Defn: Cylindrical, or approaching a cylindrical form.
CYLINDRIC; CYLINDRICALCy*lin"dric (s-ln"drk), Cy*lin"dric*al (-dr-kal), a. Etym:[Gr.cylindrique.]
Defn: Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder. Cylindrical lens, a lens having one, or more than one, cylindrical surface. — Cylindric, or Cylindrical, surface (Geom.), a surface described by a straight line that moves according to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given line. — Cylindrical vault. (Arch.) See under Vault, n.
CYLINDRICALLYCy*lin"dric*al*ly (s-ln"dr-kal-l), adv.
Defn: In the manner or shape of a cylinder; so as to be cylindrical.
CYLINDRICITYCyl*`in*dric"i*ty (sl`n-drs"-t), n
Defn: The quality or condition of being cylindrical.
CYLINDRIFORM Cy*lin"dri*form (s-ln"dr-frm), a. Etym: [L. cylindrus (Gr. -form: cf.F. cylindriforme.]
Defn: Having the form of a cylinder.
CYLINDROIDCyl"in*droid (sl"n-droid), n. Etym: [Gr. -oid: cf. F. cylindro.]
1. A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: A certain surface of the third degree, described by a moving straight line; — used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body and also the forces acting on the body.
CYLINDROMETRICCy*lin`dro*met"ric (s-ln`dr-mt"rk), a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Belonging to a scale used in measuring cylinders.
CYMACy"ma (s"m) n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Cyme]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A cyme. See Cyme. Cyma recta, or Cyma, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and swelling below. — Cyma reversa, or Ogee, a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below.
CYMARCy*mar" (s-mr"), n. Etym: [F. simarre. See Chimere.]
Defn: A sight covering; a scarf. See Simar.Her body shaded with a light cymar. Dryden.
CYMATIUMCy*ma"ti*um (s-m"sh-m), n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Arch.)
Defn: A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.
CYMBAL Cym"bal (sm"bal). n. Etym: [OE. cimbale, simbale, OF. cimbale, F. cymbale, L. cymbalum, fr. Gr. kubha pot. Cf. Chime.]
1. A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle drum, though perhaps smaller.
2. A musical instrument of brass, shaped like a circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back; — used in pairs to produce a sharp ringing sound by clashing them together.
Note: In orchestras, one cymbal is commonly attached to the bass drum, and the other heid in the drummer's left hand, while his right hand uses the drumstick.
3. A musical instrument used by gypsies and others, made of steel wire, in a triangular form, on which are movable rings.
CYMBALISTCym"bal*ist, n.
Defn: A performer upon cymbals.
CYMBIFORM Cym"bi*form (sm"b-frm),, a. Etym: [L. cymba boat (Gr. -form: cf. F. cymbiforme.]
Defn: Shaped like a boat; (Bot.) elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as the glumes of many grasses.
CYMBIUMCym"bi*um (sm"b-m), n. Etym: [L., a small cup, fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of marine univalve shells; the gondola.
CYMECyme (sm), n. Etym: [L. cyma the young sprount of a cabbage, fr. Gr.(Bot.)
Defn: A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms.
CYMENECy"mene (s"mn), n. (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; — called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen.
CYMENOLCy"me*nol (s"m-nl), n. (Chem.)
Defn: See Carvacrol.
CYMIDINECy"mi*dine ( s"m-dn or -dn; 104), n. (Chem.)
Defn: A liquid organic base, C10H13.NH2, derived from cymene.
CYMIFEROUSCy*mif"er*ous (s-mf"r-s), a. Etym: [Cyme + -ferous.]
Defn: Producing cymes.
CYMLING; CYMBLINGCym"ling, Cymb"ling (sm"lng), n.
Defn: A scalloped or "pattypan" variety of summer squash.
CYMOGENECy"mo*gene (s"m-jn), n. (Chem.)
Defn: A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; — used for producing low temperatures.
CYMOGRAPH Cy"mo*graph, n. [Cyma + -graph.] (a) An instrument for making tracings of the outline or contour of profiles, moldings, etc. (b) Var. of Kymograph. —Cy`mo*graph"ic (#), a.
CYMOGRAPHCy"mo*graph, v. t.
Defn: To trace or copy with a cymograph.
CYMOIDCy"moid (s"moid), a. Etym: [Cyme + -oid.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the form of a cyme.
CYMOMETERCy*mom"e*ter, n. [Gr. wave -meter.]
Defn: An instrument for exhibiting and measuring wave motion; specif.(Elec.),
Defn: an instrument for determining the frequency of electic wave oscillations, esp. in connection with wireless telegraphy.
CYMOPHANE Cym"o*phane (sm"-fn or s"m-), n. Etym: [Gr.cymophane. So named in allusion to a peculiar opalescence often seen in it.] (Min.)
Defn: See Chrysoberyl.
CYMOPHANOUSCy*moph"a*nous (s-mf"-ns or s-), a.
Defn: Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.
