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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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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.Dänçe, v. i. p. 333To leap or 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, to the sound of music. Good…Dance, v. t. p. 333To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle. To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. Shak. Thy grandsire loved thee well; Many a time he danced thee on his…Dănce, n. p. 333A leaping or stepping with motions of the body adjusted to the measure of a tune: a lively, brisk exercise or amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and by…Dän'cer, n. p. 333One who dances or practices dancing.Dän'cer-ess, n. p. 333A female dancer.Dan-cette', n. p. 333(Arch.) The chevron or zigzag molding peculiar to Norman architecture.Dan-cĕt'te', a. p. 333(Her.) Deeply indented; especially, having three teeth with large indentations between them.Dăn'de-lĭ'on, n. p. 333(Bot.) A well-known plant of the genus Leontodon, L. taraxacum (Taraxacum dens-leonis of some botanists), with large yellow compound flowers.Dăn'der, n. p. 333The dandruff or scurf which forms on the head at the root of the hair. 2. Anger or vexation. [Low.] Halliwell. To get up one's dander, or to have one's dander raised, to get into a passion. Here, it…Dān'der, v. i. p. 333To wander about; to talk incoherently. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Dăn'di-fy, v. t. p. 333To cause to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish.Dăn'-di-prăt, n. p. 333A little fellow; a dwarf; a child;—in sport or contempt. The smug dandiprat smells us out, whatsoever we are doing. Massinger. 2. A small coin. Henry VII. stamped a small coin called dandiprats.…Dăn'dle, v. t. p. 333To move up and down in affectionate play, as an infant; to caress; to fondle. Ye shall be . . . dandled on her knees. Is. lxvi. 12. Kissed and dandled on thy father's knee. Donne. 2. To fondle…Dăn'dler, n. p. 333One who dandles or fondles children.Dăn'driff, n. p. 333See DANDRUFF.Dăn'druff, n. p. 333A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles. [Written also dandrif and dandriffe.]Dăn'dy, n. p. 333One who affects special finery; a fop; a coxcomb.Dăn'dy or Dăn'dy-rōll'er, n. p. 333A roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp and set the paper.Dăn'dy-cŏck or Dăn'dy-hĕn, n. p. 333A bantam fowl.Dăn'dy-ish, a. p. 333Like a dandy.Dăn'dy-ĭsm, n. p. 333The manners and character of a dandy; foppishness.Dăn'dy-īze, v. t. p. 333To make like a dandy; to dandify.Dăn'dy-ize, v. i. p. 333To act or become like a dandy.Dăn'dy-ling, n. p. 333A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.Dāne, n. p. 333(Geog.) A native or naturalized inhabitant of Denmark.Dāne'gēld, n. p. 333(Eng. Hist.) An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation for maintaining forces to oppose the Danes, or to furnish tribute to procure peace. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an…Dāne’wort, n. p. 333(Bot.) A plant of the genus Sambucus; dwarf-elder;—called also Dane’s-blood.Dān'ger, n. p. 333Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil. 2. Domain; reach or power for harm. Shak. 3. Hesitation; coyness; caution. [Obs.] Chaucer. Syn.—Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy.—DANGER, PERIL, HAZARD…Dān'ger, v. t. p. 333To put in hazard; to expose to loss or injury; to endanger. [Rare.] Shak.Dān'ger-ful-ly, adv. p. 333In a manner to expose to danger; dangerously.Dān'ger-less, a. p. 333Free from danger; without risk or hazard. [Rare.]Dān'ger-ous, a. p. 333Attended with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. Our troops go forth to-morrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. Shak. It is dangerous to assert a negative. Macaulay. 2. Causing…Dān’ger-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 333In a manner to incur danger; hazardously; perilously.Dān'ger-ōŭs-ness, n. p. 333A state of being exposed to evil.Dāng'gle, v. i. p. 333To hang loosely, or with a waving, swinging, or jerking motion. He'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. Hudibras. To dangle about, or after, to hang upon importunately…Dăn'gle, v. t. p. 333To cause to dangle; to swing; as, to dangle the feet.Dāng'ler, n. p. 333One who dangles about or after others, especially after women. “Danglers at toilets.” Burke.Dān'ish, a. p. 333(Geog.) Belonging to the Danes, or their language or country.Dānk, a. p. 333Damp; moist; humid; wet. Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire. Milton. Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground. Trench.Dānk, n. p. 333Moisture; humidity. [Obs.] Marston. 2. Water, as opposed to dry land. [R.] Milton. 3. A small silver coin passing current in Persia.