Cocoon and Moth of Datrum 
comvlMtellii, natural size. 
Dakruma 
Dakruma (dak'ri.i-mii), . [NL. (Grote, 1878).] 
A genus of small moths, of the family I'hycidu: 
Tin- larva of D. m- 
fnliitHla is the goose- 
berry fruit-worm. 
dal (dal), . [Also 
written (Itil iind 
tllial, prop, ttdl, repr. 
Hind, tliil, a kind 
of pulse (I'liti.iftilii.i 
Minit/o, but applied 
also to other kinds).] A sort of vetch. I't/lixu.t 
< Vi/ii, extensively cultivated in the East Indies. 
dalag (da'lag), . A walking-fisli, li/iliinn /,/,<i- 
IIIK rn i/ us, highly esteemed for food in the East 
Indies. See Opkiottpkalut. 
dalai (da-li'), . Same as dtilai-ltima. 
dalai-lama (da-li'lii'mii), . [Tibetan, lit. the 
'ocean-priest, 'or priest as wide as the ocean: 
see lama.] One of the two lama-popes of 
Tibet and Mongolia (his fellow-pope being the 
tesho-lama), each supreme in his own district. 
Although nominally coequal in rank ami authority, the 
dalai, from possessing a much larger territory, is in real- 
ity the more powerful. When lie dies be is succeeded by 
a Iwy, generally four or five years old, into whom tbe soul of 
the deceased dalai is supposed to have entered. The dalai 
resides at I'otala. near l.ha-sa. in Tibet. 
Dalbergia (dal-ber'ji-a), n. [NL., named after 
Nicholas Dalbertj, a Swedish botanist.] A large 
genus of fine tropical forest-trees and climbing 
shrubs, natural order Legttmiiuisa:, some species 
of which yield most excellent timber. D. laii- 
.folia, the biackwood, or East Indian rosewood, is a mag- 
nificent tree, furnishing oneof the most valuable furniture 
woods, and is largely used for carving and ornamental 
work. l>. Swwoo, which is much planted as an avenue-tree 
throughout India, gives a hard durable wood, called sissoo 
orsissum, which, besides its use in house-building, is much 
employed in India for railway -sleepers and as crooked tim- 
bers and knees in ship-building. The best rosewoods of 
Hi a/il and Central America are afforded by species of this 
genus, which, however, are very imperfectly known. 
Dalby's carminative. See carminative. 
dale 1 (dal), . [< ME. date, < AS. dail, pi. dalu, 
= OS. dal .= OFries. del, deil = D. dal = MLG. 
LG. dal = OHG. MHG. tal, G. thai = Icel. dalr 
= Sw. Dan. dal = Goth, dal, a dale, a valley; = 
OBulg. dolii, Bulg. dol = Bohem. dul = Pol. dol 
(barred I), pit, hole, bottom, ground, = Little 
Buss, dol (barred I), bottom, ground, = Buss. 
dolu, dale, valley. Hence derivs. delfl (which 
is nearly the same word) and tlalkV, q. v.] 1. 
A vale; specifically, a space of level or gently 
sloping or undulating ground between hills of no 
great height, with a stream flowing through it. 
The children jede to Tune, 
Bi dales and hi dune. 
King Horn (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 154. 
High over hills, and lowe adowne the dale. 
KiirH*er, K. Q., I. viL 28. 
2. Naut., a trough or spout to carry off water, 
usually named from the office it has to perform : 
as, a pitiiiji-tlitli', etc. 3f. A hole. 
Ther thay stonde a dale 
Do make, and dreuche hem therfn. 
PaUaditu, Huslnmdrle (E. E. T. S.), p. 2O4. 
= 8yn. 1. Vale, Glen, etc. See valley. 
dale- (dal), a. A dialectal variant (and earlier 
form) of dole 1 . 
Dalea (da'le-a), n. [NL., named after Samuel 
Dale, an English physician (died 1739).] A 
large leguminous genus of glandular-punctate 
herbs or small shrubs, allied to 1'soralea. There 
are over 100 species, chiefly Mexican, but many are found 
in the drier uestern portions of the t'nited States. 