CYMOSCOPECy"mo*scope, n. [Gr. wave + -scope.] (Elec.)
Defn: Any device for detecting the presence of electric waves. The influence of electric waves on the resistance of a particular kind of electric circuit, on the magnetization of steel, on the polarization of an electrolytic cell, or on the electric condition of a vacuum has been applied in the various cymoscopes.
CYMOSE; CYMOUS Cy"mose (s"ms; 277), Cy"mous (s"ms), a. Etym: [L. cymosus full of shoots: cf. FF. cymeux. See Cyme.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the nature of a cyme, or derived from a cyme; bearing, or pertaining to, a cyme or cymes.
CYMRICCym"ric (km"rk), a. Etym: [W. Cymru Wales.]
Defn: Welsh.— n.
Defn: The Welsh language. [Written also Kymric.]
CYMRYCym"ry (-r), n. Etym: [W., pl.]
Defn: A collective term for the Welsh race; — so called by themselves . [Written also Cymri, Cwmry, Kymry, etc.]
CYMULE Cy"mule (s"ml), n. Etym: [Cf. L. cymula a tender sprout, dim. of cyna. See Cyme.] (Bot.)
Defn: A small cyme, or one of very few flowers.
CYNANCHECy*nan"che (s-nn"k), n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Quinsy.] (Med.)
Defn: Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing.
CYNANTHROPYCy*nan"thro*py (s-nn"thr-p), n. Etym: [Gr. cynanthropie.] (Med.)
Defn: A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.
CYNARCTOMACHYCyn`arc*tom"a*chy (sn`rk-tm"-k). n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Bear baiting with a dog. Hudibras.
CYNARRHODIUMCyn`ar*rho"di*um (sn`r-r"d-m), n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A fruit like that of the rose, consisting of a cup formed of the calyx tube and receptacle, and containing achenes.
CYNEGETICSCyn`e*get"ics (sn`-jt"ks), n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The art of hunting with dogs.
CYNIC; CYNICALCyn"ic (sn"k), Cyn"ic*al (—kal), a. Etym: [L. cynicus of the sect ofCynics, fr. Gr. Hound.]
1. Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson.
2. Pertaining to the Dog Star; as, the cynic, or Sothic, year; cynic cycle.
3. Belonging to the sect of philosophers called cynics; having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or resembling, the doctrines of the cynics.
4. Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who scoffs at pretensions of integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human nature.
Note: In prose, cynical is used rather than cynic, in the senses 1 and 4. Cynic spasm (Med.), a convulsive contraction of the muscles of one side of the face, producing a sort of grin, suggesting certain movements in the upper lip of a dog.
CYNICCyn"ic, n. (Gr. Philos)
1. One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The first Cynics were noted for austere lives and their scorn for social customs and current philosophical opinions. Hence the term Cynic symbolized, in the popular judgment, moroseness, and contempt for the views of others.
2. One who holds views resembling those of the Cynics; a snarler; a misanthrope; particularly, a person who believes that human conduct is directed, either consciously or unconsciously, wholly by self- interest or self-indulgence, and that appearances to the contrary are superficial and untrustworthy. He could obtain from one morose cynic, whose opinion it was impossible to despise, scarcely any not acidulated with scorn. Macaulay.
CYNICALLYCyn"ic*al*ly (sn"-kal-l), adv.
Defn: In a cynical manner.
CYNICALNESSCyn"ic*al*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being cynical.
CYNICISMCyn"i*cism (sn"-sz'm), n.
Defn: The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opnions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions.
CYNOIDEACy*noi"de*a (s-noi"d-a), n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of Carnivora, including the dogs, wolves, and foxes.
CYNOREXIACyn`o*rex"i*a (sn`-rks"-), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A voracious appetite, like that of a starved dog.
CYNOSURALCy`no*su"ral (s`n-sh"ral or sn`-), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a cynosure.
CYNOSURE Cy"no*sure (s"n-shr or sn"-shr; 277), n. Etym: [L. Cynosura theconstellation Cynosure, Gr. Cynic.]
1. The constellation of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed.
2. That which serves to direct. Southey.
3. Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center ofattraction.Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighboring eyes.Milton.
CYONCy"on (s"n), n.
Defn: See Cion, and Scion.
CYPERACEOUSCyp`er*a"ceous (sp`r-"shs or s`pr-), a. (Bot.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large family of plants of which the sedge is the type.
CYPERUSCyp"e*rus (sp"-rs), n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A large genus of plants belonging to the Sedge family, and including the species called galingale, several bulrushes, and the Egyptian papyrus.
CYPHERCy"pher (s"fr), n. & v.
Defn: See Cipher.
CYPHONAUTESCyph`o*nau"tes (sf`-n"tz), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The free-swimming, bivalve larva of certain Bryozoa.
CYPHONISMCyph"o*nism (sf`-nz'm or s, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A punishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting in the besmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to insects. It is still in use among some Oriental nations.
CYPRAEACy*præ"a (s-pr"), n. Etym: [NL.; cf. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie.
