Chapter 386

Da*ko"tas (?) , n. pl .; sing. Dacota (<?/) . (Ethnol.) An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux . [Written also Dacotahs .]

Dal <Xpage=364>

Dal (?) , n. [Hind.] Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus . [East Indies]

Dale <Xpage=364>

Dale (?) , n. [AS. d\'91l ; akin to LG., D., Sw., Dan., OS., & Goth. dal , Icel. dalr , OHG. tal , G. thal , and perth. to Gr. <?/ a rotunda, Skr. dh\'bera depth. Cf. Dell .]

1. A low place between hills; a vle or valley.

Where mountaines rise, umbrageous dales descend. Thomson.

2. A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.

Knight.

Dalesman <Xpage=364>

Dales"man (?) , n. ; pl. Dalesmen (<?/) . One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc.

Macaulay.

Dalf <Xpage=364>

Dalf (?) , imp. of Delve . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Dalliance <Xpage=364>

Dal"li*ance (?) , n. [From Dally .] 1. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.

Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Too mnch the rein . Shak.

O, the dalliance and the wit, The flattery and the strife<?/ Tennyson.

2. Delay or procrastination.

Shak.

3. Entertaining discourse. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Dailer <Xpage=364>

Dai"l*er (?) , n. One Who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words .

Asham.

Dallop <Xpage=364>

Dal"lop (?) , n. [Etymol. unknown.] A tuft or clump. [Obs.]

Tusser.

Dally <Xpage=364>

Dal"ly (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dallied (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dallying .] [OE. <?/alien , dailien ; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen , dalen , dahlen , to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull .] 1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.

We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. Calamy.

We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. Barrow.

2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.

Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. Shak.

Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. Shak.

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Dal"ly , v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. Knolles.

Dalmania <Xpage=364>

Dal*ma"ni*a (?) , n. [From Dalman , the geologist.] (Paleon.) A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks.

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Dal`ma*ni"tes (?) , n. Same as Dalmania .

Dalmatian <Xpage=364>

Dal*ma"tian (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Dalmatia.

Dalmatian dog (Zo\'94l.) , a carriage dog, shaped like a pointer, and having black or bluish spots on a white ground; the coach dog.

Dalmatica, n., Dalmatic <Xpage=364>

Dal*mat"i*ca (?) , n. , Dal*mat"ic (<?/) , n. [LL. dalmatica : cf. F. dalmatique .] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia.

2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation.

Dal segno <Xpage=364>

Dal` se"gno (?) . [It., from the sign.] (Mus.) A direction to go back to the sign <?/ and repeat from thence to the close. See Segno .

Daltonian <Xpage=364>

Dal*to"ni*an (?) , n. One afflicted with color blindness.

Daltonism <Xpage=364>

Dal"ton*ism (?) , n. Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton , who had this infirmity.

Nichol.

Dam <Xpage=364>

Dam (?) , n. [OE. dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See Dame .] 1. A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.

Our sire and dam , now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . . Dame is used of a hen; we now make a great difference between dame and dam . T. L. K. Oliphant.

The dam runs lowing up end down, Looking the way her harmless young one went. Shak.

2. A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.

Dam <Xpage=364>

Dam , n. [Akin to OLG., D., & Dan. dam , G. & Sw. damm , Icel. dammr , and AS. fordemman to stop up, Goth. Fa\'a3rdammjan .] 1. A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water.

2. (Metal.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.

Dam plate (Blast Furnace) , an iron plate in front of the dam, to strengthen it.

Dam <Xpage=364>

Dam , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dammed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Damming .] 1. To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up .

I'll have the current in this place dammed up. Shak.

A weight of earth that dams in the water. Mortimer.

2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.

The strait pass was dammed With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. Shak.

To dam out , to keep out by means of a dam.

Damage <Xpage=364>

Dam"age (?) , n. [OF. damage , domage , F. dommage , fr. assumed LL. damnaticum , from L. damnum damage. See Damn .] 1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage . Prov. xxvi. 6.

Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune. Bacon.

