daunton 
daunton (dk'n'ton), . t. [Sc., also dial, tlait- 
t/in ; ;in extension of daunt, q. v.] 1. To daunt; 
intimidate; subdue. 
To diintuu rebels and conspirators against him. 
Pitscottie, Chrun. of Scotland, p. 87. 
2. To dare ; seek to daunt. 
It's for the like o' them, an' maybe no even sae muckle 
\mrtli, folk daunton God to His face and burn in muckle 
liell. it. L. Steofiuwa, The -Merry Men. 
3f. To break in or tame (a horse). 
A tame ami duntuned horse. QUOH. Attach., xlvill. 11. 
dauphin (da/fin), . [Formerly danlj>liin and 
doll'li/ii : < OF.'dalpltin, daitpktn, later daulphin, 
mod. F. dauphin = Pr. aalfln ; orig. the surname 
of the lords of the province hence called Dau- 
pliine, Dauphiny, who bore on their crest three 
dolphins, in allusion to the origin of their name, 
< OF. "dolphin, dauphin, doffin, F. daupMn (E. 
dolphin), Pr. dalfin, < L. di'li'liiinix, a dolphin; 
hence ML. Delphinus, dauphin: see delplnn^, 
dolphin.] The distinctive title (originally Dau- 
phin of Viennois) of the eldest son of the king 
of France, from 1349 till the revolution of 1830. 
When the reigning king had no son or lineal male de- 
scendant, the title was in abeyanee, as no other heir to the 
throne could hold it. The title had been home since the 
eleventh or twelfth century by the counts of Viennois as 
lords of the domain hence called le Dauphine' (the Dau- 
phinate, or Dauphiny), the last of whom ceded his lordship 
to the king, on condition that the title should be always 
maintained. The lords of Auvergne also used the title 
dauphin. 
The dauphin Charles is crowned king in Rheims. 
Shak.,lHeu. VI., 1. 1. 
The Dolphin was expected at the masse. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. 45. 
dauphine (da'fen), n. [F., fern, of dauphin.'] 
The wife of a dauphin. 
dauphiness (da'fin-es), n. [< dauphin + -ess.] 
Same as dauphine. 
It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the 
Queen of France, then the dauphinexs, at Versailles ; and 
surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed 
to touch, a more delightful vision. Burke, Rev. in France. 
daur (dar), 11. t. A Scotch form of dare 1 . 
daut, v. t. See dawt. 
dauw (da), . [South African D. form of the 
native name.] The native name of Burehell's 
zebra, Equus burehelli, a very beautiful animal, 
resembling the quagga in some respects, but 
having the coloring of a zebra. Also called 
bonte-q uagga. 
Davallia (da-val'i-a), w. [NL., named after 
Edmond Davall, a Swiss botanist.] A genus 
of polypodiaceous ferns, having scaly creeping 
rhizomes, whence the name hare's-foot fern ap- 
plied to D. Canariensis. The fronds are sometimes 
pinnate, but more frequently pinnattdy decompound, be- 
ing elegantly cut into numerous small divisions. The sori 
are borne close U> the margin. The indnsinm which covers 
each is attached by its base to the end of a vein, and is free 
at the opposite side. The number of species slightly ex- 
ceeds 100, and they are most numerous in the tropics of 
the old world. Some of the species are among the most 
elegant ferns in cultivation. 
davenport (dav'n-port), n. [Also devonport; 
from the surname Davenport, ult. from the town 
of Devonport in England.] A kind of small 
writing-desk. 
davidt ; . An obsolete form of dm-il. 
Davidic, Davidical (da-vid'ik, -i-kal), a. [< 
David + -ic, -ical.] Of, pertaining "to, or de- 
rived from David, king of Israel. 
We cannot well stop short of the admission that the 
Psalter must contain Daeidic psalms, some of which at 
least may be identified by judicious criticism. 
Encyc. Brit., VI. 841. 
Davidist (da'vid-ist), n. [< Darid (see defs.) 
I- -/.] 1. One of the followers of David of 
Dinant in Belgium (hence called Diuanto), who 
taught extreme pantheistic doctrines. His trea- 
tise " Quaternuli " was burned by a synod at Paris in 1209, 
and the sect was stamped out by persecution. 
1464 
2. One of a fanatical sect which existed for 
more than a century after the death in 1556 of 
its founder, a Dutch Anabaptist, David George, 
or Joris. His followers were also called l)a- 
ridianx, Dai-id-Georgians, and Familigts. See 
Familif/t. 
davidsonite (da'vid-son-it), w. [From the dis- 
coverer, Dr. Davidson?] A variety of beryl dis- 
covered in the granite quarry of Kubislaw, near 
Aberdeen, Scotland. See beryl. 