CYPRESCy`pres" (s`pr" or s`prs"), n. Etym: [OF., nearly.] (Law)
Defn: A rule for construing written instruments so as to conform as nearly to the intention of the parties as is consistent with law. Mozley & W.
CYPRESSCy"press (s"prs), n.; pl. Cypresses (- Etym: [OE. cipres, cipresse,OF. cipres, F. cypr, L. cupressus, cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat.form cupressus), fr. Gr. g, Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot)
Defn: A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability.
Note: Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, the evergreen American cypress, C. thyoides (now called Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea), and the deciduous American cypress, Taxodium distichum. As having anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs, the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and sadness. Cypress vine (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white flowers (Ipotoea Quamoclit, formerly Quamoclit vulgaris).
CYPRIANCyp"ri*an (sp"r-an), a. Etym: [L. Cyprius, fr. Cyprus, Gr.
1. Belonging to Cyprus.
2. Of, pertaining, or conducing to, lewdness.
CYPRIANCyp"ri*an, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Cyprus, especially of ancient Cyprus; a Cypriot.
2. A lewd woman; a harlot.
CYPRINECyp"rine (sp"rn or s"prn), a. Etym: [Cf. Cypress.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the cypress.
CYPRINECyp"rine, a. Etym: [See Cyprinoid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Cyprinoid.
CYPRINODONTCy*prin"o*dont (s-prn"-dnt), n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows. See Minnow.
CYPRINOIDCyp"ri*noid (sp"r-noid), a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like the carp (Cyprinus).— n.
Defn: One of the Cyprinidae, or Carp family, as the goldfish, barbel, etc.
CYPRIOTCyp"ri*ot (sp"r-t), n. Etym: [F. Cypriot, Chypriot.]
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Cyprus.
CYPRIPEDIUM Cyp`ri*pe"di*um (sp`r-p"d-m), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Cypris Venus + pes, pedis, foot.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.
CYPRIS Cy"pris (s"prs), n.; pl. Cyprides (s. Etym: [L. Cypris, the Cyprian goddess Venus, Gr. Cyprian.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of small, bivalve, freshwater Crustacea, belonging to the Ostracoda; also, a member of this genus.
CYPRUS Cy"prus (s"prs), n. Etym: [OE. cipres, cypirs; perh. so named as being first manufactured in Cyprus. Cf. Cipers.]
Defn: A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning. [Obs.] Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow. Shak.
CYPRUSLAWNCy"prus*lawn` (-ln`), n.
Defn: Same as Cyprus. Milton.
CYPSELACyp"se*la (sp"s-l), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A one-seeded, one-called, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent.
CYPSELIFORMCyp*sel"i*form (sp-sl"-frm), a. Etym: [L. cypselus a kind of swallow,Gr. -form.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselidæ.)
CYRENAIC Cyr`e*na"ic (sr`-n"k or s`r-), a. Etym: [L. Cyrenaicus, fr. Cyrene, in Libya.]
Defn: Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene. — n.
Defn: A native of Cyrenaica; also, a disciple of the school ofAristippus. See Cyrenian, n.
CYRENIANCy*re"ni*an (s-r"n-an), a.
Defn: Pertaining to Cyrene, in Africa; Cyrenaic.
CYRENIANCy*re"ni*an, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Cyrene.
2. One of a school of philosophers, established at Cyrene by Aristippus, a disciple of Socrates. Their doctrines were nearly the same as those of the Epicureans.
CYRIOLOGICCyr`i*o*log"ic (sr`—lj"k or s`r-), a. Etym: [See Curiologic.]
Defn: Relating to capital letters.
CYRTOSTYLECyr"to*style (sr"t-stl), n. Etym: [Gr. (Arch.)
Defn: A circular projecting portion.
CYSTCyst (sst), n. Etym: [Gr. Cyme.]
1. (Med.) (a) A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavaties or in the substance of an organ. (b) In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder. [Written also cystis.]
2. (Bot.)
Defn: One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algæ, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores. D. C. Eaton.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature entozoans exit in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form in Rotifera, etc. (b) A form assumed by Protozoa inwhich they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.
CYSTEDCyst"ed (ss"td), a.
Defn: Inclosed in a cyst.
CYSTICCyst"ic (ss"tk), a. Etym: [Cf. F. cystique.]
1. Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa.
2. Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma.
3. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder. Cystic duct, the duct from the gall bladder which unites with the hepatic to form the common bile duct. — Cystic worm (Zoöl.), a larval tape worm, as the cysticercus and echinococcus.
CYSTICERCE; CYSTICERCUS Cys"ti*cerce (ss"t-srs), Cys`ti*cer"cus (-sr"ks), n. Etym: [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. cysticerque.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; — called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle).
Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine. See Measles, 4, Tapeworm.
CYSTICULECys"ti*cule (ss"t-kl), n. Etym: [Dim. of cyst.] (Anat.)
Defn: An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes. Owen.
