Dā'is, n.

(dā'is), n. [Fr. dais, a canopy, O. Fr. dais, deis, dois, a dining-table, Pr. deis, from Lat. discus, Gr. δίσκος, a quoit, It. desco, Ger. tisch, a table. Dining-tables used to be covered with a canopy; hence it signified at last in Fr. the canopy itself.]

1Sense 1. A raised floor at the upper end of the dining-hall, where the high table stood.

2Sense 2. The upper table of a dining-hall, on its platform.

3Sense 3. A seat with a high wainscot back, and sometimes having a canopy over it, for the use of those who sat at the high table.

4Sense 4. The canopy itself.