Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 2
Dag (v. t.) To daggle or bemire. [Prov. Eng.] -- Johnson.
Dag (v. t.) To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment. [Obs.] -- Wright.
Dag (v. i.) To be misty; to drizzle. [Prov. Eng.]
Dag (n.) 10 grams [syn: dekagram, decagram, dkg, dag].
Dag (n.) A flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing [syn: jag, dag].
DAG, () DatenAnschaltGeraet
DAG, () Directed Acyclic Graph (NVSG)
DAG, () Data Address Generator.
DAG, () Directed acyclic graph.
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Compare: Obelisk
Obelisk (n.) An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.
Obelisk (n.) (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [[dagger]]. See Dagger, n., 2.
Dagger (n.) A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.
Dagger (n.) (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk.
Dagger moth (Zool.), Any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larv[ae] are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc.
Dagger of lath, The wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. -- Shak.
Double dagger, A mark of reference [[dag]] which comes next in order after the dagger.
To look daggers, or To speak daggers, To look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.
Dagger (v. t.) To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.]
Dagger (n.) A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. -- Knight.
Dagger (n.) A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing [syn: dagger, sticker].
Dagger (n.) A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote [syn: dagger, obelisk].
Dagges (n. pl.) An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
Daggled (imp. & p. p.) of Daggle.
Daggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daggle.
Daggle (v. t.) To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.
The warrior's very plume, I say, Was daggled by the dashing spray. -- Sir W. Scott.
Daggle (v. i.) To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.
Nor, like a puppy [have I] daggled through the town. -- Pope. Daggle-tail
Daggle-tail (a.) Alt. of Daggle-tailed.
Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
Daggle-tail (n.) A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
Daglock (n.) A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.
Dagos (n. pl. ) of Dago.
Dago (n.) A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent. [U. S.]
Dago (n.) (Ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Italian descent [syn: wop, dago, ginzo, Guinea, greaseball].
Dagoba (n.) A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. [East Indies]
Dagon () The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish. -- W. Smith.
This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon, their sea idol. -- Milton.
They brought it into the house of Dagon. -- 1 Sam. v. 2.
Dagon (n.) A slip or piece. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Dagon (n.) God of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines.
Dagon, () Little fish; diminutive from dag = a fish, the fish-god; the national god of the Philistines (Judg. 16:23). This idol had the body of a fish with the head and hands of a man. It was an Assyrio-Babylonian deity, the worship of which was introduced among the Philistines through Chaldea. The most famous of the temples of Dagon were at Gaza (Judg. 16:23-30) and Ashdod (1 Sam. 5:1-7). (See FISH.)
Dagon, () corn; A fish.
Dagswain (n.) A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool. "Under coverlets made of dagswain." -- Holinshed.
Dag-tailed (a.) Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. "Dag-tailed sheep." -- Bp. Hall. Daguerrean
Daguerrean (a.) Alt. of Daguerreian.
Daguerreian (a.) Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.
Daguerreotype (n.) An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury.
Daguerreotype (n.) The process of taking such pictures.
Daguerreotyped (imp. & p. p.) of Daguerreotype.
Daguerreotyping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daguerreotype.
Daguerreotype (v. t.) To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture.
Daguerreotype (v. t.) To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.
Daguerreotyper (n.) Alt. of Daguerreotypist
Daguerreotypist (n.) One who takes daguerreotypes.
Daguerreotypy (n.) The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre.
Dahabeah (n.) A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails.
Dahlias (n. pl. ) of Dahlia.
Dahlia (n.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color.
Dahlin (n.) A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin.
Dailiness (n.) 日常生活性質；生活的平淡普通方面 Daily occurence. [R.]
Daily (a.) 每日的；日常的 Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.
Give us this day our daily bread. -- Matt. vi. 11.
Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands. -- Macaulay.
Syn: Daily, Diurnal.
Usage: Daily is Anglo-Saxon, and diurnal is Latin. The former is used in reference to the ordinary concerns of life; as, daily wants, daily cares, daily employments. The latter is appropriated chiefly by astronomers to what belongs to the astronomical day; as, the diurnal revolution of the earth.
Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heaven on all his ways. -- Milton.
Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible diurnal sphere. -- Milton.
Dailies (n. pl. ) of Daily.
Daily (n.) [C] 日報 A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.
Daily (adv.) 每日 Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
Daily (adv.) Every day; without missing a day; "he stops by daily".
Daily (adv.) Gradually and progressively; "his health weakened day by day" [syn: day by day, daily].
Daily (a.) Of or belonging to or occurring every day; "daily routine"; "a daily paper" [syn: daily, day-to-day, day-by-day, day-after-day].
Daily (a.) Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes" [syn: casual, everyday, daily].
Daily (n.) A newspaper that is published every day.
Daily (a.) Of, done, occurring, or issued each day or each weekday.
// Daily attendance; a daily newspaper.
Daily (a.) Computed or measured by the day.
// Daily quota; a daily wage.
Daily (n.) (pl. -ies) A newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
Daily (n.) Dailies, Movies. A series of hastily printed shots from the previous day's shooting, selected by the director to be viewed for possible inclusion in the final version of the film; rushes.
Daily (n.) (British.) 【英】【口】（通勤的）女佣人 A nonresident servant who comes to work every day; a permanently employed servant who sleeps out.
Daily (n.) (British.) A person employed to do cleaning or other household work by the day.