CYSTIDCys"tid (ss"td), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Cystidea.
CYSTIDEACys*tid"e*a (ss-td"-), n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems.
CYSTIDEANCys*tid"e*an (-td"-an), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Cystidea.
CYSTINECyst"ine (ss"tn; 104), n. Etym: [See Cyst.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline substance, C3H7NSO2, containing sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine.
CYSTISCys"tis (ss"ts), n. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: A cyst. See Cyst.
CYSTITISCys*ti"tis (ss-t"ts), n. Etym: [Cyst + -itis: cf. F. cystite.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the bladder.
CYSTOCARPCys"to*carp (ss"t-krp), n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores.
CYSTOCELECys"to*cele (-sl), n. Etym: [Gr. cystocele.] (Med.)
Defn: Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.
CYSTOID; CYSTOIDEANCys"toid, Cys*toid"e*an, n.
Defn: Same as Cystidean.
CYSTOIDEACys*toi"de*a (ss-toi"d-), n.
Defn: Same as Cystidea.
CYSTOLITHCys"to*lith (ss"t-lth), n. Etym: [Gr. -lith.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.
2. (Med.)
Defn: A urinary calculus.
CYSTOLITHICCys`to*lith"ic (-lth"k), a. (Med.)
Defn: Relating to stone in the bladder.
CYSTOPLASTCys"to*plast (-plst), n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.
CYSTOSECyst"ose (ss"ts), a.
Defn: Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.
CYSTOTOMECys"to*tome (ss"t-tm), n. Etym: [Gr. cystotome.] (Surg.)
Defn: A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.
CYSTOTOMYCys*tot"o*my (ss-tt"-m), n. Etym: [Gr. cystotomie.]
Defn: The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.
CYTHEREANCyth`er*e"an (sth`r—"an), a. Etym: [L. Cythereus, from Cythera, Gr.Cerigo, an island in the Ægean Sea, celebrated for the worship ofVenus.]
Defn: Pertaining to the goddess Venus.
CYTOBLASTCy"to*blast (s"t-blst), n. Etym: [Gr. -blast.] (Biol.)
Defn: The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place.
CYTOBLASTEMACy`to*blas*te"ma (-bls-t"m), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: See Protoplasm.
CYTOCOCCUSCy`to*coc"cus (-kk"ks), n.; pl. Cytococci (-s. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.(Biol.)
Defn: The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell. Hæckel.
CYTODECy"tode (s"td), n. Etym: [Gr. Cyst.] (Biol.)
Defn: A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present.
CYTOGENESISCy`to*gen"e*sis (s`t-jn"-ss), n. Etym: [Gr. genesis.] (Biol.)
Defn: Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. SeeGemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell.
CYTOGENIC; CYTOGENETICCy`to*gen"ic (s`t-jn"k), Cy`to*ge*net"ic (-j-nt"k), a. (Biol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to cytogenesis or cell development.
CYTOGENOUSCy*tog"e*nous (s-tj"-ns), a. (Anat.)
Defn: Producing cells; — applied esp. to lymphatic, or adenoid, tissue.
CYTOGENYCy*tog"e*ny (-n), n . (Biol.)
Defn: Cell production or development; cytogenesis.
CYTOIDCy"toid (s"toid), a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Cell-like; — applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc.
CYTOPLASMCy"to*plasm (s"t-plz'm), n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus. — Cy`to*plas"mic (-pl, a.
CYTULACyt"u*la (st"-l), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development of which the child or other organism is formed. Hæckel.
CZAR Czar (zär), n. Etym: [Russ. tsare, fr. L. Caesar Cæsar; cf. OPol. czar, Pol. car. ]
Defn: A king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia. [Written also tzar.]
CZAREVNACza*rev"na (z-rv"n), n. Etym: [Russ. tsarevna.]
Defn: The title of the wife of the czarowitz.
CZARINA Cza*ri"na (z-r"n), n. Etym: [Cf. G. Zarin, Czarin, fem., Russ. tsaitsa.]
Defn: The title of the empress of Russia.
CZARINIANCza*rin"i*an (z-rn"-an), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the czar or the czarina; czarish.
CZARISHCzar"ish (zr"sh), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the czar.
CZAROWITZCzar"o*witz (zr"-wts or tr"-vch), n.; pl. Czarowitzes (-. Etym:[Russ. tsar.]
Defn: The title of the eldest son of the czar of Russia.
CZECHCzech (chk; 204), n.
1. One of the Czechs.
2. The language of the Czechs (often called Bohemian), the harshest and richest of the Slavic languages.
CZECHICCzech"ic (chk"k), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Czechs. "One Czechic realm." TheNation.
CZECHS Czechs (chks), n. pl.; sing. Czech. Etym: [Named after their chieftain, Czech.] (Ethnol.)
Defn: The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia.
1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonent. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Phoenician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation, sq. root178, 179, 229.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F.
3. As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign
DABDab, n. Etym: [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.]
