dawkin 
dawkint, . [Also ilmd-in ; < ME. Daiclcin (also, 
as in mod. E., linn-kin :nnl linirl.-iii-.; as sur- 
names), a dim. of Ihnr, li/ui; , a reduced form of 
Dari<l.~\ A fool ; a simpleton. 
dawra (dam), H. [Also written ilnum, repr. 
Hind, ilniii.] An Kasl Indian copper coin of 
the value of one fortieth of a rupee. 
dawn (dan), r. /. [< MK. ilmna-n (lato and 
rare), sulistitiited, through influence of earlier 
noun <linriiiiii/r (see ilniriiini/), for reg. tin in n. 
dagi'ii, iliih-H. ilnyi-ii, dawn : see ilitic*, day 1 .] 
1. To become day; begin to grow light in the 
morning; grow light: as, the morning ttuirn.-,-. 
It began to (/ toward the tlrst day of the week. 
Mat. xxviii. 1. 
2. To begin to open or expand; begin to 
show intellectual light or power: as, his genius 
dawned. 
Whether thy hand strike out sonic free design, 
Where life awakes uml i/<nri.s at cv'ry line. 
/'"/"'. 'I'" Nlr - Jervas. 
3. To begin to become visible in consequence 
of an increase of light or enlightenment, liter- 
ally or figuratively; begin to open or appear: 
as, the truth daicns upon him. 
Brightest ami best of the sons of the morning ! 
Daicu on our ilarkrn -s.s ami lend us thine aid. 
Bp. lleber. Hymn. 
I waited underneath the dawning hills. 
Tennyson, <Knoin-. 
There has been gradually iln ii-ninn upon those who think 
the conviction that a state-church is not so much a reli- 
gious as a political institution. 
//. HiKiwcr, Social Statics, p. 338. 
dawn (dan), . [< dawn, v. The older nouns 
are daiving and dawning.'] 1. The first appear- 
ance of daylight in the morning. 
Fairest of stare, last in the train of night, 
If better thou belong not to the dawn. 
MUton, P. L., v. 167. 
Full oft they met, as riau-nand twilight meet 
In northern clime. 
l.iiiivtl. Legend of Brittany, ii. 5. 
2. First opening or expansion; beginning; 
rise; first appearance: as, the dawn of intel- 
lect ; the dawn of a new era. 
Such as creation's dawn )>eheld, thou rollest now. 
Byron, Childe Harold, iv. 182. 
But no cloud could overcast the dawn of so much genius 
and so much ambition. Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
High dawn, the first indications of daylight seen above a 
hank of clouds, (jualtruugh, Boat Sailer's Manual, p. 224. 
Low dawn, daybreak on or near the horizon, the first 
streaks of light being low down. Qttaltrough, Boat Sail- 
er's Manual, p. m. 
dawnering (da'ner-ing), p. a. Same as dander- 
ing. 
I lead a strange dawnering life at present ; in general 
not a little relieved and quieted. 
Carlyle, ill Froude, I. 108. 
dawning (da'ning), . [< ME. dawitinge, dawen- 
yngt', daii/rniitg. daii-iiing, dainiitg, etc., an al- 
teration, through the influence of Sw. Dan. 
dagning, dawn, Icel. dagan, dogun, dawn, = D. 
dagende (ot. Icel. dtegn, dogii = Sw. dyyu = 
Dan. dogn, day and night, 24 hours), of the reg. 
ME. dawingc, dawunge, < AS. dagiing, dawn, < 
dagian, dawn, become day : see dawn and daw 1 .'] 
1. The first appearance of light in the morn- 
ing; daybreak; dawn. 
On the morowe, in the (ftinniffi^rt', the tidinges com in 
to the town that the Uuke was dcdc. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 77. 
Alas poor Harry of England, he longs not for the dawn- 
iny as we do. Shale., Hen. V., iii. 7. 
2. First advent or appearance ; beginning. 
Moreover always in my mind I hear 
A cry from out the dawnin;/ of my life. 
