dardanium 
dardaniumt (diir-da'ni-um), . [Neut. of L. 
Itfiriliiniiix : see Ittit'tliiiiidn.] A bracelet. 
A t-'olilen riiiL- that shines upon t)iy Ihiiiuh 
Umiit thy uiist tile rirh M/<-r/",i"</,/ 
11,'frn-l. II. -|i, lirles. p. >. 
dardy-line (diir'di-lin), . [< "ttnrdy (< F. 
tlarehr, dart, shoot, harpoon, spear. < iltird,E. 
diirtl, q. v.) + line.] A kind of rigging of lines 
used to catch herrings. A piece of lead about ij 
pounds in weight is att.ulh <l to a line', which curries at 
short intervals transverse pieces of wtmlehone or ratje ha\ - 
in:: nnhaiteil liook.s at either cnil. Ittfil, Illitish Fishes. 
dare 1 (dar), c. t. ; prot. ilnrcd or durst, pp. 
diiri'il, ppr. during. [A form orig. indicative, 
< ME. 1st (audio) pers. sing, dm-, iti-i; ilear, < 
AS. ili'in; di'tirr (for "dcarx) = OS. gi-dar = 
OFries. dor, dm; also by confusion thor, tit in; 
= MLG. rfar = OHU. i/i-tm; MUG. tar, gi-tar = 
Dan. </>> = Sw. tor = Goth, ya-dars, I dare, an old 
preterit present, with new inf., ME. durrcn, iluri/ 
(also by conformation dun-ii, durn), < AS. dur- 
ran = OS. gi-tlurran = OFries. "dura, 'flora, also 
by confusion *thura, "tltora, = MLG. doren = 
OHG. gi-turnni = Icel. thora = Sw. to'ra = Dan. 
turtle = Goth, ga-daitrsan (with new weak pret- 
erit. E. durst, < ME. durste, dorste (two sylla- 
bles), < AS. dorste (for "dors-de) = OS. gi-dorxta 
= OFries. dorste, thorste = MLG. derate = OHG. 
gi-torsta, MHG. torste = Icel. thordhi = Sw. 
Inrde = Dan. turde = Goth, i/a-daursta), dare, 
= Gr. ffapoeiv, fkippeiv, be bold, dare (aapoixj, 
ff/Kioi.f, bold), = OBulg. rfriL-rtt), dare, = Skt. 
\/ ilharsh, dare. In some forms, as the ME., 
Fries., and Scand., there is confusion with a 
different preterit verb, ME. tharf, also darf, < 
AS. thearf, inf. thurfan, = OFries. tlturf, inf. 
"thurva, = OHG. durfan = Icel. tfmr/rt =Goth. 
lluiurban, have need, which in D. durven = G. 
durfen, dare, has completely displaced the form 
corresponding to E. dare : see darf, tharf '.] 1. 
To be bold enough (to do something); have 
courage, strength of mind, or hardihood (to 
undertake some action or project); not to be 
afraid ; venture : followed by an infinitive (with 
or without to) as object, or sometimes, by el- 
lipsis, used absolutely. 
I dare do all that may become a man ; 
Who dare* do more, is none. 
Shak., Macbeth, i. 7. 
And what they dare to dream of dare to do. 
Lowell, Comni. Ode. 
[Originally and still often used in the third person of the 
present tense without a personal termination, and in such 
case always followed by the infinitive without to : as, he 
da re not do it. 
I .o. Conscience dooth chide ! 
For losse of catel he (tor not flat. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 66. 
One dares not light a large candle, except company's 
coming in. Steele, Lying Lover, iv.] 
2. To venture on ; attempt boldly to perform. 
Hut this thing dare not. Shak., Tempest, til. 2. 
3. To challenge ; provoke to action, especially 
by asserting or implying that one lacks courage 
to accept the challenge ; defy : as, to dare a 
man to fight. 
I taught him how to manage arms, to ttur,- 
An enemy, to court both deatli and dangers. 