Defn: A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.] One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the therd is a dab at an index. Goldsmith.
DAB Dab, n. Etym: [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A name given to several species of Pleuronectes . TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
DAB Dab, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Dabbed; p.pr.& vb.n. Dabbing.] Etym: [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.]
1. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber. A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. S. Sharp.
2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. "To dab him in the neck." Sir T. More.
DABDab, n.
1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. Astratch of her clame, a dab of her beack. Hawthorne.
2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.
DABBDabb, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found inEgypt, Arabia, and Palestine; — called also dhobb, and dhabb.
DABBERDab"ber, n.
Defn: That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.
DABBLE Dab"ble, v. t. [imp.&p.p Dabbled; p.pr.&vb.n. Dabbling.] Etym: [Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.]
Defn: To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Shak.
DABBLEDab"ble, v. i.
1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. Wher the duck dabbles Wordsworth.
2. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. "Dabbling here and there with the text." Atterbury. During the ferst year at Dumfries, Burns for the ferst time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp.
DABBLERDab"bler, n.
1. One who dabbles.
2. One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler. "our dabblers in politics." Swift.
DABBLINGLYDab"bling*ly, adv.
Defn: In a dabbling manner.
DABCHICKDab"chick`, n. Etym: [For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; — called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.
DABOIADa*boi"a, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica).
DABSTERDab"ster, n. Etym: [Cf. Dab an expert.]
Defn: One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept. [Colloq.]
Note: Sometimes improperly used for dabbler; as, "I am but a dabster with gentle art."
DACAPODa`ca"po. Etym: [It., from [the] head or beginning.] (Mus.)
Defn: From the beginning; a direction to return to, and end with, the first strain; — indicated by the letters D. C. Also, the strain so repeated.
DACEDace, n. Etym: [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, ofGerman origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. SeeDart a javelin.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus orLeuciscus vulgaris); — called also dare.
Note: In America the name is given to several related fishes of the genera Squalius, Minnilus, etc. The black-nosed dace is Rhinichthys atronasus the horned dace is Semotilus corporalis. For red dace, see Redfin.
DACHSHUNDDachs"hund`, n. Etym: [G., from dachs badger + hund dog.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; — called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough- haired and the smooth-haired.
DACIANDa"cian, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians.— n.
Defn: A native of ancient Dacia.
DACOITDa*coit" (da*koit"), n. [Hind. dsakait, dsakayat.]
Defn: One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.
DACOITYDa*coit"y, n.
Defn: The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits.
DACOTAHSDa*co"tahs, n. pl.; sing. Dacotan (. (Ethnol.)
Defn: Same as Dacotas. Longfellow.
DACTYLDac"tyl, n. Etym: [L. dactylus, Gr. Digit.]
1. (Pros.)
Defn: A poetical foot of three sylables (— ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tëgmînê, E. mer"ciful; — so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [Written also dactyle.]
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A finger or toe; a digit. (b) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.
DACTYLARDac"tyl*ar, a.
1. Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean.
DACTYLETDac"tyl*et, n. Etym: [Dactyl + .]
Defn: A dactyl. [Obs.]
DACTYLICDac*tyl"ic, a. Etym: [L. dactylicus, Gr. , fr. .]
Defn: Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.
DACTYLICDac*tyl"ic, n.
1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
2. pl.
Defn: Dactylic meters.
DACTYLIOGLYPH Dactyl"i*o*glyph, n. Etym: [Gr. an engraver of gems; finger ring (fr. finger) + to engrave.] (Fine Arts) (a) An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments. (b) The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.
DACTYLIOGLYPHYDac*tyl`i*og"ly*phy, n.
Defn: The art or process of gem engraving.
DACTYLIOGRAPHY Dac*tyl`i*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. finger ring + .] (Fine Arts) (a) The art of writing or engraving upon gems. (b) In general, the literature or history of the art.
DACTYLIOLOGY Dac*tyl`i* ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. finger ring + .] (Fine Arts) (a) That branch of archæology which has to do with gem engraving. (b) That branch of archæology which has to do with finger rings.
DACTYLIOMANCYDac*tyl"i*o*man`cy, n. Etym: [Gr. dakty`lios + -mancy.]
Defn: Divination by means of finger rings.
DACTYLISTDac"tyl*ist, n.
Defn: A writer of dactylic verse.
DACTYLITISDac`tyl*i"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. finger + -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: An inflammatory affection of the fingers. Gross.
DACTYLOLOGYDac`tyl*o"logy, n. Etym: [Gr. finger + -logy.]
Defn: The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; — a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.
Note: There are two different manual alphabets, the one hand alphabet (which was perfected by Abbé de l'Epée, who died in 1789), and the two hand alphabet. The latter was probably based on the manual alphabet published by George Dalgarus of Aberdeen, in 1680. See Illustration in Appendix.
DACTYLOMANCYDac*tyl"o*man`cy, n.
Defn: Dactylio mancy. [R.] Am. Cyc.
