnatory. \'bdDamnatory invectives.\'b8 Hallam.
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Damned (?), a. 1. Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition.
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2. Hateful; detestable; abominable.
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But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er
Shak.
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Dam*nif"ic (?), a. [L. damnificus; damnum damage, loss + facere to make. See Damn.] Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious.
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Dam`ni*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [LL. damnificatio.] That which causes damage or loss.
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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.]
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This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified. Milton.
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Damn"ing (?), a. That damns; damnable; as, damning evidence of guilt.
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Damn"ing*ness, n. Tendency to bring damnation. \'bdThe damningness of them [sins].\'b8 Hammond.
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\'d8dam"num (?), n. [L.] (law) Harm; detriment, either to character or property.
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{ Dam"o*sel (d, Dam`o*sel"la (-z, \'d8Da`moi`selle" (d }, n. See Damsel. [Archaic]
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Dam"our*ite (d, n. [Ater the French chemist Damour.] (Min.) A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
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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.
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Night . . . with black air
damps and dreadful gloom. Milton.
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2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
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Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,
damp of grief comes o'er my soul. Addison.
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It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. J. D. Forbes.
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3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.
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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.
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Damp (d, a. [Compar. Damper (?); superl. Dampest.] 1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
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O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. Dryden.
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2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.]
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All these and more came flocking, but with looks
damp. Milton.
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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.
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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.
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Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug. Bacon.
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How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word! Sir J. Lubbock.
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The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers. Macaulay.
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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.
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2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
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In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm. The Century.
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Damp"en, v. i. To become damp; to deaden. Byron.
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dampening n. the act or process of making something slightly wet.
Syn. -- moistening.
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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.
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Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities. W. Black.
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Damp"ish (?), a. Moderately damp or moist.

-- Damp"ish*ly, adv. -- Damp"ish*ness, n.
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Damp"ne (?), v. t. To damn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Damp"ness, n. Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.
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Damp" off` (?). To decay and perish through excessive moisture.
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Damp"y (?), a. 1. Somewhat damp. [Obs.] Drayton.
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2. Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful. [Obs.] \'bdDispel dampy throughts.\'b8 Haywards.
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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.]
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2. A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden.
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With her train of damsels she was gone,
Dryden.
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Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . .
Tennyson.
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3. (Milling) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.
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damselfish n. small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs.
Syn. -- demoiselle.
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damselfly n. a slender nonstinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest.
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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.
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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.]
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Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright
Spenser.
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What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land. Thomson.
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Dan, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
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Danaidae n. a small natural family of usually tropical butterflies, including the monarch butterflies.
Syn. -- family Danaidae.
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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.
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Da"na*ite (d, n. [Named after J. Freeman Dana.] (Min.) A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.
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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.
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Danaus n. the type genus of the Danaidae, including the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus.
Syn. -- genus Danaus.
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Dan"bu*rite (?), n. (Min.) A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form. Dana.
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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.
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Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. Wither.
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Good shepherd, what fair swain is this
dances with your daughter? Shak.
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2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about.
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Then, 'tis time to dance off. Thackeray.
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More dances my rapt heart
Shak.
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Shadows in the glassy waters dance. Byron.
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Where rivulets dance their wayward round. Wordsworth.
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To dance on a rope, To dance on nothing, to be hanged.
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Dance (?), v. t. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.
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To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. Shak.
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Thy grandsire loved thee well;
danced thee on his knee. Shak.
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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.
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A man of his place, and so near our favor,
dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure. Shak.
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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.
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2. (Mus.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
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dance was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing.
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Of remedies of love she knew parchance
dance. Chaucer.
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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.
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Dan"cer (?), n. One who dances or who practices dancing.
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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.
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Dan"cer*ess, n. A female dancer. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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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.
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Dan"cing (?), p. a. & vb. n. from Dance.
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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.
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Dan"cy (?), a. (Her.) Same as Dancett\'82.
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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 (T. officinale, formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves.
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Dan"der (?), n. [Corrupted from dandruff.] 1. Dandruff or scurf on the head.
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2. Anger or vexation; rage. [Low] Halliwell.
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Dan"der, v. i. [See Dandle.] To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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\'d8Dan"di (?), n. [Hind. , fr. an oar.] A boatman; an oarsman. [India]
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Dan"die (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of a breed of small terriers; -- called also Dandie Dinmont.
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{ Dan"die Din"mont (d, or Dan"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.
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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.
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Dan"di*fied (?), a. Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.
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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.
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Dan"di*prat (?), n. [Dandy + brat child.] 1. A little fellow; -- in sport or contempt. \'bdA dandiprat hop-thumb.\'b8 Stanyhurst.
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2. A small coin.
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Henry VII. stamped a small coin called dandiprats. Camden.
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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.
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Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees. Is.
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2. To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.
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They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus. Addison.
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The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. Jeffrey.
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3. To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. [Obs.]
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Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued. Spenser.
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Dan"dler (d, n. One who dandles or fondles.
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Dan"driff (d, n. See Dandruff. Swift.
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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.]
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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.
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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.
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3. A dandy roller. See below.
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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.
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Dan"dy*ish, a. Like a dandy.
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Dan"dy*ism (?), n. The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness. Byron.
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Dan"dy*ize (?), v. t. & i. To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify.
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Dan"dy*ling (?), n. [Dandy + -ling.] A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.
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Dane (?), n. [LL. Dani: cf. AS. Dene.] A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark.
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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.
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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.]
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Dang (?), imp. of Ding. [Obs.]
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Dang, v. t. [Cf. Ding.] To dash. [Obs.]
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Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage,
Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage. Marlowe.
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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.]
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In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. Chaucer.
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2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] See In one's danger, below.
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You stand within his danger, do you not? Shak.
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Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof this statute. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.
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4. Difficulty; sparingness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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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
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Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. Robynson (More's Utopia).

