Part 2723

<h1>Dactyliomancy</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dac*tyl"i*o*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>dakty`lios</grk> + <ets>-mancy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divination by means of finger rings.</def>

<h1>Dactylist</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dac"tyl*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A writer of dactylic verse.</def>

<h1>Dactylitis</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dac`tyl*i"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> finger + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An inflammatory affection of the fingers.</def>

<i>Gross.</i>

<h1>Dactylitis</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dac`tyl*i"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> finger + -logy.]</ety> <def>The art of communicating ideas by certai movement and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.</def>

<note>&hand; There are two different manual alphabets, the <i>onehand</i> alphabet (which was perfected by Abb\'82 de l'Ep\'82e, who died in 1789), and the <i>two<?/hand</i> alphabet. The latter was probably based on the manual alphabet published by George Dalgarus of Aberdeen, in 1680. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</note>

<h1>Dactylomancy</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dac*tyl"o*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dactylio mancy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Am. Cyc.</i>

<h1>Dactylonomy</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dac`tyl*on"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> finger + <ets><?/</ets> law, distribution.]</ety> <def>The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.</def>

<h1>Dactylopterous</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dac`tyl*op"ter*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> finger + <ets><?/</ets> wing, fin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards.</def>

<h1>Dactylotheca</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dac`ty*lo*the"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> finger, toe + <ets><?/</ets> case, box.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds.</def>

<h1>Dactylozooid</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dac`tyl*o*zo"oid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> finger + E. <ets>zooid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See <er>Siphonophora</er>.</def>

<h1>Dad</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. <ets>daid</ets>, Gael. <ets>daidein</ets>, W. <ets>tad</ets>, OL. <ets><?/</ets>, <ets><?/</ets>, Skr. <ets>t\'beta</ets>.]</ety> <def>Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.</def>

<blockquote>I was never so bethumped withwords, Since I first called my brother's father <b>dad</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dadle</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dad"le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Daddled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Daddling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Prob. freq. of <ets>dade</ets>.]</ety> <def>To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly.</def>

<h1>Daddock</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dad"dock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Prov. E. <ets>dad</ets> a large piece.]</ety> <def>The rotten body of a tree.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>