Dalecarlian (dal-e-kar'li-an), . and . [< Da- 
lecarlia, a foreign (ML. 'NL.) name for the 
Swedish province called in Sw. Dalen or Da- 
larne, 'the valley' or 'the valleys,' < dal-karl, 
an inhabitant of this province, i. e., 'valley- 
man,' lit. 'dale-carl,' < rf(, = E.. dale, + karl = 
E. ctirl : see dale 1 and carl.] I. . Of or per- 
taining to Dalecarlia. Dalecarlian lace, a lace 
m;ule by the peasants of Dalecarlia for their own use. 
Its patterns are ancient and traditional. Diet, of Xcedle- 
II. . An inhabitant of the old Swedish prov- 
ince of Dalecarlia or Dalarue, whose people 
were famous for bravery and patriotism. 
dale-land (dal'land), . [=Ioel. tttilland.] Low- 
lying laud. 
dale-lander (dal ' Ian ' der), . A dalesman. 
[Scotch.] 
dalesman (dalz'man), . ; pi. tln/isnu-n (-men). 
[< dale's, poss. of dale'-, 4- man.] One living in 
a dale or valley ; specifically, a dweller in the 
dales of the English and Scottish borders. 
Even after the accession of Ceoru'e tbe Third, the path 
over the fell.s from l!,>rrowdalc to liavcnglas was still a 
secret carefully kept by the <l<ilt'iiH'n. 
Macau/ay, Hist. Eug., ill. 
1445 
The dnlnmrn were a primitive and hanly race who kept 
alive the traditions and often the habits of a more pictur- 
esque time. Luicell, Among my H")k, 2d ser., p. 205. 
dalft. An obsolete strong preterit of detre. 
dali (dii'li), . [Also dan'; native name.] A 
largo tree, Mi/rixtit-n ni-hifi-ni, growing in Drmr- 
rara, British Guiana. Tlie wood Is light, splits fiveh 
and is used for staves and heads of casks. Candles arc 
made if a kind of wax obtained from the seeds. 
daliancet, . An obsolete form of dalliance. 
daliet, '' An obsolete fonn of dally. 
dalk't, n. [MK. ^"i/,. iinil,;; < AS. dale, dole, 
(= led. tl'ilkr), a pin, brooch, clasp.] A pin; 
brooch; clasp. 
A ilalkf (or a tache), nrmaculum, tlrniaUirium, monile. 
Cath. Anglieuia, p. 89. 
dalk-t, [E. dial, delk; ME. dalk, appar., with 
dim. suffix -k (cf. stale, a handle, with xtulk), < 
ilal, dale, a hollow, dale: seer/'i/*' 1 .] A hollow; 
a hole ; a depression. 
Llrason scrapes oute of everie ilalke 
Hem scrape. 
Palladitu, Husbomlrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 126. 
A dalk in the nekke [tr. OF. au coal tricrret Ut.(uuct\. 
AS. nml n. K. Vixab. (ed. Wright), p. 146. 
Dalke, vallis (supra In daU\. Prmui*. I'arr., p. 112. 
dalle (dal), n. [P., a flagstone, slab, slice; ori- 
gin uncertain.] 1. A slab or large tile of stone, 
marble, baked clay, or the like; specifically, in 
decorative art, a tile of which the surface is in- 
cised or otherwise ornamented, such as the me- 
dieval sepulchral slabs set in the pavement and 
walls of churches. 2. jil. [cap.] The name 
originally given by the French employees of 
the Hudson's Bay Company, and still current, 
to certain localities in the valley of the Missis- 
sippi and west as far as the Columbia, where 
the rivers flow with a rapid fall over broad, flat 
rock-surfaces. The best-known Dalles are those of 
the Columbia river, and this name is not only that of the 
locality, but also of the town (The Dalles) near which they 
are situated. 
