Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 5
Dansk (a.) [Dan.] Danish. [Obs.]
Dansker (n.) A Dane. [Obs.]
Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris. -- Shak.
Dantean (a.) Relating to, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.
Dantesque (a.) Dantelike; Dantean.
Danubian (a.) Pertaining to, or bordering on, the river Danube.
Dap (v. i.) To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.
Dapatical (a.) Sumptuous in cheer.
Daphne (n.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.
Daphne (n.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.
Daphnetin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted from daphnin.
Daphnia (n.) A genus of the genus Daphnia.
Daphnin (n.) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant.
Daphnin (n.) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and D. alpina.
Daphnomancy (n.) Divination by means of the laurel.
Dapifer (n.) One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household.
Dapper (a.) Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.
Dapperling (n.) A dwarf; a dandiprat.
Dapple (n.) One of the spots on a dappled animal.
Dapple (a.) Alt. of Dappled.
Dappled (a.) Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse.
Dappled (imp. & p. p.) of Dapple.
Dappling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dapple.
Dapple (v. t.) To variegate with spots; to spot. Dapple derives from Old Norse depill, "a spot."
Darbies (n. pl.) Manacles; handcuffs.
Darby (n.) A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.
Darbyite (n.) One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren.
Dardanian (a. & n.) Trojan.
Durst (imp.) of Dare.
Dared () of Dare.
Dared (p. p.) of Dare.
Daring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dare.
Dare (v. i.) To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.
Dared (imp. & p. p.) of Dare.
Daring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dare.
Dare (v. t.) To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.
Dare (v. t.) To challenge; to provoke; to defy.
Dare (n.) The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.
Dare (n.) Defiance; challenge.
Dare (v. i.) To lurk; to lie hid.
Dare (v. t.) To terrify; to daunt.
Dare (n.) A small fish; the dace.
Dare-devil (n.) A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
Dare-deviltries (n. pl. ) of Dare-deviltry.
Dare-deviltry (n) Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.
Dareful (a.) Full of daring or of defiance; adventurous.
Darer (n.) One who dares or defies.
Darg (n.) Alt. of Dargue.
Dargue (n.) A day's work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day.
Daric (n.) (Antiq.) A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer.
Daric (n.) (Antiq.) A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric.
Daric (n.) Any very pure gold coin.
Daric, () In the Revised Version of 1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 2:69; 8:27; Neh. 7:70-72, where the Authorized Version has "dram." It is the rendering of the Hebrew darkemon and the Greek dareikos. It was a gold coin, bearing the figure of a Persian King with his crown and armed with bow and arrow. It was current among the Jews after their return from Babylon, i.e., while under the Persian domination. It weighed about 128 grains troy, and was of the value of about one guinea or rather more of our money. It is the first coin mentioned in Scripture, and is the oldest that history makes known to us.
Daring (a.) Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits. -- Dar"ing*ly, adv. -- Dar"ing*ness, n.
Daring (n.) Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.
Daring (a.) Disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit" [syn: audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous].
Daring (a.) Radically new or original; "an avant-garde theater piece" [syn: avant-garde, daring].
Daring (n.) A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he could never refuse a dare" [syn: dare, daring].
Daring (n.) The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness"; "the plan required great hardiness of heart" [syn: boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihood] [ant: timidity, timorousness].
Daring (n.) One of the most conspicuous qualities of a man in security.
Dark (a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! -- Milton.
In the dark and silent grave. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Dark (a.) Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
The dark problems of existence. -- Shairp.
What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain. -- Hooker.
What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? -- Shak.
Dark (a.) Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
The age wherein he lived was dark, but he Could not want light who taught the world to see. -- Denhan.
The tenth century used to be reckoned by medi[ae]val historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night. -- Hallam.
Dark (a.) Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
Left him at large to his own dark designs. -- Milton.
Dark (a.) Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
More dark and dark our woes. -- Shak.
A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature. -- Macaulay.
There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. -- W. Irving.
Dark (a.) Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.]
He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. -- Evelyn.
Note: Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective; as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed, dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working.
A dark horse, In racing or politics, a horse or a candidate whose chances of success are not known, and whose capabilities have not been made the subject of general comment or of wagers. [Colloq.]
Dark house, Dark room, A house or room in which madmen were confined. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Dark lantern. See Lantern. -- The
Dark Ages, A period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See Middle Ages, under Middle.
The Dark and Bloody Ground, A phrase applied to the State of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name, in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there between Indians.
The dark day, A day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and unexplained darkness extended over all New England.
