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The loud daw , his throat displaying, draw The whole assembly of his fellow daws . Waller.

&hand; The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- "Then thou dwellest with daws too." ( Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47. ) Skeat.

Daw <Xpage=370>

Daw , v. i. [OE. dawen . See Dawn .] To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn.

Daw <Xpage=370>

Daw , v. t. [Contr. fr. Adaw .] 1. To rouse. [Obs.]

2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Dawdle <Xpage=370>

Daw"dle (?) , 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 dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson.

We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray.

Dawdle <Xpage=370>

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

Dawdle <Xpage=370>

Daw"dle , n. A dawdler.

Colman & Carrick.

Dawdler <Xpage=370>

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

Dawe <Xpage=370>

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

Chaucer.

Dawish <Xpage=370>

Daw"ish (?) , a. Like a daw.

Dawk <Xpage=370>

Dawk (?) , n. See Dak .

Dawk <Xpage=370>

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 mark with an incision; to gash.

Moxon.

Dawk <Xpage=370>

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

Moxon.

Dawn <Xpage=370>

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. d\'91g day; akin to D. dagen , G. tagen , Icel. daga , Dan. dages , Sw. dagas . See Day . <?/71.] 1. To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns ; the morning dawns .

In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher. Matt. xxviii. 1.

2. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. "In dawning youth."

Dryden.

When life awakes, and dawns at every line. Pope.

Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. Heber,

Dawn <Xpage=370>

Dawn , n. 1. The break of day; the first appeareance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.

And oft at dawn , deep noon, or falling eve. Thomson.

No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn , no dusk, no proper time of day. Hood.

2. First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. "The dawn of time."

Thomson.

These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. Pope.

Dawsonite <Xpage=370>

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

Day <Xpage=370>

Day (?) , n. [OE. day , dai ,, dei , AS. d\'91g ; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag , G, tag , Icel. dagr , Goth. dags ; cf. Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. \'fb69. Cf. Dawn .]

1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.

2. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day ; if it is a star, a sidereal day ; if it is the moon, a lunar day . See Civil day , Sidereal day , below.

3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.

4. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.

A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day . Jowett (Thucyd. )

If my debtors do not keep their day , . . . I must with patience all the terms attend. Dryden.

5. (Preceded by the ) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.

The field of Agincourt, Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus. Shak.

His name struck fear, his conduct won the day . Roscommon.

&hand; Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as, day break, day light, work day , etc.

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Anniversary day . See Anniversary , n. -- Astronomical day , a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. -- Born days . See under Born . -- Canicular days . See Dog day . -- Civil day , the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. -- Day blindness . (Med.) See Nyctalopia . -- Day by day , &or; Day after day , daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under By . " Day by day we magnify thee." Book of Common Prayer . -- Days in bank (Eng. Law) , certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench ( bank ) as it was formerly termed. Burrill . -- Day in court , a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. -- Days of devotion (R. C. Ch.) , certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. Shipley . -- Days of grace . See Grace . -- Days of obligation (R. C. Ch.) , festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. Shipley . -- Day owl , (Zo\'94l.) , an owl that flies by day. See Hawk owl . -- Day rule (Eng. Law) , an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. -- Day school , one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. -- Day sight . (Med.) See Hemeralopia . -- Day's work (Naut.) , the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. -- From day to day , as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day . -- Jewish day , the time between sunset and sunset. -- Mean solar day (Astron.) , the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. -- One day , One of these days , at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. "Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband." Shak . -- Only from day to day , without certainty of continuance; temporarily. Bacon . -- Sidereal day , the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. -- To win the day , to gain the victory, to be successful. S. Butler . -- Week day , any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. -- Working day . (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.

Dayaks <Xpage=371>

Day"aks (?) , n. pl. (Ethnol.) See Dyaks .

Daybook <Xpage=371>

Day"book (?) , 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 are transferred to the journal.

Daybreak <Xpage=371>

Day"break` (?) , n. The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.

Day-coal <Xpage=371>

Day"-coal` (?) , n. (Mining) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.

Daydream <Xpage=371>

Day"dream` (?) , n. A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over. Thackeray.

Daydreamer <Xpage=371>

Day"dream`er (?) , n. One given to draydreams.

Dayflower <Xpage=371>

Day"flow`er (?) , n. (Bot.) A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs ( Commelina ), having ephemeral flowers.

Dayfly <Xpage=371>

Day"fly` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly , under Ephemeral . <-- the Mayfly? = ephemerid of order ephemeroptera -->

Day-labor <Xpage=371>

Day"-la`bor (?) , n. Labor hired or performed by the day. Milton.

Day-laborer <Xpage=371>

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.

