Daroo (n.) The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore.
Darr (n.) The European black tern.
Darraign (v. t.) Alt. of Darrain
Darrain (v. t.) To make ready to fight; to array.
Darrain (v. t.) To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.
Darrein (a.) Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance.
Dart (n.) A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
Dart (n.) Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
Dart (n.) A spear set as a prize in running.
Dart (n.) A fish; the dace. See Dace.
Darted (imp. & p. p.) of Dart
Darting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dart
Dart (v. t.) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
Dart (v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.
Dart (v. i.) To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.
Dart (v. i.) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.
Dartars (n.) A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.
Darter (n.) One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.
Darter (n.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.
Darter (n.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.
Dartingly (adv.) Like a dart; rapidly.
Dartle (v. t. & i.) To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.
Dartoic (a.) Of or pertaining to the dartos.
Dartoid (a.) Like the dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue.
Dartos (n.) A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.
Dartrous (a.) Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic.
Darwinian (a.) Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements.
Darwinian (n.) An advocate of Darwinism.
Darwinianism (n.) Darwinism.
Darwinism (n.) The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above.
Dase (v. t.) See Daze.
Dasewe (v. i.) To become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled.
Dashed (imp. & p. p.) of Dash
Dashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dash
Dash (v. t.) To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
Dash (v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
Dash (v. t.) To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.
Dash (v. t.) To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.
Dash (v. t.) To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.
Dash (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.
Dash (v. i.) To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
Dash (n.) Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
Dash (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.
Dash (n.) A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.
Dash (n.) A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.
Dash (n.) Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
Dash (n.) A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash.
Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis.
Dash (n.) The sign of staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner.
Dash (n.) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.
Dash (n.) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.
Dashboard (n.) A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard.
Dashboard (n.) The float of a paddle wheel.
Dashboard (n.) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
Dasher (n.) That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.
Dasher (n.) A dashboard or splashboard.
Dasher (n.) One who makes an ostentatious parade.
Dashing (a.) Bold; spirited; showy.
Dashingly (adv.) Conspicuously; showily.
Dashism (n.) The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show.
Dashpot (n.) A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock.
Dashy (a.) Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.
Dastard (n.) One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.
Dastard (a.) Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly.
Dastard (v. t.) To dastardize.
Dastardized (imp. & p. p.) of Dastardize
Dastardizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dastardize
Dastardize (v. t.) To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to dastardize my courage.
Dastardliness (n.) The quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear.
Dastardly (a.) Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage.
Dastardness (n.) Dastardliness.
Dastardy (n.) Base timidity; cowardliness.
Daswe (v. i.) See Dasewe
Dasymeter (n.) An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density.
Dasypaedal (a.) Dasypaedic.
Dasypaedes (n. pl.) Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched.
Dasypaedic (a.) Pertaining to the Dasypaedes; ptilopaedic.
Dasyure (n.) A carnivorous marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus. There are several species.
Dasyurine (a.) Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures.
Data (n. pl.) See Datum.
Datable (a.) That may be dated; having a known or ascertainable date.
Dataria (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor).
Datary (n.) An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria.
Datary (n.) The office or employment of a datary.
Date (n.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.
Date (n.) That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc.
Date (n.) The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle.
Date (n.) Assigned end; conclusion.
Date (n.) Given or assigned length of life; dyration.
Dated (imp. & p. p.) of Date
Dating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Date
Date (v. t.) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.
Date (v. t.) To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids.
Date (v. i.) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.
Dateless (a.) Without date; having no fixed time.
Dater (n.) One who dates.
Datiscin (n.) A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina).
Dative (a.) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
Dative (a.) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.
Dative (a.) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer.