n. [ Prob. from
n. pl. [ F. dalle a tube, gutter, trough. ] A rapid, esp. one where the channel is narrowed between rock walls. [ Northwestern U. S. & Canada ]
The place below, where the compressed river wound like a silver thread among the flat black rocks, was the far-famed Dalles of the Columbia. F. H. Balch. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ From Dally. ]
Look thou be true, do not give dalliance
Too much the rein. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
O, the dalliance and the wit,
The flattery and the strife! Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who fondles; a trifler;
n. [ Etymol. unknown. ] A tuft or clump. [ Obs. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. Calamy. [ 1913 Webster ]
We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ See Dally. ] To loiter or trifle; to waste time. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a feudal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In periods of seven days; weekly. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Heimdal.
n. Same as Heimdal.
n. a capacious bag or basket.
a. Of or pertaining to a medal, or to medals. “Our medallic history.” Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. médaillion, It. medaglione, augm. of medaglia. See Medal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a modal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
A compound proposition, the parts of which are united modally . . . by the particles “as” and “so.” Gibbs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle; a pedaler.
adv. Like a pyramid. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a sigmoidal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]