Dallia (dal'i-ii), . [NL., after W. H. Dall, an 
American naturalist.] The typical and only 
Alaskan Blacknsh (Dallia 
genus of the family Dalliida', containing one 
species, D. pectoralix, the blackfish of Alaska 
and Siberia, where it is an important food-fish. 
dalliance (dal'i-ans), . [< ME. daliance, dali- 
iii/nct; daliauns, <C dalien, dally, + -ante.] If. 
Familiarand easy conversation; idle talk; chat; 
gossip. 
In daliaunce they riden forth hir weye. 
Clumter, Friar's Tale, 1. 106. 
Of honest myrth latt be thy daliaunce. 
Eabett Book (E. E. T. 8.), p. 28. 
2. A trifling away of time ; delay ; idle loitering. 
My business cannot brook this dalliance. 
Shale., 0. of E., Iv. 1. 
3. Play ; sport ; frolic ; toying, as in the ex- 
change of caresses ; wantonness. 
Like a ptitf'd and reckless libertine, 
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. 
Shak., Hamlet, I. 3. 
And my fair son here, . . . the dear pledge 
Of dalliance had with thee in heaven. 
Milton, P. L., ii. 819. 
The child, in his earliest dalliance on a parent's knee. 
Stunner, Fame and Glory. 
<t my life 
In Egypt ! O the dalliance and the wit, 
The flattery and the strife ! 
Tennyson, Fair Women. 
4f. The act Of trifling, as with something tempt- 
ing. 
P.y this sly dalliance of the crafty bait 
Hoping what she could not subdue, to cheat. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, L 157. 
dallier (dal'i-er), . One who dallies ; one who 
trifles ; a trifler. 
The daylie daUiers with such pleasant wordes, with such 
smiling and sweet countenances. 
Atchaitt. The Scbolemaster. 
Dalliidae (da-li'i-de), . pi. [XL.. < IMIia + 
-iiln:} The only family of fishes of the suborder 
Xenomi, typified by the genus Dallia, and char- 
acterized by the structure of the pectoral limbs. 
The body is fnsifnrni. and r>yered with small embedded 
cycloid scales: the head tlattish ; the dorsal fin short and 
liehiml tbe middle : and the anal fin opposite the dorsal. 
The pectoral tins have very numerous (30-36) rays, and 
dalripa 
the ventral! few (.H). (inly one species is known, named 
bUickjith and dwifnh ; it reaches a length of about 8 
inches, and inhabits fresh-water jMjnds aii<t mini boles in 
tbe aretie legion in Siberia and Alaska. See cut under 
dallop, dollop (dal'-, dol'op), n. [Origin un- 
certain.] 1. A tuft, bunch, or small patch of 
grass, grain, or weeds. 2. A patch of ground 
among corn that has escaped the plow. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
dally (dnl'i), r. ; pret. and pp. ilnllinl. ]>|.r. tlnl- 
li/iin/. [Early mod. E. also dallir ; < ME. dalyi n. 
play, talk idly (cf. E. dial, iln-nlln. talk inco- 
herently), prob. < AS. ilirtilitni, dietitian, com- 
monly dicelian, iliri-lii/iiii, OXortli. thioliga, dtet>- 
lii/n, err, be foolish, = D. dtralen, err, wander, 
be mistaken, = led. drain, delay; connect- 
ed with diri'll and dull, q. v. The supposed 
connection with OHG. danlen, titl< , tlnlrn, G. 
dial, talleii, trifle, toy, speak childishly, has 
not been made out.] I. intmnn. If. To talk 
idly or foolishly ; pass the time in idle or frivo- 
lous chat. 
Dalyyn or talkyn, . . . fabulor, confubulor, colloqnor. 
Prompt. Pare., p. 112. 
They dronken and dayleden, . . . thise Ionics and ladyes. 
.Sir Oatmyne anil the Ureen Kniijht, 1. 1114. 
2. To trifle away time in any manner, as in 
vague employment or in mere idleness ; linger ; 
loiter; delay. 
For he was not the man to dally about anything. 
