Dative (a.) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.
Dative (n.) The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.
Datively (adv.) As a gift.
Datolite (n.) A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals.
Data (pl. ) of Datum
Datum (n.) Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Datum (n.) The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem.
Datura (n.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.
Daturine (n.) Atropine; -- called also daturia and daturina.
Daubed (imp. & p. p.) of Daub
Daubing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daub
Daub (v. t.) To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
Daub (v. t.) To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.
Daub (v. t.) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
Daub (v. t.) To flatter excessively or glossy.
Daub (v. t.) To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
Daub (v. i.) To smear; to play the flatterer.
Daub (n.) A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.
Daub (n.) A picture coarsely executed.
Dauber (n.) One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
Dauber (n.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.
Dauber (n.) A low and gross flatterer.
Dauber (n.) The mud wasp; the mud dauber.
Daubery (n.) Alt. of Daubry
Daubry (n.) A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses.
Daubing (n.) The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.
Daubing (n.) A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.
Daubing (n.) In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing.
Daubreelite (n.) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
Dauby (a.) Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.
Daughters (pl. ) of Daughter
Daughtren (pl. ) of Daughter
Daughter (n.) The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.
Daughter (n.) A female descendant; a woman.
Daughter (n.) A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
Daughter (n.) A term of address indicating parental interest.
Daughters-in-law (pl. ) of Daughter-in-law
Daughter-in-law (n.) The wife of one's son.
Daughterliness (n.) The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.
Daughterly (a.) Becoming a daughter; filial.
Dauk (v. t.) See Dawk, v. t., to cut or gush.
Daun (n.) A variant of Dan, a title of honor.
Daunted (imp. & p. p.) of Daunt
Daunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daunt
Daunt (v. t.) To overcome; to conquer.
Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Daunter (n.) One who daunts.
Dauntless (a.) Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.
Dauphin (n.) The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.
Dauphiness (n.) Alt. of Dauphine
Dauphine (n.) The title of the wife of the dauphin.
Dauw (n.) The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi.
Davenport (n.) A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.
Davidic (a.) Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.
Davit (n.) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit.
Davit (n.) Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits.
Davy Jones () The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.
Davy lamp () See Safety lamp, under Lamp.
Davyne (n.) A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius.
Davyum (n.) A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.
Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.
Daw (v. i.) To dawn.
Daw (v. t.) To rouse.
Daw (v. t.) To daunt; to terrify.
Dawdled (imp. & p. p.) of Dawdle
Dawdling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dawdle
Dawdle (v. i.) To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
Dawdle (v. t.) To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.
Dawdle (n.) A dawdler.
Dawdler (n.) One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.
Dawe (n.) Day.
Dawish (a.) Like a daw.
Dawk (n.) See Dak.
Dawk (v. t.) To cut or mark with an incision; to gash.
Dawk (n.) A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber.
Dawned (imp. & p. p.) of Dawn
Dawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dawn
Dawn (v. i.) To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.
Dawn (v. i.) To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
Dawn (n.) The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.
Dawn (n.) First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
Dawsonite (n.) A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals.
Day (n.) 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.
Day (n.) 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.
Day (n.) Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.
Day (n.) A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
Day (n.) (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.
Dayaks (n. pl.) See Dyaks.
Daybook (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 (n.) The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.
Day-coal (n.) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.
Daydream (n.) A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.
Daydreamer (n.) One given to daydreams.
Dayflower (n.) A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers.
Dayfly (n.) 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.
Day-labor (n.) Labor hired or performed by the day.
Day-laborer (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.
Daylight (n.) 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.
Daylight (n.) The eyes.
Day lily () 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.