-- 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.
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Dan"ger, v. t. To endanger. [Obs.] Shak.
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Dan"ger*ful (?), a. Full of danger; dangerous. [Obs.] -- Dan"ger*ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] Udall.
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Dan"ger*less, a. Free from danger. [R.]
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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.
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Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us;
dangerous. Shak.
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It is dangerous to assert a negative. Macaulay.
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2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
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If they incline to think you dangerous
Milton.
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3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] Forby. Bartlett.
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4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.]
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My wages ben full strait, and eke full small;
dangerous. Chaucer.
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5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] \'bdOf his speech dangerous.\'b8 Chaucer.

-- Dan"ger*ous*ly, adv. -- Dan"ger*ous*ness, n.
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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.
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He'd rather on a gibbet dangle
Hudibras.
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From her lifted hand
Dangled a length of ribbon. Tennyson.
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To dangle about after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset.
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The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them,
Swift.
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Dan"gle (?), v. t. To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet.
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And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume. Sir W. Scott.
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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.
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Dan"gler (?), n. One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler. \'bd Danglers at toilets.\'b8 Burke.
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Dan"i*el (?), n. A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge.
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A Daniel come to judgment. Shak.
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Dan"ish (?), a. [See Dane.] Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country. -- n. The language of the Danes.
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Danish dog (Zo\'94l.), one of a large and powerful breed of dogs reared in Denmark; -- called also great Dane. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Dan"ite (?), n. 1. A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan. Judges xiii. 2.
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2. [So called in remembrance of the prophecy in Gen. xlix. 17, \'bdDan shall be a serpent by the way,\'b8 etc.] One of a secret association of Mormons, bound by an oath to obey the heads of the church in all things. [U. S.]
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Dank (?), a. [Cf. dial, Sw. dank a moist place in a field, Icel. d\'94kk pit, pool; possibly akin to E. damp or to daggle dew.] Damp; moist; humid; wet.
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Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire. Milton.
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Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground. Trench.
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Dank, n. Moisture; humidity; water. [Obs.]
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Dank, n. A small silver coin current in Persia.
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Dank"ish, a. Somewhat dank. -- Dank"ish*ness, n.
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In a dark and dankish vault at home. Shak.
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Dan"ne*brog (?), n. The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown.
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Order of Dannebrog, an ancient Danish order of knighthood.
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\'d8Dan`seuse" (?), n. [F., fr. danser to dance.] A professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet.
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Dansk (?), a. [Dan.] Danish. [Obs.]
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Dansk"er (?), n. A Dane. [Obs.]
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Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris. Shak.
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Dan*te"an (?), a. Relating to, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.
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Dan*tesque" (?), a. [Cf. It. Dantesco.] Dantelike; Dantean. Earle.
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Da*nu"bi*an (?), a. Pertaining to, or bordering on, the river Danube.
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Dap (d, v. i. [Cf. Dip.] (Angling) To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.
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To catch a club by dapping with a grasshoper. Walton.
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Da*pat"ic*al (?), a. [L. dapaticus, fr. daps feast.] Sumptuous in cheer. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Daph"ne (?), n. [L., a laurel tree, from Gr. da`fnh.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.
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2. (Myth.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.
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Daph"ne*tin (?), n. (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted from daphnin.
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\'d8Daph"ni*a (?), n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of the genus Daphnia.
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Daph"nin (?), n. [Cf. F. daphnine.] (Chem.) (a) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant. [R.] (b) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and D. alpina.
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Daph"no*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. da`fnh the laurel + -mancy.] Divination by means of the laurel.
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\'d8Dap"i*fer (?), n. [L., daps a feast + ferre to bear.] One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household.
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Dap"per (?), a. [OE. daper; prob. fr. D. dapper brave, valiant; akin to G. tapfer brave, OHG. taphar heavy, weighty, OSlav. dobr good, Russ. dobrui. Cf. Deft.] Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.
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He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a dapper little man. Milton.
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The dapper ditties that I wont devise. Spenser.
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Sharp-nosed, dapper steam yachts. Julian Hawthorne.
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Dap"per*ling (?), n. A dwarf; a dandiprat. [r.]
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Dap"ple (?), n. [Cf. Icel. depill a spot, a dot, a dog with spots over the eyes, dapi a pool, and E. dimple.] One of the spots on a dappled animal.
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He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare hath dapples. Sir P. Sidney.

