That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column. In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base. In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
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Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious.
Having a variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves.
See Demon, Demonic.
To daunt.
A plant of the genus Asphodelus. A plant of the genus Narcissus (Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc.
Stupid; foolish; idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he has gone daft.
The quality of being daft.
To be misty; to drizzle.
Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
the lemonwood tree (Calycophyllum candidissimum); -- it is a tropical American tree which is source of a tough elastic wood.
the Mesopotanian god of agriculture and earth; it is a counterpart of Phoenician and Philistine Dagon.
in Irish legend, chief god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit.
a relatively nontoxic South African herb (Leonotis leonurus) smoked like tobacco.
A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans.
To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.
A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.
A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent.
A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.
A slip or piece.
A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool.
Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.
To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture.
One who takes daguerreotypes.
The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre.
A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails.
A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Composit/; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color.
A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin.
a radish of Japan (Raphanus sativus longipinnatus) with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked.
the lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland; -- also called the Dail Eirann. From its members is selected the Taoiseach, or prime minister.
Daily occurence.
Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.
Something of exquisite taste; a dainty. Dainty.
To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious.
In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.
The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.
Adelicacy.
Rare; valuable; costly.
an alcoholic beverage containing rum and lime or lemon juice, usually mixed with a fruit juice or fruit extract and often blended with crushed ice; as, a strawberry daiquiri.
Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or his family. The most important are the Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh (s/"n/*/), or Da"i*ra Sa"ni*yeh, and the Da"i*ra Khas"sa, administered by the khedive's European bondholders, and known collectively as the Daira, or the Daira estates.
The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.
The business of conducting a dairy.
A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy.
A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy.
A woman who attends to a dairy.
The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.
Full of daisies; adorned with daisies.
A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Composit/. The common English and classical daisy is Bellis perennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays. The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.
any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays.
Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk.
The capital city of Senegal. Population (2000) = 1,729,823.
A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs.
See Dacoit, Dacoity.
An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux.
Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus.
a large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers.
A low place between hills; a vale or valley.
a genus of plants including the indigo bush.
One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc.
imp. of Delve.
A rapid, esp. one where the channel is narrowed between rock walls.
The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.
One who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words.
a tall tufted perennial tropical American grass (Paspalum dilatatum) naturalized as pasture and forage grass in the southern U.S.
A tuft or clump.
To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks.
Same as Dalmania.
Of or pertaining to Dalmatia.
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.
a herb of the Pacific islands (Colocasia esculenta) grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
John Dalton, scientist, born 1766, died 1844.
a unit of mass, approximately 1.66 x 10-24 grams; -- it is approximately equal to the mass of one hydrogen atom, but the exact value differs slightly as used in physics and chemistry. It is used mostly to describe the size of proteins and nucleic acids in biochemistry.
One afflicted with color blindness.
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.
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.
a genus of deer including the Eurasian fallow deer, Dama dama.
To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soundness or value; as, some colors in cloth damage in sunlight.
Capable of being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a damageable cargo.
changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite of undamaged.
a sum of money paid in compensation for an injury or wrong.
causing harm or injury; as, damaging to career and reputation.
a genus of African antelopes including the sassaby, Damaliscus lunatus.
A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of Northern Africa is Hyrax Brucei; -- called also ashkoko, dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax.
See Dammar.
A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damaras include an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras, who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus.
Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t.
decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; -- of metallic objects; as, a damascened sword.
The capital city of Syria. Population (2000) = 1,549,932.
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.
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.
A sword of Damask steel.
Woven like damask. A damass/ fabric, esp. one of linen.
A kind of modified damask or brocade.
A white, crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc.
A crystalline variety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite.
A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.
A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet.
A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.
A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
A large tree of the order Conifer/, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species.
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.
To invoke damnation; to curse.
The quality of being damnable; damnableness.
Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature.
The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness.
In a manner to incur severe censure, condemnation, or punishment.
The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
Dooming to damnation; condemnatory.
Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition.
Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious.
That which causes damage or loss.
To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to impair.
That damns; damnable; as, damning evidence of guilt.
Tendency to bring damnation.
Harm; detriment, either to character or property.
See Damsel.
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