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A DICTIONAKY OF 
Dabberries. The fruit oi Rihes Grossularia, L. — Kent E. D. S. 
Gloss. 0. 3. ’ > • • • 
Dadder-grass. Briza media, l^.—Cumh. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 8. 
Ladder — to shiver or tremble. — Id. 
Dae-Nettle. See Deye-Nettle. 
Laffadilly. Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. — Turn. Lib., Wr. 
‘ Amongst those things of sent, there prick they in the lilly ; 
And neere to that againe, her sister daffadilhj: 
Drayton’s Polyolbion, Song 15. 
Daffadowndilly, Daffadoondilly, Daffidowndilly, Daffodowndilly. 
Thus variously spelt and pronounced in many counties. Prior, p, 61. 
{!) Narcisms Pseudo-riarcissus, L. — Ger. Hal. Wr. Bucks.; W. 
dies. ; Cumb. Dors. ; Qlou. ; Herts. ; Banc. E. D. S Dane. Gloss, j 
Line.; Norf.; Oxf.; tial. ; Suff., Moor; Suss.; Wilts.; Yks. See 
Daffodil. 
(2) Daphne Mezereum, L. — Yks. From the slight similarity of the 
Greek name Daphne with Daffodil. 
Daffodil. (1) A name in general use iov Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, 
L., derived, according to Skinner and Prior (p. 61), from Lat. aspho- 
delus. Afiadil (which see) is another form of the same word, hut the 
plants Asphodel and Daffodil were popularly discriminated in the 
seventeenth century, as Markham in his English Housewife (1637) 
says: ‘ You must be carefull that you take not Daffodil for Affodil.’ 
(2) Fritillaria Meleagris, L. — Hants. (Strathfieldsaye), Phyt. iii. 965. 
Daffodil, Checkered, or Chequered. See Chequered Daffodil. 
Daffodilly. Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. — Ger. 
Daffy {Bucks., Cumh.), or Daffydown {Lane.). Contractions of 
Daffadowndilly, which see. 
Daft-berries. Atropa Belladonna, L.^ — Forfar. Because the berries 
cause dizziness. 
Daggers. ‘ Sword-grass.’ — Som.. Hal. Wr. This is probably Poa 
aquatica, L. See Sword- grass. 
Dag-stone (a misprint for Dog-stone). Orchis mascula, L. — Holme’s 
Academy of Armory, ii. 56. 
Daieseyghe. Beilis per ennis, L. — Prior, p. 61 ; Hal. Wr. 
Dai-, Dae-, or Day-Nettle. Galeopsis Tetrahit, L. — Yks. Cleveland 
Gloss.; E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord. ; Aherd.. ; Moray. See Deye Nettle. 
Daisy (in Crete Herball Dyasy). Beilis perennis, L. — A name in 
general use. A.-S. Doeges-eage, eye of day; from its opening and 
closing its flowers with the daylight. Prior, p. 61. It sometimes, or 
in some places, referred especially to the cultivated form. ‘ Apud 
Northumbrienses meos ea sola vocatur a dasy qui puniceo fiore altilis 
et hortensis est, erraticum illam vocant a BanwortJ —Yuxn. Lib. See 
Cockayne, iii. 321. 
Daisy, Big. Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, L. — E. Yks. ; E. 
Bord. Bot. E. Bord. 
