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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Däunt'er, n.p. 335One who daunts.
  2. Dāunt'less, a.p. 335Incapable of being daunted; bold; fearless; intrepid. Dauntless he rose, and to the fight returned. Dryden.
  3. Däunt'less-ly, adv.p. 335In a dauntless manner.
  4. Däunt'less-ness, n.p. 335Fearlessness; intrepidity.
  5. 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.
  6. Dau'phine or Dau'phin-ess, n.p. 335The wife of the dauphin.
  7. 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.
  8. 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…
  9. Dä'vite, n.p. 335See DAVYT.
  10. Dā'vy Jōnesp. 335The devil;— so called by sailors. Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean. W. Irving.
  11. 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.
  12. Dä'vyne, n.p. 335(Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of silicate of alumina, found at Mt. Vesuvius; a variety of nepheline; — so called in honor of Sir Humphry Davy.
  13. Dā'vyt, n.p. 335(Min.) A fibrous mineral consisting principally of the hydrous sulphate of alumina. [Written also davite.]
  14. Daw, n.p. 335(Ornith.) A bird of a certain species of the crow family; a jackdaw. The loud daw, his throat displaying, draws The whole assembly of his fellow daws. Waller.
  15. Daw, v. i.p. 335To dawn. [Obs.] See DAWN. Drayton.
  16. Daw'dle, v. i.p. 335To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle.
  17. Daw'dle, v. t.p. 335To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.
  18. Daw'dle, n.p. 335One who dawdles; a dawdler.
  19. Dāw'dler, n.p. 335One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler.
  20. Daw'ish, adv.p. 335Like a daw. Bale.
  21. Dawk, n.p. 335The mail post. [Hindostan.] Dawk bungalow, a house for rest at the end of a stage for those who travel dawk.—To travel dawk, to journey in palanquins carried by relays of men taken at fixed stations…
  22. Dawk, n.p. 335A hollow, rupture, or incision in timber. [Cant.] Moxon.
  23. Dawk, v. t.p. 335To cut or mark with an incision; to gash.
  24. Dawm, n.p. 335An East Indian copper coin, equal in value to one fortieth of a rupee.
  25. Dawn, v. i.p. 335To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week. Matt. xxviii. 1. 2. To…
  26. Dawn, n.p. 336The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning. And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve. Thomson. 2. First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. “The dawn of…
  27. Dāy (dā), n.p. 336The interval between one night and the next; the period from sunrise to sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine. The fire That severs day from night. Shak. 2. The period of the…
  28. Dāy'-bēd, n.p. 336A couch or sofa. Shak.
  29. Dāy'-bōōk, n.p. 336A journal of accounts; a book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order.
  30. Dāy'-breāk, n.p. 336The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.
  31. Dāy'-cōal, n.p. 336(Mining.) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.
  32. Dāy'-drēam, n.p. 336A vain fancy or speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.
  33. Dāy'-flow'er, n.p. 336(Bot.) A genus of plants, the Commelyna.
  34. Dāy'-flȳ, n.p. 336(Entom.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera, which lives but a few hours or a day.
  35. Dāy'-lā'bōr, n.p. 336Labor hired or performed by the day.
  36. Dāy'-lā'bōr-er, n.p. 336One who works by the day.
  37. Dāy'light, n.p. 336The light of day; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon, or artificial light. To burn day-light, to keep a light burning during the day; hence, to perform a superfluous or unnecessary…
  38. Dāy'-līl'y, n.p. 336(Bot.) A lily which blooms during the day, or for a day only; a plant of the genera Hemerocallis and Funkia.
  39. Dāy'-māid, n.p. 336A dairy-maid.
  40. Dāy'-māre, n.p. 336(Med.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare. Dunglison.
  41. Dāy'-nĕt, n.p. 336A net for catching larks, &c.
  42. Dāy'-peep, n.p. 336Early morning; the dawn. Milton.
  43. Dāy'-rūle, n.p. 336(Eng. Law.) An order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day.
  44. Dāy'sight, n.p. 336(Med.) A disease (Hemeralopia) in which the eyes can see clearly by daylight, but are incapable of vision in artificial light. Dunglison.
  45. Dāy's-man, n.p. 336An umpire or arbiter; a mediator. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us. Job ix. 33.
  46. Dāy'spring, n.p. 336The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn. Whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78.
  47. Dāy'-stār, n.p. 336The morning star; the star which ushers in the day. Till the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your heart. 2 Peter i. 19. 2. The sun, as the orb of day. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And…
  48. Dāy'-strēam, n.p. 336A stream that flows during the day.
  49. Dāy'-tīme, n.p. 336The time between sunrise and sunsetting; continuance of the day;—opposed to night.
  50. Dāy'-wēa'ried, a.p. 336Wearied with the labor of the day. Shak.
  51. Dāy'-wom'an, n.p. 336A dairy-maid.
  52. Dāy'-wȯrk, n.p. 336Work by the day; day-labor.
  53. Dāze, v. t.p. 336To overpower with light; to dim or blind by too strong a light; to dazzle; also, to confuse; to bewilder. While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. Spenser. He comes out of the room in a dazed…
  54. Dāze, n.p. 336(Mining.) A glittering stone.
  55. Dāz'zle, n.p. 336A light of dazzling brilliancy; brightness; splendor.
  56. Dāz'zle, v. t.p. 336To overpower with light; to deprive of the power of seeing, or of seeing distinctly, by a brilliant light. Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze Insufferably bright.…
  57. Dāz'le, v. i.p. 336To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy. Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design. Pope. 2. To be overpowered by light; to be rendered blind or dim, and…
  58. Dāz'le-ment, n.p. 336The act or power of dazzling. [Obs.] Donne.
  59. Dāz'zling-ly, adv.p. 336In a dazzling manner.
  60. De.p. 336A Latin prefix denoting a moving from, separation; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. Hence, it often expresses a negative, as in derange. Sometimes it augments the sense, as in deprave…