Beau, and Ft., Laws of Candy, v. 1. 
I whlpt him for robbing an orchard once when he was but 
a child 
"The farmer dared me to do it," he said ; he was always 
so wild. Tennyson, Rizpnh. 
14.-,.! 
>liii in, abate, become calm, compose. Perhaps 
ult. a secondary form of ME. ilnm-ii, be stupe- ployed at day-work. 
fled, tr. stupefy, daze : see dtt;f.] I. intrinis. 
1. To be in fear; tremble with fear; be stupe- 
lieil or ila/.etl with fear. Specifically 2. To 
lie still in fear; lurk in dread; especially, lie 
or squat close to the ground, like a frightened 
bird or hare ; look anxiously around, as such a 
lurking creature. 
daring-hardy 
darg (darg). r. i. [Se., < tltinj, .] To be em- 
These weditid men that lye and /" 
AH in a forme lith a wery hare. 
Chaucer, Shipman's Tl. 
3. To droop ; languish. 
II. trims. 1. To strike with fear; terrify; 
daunt; dismay. 
Now me bus, as a beggar, my bread for to thigge 
At dorls vpon dayes, that dayrex me full sore : 
Till I come to my kyth, can I non othfr. 
Destruction of Troy (E. G. T. S.), I. 18550. 
For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, 
Would ilare a woman. 
Beau, and F/.. Maid Tragedy, iv. 1. 
2. To terrify and catch (larks), as by maans 
of a mirror or a piece of red cloth, or by walk- 
ing round with a hawk on the fist where they 
are crouching, and then throwing a net over 
them. 
F.nclos'd the bush about, and there him tooke, 
Like darrett Larke. Spenser, V. Q., VII. vi. 47. 
If we live thus tamely, 
To be thus jaded by a piece of scarlet, 
Farewell nobility ; let his grace go forward, 
And /"'' us with his cap, like larks. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., lit 2. 
dare'^t (dar), h. [<rfrtre 2 ,*.] A mirror for daring 
larks. 
The dare for larks, or mirror surrounded by smaller ones, 
over the mantel-piece, which exercised many commenta- 
tors on the print, appears in the picture. 
The Athrnaum, Jan. 28, 1888, p. 122. 
dare 3 (dar), n. [Also written dar (ME.), < F. 
dard (pron. dar), and in older form <frt (and 
in another form darse, darce, > E. dace); all 
ult. identical with dart, a missile : see dace and 
dart 1 ."] Same as duct; 1. [Local, Eng.] 
dare 4 t, n. A Middle English form of deer. 
daredevil (dar'dev'l), . and a. [< dare, r., + 
obj. devil.'} I. n. One who fears nothing and 
will attempt anything; a reckless fellow; a 
desperado. 
A humorous dare-devil the very man to suit my pur- 
pose. Bulicer. 
H. a. Characteristic of or appropriate to a 
daredevil ; reckless ; inconsiderately rash and 
venturesome. 
I doubt if Rebecca, whom we have seen piously praying 
for consols, would have exchanged her poverty and the 
dare-devil excitement and chances of her life for Osbome's 
money and the humdrum gloom which enveloped him. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xlii. 
daredevilism (dar'dev'l-izm), . [< daredevil 
+ -w.] Same as daredeviltry. 
daredeviltry (dar'dev'1-tri), H. [< daredevil 
+ -try, for -n/, as in deviltry.] The character 
or conduct of a daredevil; recklessness; ven- 
ture someness. 
His rude guardian addressed himself to the modifica- 
tion of this facial expression ; it had not enough of mod- 
esty In it, for instance, or of dare-deviltry. 
(i. W. Cable, Old Creole Days, p. 8. 
Obveise. 
Reverse. 