{ Dap"ple (?), Dap"pled (?) }, a. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse.
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Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. Sir W. Scott.
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dapple-bay; dapple-gray.
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His steed was all dapple-gray. Chaucer.
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O, swiftly can speed my dapple-gray steed. Sir W. Scott.
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Dap"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dappled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dappling.] To variegate with spots; to spot.
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The gentle day, . . .
Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak.
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The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior.
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Dar"bies (d, n. pl. Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant]
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Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott.
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Derbies bands.\'b8
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Dar"by (d, n. A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.
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Dar"by*ite (?), n. One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren.
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Dardanelles n. 1. the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European from Asian Turkey.
Syn. -- Hellespont.
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2. the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks.
Syn. -- Dardanelles campaign.
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Dar*da"ni*an (?), a. & n.[From L. Dardania, poetic name of Troy.] Trojan.
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Dare (d, v. i. [imp. Durst (d or Dared (d; p. p. Dared; p. pr. & vb. n. Daring.] [OE. I dar, dear, I dare, imp. dorste, durste, AS. ic dear I dare, imp. dorste. inf. durran; akin to OS. gidar, gidorsta, gidurran, OHG. tar, torsta, turran, Goth. gadar, gada\'a3rsta, Gr. tharsei^n, tharrei^n, to be bold, tharsy`s bold, Skr. Dhrsh to be bold. To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.
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I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. Shak.
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Why then did not the ministers use their new law? Bacause they durst not, because they could not. Macaulay.
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Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion. Thackeray.
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The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because a partisan was more ready to dare without asking why. Jowett (Thu
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I dare, is really an old past tense, so that the third person is he dare, but the form he dares is now often used, and will probably displace the obsolescent he dare, through grammatically as incorrect as he shalls or he cans. Skeat.
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The pore dar plede (the poor man dare plead). P. Plowman.
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You know one dare not discover you. Dryden.
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The fellow dares not deceive me. Shak.
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Here boldly spread thy hands, no venom'd weed
Dares blister them, no slimy snail dare creep. Beau. & Fl.
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durst was also used as the present. Sometimes the old form dare is found for durst or dared.
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Dare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dared; p. pr. & vb. n. Daring.] 1. To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.
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What high concentration of steady feeling makes men dare every thing and do anything? Bagehot.
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To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes. The Century.
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2. To challenge; to provoke; to defy.
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Time, I dare thee to discover
Dryden.
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Dare, n. 1. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash. [R.]
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It lends a luster . . .
dare to our great enterprise. Shak.
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2. Defiance; challenge.
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Childish, unworthy dares
Chapman.
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Sextus Pompeius
dare to C\'91sar. Shak.
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Dare, v. i. [OE. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.] To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Dare, v. t. To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.]
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For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs,
dare a woman. Beau. & Fl.
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To dare larks, to catch them by producing terror through to use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. Nares.
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Dare, n. [See Dace.] (Zo\'94l.) A small fish; the dace.
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Dare"-dev`il (?), n. A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
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A humorous dare-devil -- the very man
Ld. Lytton.
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Dare"-dev`il*try (?), n; pl. Dare-deviltries (. Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.
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Dare"ful (?), a. Full of daring or of defiance; adventurous. [R.] Shak.
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Dar"er (?), n. One who dares or defies.

