Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 7
Dative (a.) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.
Dative (n.) The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.
Datively (adv.) As a gift.
Datolite (n.) A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals.
Data (n. pl. ) of Datum.
Datum (n.) Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Datum (n.) The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem.
Datura (n.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.
Daturine (n.) Atropine; -- called also daturia and daturina.
Daubed (imp. & p. p.) of Daub.
Daubing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daub.
Daub (v. t.) To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. -- Ex. ii. 3.
Daub (v. t.) To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.
If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. -- I. Watts.
A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. -- Dryden.
Daub (v. t.) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. -- Shak.
Daub (v. t.) To flatter excessively or glossy. [R.]
I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all,
I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant. -- Smollett.
Daub (v. t.) To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [R.]
Let him be daubed with lace. -- Dryden.
Daub (v. i.) To smear; to play the flatterer.
His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. -- South.
Daub (n.) A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.
Daub (n.) (Paint.) A picture coarsely executed.
Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. -- Sterne.
Daub (n.) 1: Material used to daub walls.
Daub (n.) A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur].
Daub (n.) An unskillful painting.
Daub (v.) Coat with plaster; "daub the wall" [syn: plaster, daub].
Daub (v.) Apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall."
Daub (v.) Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" [syn: daub, smear].
Dauber (n.) One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
Dauber (n.) (Copperplate Print.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.
Dauber (n.) A low and gross flatterer.
Dauber (n.) (Zool.) The mud wasp; the mud dauber.
Dauber (n.) An unskilled painter.
Daubery (n.) Alt. of Daubry.
Daubry (n.) A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses.
She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is. -- Shak.
Daubing (n.) The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.
Daubing (n.) A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.
Daubing (n.) In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing. -- Knight.
Daubing (n.) The application of plaster [syn: plastering, daubing].
Daubreelite (n.) (Min.) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
Dauby (a.) Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.
Daughters (n. pl. ) of Daughter.
Daughtren (n. pl. ) of Daughter.
Daughter (n.) The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.
Daughter (n.) A female descendant; a woman.
Daughter (n.) A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
Daughter (n.) A term of address indicating parental interest.
Daughters-in-law (n. pl. ) of Daughter-in-law.
Daughter-in-law (n.) The wife of one's son.
Daughterliness (n.) The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.
Daughterly (a.) Becoming a daughter; filial.
Dauk (v. t.) See Dawk, v. t., to cut or gush.
Daun (n.) A variant of Dan, a title of honor.
Daunted (imp. & p. p.) of Daunt.
Daunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daunt.
Daunt (v. t.) To overcome; to conquer.
Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Daunter (n.) One who daunts.
Dauntless (a.) Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.
Dauphin (n.) The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.
Dauphiness (n.) Alt. of Dauphine.
Dauphine (n.) The title of the wife of the dauphin.
Dauw (n.) The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi.
Davao City, Officially the City of Davao, (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Dabaw, Filipino: Lungsod ng Dabaw) (n.) 納卯市（達沃市，又譯納卯市[註 1]；英語：Davao City；他加祿語：Lungsod ng Dabaw），市長為薩拉·杜特蒂，是菲律賓南部民答那峨島最重要的城市，位於該島東部，面積2,433.61平方公里，常住人口1,363,337人（2007年），加上流動人口超過200萬，是菲律賓第三大城市。
納卯市臨納卯灣，納卯區首府，為民答那峨島主要港口和貿易中心。
Is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the island of Mindanao and is the capital of Davao Region (Region XI), Philippines.
A city in Mindanao island, it is the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area, and the most populous city in the country outside Metro Manila. It is geographically situated in the province of Davao del Sur and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority but being a highly urbanized city, it is governed and administered politically independent from it. The city has a total land area of 2,443.61 km2 (943.48 sq mi), and a population of 1,632,991 people based on the 2015 census. This figure also makes it the third-most-populous city in the Philippines and the most populous in Mindanao. [4]
It is the center of Metro Davao, the third most populous metropolitan area in the Philippines (as of 2015 census with a population of 2.5 million, after Metro Manila's 12.8 million and Metro Cebu's 2.8 million). The city serves as the main trade, commerce, and industry hub of Mindanao and the regional center of Davao Region. Davao is home to Mount Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines. The city is also nicknamed as the "Durian Capital of the Philippines". The city is divided into three congressional districts, which are subdivided into 11 administrative districts with a total of 182 barangays.
Davao City is constantly described by its residents and the national media as one of the world's safest cities. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] In reality, however, the city has the highest murder rate and the second highest rape rate in the Philippines, according to police data. [13] [14]
Davenport (n.) 有抽屜和活動面板的小書桌；坐臥兩用的長沙發 A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.
A much battered davenport in one of the windows, at which sat a lady writing. -- A. B. Edwards.
Davenport (n.) A city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island.
Davenport (n.) A small decorative writing desk.
Davenport (n.) A large sofa usually convertible into a bed.