To keep dark, To reveal nothing. [Low]
Dark (n.) Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out. -- Shak.
Dark (n.) The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
Look, what you do, you do it still i' th' dark. -- Shak.
Till we perceive by our own understandings, we are as much in the dark, and as void of knowledge, as before. -- Locke.
Dark (n.) (Fine Arts) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and the darks to the lights. -- Dryden.
Dark (v. t.) To darken to obscure. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Dark (a.) Devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat" [ant: light].
Dark (a.) (Used of color) Having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue" [ant: light, light-colored].
Dark (a.) Brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes."
Dark (a.) Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy [syn: black, dark, sinister].
Dark (a.) Secret; "keep it dark."
Dark (a.) Showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"-Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen].
Dark (a.) Lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education" [syn: benighted, dark].
Dark (a.) Marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure" [syn: dark, obscure].
Dark (a.) Causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary].
Dark (a.) Having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples" [syn: colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white].
Dark (a.) Not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays."
Dark (n.) Absence of light or illumination [syn: dark, darkness] [ant: light, lighting].
Dark (n.) Absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" [syn: iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark].
Dark (n.) An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn: darkness, dark, shadow].
Dark (n.) The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside [syn: night, nighttime, dark] [ant: day, daylight, daytime].
Dark (n.) An unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" [syn: dark, darkness].
Darkened (imp. & p. p.) of Darken.
Darkening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Darken.
Darken (v. t.) To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.
They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. -- Ex. x. 15.
So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. -- Milton.
Darken (v. t.) To render dim; to deprive of vision.
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. -- Rom. xi. 10.
Darken (v. t.) To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darkenhis foresight. -- Bacon.
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? -- Job. xxxviii. 2.
Darken (v. t.) To cast a gloom upon.
With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth of the feast. -- Shak.
Darken (v. t.) To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
I must not think there are Evils enough to darken all his goodness. -- Shak.
Darken (v. i.) To grow or darker.
Darken (v.) Become dark or darker; "The sky darkened" [ant: lighten, lighten up].
Darken (v.) Tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name."
Darken (v.) Make dark or darker; "darken a room" [ant: brighten, lighten, lighten up].
Darkener (n.) One who, or that which, darkens.
Darkening (n.) Twilight; gloaming. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] -- Wright.
Darkening (a.) Becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over; "the darkening sky."
Darkening (n.) Changing to a darker color [syn: blackening, darkening].
Darkful (a.) Full of darkness. [Obs.]
Darkish (a.) Somewhat dark; dusky.
Darkish (a.) Slightly dark; "darkish red."
Darkle (v. i.) To grow dark; to show indistinctly. -- Thackeray.
Darkling (adv.) In the dark. [Poetic]
So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling. -- Shak.
As the wakeful bird Sings darkling. -- Milton.
Darkling (p. pr. & a.) Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.
His honest brows darkling as he looked towards me. -- Thackeray.
Darkling (p. pr. & a.) Dark; gloomy. "The darkling precipice." -- Moore.
Darkling (a.) Uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure; "a darkling glance"; "secret operatives and darkling conspiracies." -- Archibald MacLeish
Darkling (a.) (Poetic) Occurring in the dark or night; "a darkling journey."
Darkly (adv.) With imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly.
What fame to future times conveys but darkly down. -- Dryden.
So softly dark and darkly pure. -- Byron.
Darkly (adv.) With a dark, gloomy, cruel, or menacing look.
Looking darkly at the clerguman. -- Hawthorne.
Darkly (adv.) Without light; "the river was sliding darkly under the mist" [syn: darkly, in darkness].
Darkly (adv.) In a dark glowering menacing manner; "he stared darkly at Her."
Darkness (n.) The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom. And darkness was upon the face of the deep. -- Gen. i. 2.
Darkness (n.) A state of privacy; secrecy.
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light. -- Matt. x. 27.
Darkness (n.) A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.
Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. -- John. iii. 19.
Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out From all heaven's bounds. -- Milton.
Darkness (n.) Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.
Darkness (n.) A state of distress or trouble.
A day of clouds and of thick darkness. -- Joel. ii. 2.
Prince of darkness, the Devil; Satan. "In the power of the Prince of darkness." -- Locke.
Syn: Darkness, Dimness, Obscurity, Gloom.
Usage: Darkness arises from a total, and dimness from a partial, want of light. A thing is obscure when so overclouded or covered as not to be easily perceived.