{ Darg, Dargue (?) }, n. [Scot., contr. fr. day work.] A day's work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day. [Local, Eng. & Scot.]
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Dar"ic (d, n. [Gr. dareiko`s, of Persian origin.] 1. (Antiq.) (a) A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer. (b) A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric.
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2. Any very pure gold coin.
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Dar"ing (?), n. Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.
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Dar"ing, a. Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits. -- Dar"ing*ly, adv. -- Dar"ing*ness, n.
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Da`ri*ole" (d, n. [F.] 1. A crustade. [Obs.]
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2. A shell or cup of pastry filled with custard, whipped cream, crushed macaroons, etc.
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Dark (d, a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc, deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.] 1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
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O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon,
dark, total eclipse
Milton.
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In the dark and silent grave. Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
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The dark problems of existence. Shairp.
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What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain. Hooker.
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What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? Shak.
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3. Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
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The age wherein he lived was dark, but he
Denhan.
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The tenth century used to be reckoned by medi\'91val historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night. Hallam.
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4. Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
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Left him at large to his own dark designs. Milton.
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5. Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
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More dark and dark our woes. Shak.
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A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature. Macaulay.
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There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. W. Irving.
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6. Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.]
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He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. Evelyn.
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Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective; as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed, dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working.
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A dark horse, in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate whose chances of success are not known, and whose capabilities have not been made the subject of general comment or of wagers. [Colloq.] -- Dark house, Dark room, a house or room in which madmen were confined. [Obs.] Shak. -- Dark lantern. See Lantern. -- The Dark Ages, a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See Middle Ages, under Middle. -- The Dark and Bloody Ground, a phrase applied to the State of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name, in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there between Indians. -- The dark day, a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and unexplained darkness extended over all New England. -- To keep dark, to reveal nothing. [Low]
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Dark (d, n. 1. Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
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Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out. Shak.
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2. The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
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Look, what you do, you do it still i' th' dark. Shak.
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Till we perceive by our own understandings, we are as much in the dark, and as void of knowledge, as before. Locke.
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3. (Fine Arts) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
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The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and the darks to the lights. Dryden.
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Dark, v. t. To darken; to obscure. [Obs.] Milton.
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dark-blue adj. of a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
Syn. -- blue, bluish, light-blue, cerulean.
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dark-brown adj. of a color similar to that of wood or earth.
Syn. -- brown, brownish.
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Dark"en (d, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darkened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Darkening (-n*.] [AS. deorcian. See Dark, a.] 1. To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.
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They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15.
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So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began
darken all the hill. Milton.
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2. To render dim; to deprive of vision.
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Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Rom. xi. 10.
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3. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
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Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darkenhis foresight. Bacon.
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Job. xxxviii. 2.
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4. To cast a gloom upon.
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With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not
Shak.
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5. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
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I must not think there are
darken all his goodness. Shak.
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Dark"en, v. i. To grow or darker.
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darkened adj. overtaken by night or darkness.
Syn. -- nighted.
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Dark"en*er (?), n. One who, or that which, darkens.
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Dark"en*ing, n. Twilight; gloaming. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wright.
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Dark"ful (?), a. Full of darkness. [Obs.]
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dark-green adj. similar to the color of fresh grass.
Syn. -- green, greenish, light-green.
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dark-haired adj. same as brunet; as, a dark-haired beauty.
Syn. -- black-haired.
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dark"ie (d, n. a black person; an African-American; -- an older term now considered offensive.
Syn. -- darky, darkey.
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Dark"ish (d, a. Somewhat dark; dusky.
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Dar"kle (d, v. i. [Freq. of dark.] To grow dark; to show indistinctly. Thackeray.
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Dark"ling (d, adv. [Dark + the adverbial suffix -ling.] In the dark. [Poetic]
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So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling. Shak.
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As the wakeful bird
Sings darkling. Milton.
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Dark"ling, p. pr. & a. 1. Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.
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His honest brows darkling as he looked towards me. Thackeray.
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2. Dark; gloomy. \'bdThe darkling precipice.\'b8 Moore.
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Dark"ly, adv. 1. With imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly.
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What fame to future times conveys but darkly down. Dryden.
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so softly dark and darkly pure. Byron.
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2. With a dark, gloomy, cruel, or menacing look.
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Looking darkly at the clerguman. Hawthorne.
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Dark"ness, n. 1. The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.
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And darkness was upon the face of the deep. Gen. i. 2.
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2. A state of privacy; secrecy.
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What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light. Matt. x. 27.
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3. A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.
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Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John. iii. 19.
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Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out
Milton.
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4. Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.
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5. A state of distress or trouble.
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A day of clouds and of thick darkness. Joel. ii. 2.
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Prince of darkness, the Devil; Satan. \'bdIn the power of the Prince of darkness.\'b8 Locke.