Davenport, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 339
Housing Units (2000): 180
Land area (2000): 0.660761 sq. miles (1.711364 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.660761 sq. miles (1.711364 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12245
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.313312 N, 97.812490 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68335
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Headwords:
Davenport, NE
Davenport
Davenport, FL -- U.S. city in Florida
Population (2000): 1924
Housing Units (2000): 913
Land area (2000): 1.563534 sq. miles (4.049535 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.061506 sq. miles (0.159300 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.625040 sq. miles (4.208835 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16450
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.160530 N, 81.602651 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 33837
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Davenport, FL
Davenport
Davenport, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 261
Housing Units (2000): 92
Land area (2000): 0.124807 sq. miles (0.323249 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.124807 sq. miles (0.323249 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18180
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.714074 N, 97.067749 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58021
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Headwords:
Davenport, ND
Davenport
Davenport, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 881
Housing Units (2000): 401
Land area (2000): 0.814052 sq. miles (2.108384 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.814052 sq. miles (2.108384 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19350
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.707463 N, 96.764583 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Davenport
Davenport, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 98359
Housing Units (2000): 41350
Land area (2000): 62.790723 sq. miles (162.627219 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.149889 sq. miles (5.568187 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 64.940612 sq. miles (168.195406 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19000
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.542982 N, 90.590745 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 52802 52803 52804 52806 52807
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Headwords:
Davenport, IA
Davenport
Davenport, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
Population (2000): 1730
Housing Units (2000): 763
Land area (2000): 1.513121 sq. miles (3.918964 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.513121 sq. miles (3.918964 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16795
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 47.651157 N, 118.151627 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99122
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Headwords:
Davenport, WA
Davenport
Davidic (a.) Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.
Davit (n.) A spar formerly 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 also the fish davit.
Davit (n.) Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits.
Davy Jones () The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.
Davy lamp () See Safety lamp, under Lamp.
Davyne (n.) A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius.
Davyum (n.) A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.
Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.
Daw (v. i.) To dawn.
Daw (v. t.) To rouse.
Daw (v. t.) To daunt; to terrify.
Dawdled (imp. & p. p.) of Dawdle.
Dawdling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dawdle.
Dawdle (v. i.) 遊手好閑，混日子 To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
Dawdle (v. t.) To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.
Dawdle (n.) A dawdler.
Dawdle (v.) Take one's time; proceed slowly [syn: {linger}, {dawdle}] [ant: {belt along}, {bucket along}, {cannonball along}, {hasten}, {hie}, {hotfoot}, {pelt along}, {race}, {rush}, {rush along}, {speed}, {step on it}].
Dawdle (v.) Waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: {dally}, {dawdle}].
Dawdle (v.) Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. [syn: {lag}, {dawdle}, {fall back}, {fall behind}].
Dawdler (n.) One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.
Dawe (n.) Day.
Dawish (a.) Like a daw.
Dawk (n.) See Dak.
Dawk (v. t.) To cut or mark with an incision; to gash.
Dawk (n.) A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber.
Dawned (imp. & p. p.) of Dawn.
Dawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dawn.
Dawn (v. i.) 破曉，（天）剛亮；（時代，局面等）開始出現，漸露端倪 To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; 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, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher. -- Matt. xxviii. 1.
Dawn (v. i.) To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. "In dawning youth." -- Dryden.
When life awakes, and dawns at every line. -- Pope.
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. -- Heber,
Dawn (n.) 黎明，拂曉 [C] [U]；開端；曙光，端倪 [the S] [（+of） The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.
And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve. -- Thomson.
No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day. -- Hood.
Dawn (n.) First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. "The dawn of time." -- Thomson.
These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. -- Pope.
Dawn (n.) The first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset].
Dawn (n.) The earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" [syn: dawn, morning]
Dawn (n.) An opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire."
Dawn (v.) Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place].
Dawn (v.) Appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned."
Dawn (v.) Become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up."
DAWN, () Defense Attache Worldwide Network (network, mil.).
Dawn, (n.). The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men prefer to rise at about that time, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach, and otherwise mortifying the flesh. They then point with pride to these practices as the cause of their sturdy health and ripe years; the truth being that they are hearty and old, not because of their habits, but in spite of them. The reason we find only robust persons doing this thing is that it has killed all the others who have tried it.
Dawsonite (n.) A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals.
Day (n.) The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.
Day (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.
Day (n.) Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.
Day (n.) A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
Day (n.) (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.
Dayaks (n. pl.) See Dyaks.
Daybook (n.) A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal.
Daybreak (n.) The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.
Day-coal (n.) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.
Daydream (n.) A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.
Daydreamer (n.) One given to daydreams.
Dayflower (n.) A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers.
Dayfly (n.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
Day-labor (n.) Labor hired or performed by the day.
Day-laborer (n.) One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade.
Daylight (n.) The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.
Daylight (n.) The eyes.
Day lily () (Bot.) Any plant of a genus of plants ({Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers, which often bloom for only one day.