DASTARDY
DAS'TARDY, noun Cowardliness; base timidity.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DAS'TARDY, noun Cowardliness; base timidity.
DA'TA, nounplural Things given, or admitted; quantities, principles or facts given, known, or admitted, by which to find things or results unknown.
DA'TARY, noun1. An officer of the chancery of Rome, who affixes the datum Roma to the pope's bulls.2. The employment of a datary
DATE, noun1. That addition to a writing which specifies the year, month and day when it was given or executed. In letters, it notes the time when they are written or sent; in de...
DA'TE-TREE, noun The tree that bears dates; the great palm-tree.
DA'TED, participle passive Having the time of writing or execution specified; having the time of happening noted.
DA'TELESS, adjective Having no date; having no fixed term.
DA'TER, noun One that dates.
DA'TING, participle present tense Expressing the time of writing or of executing a paper or instrument; noting the time of happening, or originating.
DA'TIVE, adjective In grammar, the epithet of the case of nouns, which usually follows verbs that express giving, or some act directed to am object. Thus, datur tibi, it is give...
DAT'OLITE or DATH'OLITE, noun The siliceous borate of lime, a mineral of two subspecies, the common and the botryoidal. The common is of a white color, of various shades, and gr...
DA'TUM, noun Something given or admitted.
DATU'RA, noun A vegeto-alkali obtained from datura stramonium.
DAUB, verb transitive1. To smear with soft adhesive matter; to plaster; to cover with mud, slime, or other soft substance.She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it wit...
DAUB'ED, participle passive Smeared with soft adhesive matter; plastered; painted coarsely; disguised; loaded with ill chosen finery.
DAUB'ER, noun One who daubs; a coarse painter; a low and gross flatterer.
DAUB'ING, participle present tense Plastering; painting coarsely; disguising clumsily; decking ostentatiously; flattering grossly.DAUB'ING, noun Plastering; coarse painting; gro...
DAUB'RY or DAUB'ERY, n, A daubing; any thing artful.
DAUB'Y, adjective Viscous; glutinous; slimy; adhesive.
DAUGHTER, noun,1. The female offspring of a man or woman; a female child of any age.2. A daughter in law; a son's wife. Ruth 3:1.3. A woman; plural female inhabitants.Dinah went...
DAUGH'TERLINESS, noun1. The state of a daughter.2. The conduct becoming a daughter.
DAUGH'TERLY, adjective Becoming a daughter; dutiful.
D'AUNT, verb transitive To repress or subdue courage; to intimidate; to dishearten; to check by fear of danger. It expresses less than fright and terrify.Some presences daunt an...
D'AUNTED, participle passive Checked by fear; intimidated.
D'AUNTING, participle present tense Repressing courage; intimidating; disheartening.
D'AUNTLESS, adjective Bold; fearless; intrepid; not timid; not discouraged; as a dauntless hero; a dauntless spirit.
D'AUNTLESSNESS, noun Fearlessness; intrepidity.