Syn. -- Darkness, Dimness, Obscurity, Gloom. Darkness arises from a total, and dimness from a partial, want of light. A thing is obscure when so overclouded or covered as not to be easily perceived. As tha shade or obscurity increases, it deepens into gloom. What is dark is hidden from view; what is obscure is difficult to perceive or penetrate; the eye becomes dim with age; an impending storm fills the atmosphere with gloom. When taken figuratively, these words have a like use; as, the darkness of ignorance; dimness of discernment; obscurity of reasoning; gloom of superstition.
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dark-skinned adj. 1. same as colored. [Narrower terms: black (vs. white) ]
Syn. -- colored, coloured.
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2. having a dark color; -- of skin color.
Syn. -- dusky, swart, swarthy.
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Dark"some (?), a. Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless. [Poetic]
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He brought him through a darksome narrow pass
Spenser.
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dark"y (?), n. a negro; an African-American; -- an older term now considered offensive. [Slang]
Syn. -- darkie, darkey.
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dar"ling (?), n. [OE. derling, deorling, AS. de\'a2rling; de\'a2re dear + -ling. See Dear, and -ling.] One dearly beloved; a favorite.
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And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. Shak.
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dar"ling, a. Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite. \'bdSome darling science.\'b8 I. Watts. \'bdDarling sin.\'b8 Macaulay.
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\'d8Dar`ling*to"ni*a (?), n. [NL. Named after Dr. William Darlington, a botanist of West Chester, Penn.] (Bot.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.
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Darmera n. a genus consisting of one species.
Syn. -- genus Darmera, Peltiphyllum, genus Peltiphyllum.
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Darn (d, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darned (d; p. pr. & vb. n. Darning.] [OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. Tear, v. t.] To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.
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He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings. Swift.
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Darning last. See under Last. -- Darning needle. (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings. (b) (Zo\'94l.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings. [In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.] Called also devil's darning-needle.
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Darn, n. A place mended by darning.
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Darn, v. t. A colloquial euphemism for Damn.
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darned adj. an intensifying expletive; a eupehmism for damned; as, for no darned reason at all.
Syn. -- blasted, blessed, damn, damned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, gosh-darned.
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dar"nel (d, n. [OE. darnel, dernel, of uncertain origin; cf. dial. F. darnelle, Sw. d\'86r-repe; perh. named from a supposed intoxicating quality of the plant, and akin to Sw. d\'86ra to infatuate, OD. door foolish, G. thor fool, and Ee. dizzy.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay.
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darnel our early herbalists comprehended all kinds of cornfield weeds. Dr. Prior.
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Darn"er (d, n. One who mends by darning.

{ Dar"nex (d, Dar"nic (d, } n. Same as Dornick.
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\'d8Da*roo" (d, n. (Bot.) The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore.
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Darr (d, n. (Zo\'94l.) The European black tern.