David's-root (da'vidz-rot), w. The cahinca- 
root. 
David's staff. See staff. 
daviet (da'vi), . Same as davit. 
davit (dav'it), . [Also davitt, and formerly 
david ("the Davids ende," Capt. John Smith, 
Treat, on Eng. Sea Terms, 1626). Of. F. davier, 
forceps, a cramp-iron, davit; supposed by Lit- 
tre to stand for "dariet, 
a dim. of David, it being 
customary to give proper 
names to implements (e. 
g., E. bctty, billy, jack, 
etc.).] Nuut., one of a 
pair of projecting pieces 
of wood or iron on the 
side or stern of a vessel, 
used for suspending or 
lowering and hoisting a 
boat, by means of sheaves 
and pulleys. They are set Davits, 
so as to admit of being shipped 
and unshipped at pleasure, and commonly turn on their 
axes, so that the boat can be swung in on deck, or vice 
versa. 
davite (da'vit), . [After the English chem- 
ist Sir Humphry Dary (1778-1829).] A sul- 
phate of aluminium found in a warm spring 
near Bogota in the United States of Colombia. 
It occurs massive, is of a fine fibrous structure, 
white color and silky luster, and is very soluble. 
davreuxite (da-vre'zit), . [After the Belgian 
chemist Charles Davreux.] A silicate of alu- 
minium occurring in fibrous crystalline aggre- 
gates resembling asbestos. 
davy 1 (da'vi), . ; pi. dories (-viz). [After Sir 
H. Davy.] The safety-lamp invented for the 
protection of coal-miners by Sir H. Davy. It 
consists of a metallic cistern for the oil, and a cylinder of 
wire gauze about 1J inches in diameter and 8 inches in 
height. Fire cannot be communicated through the gauze 
to gas outside the cylinder. 
davy 2 (da'vi), n. ; pi. davtes (-viz). [A corrup- 
tion of affidavit.^ An affidavit. [Slang.] 
Davy Jones (da'vi jonz). [A humorous name, 
at the origin of which many guesses have been 
made.] Naut., the spirit of the sea; a sea- 
devil. 
This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of 
sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits 
of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the de- 
voted wretch of death and woe. Smollett. 
Davy Jones's locker, the ocean ; specifically, the ocean 
regarded as the grave of all who perish at sea. 
Davy lamp, Davy's lamp. See davy*. 
davyne (da'vin), . [Better davine, < NL. da- 
I'ina.] A Vesuvian mineral related to cancri- 
nite : in part, perhaps, identical with micro- 
sommite. 
davyum (da'vi-um), . [NL., better "darium; 
so called after Sir H. Davy : see davite.] A met- 
al of the platinum group, whose discovery was 
announced in 1877 by Kern of St. Petersburg. 
He found it associated with the metals rhodium and iridi- 
nin in some platinum ores, and described it as a hard sil- 
very metal, slightly ductile, extremely infusible, and hav- 
ing a density of 9.385 at '25 C. Its existence as an element 
has not been established. 
daw j t (da), v. i. [< ME. dawen, dagen (also daien, 
dayen: see day*, v.) = AS. dagian (= D. da- 
gen = MLG. LG. dagen = G. tagen = Icel. 
daga = Sw. dayas = Dan. dages), become day, 
< dceg, day: see day 1 , and cf. dawn.] To be- 
come day ; dawn. 
Tyl the day dawede these damseles dauusede, 
That men rang to the resurreccioun ; and with that ich 
awakede. Piers Plowman (C), xxi. 471. 
The cock doth craw, the day doth daw. 
The Wife of Usher's Well (Child's Ballads, I. 216). 
daw 2 (da), . [< ME. daice = OHG. Idha, MHG. 
tdhe, with dim. tdhele, tale, talle, also tul, tole, 
dole, Q. dohle, a daw; cf. ML. tacula, It. taccola, 
a daw, from MHG. The same word appears as 
the second element of caddow, q. v.] 1 . A jack- 
daw. See dawcock. 
The windy clamour of the daws. Tennyson, Geraint. 
2. A foolish, empty fellow. [Prov. Eng.] 
At thi tabull nether crache ne claw, 
Than men wylle sey tliou arte a daw. 
llabees Book (E. E. T. 8.), p. 25. 
dawk 
To hear the pratling of any such Jack Straw, 
For when hee hath all done, I compte him but a very daw. 
It. Edwards, Damon and Pythias. 
3. A sluggard; a slattern. [Prov. Eng. and 
Scotch.] 
I will not be ane daw, I wyl not sleip. 
(Javin Douglas, tr. of Virgil, p. 452. 