JVnnywn, Coming of Arthur. 
dawpate (da'pat), H. [< daw? + pate.] A sim- 
pleton. 
dawsonite (da'son-it), w. [After J. W. Dun-nun 
of Montreal (born 1820).] A hydrous carbon- 
ate of sodium and aluminium, occurring in 
white-bladed crystals at Montreal, and in the 
province of Siena in Italy. 
dawt, daut (dat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. daictnl or 
datrtit, ppr. duirting. [Sc.; hardly the same 
as dote 1 , q. v.] To regard or treat with affec- 
tion ; pet ; caress ; fondle. 
I'll set thee on a chair of gold, 
Ami ititut thee kindly on my knee. 
IjirdJuinif /)n.;'i' ( ( 'Mld's ballads, IV. 13!)). 
Much dun-ted by the gods is he, 
U'ha' to the Indian plain 
Sui-ivKHfu' ploughs the wally sea. 
And safe ruturns again. 
Kainsay, The Poet's Wish. 
dawtie, dawty (dii'ti), H. [Sc., dim. from 
dtnrt.~] A beloved child; a darling; a child 
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much fondled through affection: frequently 
used as a term of endearment. 
It's ten to ane ye're nae their ilu:'i> 
Shirrrj, Poems, p. 333. 
day 1 (dii), H. [Early mod. E. also days, date; 
< MK. day, ilni, ill i, ditgi; dairi', ila-yc, etc., < 
AS. dirg, pi. dagii.i. = OS. dag = OFries. tin, ili 
= MIX?, ilncli, LO. dag = D. dag = OHG. toe, 
M Hi!. Inc. (>. In;/ = Icel. dagr = Sw. Dan. iliig 
= Goth. dtii/H, day; akin to AS. (poet.) dogor 
Icel. iliii/r, day. Possibly ult. < Ind.-Eur. 
\/ "dhayli, Skt. ^/ dull, burn. Not connected 
with L. dies, day (see dial). Hence date 1 and 
</(()(.] 1. The period during which the sun is 
above the horizon, or shines continuously on 
any given portion of the earth's surface; the 
interval of light, in contradistinction to that of 
darkness, or to night; the period between the 
rising and the setting of the sun, of varying 
length, and called by astronomers the artificial 
day. 
And God called the light Unit, and the darkness he 
called Night. Gen. i. 5. 
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains. 
Mark v. 5. 
It was the middle of the <lnii. 
Ever the weary wind went on. 
Tennyson, Itying Swan. 
Hence 2. Light; sunshine. 
Let us walk honestly, as in the day. Rom. xiif. 13. 
It is directly in your way, we have day enough to per- 
form our journey, and, a you like your entertainment, 
you may there repose yourself a day or two. 
Cotton, In Walton'8 Angler, ii. 226. 
While the day, 
Descending, struck athwart the hall, and shot 
A flying splendour out of brass and steel. 
Tennyson, Princess, vi. 
3. The whole time or period of one revolution 
of the earth on its axis, or the space of twenty- 
four hours; specifically, the interval of time 
which elapses between two consecutive returns 
of the same terrestrial meridian to the sun. in 
this latter specific sense it is called the natural, nolar, or 
astronomical day. Since the length of this day is cont inn- 
ally varying, owing to the eccentricity of the earth's orbit 
and the obliquity of the ecliptic, a mean solar day (the cioil 
day) is employed, which is the average period of one rero- 
lution of the earth on iU axis relative to the sun's position 
considered as fixed. The day of twenty-four hours may be 
reckoned from noon to noon, as in the agronomical or 
nautical day, or from midnight to midnight, as in the civil 
day recognized in the United States, throughout the Brit. 
ish empire, and in most of the countries of Europe. The 
Babylonians reckoned the civil day from sunrise to sun- 
rise ; the r mbriuns. from noon to noon : the Athenians and 
Hebrews, from sunset to sunset; and the Romans, from 
midnight to midnight 
And the evening and the morning were the first day. 
Gen. I. 6. 
My lord, I cannot be so soon provided ; 
Please you, deliberate a day or two. 
Shot., T. G. of V., i. 3. 
