Dag (v. t.) To daggle or bemire.
Dag (v. t.) To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment.
Dag (v. i.) To be misty; to drizzle.
Dagger (n.) A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.
Dagger (n.) 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 (v. t.) To pierce with a dagger; to stab.
Dagger (n.) A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
Dagges (n. pl.) An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans.
Daggled (imp. & p. p.) of Daggle
Daggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daggle
Daggle (v. t.) To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.
Daggle (v. i.) To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.
Daggle-tail (a.) Alt. of Daggle-tailed
Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
Daggle-tail (n.) A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
Daglock (n.) A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.
Dagos (pl. ) of Dago
Dago (n.) A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent.
Dagoba (n.) A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.
Dagon () The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish.
Dagon (n.) A slip or piece.
Dagswain (n.) A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool.
Dag-tailed (a.) Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
Daguerrean (a.) Alt. of Daguerreian
Daguerreian (a.) Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.
Daguerreotype (n.) 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.
Daguerreotype (n.) The process of taking such pictures.
Daguerreotyped (imp. & p. p.) of Daguerreotype
Daguerreotyping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daguerreotype
Daguerreotype (v. t.) To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture.
Daguerreotype (v. t.) To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.
Daguerreotyper (n.) Alt. of Daguerreotypist
Daguerreotypist (n.) One who takes daguerreotypes.
Daguerreotypy (n.) The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre.
Dahabeah (n.) A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails.
Dahlias (pl. ) of Dahlia
Dahlia (n.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color.
Dahlin (n.) A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin.
Dailiness (n.) Daily occurence.
Daily (a.) Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.
Dailies (pl. ) of Daily
Daily (n.) A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.
Daily (adv.) Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
Daimios (pl. ) of Daimio
Daimio (n.) The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.
Daint (n.) Something of exquisite taste; a dainty.
Daint (a.) Dainty.
Daintified (imp. & p. p.) of Daintify
Daintifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daintify
Daintify (v. t.) To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious.
Daintily (adv.) In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.
Daintiness (n.) The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.
Daintrel (n.) Adelicacy.
Dainties (pl. ) of Dainty
Dainty (n.) Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything.
Dainty (n.) That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.
Dainty (n.) A term of fondness.
Dainty (superl.) Rare; valuable; costly.
Dainty (superl.) Delicious to the palate; toothsome.
Dainty (superl.) Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender.
Dainty (superl.) Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.
Dairies (pl. ) of Dairy
Dairy (n.) The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.
Dairy (n.) That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese.
Dairy (n.) A dairy farm.
Dairying (n.) The business of conducting a dairy.
Dairymaid (n.) A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy.
Dairymen (pl. ) of Dairyman
Dairyman (n.) A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy.
Dairywomen (pl. ) of Dairywoman
Dairywoman (n.) A woman who attends to a dairy.
Dais (n.) 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.
Dais (n.) 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.
Dais (n.) A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity.
Daisied (a.) Full of daisies; adorned with daisies.
Daisies (pl. ) of Daisy
Daisy (n.) A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositae. The common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.
Daisy (n.) The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.
Dak (n.) Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk.
Daker (n.) Alt. of Dakir
Dakir (n.) 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.
Daker hen () The corncrake or land rail.
Dakoit (n.) Alt. of Dakoity
Dakoity (n.) See Dacoit, Dacoity.
Dakota group () A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied.
Dakotas (n. pl) An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux.
Dal (n.) Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus.
Dale (n.) A low place between hills; a vale or valley.
Dale (n.) A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
Dalesmen (pl. ) of Dalesman
Dalesman (n.) One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc.
Dalf () imp. of Delve.
Dalliance (n.) The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.
Dalliance (n.) Delay or procrastination.
Dalliance (n.) Entertaining discourse.
Dallier (n.) One who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words.
Dallop (n.) A tuft or clump.
Dallied (imp. & p. p.) of Dally
Dallying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dally
Dally (v. i.) To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.