Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Daub (3)

Daub, n. 1. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or daubed; a smear.2. (Paint.) A picture coarsely executed.Did you... take a look at the grand picture?... 'T is a mela...

380

Dauber

Daub″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.2. (Copperplate Print.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking pl...

381

Daubery

{ Daub″er‐y (?), orDaub″ry (?) }, n. A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses.She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is. Shak.

382

Daubing

Daub″ing, n. 1. The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.3. In currying, a mixture...

383

Daubreelite

Dau″bree‐lite (?), n. [From Daubrée, a French mineralogist.] (Min.) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.

384

Dauby

Daub″y (?), a. Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive. “Dauby wax.”

385

Daughter

Daugh″ter (?), n.; pl.Daughters (#); obs. pl. Daughtren (#). [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. dōttir, Sw. do...

386

Daughter-in-law

Daugh″ter–in–law′ (?), n.; pl.Daughters-in-law. The wife of one's son.

387

Daughterliness

Daugh″ter‐li‐ness (?), n. The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.

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Daughterly

Daugh″ter‐ly, a. Becoming a daughter; filial.Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towards him. Cavendish.

389

Dauk

Dauk (?), v. t. See Dawk, v. t., to cut or gush.

390

Daun

Daun (?), n. A variant of Dan, a title of honor. Chaucer.

391

Daunt

Daunt (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Daunted; p. pr. & vb. n.Daunting.] [OF. danter, F. dompter to tame, subdue, fr. L. domitare, v. intens. of domare to tame. See Tame.] 1. To overcom...

392

Daunter

Daunt″er (?), n. One who daunts.

393

Dauntless

Daunt″less, a. Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.Dauntless he rose, and to the fight returned. Dryden.— Daunt″less‐ly, adv. — Daunt″less‐ness, n.

394

Dauphin

Dau″phin (?), n. [F. dauphin, prop., a dolphin, from L. delphinus. See Dolphin. The name was given, for some reason unexplained, to Guigo, count of Vienne, in the 12th century, ...

395

Dauphiness

{ Dau″phin‐ess (?), orDau″phine (?) }, n. The title of the wife of the dauphin.

396

Dauw

‖Dauw (?), n.(Zoöl.) The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); — called also peechi, or peetsi.

397

Davenport

Dav″en‐port (?), n. [From the name of the original maker. Encyc. Dict.] A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the pa...

398

Davidic

Da‐vid″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.

399

Davit

Dav″it (?), n. [Cf. F. davier forceps, davit, cooper's instrument, G. david davit; all probably from the proper name David.] (Naut.) (a) A spar formerly used on board of ships, ...

400

Davy Jones

Da″vy Jones″ (?). The spirit of the sea; sea devil; — a term used by sailors.This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the...

401

Davy lamp

Da″vy lamp′ (?). See Safety lamp, under Lamp.

402

Davyne

Da″vyne (?), n. [See Davyum.] (Min.) A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius.

403

Davyum

Da″vy‐um (?), n. [Named after Sir Humphry Davy, the English chemist.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic...

404

Daw

Daw (da̤), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. tāha, MHG. tāhe, tāhele, G. dohle. Cf. Caddow.] (Zoöl.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church tower...

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Daw (2)

Daw, v. i. [OE. dawen. See Dawn.] To dawn. See Dawn. Drayton.