4. A particular or regularly recurring period 
of twenty-four hours, assigned to the doing 
of some specified thing, or connected with 
some event or observance: as, settling-day; 
bill-rfay. 
Knipp's maid comes to me, to tell me that the women's 
'/"." at the playhouse is to-day, and that therefore I must 
be there, to encrease their profit. P'pyt, Diary, IV. a). 
Specifically (a) An anniversary; the particular day on 
which some event is commemorated : as, St. Bartholo- 
mew's day ; a birthday; New Years day. (/) The regu- 
larly recurring jieriod in each week set apart for some par- 
ticular purpose, as for receiving calls, etc. 
Mr. Gayman, your servant ; you'll be at my Aunt Susan's 
this Afternoon ; 'tis her Day, you know. 
Soittnem, Maid's Last Prayer, i. 
You have been at my Lady Whitter's upon her Day, 
M.i' l:i in'- Contrreve, Double-Dealer, iii. 9. 
Ladies, however, have their day*, and afternoon tea is 
as much an institution in Australia as at home. 
Arch. forbe. Souvenirs of some Continents, p. 75. 
5. Time. (t) Specified interval or space of 
time : as, three years' day to do something ; he 
was absent for a year's day. (&t) Time to pay ; 
credit. [2Ywe is now used in this sense.] 
Faith, then, I'll pray ymi. 'cause he is my neighbour, 
To take a hundred poiin.l. and give him day. 
B. Janton, Tale of a Tub, iv. 1. 
(r) Period of time. 
At twenty-one, in a day of gloom and terror, he was 
placed at the head of the administration. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vii. 
(d) Appointed time ; set period; appointment. 
After long waiting, A- large expences, though he kepte 
not day with them, yet he came at length * tooke them 
In, in }" night. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 12. 
If my debtors do not keep their day. Dryden. 
(e) Definite time of existence, activity, or in- 
fluence; allotted or actual term of life, useful- 
ness, or glory: as, his day is over. 
day 
The cat will mew, ami ilug will have his ilini. 
.V/.ll., llaml.t, . 1. 
Lady Surer. Wliy, truly, Mrs. I'la* kitt has avery prctt> 
!:il'-lll. :in<l a -It .It 'Ii ,i! of industry. 
SnaJc. 'I'm- . mailam, ami has IM-CII t"l- i.ilih sn< 
in ln-r i/.d/. .".'/, riWim, School lor .Vandal, i. 1. 
< nn ]it(li- s> sti'iuH have tlirir '/'i'/ ; 
They have their day ami roue to U-. 
jTrnm/Ai'/i, In Memorial!]. I'rol. 
(/) A time or period, as distinguished from 
other times or periods; age: commonly used 
in i lie plural: as, bygone days ; the days of our 
fathers. 
M uc-li cruelty did the 1'ataviues suffer in tliin mans dain. 
Cwryat, Crudities, I. 158. 
In ttntiK nf old there li\ M. of mighty fame, 
A valiant prince, mid Theseus was his name. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., I. 1. 
6. A distance which may be accomplished in 
a day ; a day's journey. See phrase below. 
"Sire Dowel dwclleth," quod Wit, "not a </// ln-mien." 
Pie-rg Plwrman (A), x. 1. 
Beyond thU lie is the maine lanil and the great riner 
Oeuam, on which standcth a Towne called Pomeiock, an. I 
six dayen higher, ih.-ir city Skicoak. 
Quoted in Cniit. J'lhn .S'iiiiM' Tnie Travels, I. 84. 
7. The contest of a day; a battle or combat 
with reference to its issue or results: as, to 
carry the day. 
The trumpets sound retreat, the I/OB is ours. 
Shot., 1 lien. IV., v. 4. 
Ills nanie struck fear, his conduct won the itnii. 
llwKoininon, To the Uuke of York. 
All Fools' day. All Saints' day, All Souls' day. See 
foul, mint, -v?.Ancient of days. See ancient. An- 
niversary day. See a;mivn)i/. Arbor day. Seeor- 
bor-day. Ascension day. See (uretuiva. A year and 
a day. (a) A full year and an extra day of yruc-c : an old 
law term denoting the periixl beyond which certain right* 
ceased. See ytar. (fr) A long while; time of uncertain 
length. (Humorous. J Banian days. See banian*. 
