daub 
Did you tcp in to take a look at the grand picture on 
your way back'! TIs a melancholy daub, my lord ! 
sr, in, , '[ i isti-am ^handy, iii. li 
Daubentonla (da-tien-to'ni-ii), w. [NL.. niuned 
after ll>e ilisiingiiished Fn-neli naturalist L. J. 
liimlii'HtoH (1710-1800), noted as a collaborator 
nl' IJiitTiin. ] The proper name f the genus more 
commonly called ( 'liiromi/.i (which see), contain- 
ing the aye-aye, D. tmaogaicorttiult, ;md hav- 
ing priority over the others. See cut under <///<- 
HI/I-. 
Daubentoniidae (da'ben-to-ni'i-de), . ;>/. 
[NL., < Daiiln ntiniia + -i<t<r.) A family of pro- 
simians, typified by the genus Daul-ittoniit : 
L'rnrrally called ('liiriinii/i<l/r (which see). 
Daubentonioidea (da-ben-to-ni-oi'de-a), . /'/. 
|.\l,..< liiiiiln ninnxi + -,iiili,i.\ A superfamily 
of leinuroids or prosiiniaus, distinguished by 
the gliriforni incisors and want of canines in 
the adult; the Itmiliriitniiiidii- considered as a 
suborder, dill, 1872. 
dauber (da'ber), H. One who or that which 
daubs. Specifically ()Onc who builds walls with clay 
or mud mixed with straw. 
I am a younger brother, ... of mean parentage, a durt 
dauber's soune ; am I therefore to he blamed? 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 320. 
(6) A coarse, Ignorant painter. 
But how should any sign-post dauber know 
The worth of Titian or of Angclo? 
Dryden, Epistle iv., To Mr. Lee. 
(c) A low and gross flatterer. (<p A copperplate-printers' 
pad, consisting of rags Hrinly tied together and covered 
over with a piece of canvas, for inking plates. (<) A mud 
wasp : from the way in which it daubs mud In building its 
uest. (/) The brush used to spread blacking upon shoes, 
as distinguished from the polisher, or brush used for pol- 
ishing ; they are sometimes combined in one. 
daubery (da'ber-i), n. [Also formerly daubry, 
dawbry; < daub + -cry.] 1. A daubing. 2f. A 
crudely artful device. 
She works by charms, by spells by the figure, and such 
duulH-nj as this is. Skat., II. W. of W., Iv. 2. 
daubing (da'bing), n. [Verbal n. of daub, v.] 
1. Something which is applied by daubing, 
especially plaster or mortar; specifically, in 
recent use, a rough coat of mortar applied to 
a wall to give it the appearance of stone. See 
chinking, 1. 
Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto 
you. Where Is the daubinii wherewith ye have daubed it? 
Ezek. Mil 12. 
2. The process of forming walls by means of 
hardened earth: extensively employed in the 
sixteenth century. 3. A mixture of tallow and 
oil used to soften leather and render it more or 
less water-proof. 4. Coarse, inartistic paint- 
ing. 
She is still most splendidly, gallantly ugly, and looks 
like an ill Piece of Daubimi in a rich Frame. 
Wyeherley, Plain Dealer, ii. 1. 
6. Gross flattery. Bp. Buntet. 
My Lord, If you examine it over again, it is far from be- 
ing a gross piece of daubing, as some dedications are. 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, i. 9. 
daubreelite (da-bre'lit), . [See daubrette.] 
Native chromium sesquisulphid, a rare min- 
eral known to occur only in certain meteoric 
irons. It has a black color, metallic luster, and 
is associated with troilite. 
daubreite (da-bre'it), . [After the French 
mineralogist G. A. Daubrec (born 1814).] Na- 
tive bismuth oxichlorid, occurring in compact 
or earthy masses of a yellowish color in Chili. 
daubryt, An obsolete form of daubery. 
dauby (da'bi), a. [< daub + -y*.] 1. Viscous; 
glutinous; slimy; adhesive. 
And therefore not in vain th 1 industrious kind 
With d" ui'fi wax and tlow'rs the chinks have lin'd. 
Drtjden, tr. of Virgil's Oeorgics, iv. 54. 
2. Made by daubing; appearing like a daub: 
as, a dauby picture. 
DaucUS (da'kus), . [NL., < L. daucus, daitcum, 
< Ur. ifavKof, also ueut. favnov, a plant of the 
carrot kind, growing in Crete. See dauke.] A 
genus of umbelliferous plants, roughly hispid, 
with finely divided leaves and small ovate or 
oblong fruit covered with barbed prickles. There 
are alnnit :W s|Hvies belonging to the northern tenil>erate 
regions of the old world, and one indi'.'eiious in America. 