{ Dar"raign, Dar"rain, } (?), v. t. [OF. deraisnier to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings, LL. derationare; de- + rationare to discourse, contend in law, fr. L. ratio reason, in LL., legal cause. Cf. Arraign, and see Reason.] 1. To make ready to fight; to array. [Obs.]
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Darrain your battle, for they are at hand. Shak.
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2. To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat. [Obs.] \'bdTo darrain the battle.\'b8 Chaucer .
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Dar"rein, a. [OF. darrein, darrain, fr. an assumed LL. deretranus; L. de + retro back, backward.] (Law) Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance.
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Dart (d, n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara, daro, Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darra dart.] 1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
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And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. 2 Sa. xviii. 14.
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2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
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The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart
Hannan More.
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3. A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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4. (Zo\'94l.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
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Dart sac (Zo\'94l.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.
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Dart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darted; p. pr. & vb. n. Darting.] 1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
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2. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.
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Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? Pope.
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Dart, v. i. 1. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
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2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.
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Dar"tars (?), n. [F. dartre eruption, dandruff. A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.
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dartboard, dart board n. a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts. It may have any of several patterns on it, such as concentric circles, or a central circle with rays.
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Dart"er (?), n. 1. One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.
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2. (Zo\'94l.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.
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3. (Zo\'94l.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.
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Dart"ing*ly (?), adv. Like a dart; rapidly.
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Dar"tle (?), v. t. & i. To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.
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My star that dartles the red and the blue. R. Browning.
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Dar*to"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the dartos.
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Dar"toid (?), a. [Dartos + -oid.] (Anat.) Like the dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue.
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\'d8Dar"tos (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. flayed.] (Anat.) A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.
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Dar"trous (?), a. [F. dartreux. See Dartars.] (Med.) Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic.
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Dartrous diathesis, A morbid condition of the system predisposing to the development of certain skin diseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, and pityriasis. Also called rheumic diathesis, and herpetism. Piffard.
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Dar*win"i*an (?), a. [From the name of Charles Darwin, an English scientist.] Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements.
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natural selection or the survival of the fittest. He also argues that natural selection is capable of modifying and producing organisms fit for their circumstances. See Development theory, under Development.
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Dar*win"i*an, n. An advocate of Darwinism.
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Dar*win"i*an*ism (?), n. Darwinism.
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Dar"win*ism (?), n. (Biol.) The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above. Huxley.
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Dase (d, v. t. See Daze. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Dase"we (?), v. i. [OE. dasewen, daswen; cf. AS. dysegian to be foolish.] To become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled. [Obs.] Chauscer.
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Dash (d, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dashing.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat, strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.] 1. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
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If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound. Bacon.
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2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
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Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Ps. ii. 9.
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A brave vessel, . . .
Dashed all to pieces. Shak.
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To perplex and dash
Milton.
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3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. South.
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Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car. Pope.
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4. To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.
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I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications. Addison.
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The very source and fount of day
dashed with wandering isles of night. Tennyson.
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5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.
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6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.
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Dash, v. i. To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
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[He] dashed through thick and thin. Dryden.
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On each hand the gushing waters play,
dashing fall. Thomson.
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Dash, n. 1. Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
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2. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.
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3. A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.
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Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly. Addison.
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4. A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.
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She takes upon her bravely at first dash. Shak.
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5. Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
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6. A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash. [Low]
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7. (Punctuation) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis. John Wilson.
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8. (Mus.) (a) The sign of staccato, a small mark [ (b) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.
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9. (Racing) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.
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Dash"board` (d, n. 1. A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard.
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2. (Naut.) (a) The float of a paddle wheel. (b) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
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3. an instrument panel beneath the front window of a motor vehicle (such as an automobile or truck), containing indicating gauges and dials, such as the speedometer and fuel gauges, and sometimes certain control knobs or other devices.
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Dash`een" (d, n. 1. A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn. Colocasia) having an edible farinaceous root. It is related to the taro and to the tanier, but is much superior to it in quality and is as easily cooked as the potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, being prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the Southern United States.
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2. a herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
Syn. -- taro, taro plant, dalo, Colocasia esculenta.
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3. the edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
Syn. -- taro, cocoyam, eddo.
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4. a tropical starchy tuberous root.
Syn. -- taro, taro root, cocoyam, edda.
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dash"er (d, n. 1. That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.
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2. A dashboard or splashboard. [U. S.]
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3. One who makes an ostentatious parade. [Low]
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Dash"ing, a. Bold; spirited; showy.
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The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. T. Campbell.
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Dash"ing*ly, adv. Conspicuously; showily. [Colloq.]
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A dashingly dressed gentleman. Hawthorne.
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Dash"ism (-, n. The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show. [R. & Colloq.]
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He must fight a duel before his claim to . . . dashism can be universally allowed. V. Knox.
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dash"pot`, dash-pot (d, n. (Mach.) a mechanical damping device containing a piston that moves in a fluid-filled chamber to serve as a pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock.
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<-- letters refer to illustration --> a), attached to the weight, falls freely until it enters a space (as below the openings, b) from which the air or liquid can escape but slowly (as through cock c), when its fall is gradually checked.
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A cataract of an engine is sometimes called a dashpot.
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Dash"y (?), a. [From Dash.] Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy. [Colloq.]
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Das"tard (d, n. [Prob. from Icel. d\'91str exhausted. breathless, p. p. of d\'91sa to groan, lose one's breath; cf. dasask to become exhausted, and E. daze.] One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.
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You are all recreants and dashtards, and delight to live in slavery to the nobility. Shak.
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Das"tard, a. Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly. \'bdTheir dastard souls.\'b8 Addison.
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Das"tard, v. t. To dastardize. [R.] Dryden.
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Das"tard*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dastardized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dastardizing.] To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to dastardize my courage. Dryden.
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Das"tard*li*ness (?), n. The quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear.
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Das"tard*ly, a. Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage.
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Das"tard*ness, n. Dastardliness.
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Das"tard*y (?), n. Base timidity; cowardliness.
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Das"we (?), v. i. See Dasewe [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Da*sym"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. dasy`s rough, thick + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density.
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Das`y*p\'91"dal (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Dasyp\'91dic.
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\'d8Das`y*p\'91"des (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. dasy`s hairy, shaggy + , , a child.] (Zo\'94l.) Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched.
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Das`y*p\'91"dic (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the Dasyp\'91des; ptilop\'91dic.
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Dasyproctidae n. a natural family including the agoutis and pacas.
Syn. -- family Dasyproctidae.
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Dasypus n. the type genus of the Dasypodidae.
Syn. -- genus Dasypus.
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Dasyuridae n. a natural family including the dasyures, native cats, pouched mice, banded anteaters, and Tasmanian devils.
Syn. -- family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae.
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das"y*ure (d, n. [Gr. dasy`s thick, shaggy + o'yra` tail: cf. F. dasyure.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) A carnivorous catlike marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus, called also native cat. There are several species.
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2. (Zo\'94l.) any of several related animals, such as the Tasmanian devil; -- called also ursine dasyure.
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Das`y*u"rine (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures.
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Dasyurus n. the type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats.
Syn. -- genus Dasyurus.
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DAT n. [acronym, from Digital AudioTape.] digital audiotape, a digitally encoded tape recording of sound; -- in contrast to the usual analog audio tape. [acronym]
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\'d8Da"ta (?), n. pl. [L. pl. of datum.] 1. See Datum.
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2. a collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem; as, the historical data show that the budget deficit is only a small factor in determining interest rates. The term in this sense is used especially in reference to experimental observations collected in the course of a controlled scientific investigation.
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3. (Computers) information, most commonly in the form of a series of binary digits, stored on a physical storage medium for manipulation by a computer program. It is contrasted with the program which is a series of instructions used by the central processing unit of a computer to manipulate the data. In some conputers data and execuatble programs are stored in separate locations.
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database n. an organized body of related information.
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data-based adj. relying on observation or experiment.
Syn. -- experimental, observational.
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dat"a*ble (?), a. That may be dated; having a known or ascertainable date. \'bdDatable almost to a year.\'b8 The Century.
Syn. -- dateable. [1913 Webster]

