Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Dandler

Dan″dler (dăn″dlẽr), n. One who dandles or fondles.

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Dandriff

Dan″driff (dăn″drĭf), n. See Dandruff. Swift.

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Dandruff

Dandruff (dăn″drŭf), n. [Prob. from W. toncrust, peel, skin + AS. drōf dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. √240.] A scurf which forms on the head, ...

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Dandy

Dan″dy (dăn″dy̆), n.; pl.Dandies (–dĭz). [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2 & 3 are of uncertain etym...

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Dandy-cock

Dan″dy–cock′ (�), n. masc., Dan″dy–hen′ (�), n. fem. [See Dandy.] A bantam fowl.

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Dandyish

Dan″dy‐ish, a. Like a dandy.

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Dandyism

Dan″dy‐ism (?), n. The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness. Byron.

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Dandyize

Dan″dy‐ize (?), v. t. & i. To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify.

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Dandyling

Dan″dy‐ling (?), n. [Dandy + -ling.] A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.

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Dane

Dane (?), n. [LL. Dani: cf. AS. Dene.] A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark.Great Dane. (Zoöl.) See Danish dog, under Danish.

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Danegeld

{ Dane″geld′ (?), Dane″gelt′ (?) }, n. [AS. danegeld. See Dane, and Geld, n.] (Eng. Hist.) An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish inv...

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Danewort

Dane″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; — called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood.

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Dang

Dang (?), imp. of Ding.

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Dang (2)

Dang, v. t. [Cf. Ding.] To dash.Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage,Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage. Marlowe.

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Danger

Dan″ger (?), n. [OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power,...

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Danger (2)

Dan″ger, v. t. To endanger. Shak.

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Dangerful

Dan″ger‐ful (?), a. Full of danger; dangerous. — Dan″ger‐ful‐ly, adv.Udall.

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Dangerless

Dan″ger‐less, a. Free from danger.

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Dangerous

Dan″ger‐ous (?), a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See Danger.] 1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsaf...

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Dangle

Dan″gle (dăṉ″g'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Dangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dangling (?).] [Akin to Dan. dangle, dial. Sw. dangla, Dan. dingle, Sw. dingla, Icel. dingla; perh. from E. din...

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Dangle (2)

Dan″gle (?), v. t. To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet.And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume. Sir W. Scott.

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Dangleberry

Dan″gle‐ber′ry (?), n.(Bot.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called...

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Dangler

Dan″gler (?), n. One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler. “ Danglers at toilets.” Burke.

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Daniel

Dan″i‐el (?), n. A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge.A Daniel come to judgment. Shak.

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Danish

Dan″ish (?), a. [See Dane.] Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country. — n. The language of the Danes.Danish dog(Zoöl.), one of a large and powerful breed of dogs ...

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Danite

Dan″ite (?), n. 1. A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan. Judges xiii. 2.2. [So called in remembrance of the prophecy in Gen. xlix. 17, “Dan shall be a serpent b...

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Dank

Dank (?), a. [Cf. dial, Sw. dank a moist place in a field, Icel. dökk pit, pool; possibly akin to E. damp or to daggle dew.] Damp; moist; humid; wet.Now that the fields are dank...