The only important species is the cultivated carrot, D. 
Carotn, 'which is also widely naturalized as a noxious 
weed. See ,-nrf"l. See cut ill llc\t column. 
daud (dad), r. t. [Sc., a var. of dad*.] To 
knock or thump ; pelt with something soft and 
heavy. 
He'll clap a shannan on her tail. 
And set the I'airns to duud her 
Wi' dirt this day. 
Burnt, The Ordination. 
i HI:; 
Carrot (Daucut Carota). a, flowering branch ; A. fruit. 
, . [Sc.; a var. of <fad2.] A large 
piece, as of bread, cheese, etc. Also spelled 
dated. 
An* cheese an' bread, frae women's laps, 
Was dealt about in hunches 
An' iirtini., that day. Burn*, Holy Fair. 
daugh 1 (dach), n. [Sc., = E. dough, q. v.] In 
coal-mining, under-clay, or the soft material 
which is removed in holing. 
daugh 2 (dach), . [Sc., contr. of earlier date- 
ache, davoch, darach, said to be < Gael, damh, pi. 
daimh,ax, + achadh (not *aeh), afield.] An old 
Scotch division of land, capable of producing 
48 bolls. It occasionally forms and enters into the names 
of farms in Scotland : as, the Great and Little Daugh of 
Unth vrn ; A\n-daugh. Also written ilavach. 
daughter (da'ter, formerly sometimes daf'ter), 
. [Early mod. E. also daughter; < ME. daugh- 
ter, doultter, doghter, douter, dohter, etc., < AS. 
dohtor, pi. dohtor, dohtra, dohtru, = OS. dohtar 
= OFries. dochter = OD. D. dochtcr = MLG. 
LG. dochter = OHG. tohtar, MHG. tohter, G. 
tochter = Icel. dottir = OSw. doktir, dottir, Sw. 
dotter = Dan. datter = Gr. Oiya-n/p (not in L., 
where Jilia, daughter, fern, of Jilius, son : see 
filial) = OBulg. dughti (gen. dusntrre), Bulg. 
duahterya = Serv. shfi, kfi, cer = Bohem. dci, 
cera = Pol. cora = Little Russ. dochka = Russ. 
dshcherl, dochl = Lith. dukte = Ir. dear, etc., 
= Skt. duhitar = Zend dughdar, daughter. 
Ulterior origin unknown; appar. 'milker,' or 
'suckler,' < V "dhugh, Skt. / duh, milk.] 1. A 
female child, considered with reference to her 
parents. 
The first time at the looking-glass 
The mother sets her datvthter, 
The image strikes the smiling lass 
With self-love ever after. 
(Jay, Beggar's Opera. 
2. A female descendant, in any degree. 
Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, 
. . .be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? 
Luke xiii. 16. 
3. A woman viewed as standing in an analogous 
relationship, as to the parents of her husband 
(daughter-in-law), to her native country, the 
church, a guardian or elderly adviser, etc. 
Dinah . . . went out to see the daughter! of the land. 
Gen. xxxiv. 1. 
And Naomi said unto her two daughtert-ln-lavr, . . . 
Turn again, my daughters. Ruth i. 8. 11. 
But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he 
said, Daughter, be of good comfort ; thy faith hath made 
thee whole. Mat. ix. 2i 
Jul. Are you at leisure, holy father, now ; 
Or shall I come to you at evening mass? 
/ ', i. My leisure serves me, pensive damjhtrr, now. 
SAot., R. and J., IT. 1. 
4. Anything (regarded as of the feminine gen- 
der) considered with respect to its source, ori- 
gin, or function : as, the Romance tongues are 
the daughters of the Latin language. 
Stern dinmlitrr of the Voice of Ood, 
O Duty : if that name thou love. 
Wordticorth, Duty. 
In this country, at this time, other interests than reli- 
Duke of Exeter's 
daughters, women. 
dauntlessness 
daughter-cell (dii'ter-sei), . See <///. 
daughter-in-law (dii'icr-in-la >, . A son's 
wife: correlative to iiiothi-r-iii-lttir and father- 
iii-lav. 
lam come to set ... the daughter-in-law against her 
mother-in-law. Mat. x. 38. 
daughterless (da'ter-les), . [< ME. doughter- 
les; < daughter + -less.] Without daughters. 