\'d8Da*ta"ri*a (?), n. [LL., fr. L. datum given.] (R. C. Ch.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor).
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Da"ta*ry (?), n. [LL. datarius. See Dataria.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria.
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2. The office or employment of a datary.
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Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. , prob. not the same word as da`ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
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Date palm, Date tree (Bot.), the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Ph\'d2nix dactylifera. See Illust. -- Date plum (Bot.), the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (D. Lotus). -- Date shell, or Date fish (Zo\'94l.), a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas.
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Date (?), n. [F. date, LL. data, fr. L. datus given, p. p. of dare to give; akin to Gr. , OSlaw. dati, Skr. d\'be. Cf. Datum, Dose, Dato, Die.] 1. That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc.
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And bonds without a date, they say, are void. Dryden.
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2. The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle.
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He at once,
dates of being, so disposed
Akenside.
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3. Assigned end; conclusion. [R.]
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What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date. Pope.
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4. Given or assigned length of life; dyration. [Obs.]
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Good luck prolonged hath thy date. Spenser.
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Through his life's whole date. Chapman.
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To bear date, to have the date named on the face of it; -- said of a writing.
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Date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dating.] [Cf. F. dater. See 2d Date.] 1. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.
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2. To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids.
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dated at or from a place.
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The letter is dated at Philadephia. G. T. Curtis.
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You will be suprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois. Addison.
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In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them. M. Arnold.
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Date, v. i. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.
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The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. E. Everett.
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dateable adj. that can be given a date. Opposite of undatable. [Narrower terms: dated ]
Syn. -- datable.
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a concrete and dateable happening C. W. Shumaker

dated adj. 1. marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
Syn. -- outmoded; pass\'82. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

2. bearing a date; as, dated and stamped documents.
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date"less, a. 1. Without date; having no fixed time.
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2. not having a social companion for an occasion; as, to be dateless for the prom.
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Date line. The hypothetical line on the surface of the earth fixed by international or general agreement as a boundary on one side of which the same day shall have a different name and date in the calendar from its name and date on the other side. Also called International Date Line.
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Dat"er (?), n. One who dates.
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Da*tis"cin (?), n. (Chem.) A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina).
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Da"tive (?), a. [L. dativus appropriate to giving, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date.] 1. (Gram.) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
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2. (Law) (a) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office. (b) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer. (c) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law. Burril. Bouvier.
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Dative executor, one appointed by the judge of probate, his office answering to that of an administrator.
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Da"tive, n. [L. dativus.] The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.
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Da"tive*ly, adv. As a gift. [R.]
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Dat"o*lite (?), n. [From. Gr. to divide + -lite; in allusion to the granular structure of a massive variety.] (Min.) A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals. [Written also datholite.]
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Datril n. an analgesic derived from acetanolide; also used as an antipyretic; Datril and Tylenol are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets. See acetaminophen.
Syn. -- acetaminophen, Tylenol.
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\'d8Da"tum (?), n.; pl. Data (#). [L. See 2d Date.] 1. Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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Any writer, therefore, who . . . furnishes us with data sufficient to determine the time in which he wrote. Priestley.
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2. a single piece of information; a fact; especially a piece of information obtained by observation or experiment; -- used mostly in the plural.
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3. pl. (Math.) The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem.
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4. (Surveying) a point, line, or level surface used as a reference in measuring elevations. RHUD
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Datum line (Surv.), the horizontal or base line, from which the heights of points are reckoned or measured, as in the plan of a railway, etc.
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\'d8Da*tu"ra (?), n. [NL.; cf. Skr. dhatt, Per. & Ar. tat, Tat.] (Bot.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.
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D. stramonium), with a prickly capsule (see Illust. of capsule), white flowers and green stem, and D. tatula, with a purplish tinge of the stem and flowers. Both are narcotic and dangerously poisonous.
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Da*tu"rine (?), n. [From Datura.] (Chem.) Atropine; -- called also daturia and daturina.
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Daub (d, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daubed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Daubing.] [OE. dauben to smear, OF. dauber to plaster, fr. L. dealbare to whitewash, plaster; de- + albare to whiten, fr. albus white, perh. also confused with W. dwb plaster, dwbio to plaster, Ir. & OGael. dob plaster. See Alb, and cf. Dealbate.] 1. To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
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She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. Ex. ii. 3.
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2. To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.
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If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. I. Watts.
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A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. Dryden.
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3. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
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So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. Shak.
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4. To flatter excessively or glossy. [R.]
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I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all,
Smollett.
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5. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [R.]
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Let him be daubed with lace. Dryden.
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Daub (d, v. i. To smear; to play the flatterer.
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His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. South.
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Daub, n. 1. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or daubed; a smear.
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2. (Paint.) A picture coarsely executed.
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Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. Sterne.
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daubed adj. smeared thickly; as, mud-daubed walls.
Syn. -- beplastered, besmeared.
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Daubentonia n. 1. the type genus, coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae.
Syn. -- genus Daubentonia.
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Daubentoniidae n. a natural family comprising solely the aye-aye.
Syn. -- family Daubentoniidae.
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Daub"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
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2. (Copperplate Print.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.
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3. A low and gross flatterer.
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4. (Zo\'94l.) The mud wasp; the mud dauber.

