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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.)…Dā'tum, n. p. 335Something given or admitted; a ground of inference or deduction;— used chiefly in the plural.Dā'tum-line, n. p. 335(Surv.) The horizontal or base line, from which the surface points are reckoned, or measured, in the plan of a railway, &c.Da-tū'ra Strä-mō'ni-ūm, n. p. 335(Bot.) A well-known species of the Datura, or thorn-apple, a poisonous plant, having a rank, narcotic odor, a long, funnel-shaped flower, large, prickly fruit, and seeds possessing certain medicinal…Dāt'ū-rī'nā or Da-tū'ri-ā or Da-tū'ri'ine, n. p. 335An alkaloid obtained from Datura stramonium.Daub, v. t. p. 335To smear with soft, adhesive matter; to plaster; to cover with mud, slime, or other soft substance. She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. Ex. ii. 3. 2. To…Daub, n. p. 335The result of daubing; a viscous, sticky application; a smear. 2. (Paint.) A picture coarsely executed. Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . ’Tis a melancholy daub, my lord. Sterne.Daub'er, n. p. 335One who daubs; a coarse painter; a low and gross flatterer.Daub'er-y, n. p. 335A daubing; any thing artful; imposition. [Written also daubry.] She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is. Shak.Daub'ry, n. p. 335See DAUBERY.Daub'y, a. p. 335Viscous; glutinous; adhesive. “Dauby wax.” Dryden.Dau'cus, n. p. 335(Bot.) A genus of umbelliferous plants, including the common carrot.Daugh'ter, n. p. 335The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age. The good queen— For she is good — hath brought you forth a daughter. Shak. My leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now. Shak. 2.…Daugh'ter-in-law, n. p. 335The wife of one's son.Daugh'ter-li-ness, n. p. 335The state of a daughter. 2. The conduct becoming a daughter.Daugh'ter-ly, a. p. 335Becoming a daughter; filial.Dauk, n. & v. p. 335See DAWK.Däunt, v. t. p. 335To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to intimidate. “Some presences daunt and discourage us.” Glanville. Syn.—To dismay; appall. See DISMAY.Däunt'er, n. p. 335One who daunts.Dāunt'less, a. p. 335Incapable of being daunted; bold; fearless; intrepid. Dauntless he rose, and to the fight returned. Dryden.Däunt'less-ly, adv. p. 335In a dauntless manner.Däunt'less-ness, n. p. 335Fearlessness; intrepidity.Dau'phin, n. p. 335The oldest son of the king of France, and heir of the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.Dau'phine or Dau'phin-ess, n. p. 335The wife of the dauphin.Dä'vid-son-ite, n. p. 335(Min.) A mineral of a greenish-yellow color, consisting principally of the silicates of alumina and glucina, with sometimes a small quantity of iron; a variety of beryl.Dāv'it or Dā'vit, n. p. 335(Naut.) (a.) A spar used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship;—called the fish-davit. (b.) (pl.) Pieces of…Dä'vite, n. p. 335See DAVYT.Dā'vy Jōnes p. 335The devil;— so called by sailors. Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean. W. Irving.Dā'vy-lămp, n. p. 335A lantern in which the light is inclosed within fine wire gauze, for use in coalmines, where the gases are often explosive. It was invented by Sir Humphry Davy. Nichol.