Dark, in the British Museum. (Size 
of the original.) 
dare-doingt, der-doingt, n. [Found only in 
the second spelling, used by Spenser, as if ppr. 
of dare do taken as a single verb in the passage 
from Chaucer cited under daring-do. See dar- 
4. To arouse ; rouse. [Prov. Eng.] -I dare say, , ,i n -\ Darius- h 
I suppose or believe ; I presume ; I think llkelv : a weak ' ' - J uarlu K> D 
Me ill besits, that in der-doim/ armes 
And honours suit my vowed dales do spend. 
Spemer, F. Q., II. vli. 10. 
darefult (dar'ful), a. [< dare 1 + -/*.] Full of 
defiance. 
We might have met them darefiil, heart! to l>eard, 
And beat them backward home. Shak., Macbeth, v. 5. 
darer (dar'er), . One who dares or defies; a 
challenger. 
Don Michael, Leon; another darer come. 
Flrlther, Rule a Wife, iii. 1. 
darft, r. See tJiarf. 
darg (darg), n. [Sc., sometimes spelled dargue, 
formerly dark, a contr. of datcerk, dayicerk, any- 
iriirl: ='<lin/-irrk: see day-ieork.] 1. A day's 
work ; a task for a day. It is sometimes redun- 
dantly called day's diinj. 
I can do as glide a rfi/' darg as ever I did in my life. 
Scott, Monastery, ill. 
They [the tenants] are subject also to a dary (or day's 
wc.rk) for every acre. Statift. Ace. of Scot., VIII. 602. 
Hence 2. A certain task of work, whether 
more or less than the measure of a day. 
He never wrought a good >lark. that went grumbling 
about. Kfll;!. Senteh I'rmrrlis. p. 143. 
a nil matioii, generally implying some degree of indifference 
in assertion or assent. 
Jofeph S. O, yes, I flnd great use in that screen. 
Sir Peter T. I dare fay you must, certainly. 
AUndM, School for Scandal, Iv. 3. 
dare 1 (dar), . [< rfn/v 1 . r.] If. The quality 
of being daring ; venturesomeness ; boldness ; 
dash ; spirit. 
It lends a lustre, and more great opinion, 
A larger dare to your great enterprise. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., Iv. 1. 
2. A challenge ; defiance. 
Sextus Pompt-ius 
Hath given the dare to Csar. 
Shak., A. an.l r., i. 2. 
To take a dare, to receive a challenge without accept- 
ing it. [Culloq.] 
It was not consonant with the honor of such a man as 
Itoh to MAv tt f/r;/> ; so against tirst one anil then another 
aspiring hero he had fought, until at lenu'tb there wasnone 
that ventured any more to " give a dare" to the victor nf 
so many hattles. K. Kii : il^l>m, The Oraywuis. \. 
dare'-'t (lar), v. [< ME. <7;r, <lari<-n, dni/ri-n, 
be or lie in fear, terrify; cf. Sw. dumi, trem- 
ble, shiver. = Dan. atrre, tremble, quiver, 
vibrate, = LG. bcdareii, become still, = D. be- 
(ilad to fa to nark that A killin.-. 
To common <I,I,-T< 
/.' UnUmcay, Poenu, p. 119. 
darger (diir'ger), . [As dari/ + -er^ ; ult. a 
enntr. of dtiy-ii -nrk-ir.] A day-worker. [Scotch.] 
The croonlu' kle the byre drew nigh, 
The ,/,/,./., left his thrift. 
Barrier Minttrelini. 111. : : 
dargie (dar'gi), . [E. dial. ; origin obscure. Cf. 
<l<irtjn.~\ A local English name of the coal-fish. 
dargs (diirgz), n. [Of. dargif.] A local Scotch 
name of the whiting. 
daric (dar'ik), H. [< NL. daricits, < Gr. fapewof 
(so. trrarfjp, stater), said to have been first coined 
by Darius I., king of Persia, and hence derived 
< Aapfioj, OPers. Daryavush, Darius, but prpb. 
of other origin, perhaps < dariku, a Babylonian 
word, said to mean 'a weight" or 'measure.'] 