R. D. Blackmore, I .on ia Doone, p. 544. 
Mr. Lincoln dallied with his decision [on emancipation) 
perhaps longer than seemed needful to those on whom its 
awful responsibility was not to rest. 
LouvU, Study Windows, p. 108. 
3. To play, sport, frolic, toy, as in exchanging 
caresses; wanton. 
Our aiery buildeth In the cedar's top, 
And dallies with the wind. 
Male., Rich. III., i. 3. 
DallaiiM with a brace of courtezans. 
Shot., Rich. III., iii. 7. 
The Poets do faine that Jupiter dallied with Europa un- 
der this klnde of tree. Coryat, Crudities, I. 188. 
Tlie small waves that dallied with the sedge. 
Bryant, Rhode Island Coal. 
II. trans. To delay; defer; put off. [Rare.] 
Not by the hazard of one set battle, but by dallying 
off the time with often skirmishes. Knollet, Hist. Turks. 
dallyingly (dal'i-ing-li), adv. In a trifling or 
dallying manner. 
Wher as he doth but dallienyly perswade, they may en- 
force & compel. /;/. Bale, Image of the Two Churches, Ii. 
dalmahoy (dal'ma-hoi), . [Origin obscure.] 
A kind of bushy bob-wig worn by tradesmen in 
the eighteenth century, especially by chemists. 
Dalmatian (dal-ma'snian), a. and n. [< l>ni- 
matia + -an.] I. a. Oi or pertaining to Dal- 
matia, a crownland of the Austrian empire, on 
the eastern coast of the Adriatic sea Dalma- 
tian cap, an old name for the tulip. Dalmatian dog. 
See d og. Dalmatian pelican, the great tufted pell- 
can, Pelecanus crigpug : so called from having been first 
brought to notice through a specimen killed in Dalmatia in 
1828. A. E. firrA i. Dalmatian regulUB, the yellow- 
browed warbler of Europe, Regulug, Reguloidet, or Phyl- 
logcnpu* mtperciliogwt. 
II. i'. 1. An inhabitant of Dalmatia; spe- 
cifically, a member of the primitive Slavic race 
of Dalmatia (including the Morlaks of the 
coast), akin to the Servians, and constituting 
most of the population. 2. A Dalmatian dog 
(which see, under dog). 
dalmatic (dal-mat'ik), n. [Also dalmatica and, 
as F., dalmatique; = F. dalmatique = Sp. dal- 
mdtica = Pg. It. dalmatica, < ML. dalmatica 
(sc. L. vestis, garment), fern, of L. Dalmaticus, 
adj., < Dalmatia : see def.] A loose-fitting ec- 
clesiastical vestment with wide sleeves, pro- 
vided with an opening for the passage of the 
head, divided or left partly open at the sides, 
and reaching to or below the knee, it is worn 
in the Western Church by the deacon at the celebration 
of the mass or holy communion and on some other oc- 
casions, and is put on over the alb. Bishops also use the 
dalmatic, wearing it over the tunicle and under the chas- 
uble. The earliest records of the dalmatic as a secular 
garment seem to date from the latter part of the second 
century, at which time it is also alluded to as the " sleeved 
tunic of the Dalmatians (chiridota Dalmatarum)." It af- 
terward came to be especially worn by senators and other 
persons of high station. The first mention of its use by a 
bishop is in the case of St. Cyprian, martyred A. D. 258. 
But one or two . . . bent their knee to Sister Magda- 
len, by which name they saluted her kissed her hand, 
or even the hem of her dalmatique. Scott, Abbot, xiii. 
dalripa (dal'ri-pa), n. [< Norw. dalrjupa (=Dan. 
iliilri/i"' : of. equiv. Sw. tsndripa : and = E. snow 1 ), 
a kind of ptarmigan, < dal (= Sw. Dan. dal = 
E. dale 1 ), a valley, + rjupa = Icel. rjftpa = Dan. 
rype. a ptarmigan.] The Norwegian ptarmigan. 
