Part 2724

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Daddy</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dad"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Diminutive of <er>Dad</er>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Daddy longlegs</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dad"dy long"legs`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An arachnidan of the genus <spn>Phalangium</spn>, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also <altname>harvestman</altname>, <altname>carter</altname>, and <altname>grandfather longlegs</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus <spn>Tipula</spn>, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also <altname>father longlegs</altname>.</def>

<h1>Dade</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Of. uncertain origin. Cf. <er>Dandle</er>, <er>Daddle</er>.]</ety> <def>To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Little children when they learn to go By painful mothers <b>daded</b> to and fro. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dade</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dade</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>No sooner taught to <b>dade</b>, but from their mother trip. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dado</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Da"do</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dadoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[It. <ets>dado</ets> die, cube, pedestal; of the same origin as E. <ets>die</ets>, <ets>n.</ets> See <er>Die</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Column</er></def>. Hence: <sd>(b)</sd> <def>In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See <cref>Base course</cref>, under <er>Base</er>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.</def>

<h1>D\'91dal, D\'91dalian</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw><hw>D\'91"dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>D\'91*dal"ian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>daedalus</ets> cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets>; cf. <ets><?/</ets> to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical D\'91dalus (Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, lit., the cunning worker).]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious.</def>

<blockquote>Our bodies decked in our <b>d\'91dalian</b> arms. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>d\'91dal</b> hand of Nature. <i>J. Philips.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The doth the <b>d\'91dal</b> earth throw forth to thee, Out of her fruitful, abundant flowers. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Crafty; deceitful.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Keats.</i>

<h1>D\'91dalous</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>D\'91d"a*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves.</def>

<mhw><h1>D\'91mon, n., D\'91monic</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>D\'91"mon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <hw>D\'91*mon"ic</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></mhw> <def>See <er>Demon</er>, <er>Demonic</er>.</def>

<h1>Daff</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Daff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Doff</er>.]</ety> <def>To cast aside; to put off; to doff.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>