2. pl. (Law) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another.

&hand; In common-law action, the jury are the proper judges of damages.

Consequential damage . See under Consequential . -- Exemplary damages (Law) , damages imposed by way of example to others. -- Nominal damages (Law) , those given for a violation of a right where no actual loss has accrued. -- Vindictive damages , those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.

Syn. -- Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See Mischief .

Damage <Xpage=364>

Dam"age , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Damages (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Damaging (?) .] [Cf. OF. damagier , domagier . See Damage , n. ] To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair.

He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. Clarendon.

Damage <Xpage=364>

Dam"age (?) , v. i. To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as. some colors in <?/oth damage in sunlight.

Damageable <Xpage=364>

Dam"age*a*ble (?) , a. [Cf. OF. dammageable , for sense 2.] 1. Capable of being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a damageable cargo .

2. Hurtful; pernicious. [R.]

That it be not demageable unto your royal majesty. Hakluit.

Damage feasant <Xpage=364>

Dam"age fea`sant (?) . [OF. damage + F. faisant doing, p. pr. See Feasible .] (Law) Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle.

Blackstone.

Daman <Xpage=364>

Da"man (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax . The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus ; that of Northern Africa is H. Brucei ; -- called also ashkoko , dassy , and rock rabbit . See Cony , and Hyrax .

Damar <Xpage=364>

Dam"ar (?) , n. See Dammar .

Damascene <Xpage=364>

Dam"as*cene (?) , a. [L. Damascenus of Damascus, fr. Damascus the city, Gr. <?/ . See Damask , and cf. Damaskeen , Damaskin , Damson .] Of or relating to Damascus.

Damascene <Xpage=364>

Dam"as*cene (?) , n. A kind of plume, now called damson . See Damson .

Damascene <Xpage=364>

Dam"as*cene (?) , v. t. Same as Damask , or Damaskeen , v. t. " Damascened armor." Beaconsfield . "Cast and damascened steel." Ure .

Damascus <Xpage=364>

Da*mas"cus (?) , n. [L.] A city of Syria.

Damascus blade , a sword or scimiter, made chiefly at Damascus, having a variegated appearance of watering, and proverbial for excellence. -- Damascus iron , &or; Damascus twist , metal formed of thin bars or wires of iron and steel elaborately twisted and welded together; used for making gun barrels, etc., of high quality, in which the surface, when polished and acted upon by acid, has a damasc appearance. -- Damascus steel . See Damask steel , under Damask , a.

Damask <Xpage=364>

Dam"ask (?) , n. [From the city Damascus , L. Damascus , Gr. <?/ , Heb. Dammesq , Ar. Daemeshq ; cf. Heb. d'meseq damask; cf. It. damasco , Sp. damasco , F. damas . Cf. Damascene , Damass\'90 .] 1. Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like. "A bed of ancient damask ."

W. Irving.

2. Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color.

3. A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings.

4. Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or "water" of such steel.

5. A deep pink or rose color.

Fairfax.

Damask <Xpage=364>

Dam"ask , a. 1. Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus.

2. Having the color of the damask rose.

But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. Shak.

Damask color , a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose. -- Damask plum , a small dark-colored plum, generally called damson . -- Damask rose (Bot.) , a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose ( Rosa damascena ) from Damascus. " Damask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years." Bacon. -- Damask steel , &or; Damascus steel , steel of the kind originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines; especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; -- formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great flexibility and tenacity.

Damask <Xpage=364>

Dam"ask , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Damasked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Damasking .] To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or "water," as metal. See Damaskeen .

Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold. Dryde<?/.

On the soft, downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton.

Damaskeen, Damasken <Xpage=364>

Dam"as*keen` (?) , Dam"as*ken (?) , v. t. [F. damaschinare . See Damascene , v. ] To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or "water" produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask.

Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly engraving, and partly carving. Ure.

Damaskin <Xpage=364>

Dam"as*kin (?) , n. [Cf. F. damasquin , adj., It. damaschino , Sp. damasquino . See Damaskeen .] A sword of Damask steel.