{ Daub"er*y (?), Daub"ry (?) }, n. A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses.
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She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is. Shak.
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Daub"ing, n. 1. The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.
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2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.
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3. In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing. Knight.
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Dau"bree*lite (?), n. [From Daubr\'82e, a French mineralogist.] (Min.) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
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Daub"y (?), a. Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive. \'bdDauby wax.\'b8
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Daugh"ter (?), n.; pl. Daughters (#); obs. pl. Daughtren (#). [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. da\'a3htar,, OSlav. d, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. qyga`thr, Zend. dughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. 1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.
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2. A female descendant; a woman.
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This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. Luke xiii. 16.
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Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. Gen. xxxiv. 1.
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3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
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And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Ruth. i. 11.
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4. A term of address indicating parental interest.
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Daughter, be of good comfort. Matt. ix. 22.
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Daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division.
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Daugh"ter-in-law` (?), n.; pl. Daughters-in-law. The wife of one's son.
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Daugh"ter*li*ness (?), n. The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.
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Daugh"ter*ly, a. Becoming a daughter; filial.
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Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towards him. Cavendish.
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Dauk (?), v. t. See Dawk, v. t., to cut or gush.
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Daun (?), n. A variant of Dan, a title of honor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Daunt (d, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Daunting.] [OF. danter, F. dompter to tame, subdue, fr. L. domitare, v. intens. of domare to tame. See Tame.] 1. To overcome; to conquer. [Obs.]
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2. To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
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Some presences daunt and discourage us. Glanvill.

Syn. -- To dismay; appall. See Dismay.
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Daunt"er (?), n. One who daunts.
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daunting adj. serving to discourage, dishearten, or intimidate; discouraging; disheartening. Opposite of encouraging.
Syn. -- intimidating.
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daunt"less, a. Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.
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Dauntless he rose, and to the fight returned. Dryden.

-- Daunt"less*ly, adv. -- Daunt"less*ness, n.
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dauntlessness n. resolute courageousness.
Syn. -- intrepidity.
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Dau"phin (?), n. [F. dauphin, prop., a dolphin, from L. delphinus. See Dolphin. The name was given, for some reason unexplained, to Guigo, count of Vienne, in the 12th century, and was borne by succeeding counts of Vienne. In 1349, Dauphiny was bequeathed to Philippe de Valois, king of France, on condition that the heir of the crown should always hold the title of Dauphin de Viennois.] The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.

{ Dau"phin*ess (?), Dau"phine (?) }, n. The title of the wife of the dauphin.
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\'d8Dauw (?), n. [D.] (Zo\'94l.) The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi.
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davallia n. any fern of the genus Davallia; they have scaly creeping rhizomes.
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Davalliaceae n. one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Araiostegia; Davallia; Davallodes; Gymnogrammitis; Humata; Leucostegia; Scyphularia; Trogostolon.
Syn. -- family Davalliaceae.
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Dav"en*port (?), n. [From the name of the original maker. Encyc. Dict.] A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.
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A much battered davenport in one of the windows, at which sat a lady writing. A. B. Edwards.
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Da*vid"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.
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Daviesia n. a genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods.
Syn. -- genus Daviesia.
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Dav"it (?), n. [Cf. F. davier forceps, davit, cooper's instrument, G. david davit; all probably from the proper name David.] (Naut.) (a) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit. (b) pl. Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits. Totten.
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Da"vy Jones" (?). The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.
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This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. Smollett.
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Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean. -- Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard.
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Da"vy lamp` (?). See Safety lamp, under Lamp.
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Da"vyne (?), n. [See Davyum.] (Min.) A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius.
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Da"vy*um (?), n. [Named after Sir Humphry Davy, the English chemist.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.<-- ? Europium is 152(the closest)? -->
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Daw (d, n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t\'beha, MHG. t\'behe, t\'behele, G. dohle. Cf. Caddow.] (Zo\'94l.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.
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The loud daw, his throat
daws. Waller.
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daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- \'bdThen thou dwellest with daws too.\'b8 (Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) Skeat.
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Daw, v. i. [OE. dawen. See Dawn.] To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn. Drayton.
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Daw, v. t. [Contr. fr. Adaw.] 1. To rouse. [Obs.]
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2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Daw"dle (d, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dawdled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dawdling (?).] [Cf. Daddle.] To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
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Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson.
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We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray.
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Daw"dle, v. t. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.
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Daw"dle, n. A dawdler. Colman & Carrick.
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Daw"dler (?), n. One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.
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