Daily (adv.) Every day; day by day.
// She phoned the hospital daily.
Daily-breader (n.) (British) 通勤者A commuter.
Daimios (n. pl. ) of Daimio.
Daimio (n.) The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.
Daint (n.) Something of exquisite taste; a dainty.
Daint (a.) Dainty.
Daintified (imp. & p. p.) of Daintify.
Daintifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daintify.
Daintify (v. t.) To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious.
Daintily (adv.) In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.
Daintiness (n.) The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.
Daintrel (n.) Adelicacy.
Dainty (a.) 輕巧的，精緻的；美味的，可口的；（人）秀麗的，優雅的 Rare; valuable; costly. [Obs.]
Full many a deynt['e] horse had he in stable. -- Chaucer.
Note: Hence the proverb "dainty maketh dearth," i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious.
Dainty (a.) Delicious to the palate; toothsome.
Dainty bits Make rich the ribs. -- Shak.
Dainty (a.) Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender.
Those dainty limbs which nature lent For gentle usage and soft delicacy. -- Milton.
I would be the girdle.
About her dainty, dainty waist. -- Tennyson.
Dainty (a.) Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.
Thew were a fine and dainty people. -- Bacon.
And let us not be dainty of leave-taking, But shift away. -- Shak.
To make dainty, To assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [Obs.]
Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty, She, I'll swear, hath corns. -- Shak.
Dainties (n. pl. ) of Dainty
Dainty (n.) 美味，精美的食品 [C] [P1] Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. [Obs.]
I ne told no deyntee of her love. -- Chaucer.
Dainty (n.) That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.
That precious nectar may the taste renew Of Eden's dainties, by our parents lost. -- Beau. & Fl.
Dainty (n.) A term of fondness. [Poetic] -- B. Jonson.
Syn: Dainty, Delicacy.
Usage: These words are here compared as denoting articles of food. The term delicacy as applied to a nice article of any kind, and hence to articles of food which are particularly attractive. Dainty is stronger, and denotes some exquisite article of cookery. A hotel may be provided with all the delicacies of the season, and its table richly covered with dainties.
These delicacies I mean of taste, sight, smell, herbs, fruits, and flowers, Walks and the melody of birds. -- Milton.
[A table] furnished plenteously with bread, And dainties, remnants of the last regale. -- Cowper.
Dainty (a.) Affectedly dainty or refined [syn: dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee].
Dainty (a.) Delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo" [syn: dainty, exquisite].
Dainty (a.) Especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind".
Dainty (a.) Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish].
Dainty (n.) 美味，精美的食品 [C] [P1] Something considered choice to eat [syn: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat].
Dairies (n. pl. ) of Dairy.
Dairy (n.) 乳品間，製酪場 [C]；牛奶店，乳品店 [C]；乳牛場 [C] The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.
What stores my dairies and my folds contain. -- Dryden.
Dairy (n.) That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese.
Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter. -- Temple.
Dairy (n.) A dairy farm. [R.]
Note: Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc.
Dairy (n.) A farm where dairy products are produced [syn: dairy, dairy farm].
Dairy (n. pl. Dairies) A building, room, or establishment for the storage, processing, and distribution of milk and milk products.
‘Indeed, the need for cost-effective solutions and consumer-friendly features continues to impact the decisionmaking process among dairies.’
Dairy (n. pl. Dairies) A store where milk and milk products are sold.
‘The shop was a dairy that supplied milk to the boats in the harbour and involved long hours.’
Dairy (n. pl. Dairies) Food made from or containing milk.
‘When over the acute stage, avoid: alcohol, red meat, tobacco, spicy, greasy and fried foods and dairy.’
‘Local dairy foods.’
Dairy (a.) (Attributive) 牛奶的；牛奶製的；乳品的；產乳的 [Z] Concerned with or involved in the production of milk.
‘A dairy farmer.’
Dairying (n.) The business of conducting a dairy.
Dairymaid (n.) A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy.
Dairymen (n. pl. ) of Dairyman.
Dairyman (n.) A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy.
Dairywomen (n. pl. ) of Dairywoman.
Dairywoman (n.) A woman who attends to a dairy.
Dais (n.) The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.
Dais (n.) A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.
Dais (n.) A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity.
Daisied (a.) Full of daisies; adorned with daisies.
Daisies (n. pl. ) of Daisy.
Daisy (n.) A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositae. The common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.
Daisy (n.) The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.
Dak (n.) Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk.
Daker (n.) Alt. of Dakir.
Dakir (n.) A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs.
Daker hen () The corncrake or land rail.
Dakoit (n.) Alt. of Dakoity.
Dakoity (n.) See Dacoit, Dacoity.
Dakota group () A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied.
Dakotas (n. pl.) An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux.
Dal (n.) Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus.
Dale (n.) A low place between hills; a vale or valley.
Dale (n.) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
Dalesmen (n. pl. ) of Dalesman.
Dalesman (n.) One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc.
Dalf () imp. of Delve.
Dalliance (n.) The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.
Dalliance (n.) Delay or procrastination.
Dalliance (n.) Entertaining discourse.
Dallier (n.) One who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words.
Dallop (n.) A tuft or clump.
Dallied (imp. & p. p.) of Dally.
Dallying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dally.
Dally (v. i.) To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. -- Calamy.
We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. -- Barrow.