DACTYLONOMYDac`tyl*on"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. finger + law, distribution.]
Defn: The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.
DACTYLOPTEROUSDac`tyl*op"ter*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. finger + wing, fin.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards.
DACTYLOTHECADac`ty*lo*the"ca, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. finger, toe + case, box.](Zoöl.)
Defn: The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds.
DACTYLOZOOIDDac`tyl*o*zo"oid, n. Etym: [Gr. finger + E. zooid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora.
DADDad, n. Etym: [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. daid, Gael. daidein,W. tad, OL. , , Skr. tata.]
Defn: Father; — a word sometimes used by children. I was never so bethumped withwords, Since I first called my brother's father dad. Shak.
DADDLEDad"dle, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Daddled, p.pr. & vb.n. Daddling.] Etym:[Prob. freq. of dade.]
Defn: To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly.
DADDOCKDad"dock, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. dad a large piece.]
Defn: The rotten body of a tree. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
DADDYDad"dy, n.
Defn: Diminutive of Dad. Dryden.
DADDY LONGLEGSDad"dy long"legs`.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; — called also harvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; — called also father longlegs.
DADEDade, v. t. Etym: [Of. uncertain origin. Cf. Dandle, Daddle.]
Defn: To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child whilehe toddles. [Obs.]Little children when they learn to go By painful mothers daded to andfro. Drayton.
DADEDade, v. i.
Defn: To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly. [Obs.] No sooner taught to dade, but from their mother trip. Drayton.
DADO Da"do, n.; pl. Dadoes. Etym: [It. dado die, cube, pedestal; of the same origin as E. die, n. See Die, n.] (Arch.) (a) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column. Hence: (b) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base. (c) In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
DAEDAL; DAEDALIANDæ"dal, Dæ*dal"ian, a. Etym: [L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr.; cf. to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythicalDædalus (Gr. , lit., the cunning worker).]
1. Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious. Our bodies decked in our dædalian arms. Chapman. The dædal hand of Nature. J. Philips. The doth the dædal earth throw forth to thee, Out of her fruitful, abundant flowers. Spenser.
2. Crafty; deceitful. [R.] Keats.
DAEDALOUSDæd"a*lous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having a variously cut or incised margin; — said of leaves.
DAEMON; DAEMONICDæ"mon, n., Dæ*mon"ic (, a.
Defn: See Demon, Demonic.
DAFFDaff, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Doff.]
Defn: To cast aside; to put off; to doff. [Obs.]Canst thou so daff me Thou hast killed my child. Shak.
DAFFDaff, n. Etym: [See Daft.]
Defn: A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DAFFDaff, v. i.
Defn: To act foolishly; to be foolish or sportive; to toy. [Scot.]Jamieson.
DAFFDaff, v. t.
Defn: To daunt. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
DAFFODIL Daf"fo*dil, n. Etym: [OE. affodylle, prop., the asphodel, fr. LL. affodillus (cf. D. affodille or OF. asphodile, aphodille, F. asphodèle), L. asphodelus, fr. Gr. . The initial d in English is not satisfactorily explained. See Asphodel.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Asphodelus. (b) A plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc. With damasc roses and daffadowndillies set. Spenser. Strow me the ground with daffadowndillies, And cowslips, and kingcups, and loved lilies. Spenser. A college gown That clad her like an April Daffodilly. Tennyson And chance-sown daffodil. Whittier.
DAFTDaft, a. Etym: [OE. daft, deft, deft, stupid; prob. the same word asE. deft. See Deft.]
1. Stupid; folish; idiotic; also, delirious; insance; as, he has gone daft. Let us think no more of this daft business Sir W. Scott.
2. Gay; playful; frolicsome. [Scot.] Jamieson.
DAFTNESSDaft"ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being daft.
DAG Dag, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dague, LL. daga, D. dagge (fr. French); all prob. fr. Celtic; Cf. Gael. dag a pistol, Armor. dag dagger, W. dager, dagr, Ir. daigear. Cf. Dagger.]
1. A dagger; a poniard. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. A large pistol formerly used. [Obs.] The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some. Foxe. A sort of pistol, called dag, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts. Grose.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The unbrunched antler of a young deer.
DAG Dag, n. Etym: [Of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. dagg, Icel. dögg. sq. root71. See Dew.]
Defn: A misty shower; dew. [Obs.]
DAG Dag, n. Etym: [OE. dagge (cf. Dagger); or cf. AS. dag what is dangling.]
Defn: A loose end; a dangling shred.Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail.Wedgwood.
DAGDag, v. t. Etym: [1, from Dag dew. 2, from Dag a loose end.]
1. To daggle or bemire. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson.
2. To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment. [Obs.] Wright.
DAGDag, v. i.
Defn: To be misty; to drizzle. [Prov. Eng.]
DAGGER Dag"ger, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See Dag a dagger.]
1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.
2. (Print.)
