Webster's Dictionary 1828

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DARK-WORKING

D'ARK-WORKING, adjective Working in darkness or in secrecy.

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DARKEN

D'ARKEN, verb intransitive To grow dark or darker; also, to grow less white or clear.

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DARKENED

D'ARKENED, participle passive Deprived of light; obscured; rendered dim; made black; made ignorant.

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DARKENING

D'ARKENING, participle present tense Depriving of light; obscuring; making black or less white or clear; clouding.

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DARKISH

D'ARKISH, adjective Dusky; somewhat dark.

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DARKLING

D'ARKLING, adjective Being in the dark, or without light; a poetical word.

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DARKLY

D'ARKLY, adverb Obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly; with imperfect light, clearness or knowledge.They learn only what tradition has darkly conveyedto them. Anon.

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DARKNESS

D'ARKNESS, noun1. Absence of light.And darkness was on the face of the deep. Genesis 1:2.2. Obscurity; want of clearness or perspicuity; that quality or state which renders any ...

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DARKSOME

D'ARKSOME, adjective Dark; gloomy; obscure; as a darksome house; a darksome cloud.

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DARLING

D'ARLING, adjective Dearly beloved; favorite; regarded with great kindness and tenderness; as a darling child; a darling science.D'ARLING, noun One much beloved; a favorite; as,...

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DARN

D'ARN, verb transitive To mend a rent or hole, by imitating the texture of the cloth or stuff with yarn or thread and a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread. It is used p...

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DARNEL

D'ARNEL, noun A plant of the genus Lolium, a kind of grass; the most remarkable species are the red darnel or rye-grass, and the white darnel

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DARNER

D'ARNER, noun One who mends by darning.

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DARNING

D'ARNING, participle present tense Mending in imitation of the original texture; sewing together; as a torn stocking, or cloth.D'ARNING, noun The act of mending, as a hole in a ...

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DARRAIN

DAR'RAIN, verb transitive To prepare, or to order; or to try; to endeavor; to prove; to apply to the contest.But for thou art a worthy gentil knight, andwilnest to darraine hire...

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DART

D'ART, noun [Gr., a spear or lance.]1. A pointed missile weapon to be thrown by the hand; a short lance.2. Any missile weapon; that which pierces and wounds.And from about her s...

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DARTED

D'ARTED, participle passive Thrown or hurled as a pointed instrument; sent with velocity.

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DARTER

D'ARTER, noun One who throws a dart.

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DARTING

D'ARTING, participle present tense Throwing, as a dart; hurling darts; flying rapidly.

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DASH

DASH, verb transitive1. To strike suddenly or violently, whether throwing or falling; as, to dash one stone against another.Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Matthew 4:62...

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DASHED

DASH'ED, participle passive Struck violently; driven against; bruised, broken or scattered by collision; besprinkled; mixed or adulterated; erased, blotted out; broken; cast dow...

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DASHING

DASH'ING, participle present tense1. Driving and striking against; striking suddenly or violently; breaking or scattering by collision; infusing; mixing; confounding; blotting o...

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DASTARD

DAS'TARD, noun A coward; a poltroon; one who meanly shrinks from danger.DAS'TARD, adjective Cowardly; meanly shrinking from danger.Curse on their dastard souls. Addison.DAS'TARD...

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DASTARDIZE

DAS'TARDIZE, verb transitive To make cowardly.

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DASTARDLINESS

DAS'TARDLINESS, noun Cowardliness.

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DASTARDLY

DAS'TARDLY, Cowardly; meanly timid; base; sneaking.

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DASTARDNESS

DAS'TARDNESS, noun Cowardliness; mean timorousness.