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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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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.Dănk'ish, a. p. 333Somewhat dank or damp.Dănk'ish-ness, n. p. 333Dampness; humidity.Dān'ne-brōg, n. p. 333An ancient Danish order of knighthood, supposed to have been founded in 1219. Brande.Dān'nock, n. p. 333An oat-cake. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A hedger's glove. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.Dān'sker, n. p. 333A Dane. Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris. Shak.Da-nū'bi-an, a. p. 333(Geog.) Pertaining to, or bordering on, the Danube; as, the Danubian provinces.Dāp or Dāpe, v. i. p. 333(Angling.) To drop the bait gently into the water; to raise and sink the bait. [Obs.] To catch a chub by daping with a grasshopper. Walton.Da-pät'ie-al, a. p. 333Sumptuous in cheer. [Obs.]Dāph'ne, n. p. 333(Myth.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed to a laurel. 2. (Bot.) The laurel, a genus of diminutive shrubs, mostly evergreen, of great beauty and fragrance in the flower, and with a…Dăph'ni-ă, n. p. 333(Zoöl.) A genus of minute crustaceans, of the order Entomostraca, common in freshwater ponds. It is the type of a family. See ENTOMOSTRACAN. Dana.Dăph'nīne, n. p. 333(Chem.) The bitter principle obtained from two species of daphne, D. gnidium and D. mezereon.Dăph'no-măn'cy, n. p. 333Divination or soothsaying by means of the laurel.Dāp'i-fer, n. p. 333One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of a king's or nobleman's household.Dāp'per, a. p. 333Little and active; nimble; lively; neat in dress or appearance; spruce; smart. He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a dapper-little man. Milton. “A vast number of…Dāp'per-ling, n. p. 333A dwarf; a dandiprat. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Dăp’ple, a. p. 333Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks of the hills. W. Scott. The word is used in composition to…Dăp'ple, n. p. 333One of the spots on a dapple animal. He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare hath dapples. Sidney.Dāp'ple, v. t. p. 333To variegate with spots; to spot. The gentle day Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior.