Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 6
Daroo (n.) (Bot.) The Egyptian sycamore ({Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore.
Darr (n.) (Zool.) The European black tern. Darraign
Darraign (v. t.) Alt. of Darrain.
Darrain (v. t.) To make ready to fight; to array. [Obs.]
Darrain your battle, for they are at hand. -- Shak.
Darrain (v. t.) To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat. [Obs.] "To darrain the battle." -- Chaucer.
Darrein (a.) (Law) Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance.
Darrein. () A corruption of the French word "dernier," the last. It is sometimes used as, "darrein continuance," the last continuance. When any matter has arisen in discharge of the defendant in action, he may take advantage of it, provided he pleads itpuis darrein continuance; for if he neglect to do so, he waives his right. Vide article darrein continuance.
Dart (n.) A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. -- 2 Sa. xviii. 14.
Dart (n.) Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. -- Hannan More.
Dart (n.) A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Dart (n.) (Zool.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
Dart sac (Zool.), A sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.
Darted (imp. & p. p.) of Dart.
Darting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dart.
Dart (v. t.) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
Dart (v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.
Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? -- Pope.
Dart (v. i.) To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
Dart (v. i.) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.
Dart (n.) A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
Dart (n.) A tapered tuck made in dressmaking.
Dart (n.) A sudden quick movement [syn: flit, dart].
Dart (v.) Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches" [syn: flit, flutter, fleet, dart].
Dart (v.) Run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot].
Dart (v.) Move with sudden speed; "His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke."
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Dart, () An instrument of war; a light spear. "Fiery darts" (Eph. 6:16) are so called in allusion to the habit of discharging darts from the bow while they are on fire or armed with some combustible material. Arrows are compared to lightning (Deut. 32:23, 42; Ps. 7:13; 120:4).
Dartars (n.) A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs. Dartboard
Compare: Snakebird
Snakebird (n.) [So named from its snakelike neck.] (Zool.) Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills.
Note: The American species ({Anhinga anhinga syn. Plotus anhinga) inhabits the Southern United States and tropical America; -- called also darter, and water turkey. The Asiatic species ({Anhinga melanogaster}) is native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Two other species inhabit Africa and Australia respectively.
Snakebird (n.) (Zool.) The wryneck.
Darter (n.) One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.
Darter (n.) (Zool.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.
Darter (n.) (Zool.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.
Compare: Etheostomoid
Etheostomoid (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma. -- n. Any fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera, allied to the perches; -- also called darter. The etheostomoids are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known, snail+darter+({Percina+tanasi">including the rare snail darter ({Percina tanasi), 3 inches long, found only in the Tennessee River and classified as a threatened species. See Darter.
Darter (n.) Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill [syn: snakebird, anhinga, darter].
Darter (n.) A person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters."
Dartingly (adv.) Like a dart; rapidly.
Dartle (v. t. & i.) To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.
My star that dartles the red and the blue. -- R. Browning.
Dartoic (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the dartos.
Dartoid (a.) (Anat.) Like the dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue.
Dartos (n.) (Anat.) A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.
Dartrous (a.) (Med.) Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic.
Dartrous diathesis, A morbid condition of the system predisposing to the development of certain skin diseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, and pityriasis. Also called rheumic diathesis, and herpetism. -- Piffard.
Darwinian (a.) Pertaining to
Note: This theory was put forth by Darwin in 1859 in a work entitled "The Origin of species by Means of Natural Selection." The author argues that, in the struggle for existence, those plants and creatures best fitted to the requirements of the situation in which they are placed are the ones that will live; in other words, that Nature selects those which are to survive. This is the theory of natural selection or the survival of the fittest. He also argues that natural selection is capable of modifying and producing organisms fit for their circumstances. See Development theory, under Development.
Darwinian (n.) An advocate of Darwinism.
Darwinian (a.) Of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution; "Darwinian theories."
Darwinian (n.) An advocate of Darwinism.
Darwinianism (n.) Darwinism.
Darwinism (n.) (Biol.) The theory or doctrines put forth by
Darwinism (n.) A theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection.
Dase (v. t.) See Daze.
Dasewe (v. i.) To become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled.
Dashed (imp. & p. p.) of Dash.
Dashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dash.
Dash (v. t.) To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
Dash (v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
Dash (v. t.) To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.
Dash (v. t.) To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.
Dash (v. t.) To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.
Dash (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.
Dash (v. i.) To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
Dash (n.) Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
Dash (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.
Dash (n.) A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.
Dash (n.) A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.
Dash (n.) Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
Dash (n.) A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash.
Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis.
Dash (n.) The sign of staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner.
Dash (n.) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.
Dash (n.) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.
Dashboard (n.) A 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; -- in England commonly called splashboard.
Dashboard (n.) The float of a paddle wheel.
Dashboard (n.) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
Dasher (n.) That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.
Dasher (n.) A dashboard or splashboard.
Dasher (n.) One who makes an ostentatious parade.
Dashing (a.) Bold; spirited; showy.
Dashingly (adv.) Conspicuously; showily.
Dashism (n.) The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show.
Dashpot (n.) A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock.
Dashpot (n.) A device for cushioning, damping, or reversing the motion of a piece of machinery, consisting of a cylinder in which a piston operates to create a pressure or vacuum on an enclosed gas or to force a fluid in or out of the chamber through narrow openings.
Dashpot (n.) A device consisting of a piston that moves within a cylinder containing oil, used to dampen and control motion.
Dashy (a.) Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.
Dastard (n.) One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.
Dastard (a.) Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly.
Dastard (v. t.) To dastardize.
Dastardized (imp. & p. p.) of Dastardize.
Dastardizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dastardize.
Dastardize (v. t.) To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to dastardize my courage.
Dastardliness (n.) The quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear.
Dastardly (a.) Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage.
Dastardness (n.) Dastardliness.
Dastardy (n.) Base timidity; cowardliness.
Daswe (v. i.) See Dasewe.
Dasymeter (n.) An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density.
Dasypaedal (a.) Dasypaedic.
Dasypaedes (n. pl.) Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched.
Dasypaedic (a.) Pertaining to the Dasypaedes; ptilopaedic.
Dasyure (n.) A carnivorous marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus. There are several species.
Dasyurine (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures.
Data (n. pl.) See Datum.
Datable (a.) That may be dated; having a known or ascertainable date.
Dataria (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor).
Datary (n.) An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria.
Datary (n.) The office or employment of a datary.
Date (n.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
Date (n.) That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc.
Date (n.) The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle.
Date (n.) Assigned end; conclusion.
Date (n.) Given or assigned length of life; dyration.
Dated (imp. & p. p.) of Date.
Dating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Date.
Date (v. t.) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.
Date (v. t.) To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids.
Date (v. i.) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.
Dateless (a.) Without date; having no fixed time.
Dater (n.) One who dates.
Datiscin (n.) A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina).
Dative (a.) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
Dative (a.) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.
Dative (a.) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer.