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n. An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian; probably extinct since the Mesozoic.
Syn. -- order Cordaitales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; they were structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers.
Syn. -- genus Cordaites. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a radish of Japan (Raphanus sativus longipinnatus) with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked.
Syn. -- Japanese radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 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.
Syn. -- Dail Eireann. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Daily occurence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. dæglīc; dæg day + -līc like. See Day. ] Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed, which declares his dignity,
And the regard of Heaven on all his ways. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound
Within the visible diurnal sphere. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dailies A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Daimios [ Jap., fr. Chin. tai ming great name. ] The title of the feudal nobles of Japan. [ 1913 Webster ]

The daimios, or territorial nobles, resided in Yedo and were divided into four classes. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Dainty, n. ] Something of exquisite taste; a dainty. [ Obs. ] -- a. Dainty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To cherish him with diets daint. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Daintified p. pr. & vb. n. Daintifying. ] [ Dainty + -fy. ] To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious. “Daintified emotion.” Sat. rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The daintiness and niceness of our captains Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From daint or dainty; cf. OF. daintier. ] Adelicacy. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dainties [ 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I ne told no deyntee of her love. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

That precious nectar may the taste renew
Of Eden's dainties, by our parents lost. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

These delicacies
I mean of taste, sight, smell, herbs, fruits, and flowers,
Walks and the melody of birds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ A table ] furnished plenteously with bread,
And dainties, remnants of the last regale. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Daintier superl. Daintiest. ] 1. Rare; valuable; costly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Full many a deynté horse had he in stable. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Hence the proverb “dainty maketh dearth, ” i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dainty bits
Make rich the ribs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those dainty limbs which nature lent
For gentle usage and soft delicacy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would be the girdle.
About her dainty, dainty waist. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thew were a fine and dainty people. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

And let us not be dainty of leave-taking,
But shift away. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make dainty, to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all
Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty,
She, I'll swear, hath corns. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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.
Syn. -- rum cocktail. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ Turk. daire circuit, department, fr. Ar. daïrah circle. ] Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or his family. The most important are the Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Dairies [ OE. deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja, orig., a baking maid, fr. Icel. deig. √66. See Dough. ] 1. The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese. [ 1913 Webster ]

What stores my dairies and my folds contain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dairy farm. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The business of conducting a dairy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dairymen A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dairywomen A woman who attends to a dairy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 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. &unr_; 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity. [ Obs. ] Shiply. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. “The daisied green.” Langhorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grass all deep and daisied. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Daisies [ OE. dayesye, AS. dæges-eáge 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 Bellis perennis, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane. [ 1913 Webster ]

Michaelmas daisy (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species. --
Oxeye daisy (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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.
Syn. -- . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. desdain, disdein, OF. desdein, desdaing, F. dédain, fr. the verb. See Disdain, v. t. ] 1. A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

How my soul is moved with just disdain! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Often implying an idea of haughtiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The state of being despised; shame. [ Obs. ] Shak.

Syn. -- Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See Haughtiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disdained p. pr. & vb. n. Disdaining. ] [ OE. disdainen, desdainen, OF. desdeigner, desdaigner, F. dédaigner; des- (L. dis-) + daigner to deign, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy. See Deign. ] 1. To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth. 1 Sam. xvii. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise. Young.

Syn. -- To contemn; despise; scorn. See Contemn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty. [ 1913 Webster ]

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained. Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disdainful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt
Of this proud king. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. [ 1913 Webster ]

From these
Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside.

-- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Disdainfully. [ Obs. ] Vives. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. desdeignos, desdaigneux, F. dédaigneux. ] Disdainful. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Disdainfully. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Relating to the Eddas; resembling the Eddas. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. [ F. hollandaise, fem. of hollandais Dutch. ] (Cookery) A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ L. Judaïcus, fr. Judaea, the country Judea: cf. F. Judaïque. See Jew. ] Of or pertaining to the Jews. “The natural or Judaical [ religion ].” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. After the Jewish manner. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ L. Judaïsmus: cf. F. judaïsme. ] 1. The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses, and for many adherents, in the Talmud. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conformity to the Jewish rites and ceremonies; the practise of Judaism{ 1 }. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The adherents of Judaism{ 1 } collectively; jewry. [ PJC ]

n. One who believes and practices Judaism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Judaism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of Judaizing; a conforming to the Jewish religion or ritual. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Judaized p. pr. & vb. n. Judaizing ] [ Cf. F. judaïser. ] To conform to the doctrines, observances, or methods of the Jews; to inculcate or impose Judaism. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . prevailed on the Galatians to Judaize so far as to observe the rites of Moses in various instances.
They were Judaizing doctors, who taught the observation of the Mosaic law. Bp. Bull. [ 1913 Webster ]