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Show D DA Is a confonant nearly approaching in foun DA DA to T, but forme 2, On tha meddle withou The fhort sarciffus, and fair daghod Panciés to pleafe the fight, and caffi maftery one that never goes to the bottom of a affair; a fuperficial meddler fmell f (Wée" D by a ftronger appulfe of th Dry 7 DaFT @ [contra@ed from ,1(,3 He dares not complain of the tooth-ach, lef tongue to the upper part of the mouth that is; to throw back; to throy off] "I" ou dabbler i politick fhoul b read t fwea The found of D in Engli/h is uniform tof againft him for difaffection afid t Savift put away with conteppy and it is never mute Dace. n. /. [of uncertain derivation: i t thro awa flightly Not now in y D4 CAPO. [Ital.] A term in mufick The nimble-footéd mad-cap prince of Walgs mof provinc calle dare Leucifeu . which fignifying from the head or th that dafr the world afide, comrades hi An A {mall river fith, refembling a roach beginning, means that the firft part o And bid it pafs Shakefpeare's Hipp but lefs 1 would fhe had beftow'd this fiotage or; g,w the tune fhould be repeated at the conLet me live harmlefsly, and riear the brin w u h v daft all other refpects, and made he clufion Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling place half myfelf Shakefpeare Where I may fee my quill or cork down fin 70 DAB. w. a. [danber, Fr.] To frik Dac n / [da ue Fre ch. Wi eag bite of pearch, or bleak, or dace gently with fomething foft or moift 1 dagger Wal on A fore fhould never be wiped by drawing piece of tow or rag over it, but only by dabbing it Da'ctyLe. n. [ [daxsvres, a finger. A 2. A handgun; a piftol: fo called fro ferving the purpofes of a dagger, bein with fine lint Sharp poetical foot confifting of one long fyllacarried fecretly, and doing mifchief fud Das. z. /. [from the verb. ble and two fhort, like the joints of denly. It is in neithér {enfe now ufed 1. A {mall lump of any thing finger; as candidis 7 Dag. . a. [from daggle.] To daggle 2. A blow with fomething moift or foft Dap }n./.' [The child's way of exto bemire; to let fall in the water: 3. Something moift or {limy thrown upon Da'poy. § prefling father, It is remarkl word one able, that, in all parts of the world, th 4. [In low language.] An artift; a ma word for father, as firft taught to chil- DA'GGER. #. /. [dague, Fretch. 1 A fhort fword; a poniard expert at {fomething This is not ufe dren, is compounded of zand #, or th She ran to her fon's daggery and firuck herfel in writing kindred letter 4, differently placed; a a mortal wound Sid ,,] 5. A kind of fmall flat fifh tad, Welth ; arla, Greek ; atta, GoThis fword a da . Of flat fith there are rays, flowks, dabs, plaice Carew Da's-cuick #. A fmall water fowl called likewife Dobchick, and Didapper and Dipchick Colymbuys Ray A dab-chick waddles through the copf On feet and wings, and flies, and wades, and hops Pope 9o DA'BBLE To {mear @. a [dabbelen, Dutch[.) to daub ; to {patter; to be {prinkle ; to wet A fhadow like an angel, with bright hai Dabbled in blood Shakefpeare's Richard I11 I fcarified, and dabbled the woun wit oil o turpentine Wileman's Surgery Mean while the South, rifing with dabbled wings A fable cloud athwart the welkin flings T DA'BBLE w. 7 1. To play in water ; to mov Swift in wate or mud Neither will a fpirit, that dwells with ftars dabble in this impurer mud Glanwille's Agol The little one complaine of her legs, that th could neither fwim nor dabble with them. L'Eftr But when he found the boys at play And faw them dabbling in their clay He ftood behind a ftall to lurk And mark the progrefs of their work Swift 2. To do any thing in a flight, {uperficial or fhallow manner ; to tamper Shakefpear fhall be put into you hands a clear and as fair as it came out of them: thoug you, I think, have been dabbling here and ther with the text, I have had more reverence for th writer and the printer, and left every thing ftand ing Da'snLer dtterbury to Pope . /. [from dabble. t. One that plays in water thick; zatz, Latin. ger had his page To hold up by a lead The little children when they learn to go By painful mothers daded to and fro Drayton D/E'DAL ad;j [dedalus, Latin. 1. Various ; variegated 2. Skilfal: this is not the true meaning nor fhould be imitated Nor hat The dedal hand of Nature only pour' Her gifts of outward grace Philips This plant hath a lily-flower, confifting of on leaf, which is bell-fhaped, an cut into fix feg ments, which incircle its middle like a crown but the empalement, which comnionly rifes out o a membranous vagina, turns to an oblong o roundifh fruit, which is triangular, and gapes i three parts; is divided into three cells, and full o roundifh feeds Miller Strew me the green ground with daffodonendillies And cowflips, and kingcups, and loved lilies Bid amaranthus all his beauty thed Spenfer daffodillies fill their cups with tears To ftrew the laurcat herfe where Lycid lies Milton The daughters of the flood have fearch'd th mea As dwarfs upon knights-errantdo. Hudibras He ftrike himfelf with his dagger; but bein interrupted by one of his friends, he ftabs him and breaks the dagger on one of his ribs. Addifm 2. [In fencing {chools. A blunt blade o iron with a bafket hilt, ufed for defence 3. [With printers.] The obelus ; a mar of reference in form of a dagger; a Ct1 DA'GGERSDRAWING. #. /i [dagger an draw.] The a& of drawing daggers approach to open violence They always are at daggerfdrawing Da‘rrop1L n. /.. [ Suppofe Darront'Lry by Skinner to b Darropownpi'LLy. ) corrupted fro afphodelus. An That was but little for his' age And therefore waited on him f Father I was never fo bethumpt with words Since firft I call'd my brother's fathet dads Shak His loving mother left him to my care Fine child, as like his dad as he could ftare! Gay 7o DADE. @. a ing ftring For violets pale, and ¢ropp'd the poppy's head And one another clapperclawing Hudibra I have heard of a quarrel in a tavern, where al were at daggersdrawing, till one defired to kno the fubjet of the quarrel 70 DA'GGLE « a. [fro Swift dag, df'.‘W a word, according to Mr. Lye, derive from the Danith ; according to Skirner from bag, {prinkled, or beagan, to dip They are probably all of the fame root. To dip negligently in mire or water to bemire; to befprinkle 7o Da'coLE @. n To be in the mire to run through wet or dirt Nor like a puppy, daggled through the town To fetch and carry fing-fong up and down. Pefe DA'GGLEDTAIL . /. [doggle and tail Bemired; dipped in the water or mud befpattered The gentlemen of wit and pleafure are apt o be choaked at the fight of fo many daggledtail par fons, that happen to fall in their way. Swift " DAIL |