Daylight <Xpage=371>

Day"light` (?) , n.

1. The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.

2. pl. The eyes. [Prov. Eng.]

Wright.

Day lily <Xpage=371>

Day" lil`y (?) . (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants ( Hemerocallis ) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers. (b) A genus of plants ( Funkia ) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers.

Daymaid <Xpage=371>

Day"maid` (?) , n. A dairymaid. [Obs.]

Daymare <Xpage=371>

Day"mare` (?) , n. [ Day + mare incubus.] (Med.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare.

Dunglison.

Day-net <Xpage=371>

Day"-net` (?) , n. A net for catching small birds.

Day-peep <Xpage=371>

Day"-peep` (?) , n. The dawn. [Poetic]

Milton.

Daysman <Xpage=371>

Days"man (?) , n. [From day in the sense of day fixed for trial .] An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us. Job ix. 33.

Dayspring <Xpage=371>

Day"spring (?) , n. The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.

Milton.

The tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78.

Day-star <Xpage=371>

Day"-star` (?) , 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, as the orb of day. [Poetic]

So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Milton.

Daytime <Xpage=371>

Day"time` (?) , n. The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.

Daywoman <Xpage=371>

Day"wom`an (?) , n. A dairymaid. [Obs.]

Daze <Xpage=371>

Daze (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dazed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dazing .] [OE. dasen , prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes , dwaes , D. dwaas , foolish, insane, AS. dw<?/s , dysig , stupid. <?/<?/<?/. Cf. Dizzy , Doze .] To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. Spenser.

Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. Sir H. Taylor.

He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. Dickens.

Daze <Xpage=371>

Daze , n. 1. The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze . [Colloq.]

2. (Mining) A glittering stone.

Dazzle <Xpage=371>

Daz"zle (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dazzled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dazzling (?) .] [Freq. of daze .]

1. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze Insufferably bright. Milton.

An unreflected light did never yet Dazzle the vision feminine. Sir H. Taylor.

2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. " Dazzled and drove back his enemies."

Shak.

Dazzle <Xpage=371>

Daz"zle , v. i. 1. To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.

Ah, friend! to dazzle , let the vain design. Pope.

2. To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.

An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle . Bacon.

I dare not trust these eyes; They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise. Dryden.

Dazzle <Xpage=371>

Daz"zle , n. A light of dazzling brilliancy.

Dazzlement <Xpage=371>

Daz"zle*ment (?) , n. Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light.

Donne.

Dazzlingly <Xpage=371>

Daz"zling*ly (?) , adv. In a dazzling manner.

De- <Xpage=371>

De- (?) . A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in de bark, de cline, de cease, de duct, de camp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis - apart, away; or sometimes to de . Cf. Dis- . It is negative and opposite in de range, de form, de stroy, etc. It is intensive in de prave, de spoil, de clare, de solate, etc.

Deacon <Xpage=371>

Dea"con (?) , n. [OE. diakne , deakne , deken , AS. diacon , deacon , L. diaconus , fr. Gr. <?/ a servant or minister, a minister of the church; of uncertain origin. In sense 2 prob. confused with dean .]

1. (Eccl.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.

2. The chairman of an incorporated company. [Scot.]

Deacon <Xpage=371>

Dea"con (?) , v. t. To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off . [Colloq. New. Eng.] See Line , v. t.

&hand; The expression is derived from a former custom in the Congregational churches of New England. It was part of the office of a deacon to read aloud the psalm given out, one line at a time, the congregation singing each line as soon as read; -- called, also, lining out the psalm .

Deaconess <Xpage=371>

Dea"con*ess (?) , n. (Eccl.) A female deacon ; as: (a) (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons. (b) (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. (c) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.

Deaconhood <Xpage=371>

Dea"con*hood (?) , n. The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.

Deaconry <Xpage=371>

Dea"con*ry (?) , n. See Deaconship .

Deaconship <Xpage=371>

Dea"con*ship , n. The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.

Dead <Xpage=371>

Dead (?) , a. [OE. ded , dead , deed , AS. de\'a0d ; akin to OS. d<?/d , D. dood , G. todt , tot , Icel. dau<?/r , Sw. & Dan. d\'94d , Goth. daubs ; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die . See Die , and cf. Death .]

1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living ; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. "The queen, my lord, is dead ."

Shak.

The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger. Arbuthnot.

Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living. Shak.

2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter .

3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep .

4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.

5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor .

6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.

7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. "The ground is a dead flat."

C. Reade.

9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.

I had them a dead bargain. Goldsmith.

10. Bringing death; deadly.

Shak.

11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works. " Dead in trespasses."

Eph. ii. 1.