But I see that but [without] spinning I'll never be braw, 
But gae by the name of a dilp or a da. 
A. Itoss, Helcnore, p. 135. 
daw 3 (da),. [Sc. and E. dial.; a var. of dow, do 2 , 
q.v.] I. in trans. To thrive; prosper; recover 
health or spirits. 
II. traits. To cause to recover one's spirits; 
hearten; encourage; cheer. 
Tyll with good rapps 
And heuy clappes 
lie dawde him up again. 
Sir T. More, Four Things. 
Daw thou her up. and I will fetch thee forth 
Potions of comfort, to repress her pain. 
Greene, James IV'., v. 
daw 4 t(da),r.. [Seeadow 2 .] To daunt; frighten. 
She thought to daw her now as she had done of old. 
Rumens mul Juliet, Malone's Suppl. to Shak., I. 333. 
dawbt, v. and . See daub. 
dawcockt (da'kok), n. A male daw; a jack- 
daw ; hence, figuratively, an empty, chattering 
fellow. 
The dosnel daivcock comes dropping among the doctors. 
Withatu, Diet., p. 558. 
dawd, . See daud. 
dawdle (da'dl), . ; pret. and pp. dawdled, ppr. 
dawdling. [A colloq. word, appar. a var. of dad- 
die.] 1. intrans. To idle; waste time; trifle; 
loiter. 
Mrs. Bennet, having dawdled about in the vestibule to 
watch for the end of the conference, . . . entered the 
breakfast-room. Jan* Austen, Pride and Prejudice, p. 95. 
Next to the youth who has no calling, he is most to be 
pitied who toils without heart, and is therefore forever 
dawdling loitering and lingering, instead of striking 
with all his might. 
IF. Matheu'i, Getting on in the World, p. 165. 
II. trans. To waste by trifling : with away: as, 
to dawdle away a whole forenoon. 
dawdle (da'dl), w. [< dawdle, v.] A trifler ; a 
dawdler. [Rare.] 
Where is this dawdle of a housekeeper? 
Colinan and Garriek, Clandestine Marriage, i. 2. 
dawdler (da'dler), n. One who dawdles; a 
trifler ; an idler. 
dawdling (da'dling),^.. Sauntering; idling. 
There is the man whose rapid strides indicate his ex- 
citement, and the slow and dawdling walk indicative of 
purposeless aim. F. Warner, Physical Expression, p. 66. 
daw-dressing (da'dres'tng), n. The assump- 
tion of qualities one is not entitled to ; the as- 
sumption of the achievements or claims of an- 
other as one's own: in allusion to the fable 
of the daw that dressed itself with peacock's 
feathers. [Bare.] 
They would deem themselves disgraced had they been 
guilty, even in thought, of a simulation similar to this 
howbeit not in danger of being ignomiiiiously plucked for 
so contemptible a daw-dressing. Sir W. Hamilton. 
dawdy (da'di), n. and a. Same as doicdy. 
dawet, n. A Middle English form (in oblique 
cases) of day 1 Of dawet, of dawest, of life-dawet, 
out of life : with do or bring. See adaw'2, etymology. 
Alle that nolde turne to God he brougt hem soue of 
dawe. Holy liood (E. E. T. S.), p. 53. 
daw-fish (da/fish), n. [Appar. a corruption of 
dog-_fish.] The lesser dog-fish, one of the scyl- 
lioid sharks. [Orkneys.] 
dawing (da'ing), . [< ME. dawyng, dawinge, 
dawunge, < AS. dagung, dawn, verbal n. of da- 
gian, become day, dawn : see daw 1 , and cf . dawn- 
ing.] The first appearance of day; dawn; 
dawning. [Obsolete or Scotch.] 
And ek the sonne, Titan, gan he chide, 
And seyde, "O fol, wel may men the despise, 
That hast the Dawyng al nyght by till side." 
Chaucer, Troilus, iii. 14G6. 
Late at e'en, drinking the wine, 
And ere they paid the lawing 
They set a combat them between, 
To fight it in the dau-ing. Old ballad. 
dawish (da'ish), a. [< daw 2 + -isli 1 .] Like a 
daw. 
dawk 1 (dak), H. [E. dial. ; a var. of doltf, q. v.] 
A hollow or an incision, as in timber. 
Observe if any hollow or dawks be in the length. 
J. Moxon, Mechanical Exercises. 
dawk 1 (dak), v. t. [Also written dnuk ; < dawk 1 , 
.] To cut or mark with an incision. 
Should they :'pply that side of the tool the edge lies on, 
the swift coming about of the work would . . . jobb the 
edge into the stuff , and so da ick it. 
J. Uoxtm, Mechanical Exercises. 
dawk 2 , n. See dak. 
