Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Daw (3)

Daw, v. t. [Contr. fr. Adaw.] 1. To rouse.2. To daunt; to terrify. B. Jonson.

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Dawdle

Daw″dle (da̤″d'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Dawdled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dawdling (?).] [Cf. Daddle.] To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.Come some evening and ...

408

Dawdle (2)

Daw″dle, v. t. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.

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Dawdle (3)

Daw″dle, n. A dawdler. Colman & Carrick.

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Dawdler

Daw″dler (?), n. One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

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Dawe

Dawe (?), n. [See Day.] Day. Chaucer.

412

Dawish

Daw″ish (?), a. Like a daw.

413

Dawk

‖Dawk (?), n. See Dak.

414

Dawk (2)

Dawk, v. t. [Prov. E. dauk to cut or pierce with a jerk; cf. OE. dalk a dimple. Cf. Ir. tolch, tollachd, tolladh, a hole, crevice, toll to bore, pierce, W. tyllu.] To cut or mar...

415

Dawk (3)

Dawk, n. A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber. Moxon.

416

Dawn

Dawn (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Dawned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dawning.] [OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien, AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. dæg day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, I...

417

Dawn (2)

Dawn, n. 1. The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve. Thomson.No sun, no moon, no m...

418

Dawsonite

Daw″son‐ite (?), n. [Named after J. W. Dawson of Montreal.] (Min.) A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals.

419

Day

Day (?), n. [OE. day, dai,, dei, AS. dæg; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G, tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf. Skr. dah (for dhagh?) to burn. √69. Cf. Dawn.] 1. The time of lig...

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Day lily

Day″ lil′y (lĭl′y̆). (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long na...

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Day-coal

Day″–coal′ (dā″kōl′), n.(Mining) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.

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Day-labor

Day″–la′bor (?), n. Labor hired or performed by the day. Milton.

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Day-laborer

Day″–la′bor‐er (?), n. One who works by the day; — usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade. Goldsmith.

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Day-net

Day″–net′ (–nĕt′), n. A net for catching small birds.

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Day-peep

Day″–peep′ (–pēp′), n. The dawn. Milton.

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Day-star

Day″–star′ (–stär′), n. 1. The morning star; the star which ushers in the day.A dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts. 2 Peter i. 19.2. The sun, ...

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Dayaks

Day″aks (dī″ăks), n. pl.(Ethnol.) See Dyaks.

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Daybook

Day″book′ (dā″bo͝ok′), n. A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they a...

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Daybreak

Day″break′ (dā″brāk′), n. The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.

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Daydream

Day″dream′ (–drēm′), n. A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over. Thackeray.

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Daydreamer

Day″dream′er (?), n. One given to daydreams.

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Dayflower

Day″flow′er (–flou′ẽr), n.(Bot.) A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers.