Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Daff (4)

Daff, v. t. To daunt. Grose.

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Daffodil

Daf″fo‐dil (dăf″fō̍‐dĭl), n. [OE. affodylle, prop., the asphodel, fr. LL. affodillus (cf. D. affodille or OF. asphodile, aphodille, F. asphodèle), L. asphodelus, fr. Gr. ασφὄδελ...

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Daft

Daft (dȧft), a. [OE. daft, deft, deft, stupid; prob. the same word as E. deft. See Deft.] 1. Stupid; foolish; idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he has gone daft.Let us think...

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Daftness

Daft″ness, n. The quality of being daft.

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Dag

Dag (dăg), n. [Cf. F. dague, LL. daga, D. dagge (fr. French); all prob. fr. Celtic; Cf. Gael. dag a pistol, Armor. dag dagger, W. dager, dagr, Ir. daigear. Cf. Dagger.] 1. A dag...

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Dag (2)

Dag, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. dagg, Icel. dögg. √71. See Dew.] A misty shower; dew.

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Dag (3)

Dag, n. [OE. dagge (cf. Dagger); or cf. AS. dāg what is dangling.] A loose end; a dangling shred.Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail. Wedgwood.

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Dag (4)

Dag, v. t. [1, from Dag dew. 2, from Dag a loose end.] 1. To daggle or bemire. Johnson.2. To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment. Wright.

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Dag (5)

Dag, v. i. To be misty; to drizzle.

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Dag-tailed

Dag″–tailed′ (?), a. [Dag a loose end + tail.] Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. “Dag-tailed sheep.” Bp. Hall.

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Dagger

Dag″ger (–gẽr), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See Dag a dagger.] 1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Di...

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Dagger (2)

Dag″ger, v. t. To pierce with a dagger; to stab.

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Dagger (3)

Dag″ger, n. [Perh. from diagonal.] A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. Knight.

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Dagges

Dagges (dăgz), n. pl. [OE. See Dag a loose end.] An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. Halliwell.

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Daggle

Dag″gle (dăg″g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Daggled (–g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Daggling (–glĭng).] [Freq. of dag, v. t., 1.] To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to mo...

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Daggle (2)

Dag″gle, v. i. To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.Nor, like a puppy daggled through the town. Pope.

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Daggle-tail

{ Dag″gle–tail′ (dăg″g'l–tāl′), Dag″gle–tailed′ (–tāld′), } a. Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.

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Daggle-tail (2)

Dag″gle–tail′ (–tāl′), n. A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.

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Daglock

Dag″lock′ (–lŏk′), n. [Dag a loose end + lock.] A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.

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Dago

Da″go (dā″gō̍), n.; pl.Dagos (–gōz). [Cf. Sp. Diego, E. James.] A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent.

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Dagoba

‖Da‐go″ba (dȧ‐gō″bȧ), n. [Singhalese dāgoba.] A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.

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Dagon

Da″gon (dā″gŏn), [Heb. Dāgon, fr. dag a fish: cf. Gr. Δαγών.] The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a...

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Dagon (2)

Dag″on (dăg″ŏn), n. [See Dag a loose end.] A slip or piece. Chaucer.

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Dagswain

Dag″swain′ (?), n. [From Dag a loose end?] A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool. “Under coverlets made of dagswain.” Holinshed.

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Daguerrean

{ Da‐guer″re‐an (dȧ‐gĕr″ĭ‐an), Da‐guerre″i‐an (?), } a. Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.

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Daguerreotype

Da‐guerre″o‐type (dȧ‐gĕr″ō̍‐tīp), n. [From Daguerre the inventor + -type.] 1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, an...

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Daguerreotype (2)

Da‐guerre″o‐type (dȧ‐gĕr″ō̍‐tīp), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Daguerreotyped (–tīpt); p. pr. & vb. n.Daguerreotyping (–tī′pĭng).] 1. To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process,...