DAYTIME
DA'YTIME, noun The time of the sun's light on the earth; as opposed to night.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DAYWEARIED
DA'YWEARIED, adjective Wearied with the labor of the day.
DAYWORK
DA'YWORK, Work by the day; daylabor.
DAZE
DAZE, verb transitive To overpower with light; to dim or blind by too strong a light, or to render the sight unsteady.DAZE, noun Among miners, a glittering stone.
DAZZLE
DAZ'ZLE, verb transitive1. To overpower with light; to hinder distinct vision by intense light; or to cause to shake; to render unsteady, as the sight. We say, the brightness of...
DAZZLED
DAZ'ZLED, participle passive Made wavering, as the sight; overpowered or dimmed by a too strong light.
DAZZLEMENT
DAZ'ZLEMENT, noun The act or power of dazzling.
DAZZLING
DAZ'ZLING, participle present tense Rendering unsteady or wavering as the sight; overpowering by a strong light; striking with splendor.
DAZZLINGLY
DAZ'ZLINGLY, adverb In a dazzling manner.
DE
DE, a Latin prefix, denotes a moving from, separation; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. Hence it often expresses a negative; as in derange. Sometimes it augments ...
DEACON
DE'ACON, noun [Gr., a minister or servant.]1. A person in the lowest degree of holy orders. The office of deacon was instituted by the apostles, Acts 6:1, and seven persons were...
DEACONESS
DE'ACONESS, noun A female deacon in the primitive church.
DEACONRY
DE'ACONRY or DE'ACONSHIP, noun The office, dignity or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.
DEAD
DEAD,1. Deprived or destitute of life; that state of a being, animal or vegetable, in which the organs of motion and life have ceased to perform their functions, and have become...
DEAD-DRUNK
DEAD-DRUNK, adjective So drunk as to be incapable of helping one's self.
DEAD-HEARTEDNESS
DEAD-HEARTEDNESS, noun Having a dull, faint heart.DEAD'-LIFT, noun A heavy weight; a hopeless exigency.DEAD'-LIGHT, noun ded'-light. A strong wooden port, made to suit a cabin w...
DEAD-RECKONING
DEAD-RECKONING, noun In navigation, the judgment or estimation of the place of a ship, without any observation of the heavenly bodies; or an account of the distance she has run ...
DEADEN
DEAD'EN, verb transitive ded'n.1. To deprive of a portion of vigor, force or sensation; to abate vigor or action; as, to deaden the force of a ball; to deaden the natural powers...
DEADLIHOOD
DEAD'LIHOOD, noun The state of the dead.
DEADLINESS
DEAD'LINESS, noun ded'liness. The quality of being deadly.
DEADLY
DEAD'LY, adjective ded'ly.1. That may occasion death; mortal; fatal; destructive; as a deadly blow or wound.2. Mortal; implacable; aiming to kill or destroy; as a deadly enemy; ...
DEADLY-CARROT
DEADLY-CARROT, noun A plant of the genus Thapsia.
DEADLY-NIGHTSHADE
DEADLY-NIGHTSHADE, noun A plant of the genus Atropa.
DEADNESS
DEAD'NESS, noun ded'ness.1. Want of natural life or vital power, in an animal or plant; as the deadness of a limb, of a body, or of a tree.2. Want of animation; dullness; languo...
DEADNETTLE
DEAD'NETTLE, noun A plant of the genus Lamium, and another of the genus Galeopsis.
DEADPLEDGE
DEAD'PLEDGE, noun A mortgage or pawning of things, or thing pawned.
DEADWATER
DEAD'WATER, noun The eddy water closing in with a ship's stern, as she passes through the water.