Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Darkly

Dark″ly, adv. 1. With imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly.What fame to future times conveys but darkly down. Dryden.so softly dark a...

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Darkness

Dark″ness, n. 1. The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.And darkness was upon the face of the deep. Gen. i. 2.2. A state of privacy; secrecy.What I tell you in darkne...

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Darksome

Dark″some (?), a. Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless.He brought him through a darksome narrow passTo a broad gate, all built of beaten gold. Spenser.

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Darky

Dark″y (?), n. A negro.

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Darling

Dar″ling (?), n. [OE. derling, deorling, AS. deórling; deóre dear + -ling. See Dear, and -ling.] One dearly beloved; a favorite.And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. Shak.

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Darling (2)

Dar″ling, a. Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite. “Some darling science.” I. Watts. “Darling sin.” Macaulay.

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Darlingtonia

‖Dar′ling‐to″ni‐a (?), n. [NL. Named after Dr. William Darlington, a botanist of West Chester, Penn.] (Bot.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species....

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Darn

Darn (därn), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Darned (därnd); p. pr. & vb. n.Darning.] [OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. T...

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Darn (2)

Darn, n. A place mended by darning.

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Darn (3)

Darn, v. t. A colloquial euphemism for Damn.

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Darnel

Dar″nel (?), n. [OE. darnel, dernel, of uncertain origin; cf. dial. F. darnelle, Sw. dår-repe; perh. named from a supposed intoxicating quality of the plant, and akin to Sw. dår...

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Darner

Darn″er (?), n. One who mends by darning.

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Darnex

{ Dar″nex (?), Dar″nic (?), } n. Same as Dornick.

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Daroo

‖Da‐roo″ (dȧ‐ro͞o″), n.(Bot.) The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore.

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Darr

Darr (dăr), n.(Zoöl.) The European black tern.

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Darraign

{ Dar″raign, Dar″rain, } (?), v. t. [OF. deraisnier to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings, LL. derationare; de- + rationare to discourse, conte...

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Darrein

Dar″rein, a. [OF. darrein, darrain, fr. an assumed LL. deretranus; L. de + retro back, backward.] (Law) Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance.

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Dart

Dart (?), n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara�, daro�, Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darra�r dart.] 1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown...

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Dart (2)

Dart, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Darted; p. pr. & vb. n.Darting.] 1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.2. To throw suddenly o...

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Dart (3)

Dart, v. i. 1. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.

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Dartars

Dar″tars (?), n. [F. dartre eruption, dandruff. √240.] A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.

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Darter

Dart″er (?), n. 1. One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.2. (Zoöl.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; — so called because it darts out its long, sna...

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Dartingly

Dart″ing‐ly (?), adv. Like a dart; rapidly.

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Dartle

Dar″tle (?), v. t. & i. To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: — frequentative of dart.My star that dartles the red and the blue. R. Browning.

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Dartoic

Dar‐to″ic (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the dartos.

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Dartoid

Dar″toid (?), a. [Dartos + -oid.] (Anat.) Like the dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue.

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Dartos

‖Dar″tos (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � flayed.] (Anat.) A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.