Barnaby day, the day of St. Barnabas. See Barnaby- 
briyht. 
That man that Is blind, or that will wink, shall see no 
more sun upon St. Barnaltie't dan than upon St. Lucle's ; 
no more in the summer than in the winter solstice. 
Dunne, Sermons, vii. 
Bartholomew day, the 24th day of August, on which is 
held a festival in honor of St. Bartholomew, one of the 
twelve apostles, and which is noted in history as (1) 
the day in 1572 on which the great massacre of French 
ProtetttanU (called the St. Bartholomew massacre) was 
begun in Paris by order of the king, which order was exe- 
cuted in other towns on its receipt, last in Bordeaux on Oc- 
tober 3d ; (2) the day in 1S82 on which the penalties of the 
English Act of Uniformity came into force ; (3) the day on 
which a great fair (called Bartholomew fair) was held an- 
nually at Smithfleld in London, from 1133 to 1855, whence 
the name Bartholomew attached to the names of many ar- 
ticles sold there, as Bartholomew baby, Bartholomew pig, 
Bartholomew ware, etc. Bill day, in the 1'nited States 
House of Representatives, a day (usually Monday of each 
week) set apart for the introduction of bills by members. 
Black-letter day. See Hack-letter. Break of day. 
See break. Canicular days. See canicular.- Childer- 
mas day. See Child? rntax. Civil day, the mean solar 
day as recognized by the state in civil or legal and busi- 
ness transactions. See definition 3, above.- Cleansing 
days, clear days. See the adjectives. Commemora- 
tion day, commencement day, commission day, con- 
tango day. See the qualifying words. Continuation 
of days, sec riiittiiiitnttiin.-- costs of the day. see 
cugf-i. Daft days. See i/o/(. Dark days. See dor*!. 
- Day about, (a) On alternate days; every other day. 
(&) A uay in turn ; a hxed recurrent day. 
" Husband," quoth scho, "content am I 
To tak the pluche my day about." 
Wyf of Attchtirmuchty (Child's Ballads, VIII. 117). 
Day by day, daily ; every day ; each day in succession ; 
continually ; without intermission of a day. 
Day btt dan the sere gon passe. 
The pope fur-sate neuer his masse. 
Political Poemt, etc. (ed. Furuivall), p. 88. 
Withynue Ms brest he kept it daii be day. 
Qenerydei (E. E. T. 8.), I. 228. 
Day by day we magnify thee. 
Book of Common Prayer, Te Drum. 
Eating the Lotos day by day. Tennyton, Lotos-Eaters. 
Day of abstinence. See abstinence. Day of Brahma, 
in Ilitutu myth., l.uuo mahayuga-s or great ages, each equal 
to 4,320,000 years. - Day Of doom, the judgment-day. 
Day of grace. See grace. Day of trew, a diet or meet- 
ing to treat of a truce or to settle disputes. 
With lettres to diners person is on the Bordouris, for the 
day of tretc to be haldin eftir the diete of Anwic. 
Accounts of Lord Jliyh Treasurer (1473X 
Days in bane, in Kny. lav, days set apart by statute or 
by order of the court when write are to be returned, or 
when the party shall appear upon the writ served. Days 
in court, opportunity for appearance to contest a case. 
Day's journey, a somewhat loose mode of measuring dis- 
tance, especially in the East. The day's journey of a man 
on foot may be estimated at alx>ut 20 to 24 English milei, 
but if the journey is for many days, at almut 171. * day's 
journey i m lie irschuck may l>e taken at aliont 28 to 30 miles. 
In a caravan journey with camel* the day's journey is about 
:;n inilrs for :t short distance, but on an extended line some- 
what less. Tlie mean rate of the daily march of an army 
is about 14 miles in a line of from .-i'jM to ten marches ; 
but for a single march, or even two or three, the distance 
may be a mile or two longer, or for a forced march twice 