Defn: A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [|]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; — called also obelisk. Dagger moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larvæ are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc. — Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. Shak. — Double dagger, a mark of reference [||] which comes next in order after the dagger. — To look, or speak, daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.
DAGGERDag"ger, v. t.
Defn: To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.]
DAGGERDag"ger, n. Etym: [Perh. from diagonal.]
Defn: A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. Knight.
DAGGESDagges, n. pl. Etym: [OE. See Dag a loose end.]
Defn: An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. [Obs.] Halliwell.
DAGGLEDag"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Daggling.]Etym: [Freq. of dag, v. t., 1.]
Defn: To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; tomoisten.The warrior's very plume, I say, Was daggled by the dashing spray.Sir W. Scott.
DAGGLEDag"gle, v. i.
Defn: To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush;to draggle.Nor, like a puppy [have I] daggled through the town. Pope.
DAGGLE-TAIL; DAGGLE-TAILEDDag"gle-tail`, Dag"gle-tailed`, a.
Defn: Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
DAGGLE-TAILDag"gle-tail`, n.
Defn: A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
DAGLOCKDag"lock`, n. Etym: [Dag a loose and + lock.]
Defn: A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.
DAGODa"go, n.; pl. Dagos. Etym: [Cf. Sp. Diego, E. James.]
Defn: A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension,Portuguese or Italian) descent. [U. S.]
DAGOBADa*go"ba, n. Etym: [Singhalese dagoba.]
Defn: A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or someBuddhist saint. [East Indies]
DAGONDa"gon, Etym: [Heb. Dagon, fr. dag a fish: cf. Gr. .]
Defn: The national god of the Philistines, represented with the faceand hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish. W. Smith.This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon, their sea idol.Milton.They brought it into the house of Dagon. 1 Sam. v. 2.
DAGONDag"on, n. Etym: [See Dag a loose end.]
Defn: A slip or piece. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DAGSWAINDag"swain`, n. Etym: [From Dag a loose end]
Defn: Acoarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool."Under coverlets made of dagswain." Holinshed.
DAG-TAILEDDag"-tailed`, a. Etym: [Dag a loose end + tail.]
Defn: Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. "Dag- tailed sheep." Bp. Hall.
DAGUERREAN; DAGUERREIANDa*guer"re*an, Da*guerre"i*an, a.
Defn: Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.
DAGUERREOTYPEDa*guerre"o*type, n. Etym: [From Daguerre the inventor + -type.]
1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury.
2. The process of taking such pictures.
DAGUERREOTYPEDa*guerre"o*type, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Daguerreotyped; p. pr. & vb. n.Daguerreotyping.]
1. To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture.
2. To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.
DAGUERREOTYPER; DAGUERREOTYPISTDa*guerre"o*ty`per, Da*guerre"o*ty`pist, n.
Defn: One who takes daguerreotypes.
DAGUERREOTYPYDa*guerre"o*ty`py, n.
Defn: The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre.
DAHABEAHDa`ha*be"ah, n. Etym: [Ar.]
Defn: A nile boat
DAHLIA Dah"lia, n.; pl. Dahlias. Etym: [Named after Andrew Dahl a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositæ; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color.
DAHLINDah"lin, n. Etym: [From Dahlia.] (Chem.)
Defn: A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; — called also inulin. See Inulin.
DAHOONDa*hoon" (da*hoon"), [Origin unknown.]
Defn: An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close- grained wood; — called also dahoon holly.
DAILINESSDai"li*ness, n.
Defn: Daily occurence. [R.]
DAILYDai"ly, a. Etym: [AS. dæglic; dæg day + -lic like. See Day.]
Defn: Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin. Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11. Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands. Macaulay.
Syn. — Daily, Diurnal. Daily is Anglo-Saxon, and diurnal is Latin. The former is used in reference to the ordinary concerns of life; as, daily wants, daily cares, daily employments. The latter is appropriated chiefly by astronomers to what belongs to the astronomical day; as, the diurnal revolution of the earth. Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heaven on all his ways. Milton. Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible diurnal sphere. Milton.
DAILYDai"ly, n.; pl. Dailies (.
Defn: A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.
DAILYDai"ly, adv.
Defn: Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
DAIMIO Dai"mi*o, n.; pl. Daimios. Etym: [Jap., fr. Chin. tai ming great name.]
Defn: The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.daimyo The daimios, or territorial nobles, resided in Yedo and were divided into four classes. Am. Cyc.
DAINTDaint, n. Etym: [See Dainty, n.]
Defn: Something of exquisite taste; a dainty. [Obs.] — a.
Defn: Dainty. [Obs.]To cherish him with diets daint. Spenser.
DAINTIFYDain"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daintified; p. pr. & vb. n.Daintifying.] Etym: [Dainty + -fy.]
Defn: To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious. "Daintified emotion." Sat. rev.
DAINTILYDain"ti*ly, adv.
Defn: In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.
DAINTINESSDain"ti*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness. The daintiness and niceness of our captains Hakluyt. More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. Hakewill. The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, Sir H. Wotton.