Ye slinll for me be dougliterlei. 
,. Conf. Amant., III. 306. 
daughterliness(<la'ter-li-nes>, Conduct be- 
coming a daughter; dutifulness. Dr. II. Morr. 
daughterling (da'ter-ling), w. [< daughter + 
dim. -ling.] A little daughter. [Rare.] 
What am I to do with this daughter or dHn'il/tr,-liwi ..f 
mine? She neither grows in wis.i mi in stature. 
Charlotte Bronte, V'illette, xxv. 
daughterly (da'ter-li), . [< dtiughter + -ly*.] 
Becoming a daughter ; filial ; dutiful. 
For Christian charltle, and naturall loue, * youre very 
dauyhterlye. dealing . . . both bynde me and straine me 
thereto. .s T. More, Works, p. 1449. 
dauk, n. See dak. 
dauke (dak), . [< L. daucvni, daucon, daucus, 
< Gr. Aai'Kov, a parsnip or carrot: see Daucus.] 
The wild variety of the common carrot, Daucus 
Carota. 
daukint, . See datckin. 
Daulias (da'li-as), n. [NL.. < Gr. AatibJf, epi- 
thet of Philomela, in Greek legend, who was 
changed into a nightingale, lit. a woman of 
AatvUf, L. Daulis, a city of Phocis.] A genus of 
birds which contains only the two kinds of 
nightingales, D. philomela and D. luseinia. See 
nightingale. 
daunt, n. An obsolete form of dan 1 . 
daunder (dan'der), r. '. [Sc.] See dander 1 . 
daundering (dan'der-ing), p. a. [Sc. ] See dan- 
dering. 
dauner (da'ner), r. i. [Sc.] See dander 1 . 
daunering (da'ner-ing), it. a. [Sc.] See dan- 
dering. 
daunt (dant or dant), v. t. [E. dial, also dant 
(and dauntoH. danton, q. v.); < ME. daunten, 
datcnten, < OF. danter, donter, dompter, F. domu- 
ter = It. domitare, daunt, subdue, tame, < L. 
domitare, tame, freq. of domare, pp. domitus, 
tame, = E. tame: see tame, v.] If. To tame. 
In-to Snrre he soujte and thorw his sotll wittes 
Daunted a dowue [dovej and day and nyjte hir feede. 
Pitrt Plou-man (B), xv. 393. 
2t. To subdue; conquer; overcome. 
Elde dautUeth daunger atte laste. 
Chaucer, Troilus, il. 3S9. 
3. To subdue the courage of ; cause to quail ; 
check by fear of danger; intimidate; discou- 
rage. 
The Nightingale, whose happy noble hart 
No dole can daunt, nor feareful force affright. 
Gatcoiffne, Mcclc Glas (ed. Arber), p. 40. 
What daunts thee now? what shakes thee so? 
Whittifr, My Soul and I. 
4. To cast down through fear or apprehension; 
cow down. 
Rest on my word, and let not discontent 
Daunt all your hopes. Shale., Tit. And., t 2. 
I find not anything therein able to daunt the courage 
of a man, much less a well resolved Christian. 
Sir T. Bromte, Religio Medici, L 38. 
dauntt, . [ME. daunt; from the verb.] A 
fright ; a check. 
Til the crosses dunt (dintj ;af him a daunt. 
Uijly Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 145. 
daunter (dan'- or dan'ter), n. One who daunts. 
dauntingnesst (dan'- or dan'ting-nes), n. The 
(juality of being terrifying. 
As one who well knew . . . how the first eaeiits are 
those which incusse a daungtinijneme or daring, (Scapula) 
imployed all means to make his expeditious sodaine, and 
his executions cruell. Daniel, Hist- Eng., p. 4. 
dauntless (dant'- or dant'les), a. [< daunt + 
-h'xK.] Incapable of being daunted; bold; fear- 
less; intrepid. 
The dauntlfu spirit of resolution. 
Shot., K. John, v. 1. 
Dauntlem he rose and to the fight retunied. 
Dryden, .Eneid. 
If yet some desperate action rests lx-hhid. 
That asks high conduct and a dauntle** mind. 
Dryden, Ajax and I'lysses, L 682. 
She visiteil every part of the works In person, cheering 
her defenders by her presence and daunttrtt resolution. 
Preteott, Fcr.1. and Isa., i. -2. 
dauntlessly (dant'- or dant'les-li), adr. In a 
bold, fearless manner, 
dauntlessness (dant'- or dant'les-nes), . 
Fearlessness; intrepidity. 