A gold coin current in antiquity throughout 
the Persian empire, and also in Greece, it wa 
of very pure gold, was of 
small diameter but very 
thick, and weighed rather 
more than an English sov- 
ereign. It has no inscrip- 
tion ; the obverse type is 
the king of Persia repre- 
sented as an archer or 
liearing a spear; the re- 
verse, usually an irregu- 
lar oblong incuse. Dou- 
ble darics were issued af- 
ter the conquest of Persia by Alexander the <!reitt, with 
Greek letters, most of the known specimens of which have 
heel, found in the I'anjah. Silver daric, the principal 
silver coin of ancient Persia, closely resembling the gold 
daric, and specifically called the sifflog, but also known by 
the name daric hi ancient as well as modern times. 
darii (da'ri-i), . The mnemonic name given 
by Petrus Hispanus to that direct mood of the 
first figure of syllogism in which the major 
premise is universal and affirmative, and the mi- 
nor premise and conclusion are particular and 
affirmative. These distinctions of quantity and qual- 
ity are indicated by the three vowels of the word, o-i'-i. 
The following Is an example of a syllogism in darii : All 
virtues are laudable ; but some habits are virtues ; there- 
fore, some habits are laudable. 
daring (dar'ing), n. [Verbal n. of darel, t'.] 
Adventurous courage ; intrepidity ; boldness ; 
adventurousness. 
daring (dar'ing), />. a. [Ppr. of darel, .] 1. 
Possessing or springing from adventurous cou- 
rage; bold; fearless; adventurous; reckless. 
He knew thee absolute, and full in soldier, 
Daring beyond all dangers. Fletcher, Bouduca, v. 4. 
To this day we may discern in many parts of our finan- 
cial and commercial system the marks of that vigorous in- 
tellect and dariivj spirit. .Vacaulay, Hist. Eng., xx. 
2. Audacious ; impudent. 
Is there none 
Will tell the King I love him tho' so late? 
Sow ere he goes to the great Battle? none : 
Myself must tell him in that purer life, 
But now it were too daring. Tennyson, Guinevere. 
= Syn. 1. Dauntless, undaunted, heroic. 
daring-dot, derring-dot, . [The word was 
adopted by Spenser in the erroneous spelling 
derring-do", which through him and his imitators 
has become familiar in literature from Chaucer; 
ME. dorryng don, duryng do, etc., a peculiar 
isolated compound, < dorryng, duryng, etc., 
mod. daring, ppr. of dorren. durren, mod. dare 1 , 
+ inf. don, do. The associated phrase to dorre 
do, in the last line of the first quot., consists of 
the inf. do depending on the inf. dorre, durre, 
dare, and is not, as some think, a compound 
verb. See dare-doing.'] Daring deeds ; daring 
action. 
And certaynly in storye it is founde 
That Ttoilus was nevere unto no wight, 
As in his tyme. in no degre seconnde, 
In dorryny-don [var. duryng do, dorynye to do, 16th 
cent. eil. daring do] that longeth to a Knygnt; 
Al myghte a geaunt passen hym of myght. 
His herte ay with the flrste and with the beste 
Stod paregal, to dorre don [var. durre to do, dore don, 
16th cent. ed. dare don] that hym leste. 
Chaucrr, Troilus, v. 837. 
For ever, who in derriny-doe were dreade, 
The loftie verse of hem was loved aye. 
Spemer, shep Cal., October. 
daring-doert, derring-doert, i. [See daring- 
d<>.~\ A daring and bold doer. 
All mightie men and dreadfull derring^tooerg. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. ii. 38. 
daring-glasst (dar'ing-glas), H. A mirror used 
for daring larks. H/i. llaiideii. 
daring-hardyt (dar'ing-har'di), a. Foolhardy; 
audacious. 
On pain of death, no person be so bold 
Or dariiiy-hardii as to touch the lisU. 
Mak., Rich. II., I. 3. 