DAINTRELDain"trel, n. Etym: [From daint or dainty; cf. OF. daintier.]
Defn: Adelicacy. [Obs.] Halliwell.
DAINTY Dain"ty, n.; pl. Dainties. Etym: [OE. deinie, dainte, deintie, deyntee, OF. deintié delicacy, orig., dignity, honor, fr. L. dignitas, fr. dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Dignity.]
1. Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. [Obs.] I ne told no deyntee of her love. Chaucer.
2. That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. That precious nectar may the taste renew Of Eden's dainties, by our parents lost. Beau. & Fl.
3. A term of fondness. [Poetic] B. Jonson.
Syn. — Dainty, Delicacy. These words are here compared as denoting articles of food. The term delicacy as applied to a nice article of any kind, and hence to articles of food which are particularly attractive. Dainty is stronger, and denotes some exquisite article of cookery. A hotel may be provided with all the delicacies of the season, and its table richly covered with dainties. These delicacies I mean of taste, sight, smell, herbs, fruits, and flowers, Walks and the melody of birds. Milton. [A table] furnished plenteously with bread, And dainties, remnants of the last regale. Cowper.
DAINTYDain"ty, a. [Compar. Daintier; superl. Daintiest.]
1. Rare; valuable; costly. [Obs.] Full many a deynté horse had he in stable. Chaucer.
Note: Hence the proverb "dainty maketh dearth," i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious.
2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome. Dainty bits Make rich the ribs. Shak.
3. Nice; delicate;elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed;neat; tender.Those dainty limbs which nature lent For gentle usage and softdelicacy. Milton.Iwould be the girdle. About her dainty, dainty waist. Tennyson.
4. Requirinig daintles. Hence; Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; sqrupulous; ceremonious. Thew were a fine and Dainty people. Bacon. And let us not be dainty of leave taking, But shift away. Shak. To make dainty, to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [Obs.] Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all Will now deny to dance She that makes dainty, She, I'll swear, hath corns. Shak.
DAIRADa"ï*ra, n. [Turk. daire circuit department, fr. Ar. daïrah circle.]
Defn: Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or his family. The most important are the Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh, or 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.
DAIRYDai"ry, n.;pl. Dairies. Etym: [OE. deierie, from deie, daie, maid; ofScand. origin; cf. Icel. deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja, orig., abaking maid, fr. Icel. deig. Dough.]
1. The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese. What stores my dairies and my folds contain. Dryden.
2. That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese. Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter. Temple.
3. A dairy farm. [R.]
Note: Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc.
DAIRYINGDai"ry*ing, n.
Defn: The business of conducting a dairy.
DAIRYMAIDDai"ry*maid`, n.
Defn: A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy.
DAIRYMANDai"ry*man, n.; pl. Dairymen (.
Defn: A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy.
DAIRYWOMANDai"ry*wom`an, n.; pl. Dairywomen (.
Defn: A woman who attends to a dairy.
DAISDa"is (da"îs), n. Etym: [OE. deis, des, table, dais, OF. deis table,F. dais a canopy, L. discus a quoit, a dish (from the shape), LL.,table, fr. Gr. a quoit, a dish. See Dish.]
1. 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. [Obs.]
2. A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.
3. A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity. [Obs.] Shiply.
DAISIEDDai"sied, a.
Defn: Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. "The daisied green."Langhorne.The grass all deep and daisied. G. Eliot.
DAISY Dai"sy, n.; pl. Daisies. Etym: [OE. dayesye, AS. dæges day's eye, daisy. See Day, and Eye.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositæ. The common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays. (b) The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; — called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.
Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane. Michaelmas daisy (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species. — Oxeye daisy (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy (b).
DAKDak, n. Etym: [Hind. .]
Defn: Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; — spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India] Dak boat, a mail boat. Percy Smith. — Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the and of a dak stage. — To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquines or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.
DAKER; DAKIRDa"ker, Da"kir, n. Etym: [See Dicker.] (O. Eng. & Scots Law)
Defn: 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. Burrill.
DAKER HEN Da"ker hen`. Etym: [Perh. fr. W. crecial the daker hen; crec a sharp noise (creg harsh, hoarse, crechian to scream) + iar hen; or cf. D. duiken to dive, plunge.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The corncrake or land rail.
DAKOIT; DAKOITYDa*koit", n., Da*koit"y, n.
Defn: See Dacoit, Dacoity.
DAKOTA GROUPDa*ko"ta group`. (Geol.)
Defn: A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; — so named from the region where the strata were first studied.
DAKOTASDa*ko"tas, n. pl.; sing. Dacota (. (Ethnol.)
Defn: 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.]
DALDal, n. Etym: [Hind.]
Defn: Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus. [East Indies]
DALE Dale, n. Etym: [AS. dæl; akin to LG., D., Sw., Dan., OS., & Goth. dal, Icel. dalr, OHG. tal, G. thal, and perth. to Gr. a rotunda, Skr. dhara depth. Cf. Dell.]