No old Toledo blades or damaskins . Howell <?/.

Damass\'82 <Xpage=364>

Da*mas*s\'82" (?) , a. [F. damass\'82 , fr. damas . See Damask .] Woven like damask. -- n. A damass\'82 fabric, esp. one of linen.

Damassin <Xpage=364>

Dam"as*sin (?) , n. [F., fr. damas . See Damask .] A kind of modified damask or blocade.

Dam1bonite <Xpage=364>

Dam1bo*nite (?) , n. [Cf. F. dambonite .] (Chem.) A white crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caotchouc.

Dambose <Xpage=364>

Dam"bose (?) , n. (Chem.) A crystalline vari ety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite.

Dame <Xpage=364>

Dame (?) , n. [F. dame , LL. domna , fr. L. domina mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to domare to tame, subdue. See Tame , and cf. Dam<?/ mother, Dan , Danger , Dangeon , Dungeon, Dominie , Don , n. , Duenna .] 1. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a womam in authority; especially, a lady.

Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, As that proud dame , the lord protector's wife. Shak.

2. The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school .

In the dame's classes at the village school.

Emerson.

3. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.

4. A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Damewort <Xpage=364>

Dame"wort` (?) , n. (Bot.) A cruciferrous plant ( Hesperis matronalis ), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet .

Loudon.

Damiana <Xpage=364>

Da`mi*a"na (?) , n. [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Med.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.

&hand; There are several varieties derived from different plants, esp. from a species of Turnera and from Bigelovia veneta .

Wood & Bache.

Damianist <Xpage=364>

Da"mi*an*ist (?) , n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

Dammar, Dammara <Xpage=364>

Dam"mar (?) , Dam"ma*ra (?) , n. [Jav. & Malay. damar .] An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine.

Dammar pine , (Bot.) , a tree of the Moluccas ( Agathis, &or; Dammara, orientalis ), yielding dammar.

Dammara <Xpage=364>

Dam"ma*ra , n. (Bot.) A large tree of the order Conifer\'91 , indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis . There are several species.

Damn <Xpage=364>

Damn (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Damned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Damning (?) .] [OE. damnen da<?/pnen (with excrescent p ), OF. damner , dampner , F. damner , fr. L. damnare , damnatum , to condemn, fr. damnum damage, a fine, penalty. Cf. Condemn , Damage .] 1. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censhure.

He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. Shak.

2. (Theol.) To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.

3. To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.

You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing. Pope.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer. Pope.

&hand; Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively.

Damn <Xpage=364>

Damn , v. i. To invoke damnation; to curse. 'While I inwardly damn ."

Goldsmith.

Damnability <Xpage=364>

Dam`na*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being damnable; damnableness.

Sir T. More.

Damnable <Xpage=364>

Dam"na*ble (?) , a. [L. damnabilis , fr. damnare : cf. F. damnable . See Damn .] 1. Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature.

A creature unprepared unmeet for dealth, And to transport him in the mind hi is, Were damnable . Shak.

2. Odious; pernicious; detestable.

Begin, murderer; . . . leave thy damnable faces. Shak.

Damnableness <Xpage=364>

Dam"na*ble*ness , n. The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness.

The damnableness of this most execrable impiety. Prynne.

Damnably <Xpage=364>

Dam"na*bly , adv. 1. In a manner to incur sever<?/ censure, condemnation, or punishment.

2. Odiously; detestably; excessively. [Low]

Damnation <Xpage=364>

Dam*na"tion (?) , n. [F. damnation , L. damnatio , fr. damnare . See Damn .] 1. The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.

2. (Theol.) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.

How can ye escape the damnation of hell? Matt. xxiii. 33.

Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation . Shak.

3. A sin daserving of everlasting punishment. [R.]

The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak.

Dannatory <Xpage=364>

Dan"na*to*ry (?) , a. [L. damnatorius , fr. damnator a condemner.] Doo<?/ing to damnation; condemnatory. " Damnatory invectives."

Hallam.

Damned <Xpage=364>