Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Dank (2)

Dank, n. Moisture; humidity; water.

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Dank (3)

Dank, n. A small silver coin current in Persia.

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Dankish

Dank″ish, a. Somewhat dank. — Dank″ish‐ness, n.In a dark and dankish vault at home. Shak.

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Dannebrog

Dan″ne‐brog (?), n. The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown.Order of Dannebrog, an ancient Danish order of knighthood.

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Danseuse

‖Dan′seuse″ (?), n. [F., fr. danser to dance.] A professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet.

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Dansk

Dansk (?), a. Danish.

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Dansker

Dansk″er (?), n. A Dane.Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris. Shak.

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Dantean

Dan‐te″an (?), a. Relating to, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.

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Dantesque

Dan‐tesque″ (?), a. [Cf. It. Dantesco.] Dantelike; Dantean. Earle.

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Danubian

Da‐nu″bi‐an (?), a. Pertaining to, or bordering on, the river Danube.

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Dap

Dap (dăp), v. i. [Cf. Dip.] (Angling) To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.To catch a club by dapping with a grasshoper. Walton.

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Dapatical

Da‐pat″ic‐al (?), a. [L. dapaticus, fr. daps feast.] Sumptuous in cheer. Bailey.

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Daphne

Daph″ne (?), n. [L., a laurel tree, from Gr. δάφνη.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.2. (Myth.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to ...

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Daphnetin

Daph″ne‐tin (?), n.(Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted from daphnin.

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Daphnia

‖Daph″ni‐a (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of the genus Daphnia.

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Daphnin

Daph″nin (?), n. [Cf. F. daphnine.] (Chem.) (a) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant. (b)...

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Daphnomancy

Daph″no‐man′cy (?), n. [Gr. δάφνη the laurel + -mancy.] Divination by means of the laurel.

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Dapifer

‖Dap″i‐fer (?), n. [L., daps a feast + ferre to bear.] One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king'...

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Dapper

Dap″per (?), a. [OE. daper; prob. fr. D. dapper brave, valiant; akin to G. tapfer brave, OHG. taphar heavy, weighty, OSlav. dobrŭ good, Russ. dobrui. Cf. Deft.] Little and activ...

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Dapperling

Dap″per‐ling (?), n. A dwarf; a dandiprat.

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Dapple

Dap″ple (?), n. [Cf. Icel. depill a spot, a dot, a dog with spots over the eyes, dapi a pool, and E. dimple.] One of the spots on a dappled animal.He has... as many eyes on his ...

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Dapple (2)

{ Dap″ple (?), Dap″pled (?) }, a. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse.Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. Sir W....

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Dapple (3)

Dap″ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dappled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dappling.] To variegate with spots; to spot.The gentle day,...Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak.The dapple...

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Darbies

Dar″bies (?), n. pl. Manacles; handcuffs.Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott.☞ In “The Steel Glass” by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line “To binde such ...

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Darby

Dar″by (?), n. A plasterer's float, having two handles; — used in smoothing ceilings, etc.

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Darbyite

Dar″by‐ite (?), 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.

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Dardanian

Dar‐da″ni‐an (?), a. & n. [From L. Dardania, poetic name of Troy.] Trojan.