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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Dāl'ly, v. i. p. 331To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness and trifles; to linger; to delay. We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. Calamy. 2. To interchange…Dăl'ly, v. t. p. 332To delay; to defer; to put off; to amuse. [Rare.] Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. Knolles.Dal-măt'ie, n. p. 332See DAL-MATICA.Dal-măt'i-că, n. p. 332(Eccl.) A long white gown with sleeves, worn over the alb and stole, by deacons in the Roman Catholic church, and imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia. 2. A similar robe worn by kings in…Dăl'ri-ad, n. p. 332(Geog.) One of a tribe of people formerly inhabiting a part of Scotland.Dāl'ri-ād'ic, a. p. 332Pertaining to the Dalriads.Dal Ségno p. 332(Mus.) A direction to go back to the sign, and repeat from thence to the close.Dal-tō'ni-an, n. p. 332One afflicted with color-blindness.Dal'ton-ism, n. p. 332Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors; color-blindness; — so called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity. Nichol.Dăm, n. p. 332A female parent; — used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds. 2. A human mother; — in contempt. 3. A crowned man in the game of draughts.Dăm, n. p. 332A mole, bank, or mound of earth, or any wall, or a frame of wood, designed to obstruct the flow of water.Dăm, v. t. p. 332To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; — often used with in or up. 2. To shut up; to restrain. The strait pass was dammed With dead men…Dăm'ağe, n. p. 332Any permanent injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; injury; harm. Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of…Dăm'age, v. t. p. 332To occasion damage to the soundness, goodness, or value of; to inflict injury upon; to hurt; to injure; to impair. He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he…Dăm'age, v. i. p. 332To suffer damage; to be injured or impaired in soundness or value.Dăm'age-a-ble, a. p. 332Capable of being injured or impaired; susceptible of damage. 2. Hurtful; pernicious. [Rare.] It may appear that it be not damageable to your royal majesty. Hackluyt.Dăm'age-feăs'ant, a. p. 332(Law.) Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone.Dăm'ar, n. p. 332See DAMMAR.Dăm'as-çēne, n. p. 332(Geog.) A portion of the country of Syria, of which Damascus was the capital. 2. A particular kind of plum; — usually called damson. See DAMSON.Dām'ask, a. p. 332Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus. 2. Having the color of the damask-rose. While dreaming on your damask cheek The dewy…Dām'ask, n. p. 332A kind of stuff with raised figures in various patterns, as flowers, &c., woven in the loom. It was originally made at Damascus, and was composed of rich silk: it is now made of silk intermingled…Dăm'ask, v. t. p. 332To decorate with ornamental figures, as silk or other stuff with raised flowers, &c., or steel with devices; hence, to adorn; to embellish; to variegate. Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold.…Dăm'ask-en or Dăm'ask-een, v. t. p. 332To decorate, as iron, steel, &c., with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, &c.; to damask. Damask-eening is partly mosaic work, partly…Dăm'ask-ĭn, n. p. 332A certain kind of saber; — so called from the manufacture of Damascus.Da-măs'sel, n. p. 332A kind of linen manufactured in Flanders; — so called because woven in flowers and figures imitating those of damask.Dăm'as-sīn, n. p. 332A kind of damask with gold and silver flowers woven in the warp and woof. Ure.Dāme, n. p. 332A mistress; a woman in authority; especially, a lady in rank or culture. Then shall the priest be as the people, the master as the servant, the dame like the maid. Bible, 1551. Not all these lords do…Dāme’s-vī’o-let or Dāme’wort, n. p. 332(Bot.) A cruciferous plant of the genus Hesperis (H. matronalis), remarkable for fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; — called also rocket. London.Dā'mi-an-ist, n. p. 332(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Damianes, patriarch of Alexandria in the sixth century, who made a distinction between the divine essence