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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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Därk'en-er, n. p. 334One who, or that which, darkens.Därk'ful, a. p. 334Full of darkness. [Obs.] “All thy body shall be darkful.” Wycliffe's Bible, Luke xi. 34.Därk'-house, n. p. 334A mad-house. [Obs.] Shak.Därk'ish, a. p. 334Somewhat dark; dusky.Därk'ling, a. p. 334In the dark, or without light. As the wakeful bird Sings darkling. Milton.Därk'ly, adv. p. 334With imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly. What fame to future times conveys but darkly down. Dryden.Därk'ness, n. p. 334The absence of light; obscurity; gloom; blackness. And darkness was upon the face of the deep. Gen. i. 2. 2. A state of privacy; secrecy. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light. Matt. x.…Därk'sōme, a. p. 334Dark; gloomy; obscure. He brought him through a darksome, narrow pass. Spenser.Därk'y, n. p. 334A negro. [Low.]Dăr'ling, n. p. 334One dearly beloved; a favorite. And can do nought but wail her darling's loss. Shak.Dăr'ling, a. p. 334Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite. “Some darling science.” Watts. “Darling sin.” Macaulay.Därn, v. t. p. 334To mend, as a rent or hole, by imitating the texture of the cloth or stuff with yarn or thread and a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread. 2. A substitute for the profane word damn.Dărn, n. p. 334A place mended by darning.Dăr'nel, n. p. 334(Bot.) A grass of the genus Lolium. The red darnel, or rye-grass, is L. perenne; the bearded darnel is L. temulentum. Loudon.Därn'er, n. p. 334One who mends by darning.Där'nex, n. p. 334Same as DORNIC, q. v.Da-rōo', n. p. 334(Bot.) A tree, the Egyptian sycamore, Ficus sycamorus.Dār'rāign or Dār'rāin, v. t. p. 334To prepare, or to order for. [Obs.] Darrain your battle, for they are at hand. Shak. 2. To try, endeavor, or engage in. [Obs.] Redoubted battle ready to darrain. Spenser. 3. (Old Law.) To prove…Dăr'rein, a. p. 334(Law.) Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance. Bouvier.Där'sis, n. p. 334(Anat.) The operation of removing the skin for the purpose of bringing to view the organs covered by it. Dunglison.Därt, n. p. 334A pointed, missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any missile weapon; any thing that pierces and wounds. Till that his thoughts, with darts, Were almost…Därt, v. t. p. 334To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch. 2. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts his beams on the earth.…Därt, v. i. p. 334To be let fly or launched, as a dart. 2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.Därt, n. p. 334A fish; the dace. See DACE.Där'tars, n. p. 334A kind of scab or ulceration under the skin of lambs.Därt'er, n. p. 334One who darts or who throws a dart. 2. (Ornith.) The snake-bird, a bird of the pelican family, and genus Plotius;—so called from the manner in which it darts out its long, snake-like neck at its…Därt'ing-ly, adv. p. 334Like a dart; rapidly.Där'tre, n. p. 334(Med.) A disease affecting the skin; herpes; tetter. Dunglison.Där'troŭs, a. p. 334Relating or subject to the disease called dartre, or tetter; herpetic.Dăsh, v. t. p. 334To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily. If you dash a stone against a stone in the bottom of the water, it maketh a sound. Bacon. 2. To break, as by throwing or by…Dăsh, v. i. p. 334To rush with violence; to strike violently; to come in collision. Dog . . . dashed through thick and thin. Dryden. On each hand the gushing waters play. And down the rough cascade all dashing fall.…Dăsh, n. p. 334Violent striking of two bodies; collision; crash. 2. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash. 3. An admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading…Dāsh'-bōard, n. p. 334A 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; a dasher.Dăsh'er, n. p. 334That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn, &c. 2. A dash-board. 3. One who makes an ostentatious parade. [Low.]Dāsh'ism, n. p. 335The character or quality of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show. [Rare.] He must fight a duel before his claims to . . . dashism can be universally allowed. Know.Dāsh'-pŏt, n. p. 335(Mach.) A cylinder partly filled with fluid, and having a loosely-fitting piston, to ease the blow of any falling weight. The stationary outer vessel is filled with water to B, and the plunger D…Däs'tard, n. p. 335One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon. See CowARD. You are all recreants and dastards, and delight to live in slavery to the nobility. Shak.Dăs'tard, a. p. 335Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly. Curse on their dastard souls. Addison.Dás'tard, v. t. p. 335To make meanly afraid of; to intimidate; to dispirit. [Rare.] Dryden.Dās'tard-īze, v. t. p. 335To make a dastard of. Howell.Dás'tard-li-ness, n. p. 335The quality of being dastardly; mean fear.Dăs'tard-ly, a. p. 335Meanly timid; base; sneaking.Dăs'tard-ness, n. p. 335Mean timorousness; cowardliness.Dăs'tard-y, n. p. 335Base timidity; cowardliness.Da-sŷm'e-ter, n. p. 335(Physics.) An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of an extremely light and thin glass globe, which is weighed successively in different gases, or in gases and an atmosphere of…Dăs'y-ūre, n. p. 335(Zoöl.) A marsupial carnivorous quadruped, native to Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus, and having feet like those of the dog, and a hairy tail. Baird.Dā'tá, n. pl. p. 335See DATUM.Da-tā'rī-ā, n. p. 335(Eccl.) The papal chancery at Rome, from which all bulls are issued, so called from the subscription, Datum apud Sanctum Petrum, i. e., in the Vatican.Dā′ta-ry, n. p. 335(Eccl.) A high officer of the chancery of Rome, who affixes the datum Romæ to the pope’s bulls. 2. The office or employment of a datary.Dāte, n. p. 335That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, &c., which specifies the time when it was given or executed; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, &c. 2. The point of time in which a…Dāte, v. t. p. 335To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the period of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter. 2. To note or fix the time of, as of an event or…Dāte, v. i. p. 335To have beginning; — with from. The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. E. Everett. 2. To have a date; — with at or on.Dāte, n. p. 335(Bot.) The fruit of the date-palm. ☞ This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an acorn, containing a soft pulp, sweet, excellent, and wholesome, and inclosing a hard kernel.Dāte'less, a. p. 335Without date; having no fixed term. Shak.Dāte'-pälm(-päm), n. p. 335(Bot.)Dāte'-tree, n. p. 335The genus of palms which bear dates, of which the common species is Phœnix dactylifera. London.Dāte'-plŭm, n. p. 335(Bot.) The fruit of the Diospyros lotus, a congener of the persimmon. Loudon.Dāt'er, n. p. 335One who dates.Dā'tive, n. p. 335(Gram.) The case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective. 2. (Law.) That which may be given or disposed of at pleasure.Dā'tive, a. p. 335Pertaining to the dative. 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.)…