<blockquote>The warrior's very plume, I say, Was <b>daggled</b> by the dashing spray. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Daggle</h1> <Xpage=364>
<hw>Dag"gle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.</def>
<blockquote>Nor, like a puppy [have I] <b>daggled</b> through the town. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Daggle-tail, Daggle-tailed</h1> <Xpage=364>
<hw><hw>Dag"gle-tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dag"gle-tailed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.</def>
<h1>Daggle-tail</h1> <Xpage=364>
<hw>Dag"gle-tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.</def>
<h1>Daglock</h1> <Xpage=364>
<hw>Dag"lock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Dag</ets> a loose and + <ets>lock</ets>.]</ety> <def>A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.</def>
<h1>Dago</h1> <Xpage=364>
<hw>Da"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dagos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>Diego</ets>, E. James.]</ety> <def>A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>
<h1>Dagoba</h1> <Xpage=364>
<hw>Da*go"ba</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Singhalese <ets>d\'begoba</ets>.]</ety> <def>A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.</def> <mark>[East Indies]</mark>
<h1>Dagon</h1> <Xpage=364>
<hw>Da"gon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[Heb. <ets>D\'begon</ets>, fr. <ets>dag</ets> a fish: cf. Gr. <ets><?/</ets>.]</ety> <def>The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish.</def>
<i>W. Smith.</i>
<blockquote>This day a solemn feast the people hold To <b>Dagon</b>, their sea idol. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>They brought it into the house of <b>Dagon</b>. <i>1 Sam. v. 2.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Dagon</h1> <Xpage=364>
<hw>Dag"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dag</er> a loose end.]</ety> <def>A slip or piece.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Chaucer.</i>
<h1>Dagswain</h1> <Xpage=364>
<hw>Dag"swain`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Dag</er> a loose end?]</ety> <def>Acoarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool.</def> "Under coverlets made of <i>dagswain</i>."
<i>Holinshed.</i>
<h1>Dag-tailed</h1> <Xpage=364>
<hw>Dag"-tailed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Dag</ets> a loose end + <ets>tail</ets>.]</ety> <def>Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.</def> "<i>Dag-tailed</i> sheep."
<i>Bp. Hall.</i>
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