and the persons of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. In other…Dām'mar or Dām'ma-rā, n. p. 332A resinous substance obtained from certain trees indigenous to the East Indies, especially the Dammara and Dammar-pine, and used for making varnish and like purposes.Dăm'mā-rā or Dăm'mar-pine, n. p. 332(Bot.) A large tree of the order Coniferæ, indigenous to the East Indies, and of two species, Dammara orientalis and D. australis. London.Dămn, v. t. p. 332To condemn; to decide to be wrong or worthy of punishment; to adjudge to punishment or death; to censure; to sentence. He shall not live; look! with a spot I damn him. Shak. 2. (Theol.) To condemn to…Dăm'na-bĭl'ĭ-ty, n. p. 332The state or quality of deserving condemnation; damnableness.Dăm'na-ble, a. p. 332Worthy of, or liable to, damnation. He is a creature unprepared, unmeet for death, And to transport him in the mind he is, Were damnable. Shak. 2. Odious; detestable, or pernicious. [Low.] Begin…Dăm'na-ble-ness, n. p. 332The state or quality of deserving damnation.Dām'na-bly, adv. p. 332In a manner to incur severe censure, condemnation, or punishment. 2. Odiously; detestably; excessively. [Low.]Dam-nā'tion, n. p. 332The state of being damned; condemnation; censure. [Obs.] 2. (Theol.) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state. Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation. Shak.Dăm'na-to-ry, a. p. 332Condemning to damnation; condemnatory.Dāmned, p. a. p. 332Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned. 2. Hateful; detestable; abominable. [Low.]Dam-nĭf'ic, a. p. 332Procuring or causing loss; mischievous.Dăm’ni-fy, v. t. p. 332To cause loss or damage to; to hurt in person, estate, or interest; to injure; to endamage; to impair. [Rare.] This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the…Dăm'ning-ness, n. p. 332Tendency to bring damnation. [Obs.] Hammond.Dăm'o-sel or Dăm'o-sel'la, n. p. 332Same as DAMSEL. [Obs.]Dämp, a. p. 332Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. Dryden. 2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [Rare.] All these and more came flocking, but…Dămp, n. p. 332Moisture; humidity; fog. Night, with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. Milton. 2. Dejection; depression; discouragement. Even now, when thus I stand blest in thy presence, A…Dămp, v. t. p. 332To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet. 2. To render chilly; to depress or deject; to abate. I do not mean to wake the gloomy form Of superstition dressed in wisdom’s garb To…Dämp'en, v. t. or i. p. 332To make or become damp or moist.Dämp'er, n. p. 332(a.) That which damps or checks; as, a valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, &c., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b.) A contrivance, as in a…Dämp'ish, a. p. 332Moderately damp or moist,Dämp'ish-ly, adv. p. 332In a dampish manner.Dăm'p'ish-ness, n. p. 332A moderate degree of dampness or moistness; slight humidity. Bacon.Dămp'ness, n. p. 333Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.Dämp'y, a. p. 333Somewhat damp. [Obs.] Drayton. 2. Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful. [Obs.] “Dampy thoughts.” Hayward.Dăm'sel, n. p. 333A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. [Obs.] 2. A young unmarried woman. With her train of damsels she was gone, In…Dăm'son, n. p. 333The fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; a small black plum.Dăn, n. p. 333A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir, formerly, but not now in use, except sportively. Old Dan Geoffry, in whose gentle spright The pure well-head of poetry did dwell. Spenser. What time Dan…Dān, n. p. 333(Mining.) A small truck or sledge used to convey the coal to the mouth of the pit, in coal-mines. Ogilvie.Dā'na-īde, n. p. 333(Mach.) An hydraulic machine, belonging to the class of horizontal wheels. It consists essentially of a vertical axis, having two conical cases attached, one within the other, the space between them…Dā'na-ite, n. p. 333(Min.) A mineral composed of arsenic, sulphur, and iron, and sometimes containing also cobalt.Dän'bu-rite, n. p. 333(Min.) A yellowish mineral, found in Danbury, Conn., principally consisting of silica, lime, and boracic acid. Dana.