As tha shade or obscurity increases, it deepens into gloom. What is dark is hidden from view; what is obscure is difficult to perceive or penetrate; the eye becomes dim with age; an impending storm fills the atmosphere with gloom. When taken figuratively, these words have a like use; as, the darkness of ignorance; dimness of discernment; obscurity of reasoning; gloom of superstition.
Darkness (n.) Absence of light or illumination [syn: dark, darkness] [ant: light, lighting].
Darkness (n.) An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [syn: darkness, dark, shadow].
Darkness (n.) Absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" [syn: iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark].
Darkness (n.) An unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" [syn: dark, darkness].
Darkness (n.) Having a dark or somber color [ant: lightness].
Darkness (n.) A swarthy complexion [syn: darkness, duskiness, swarthiness].
Darkness, () The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Ex. 10:21) is described as darkness "which may be felt." It covered "all the land of Egypt," so that "they saw not one another." It did not extend to the land of Goshen (ver. 23).
When Jesus hung upon the cross (Matt. 27:45; Luke 23:44), from the "sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour."
On Mount Sinai, Moses (Ex. 20:21) "drew near unto the thick darkness where God was." This was the "thick cloud upon the mount" in which Jehovah was when he spake unto Moses there. The Lord dwelt in the cloud upon the mercy-seat (1 Kings 8:12), the cloud of glory. When the psalmist (Ps. 97:2) describes the inscrutable nature of God's workings among the sons of men, he says, "Clouds and darkness are round about him." God dwells in thick darkness.
Darkness (Isa. 13:9, 10; Matt. 24:29) Also is a symbol of the judgments that attend on the coming of the Lord. It is a symbol of misery and adversity (Job 18:6; Ps. 107:10; Isa. 8:22; Ezek. 30:18). The "day of darkness" in Joel 2:2, caused by clouds of locusts, is a symbol of the obscurity which overhangs all divine proceedings. "Works of darkness" are impure actions (Eph. 5:11). "Outer darkness" refers to the darkness of the streets in the East, which are never lighted up by any public or private lamps after nightfall, in contrast with the blaze of cheerful light in the house. It is also a symbol of ignorance (Isa. 9:2; 60:2; Matt. 6:23) and of death (Job 10:21; 17:13).
Darkness (n.) [ No plural ] 黑暗，冥冥，夜色；罪惡，無知 A state in which there is little or no light.
// He stumbled around in the darkness looking for the light switch.
Darksome (a.) Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless. [Poetic]
He brought him through a darksome narrow pass To a broad gate, all built of beaten gold. -- Spenser.
Darky (n.) A negro ; an African-American; -- an older term now considered offensive. [Slang]
Syn: darkie, darkey.
Darky (n.) (Ethnic slur) Offensive term for Black people [syn: darky, darkie, darkey].
Darling (n.) One dearly beloved; a favorite.
And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. -- Shak.
Darling (a.) Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite. "Some darling science." -- I. Watts. "Darling sin." -- Macaulay.
Darling (a.) Dearly loved [syn: beloved, darling, dear].
Darling (n.) A special loved one [syn: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky].
Darling (n.) An Australian river; tributary of the Murray River [syn: Darling, Darling River].
Darling, () Ps. 22:20; 35:17) means an "only one."
Darlingtonia (n.) (Bot.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.
Darlingtonia (n.) One species: California pitcher plant [syn: Darlingtonia, genus Darlingtonia].
Darn (n.) A place mended by darning.
Darn (v. t.) A colloquial euphemism for Damn.
Darned (imp. & p. p.) of Darn.
Darning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Darn.
Darn (v. t.) To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.
He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings. -- Swift.
Darning last. See under Last.
Darning needle. A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings.
Darning needle. (Zool.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings.
Note: [In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.] Called also devil's darning-needle.
Darn (n.) Something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam].
Darn (n.) Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends" [syn: mend, patch, darn].
Darn (v.) Repair by sewing; "darn socks."
Darnel (n.) (Bot.) Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay.
Note: Under darnel our early herbalists comprehended all kinds of cornfield weeds. -- Dr. Prior.
Darnel (n.) Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous [syn: darnel, tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum].
Darner (n.) One who mends by darning. Darnex
Darner (n.) A person who mends by darning
Darnex (n.) Alt. of Darnic.
Darnic (n.) Same as Dornick.
Dornick, or Dornock, (n.) A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland.
[Formerly written also darnex, dornic, dorneck, etc.] -- Halliwell. -- Jamieson.
Note: Ure says that dornock, a kind of stout figured linen, derives its name from a town in Scotland where it was first manufactured for tablecloths.