Part 2729

<hw>Dai"ly</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dailies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A publication which appears regularly every day; <as>as, the morning <ex>dailies</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Daily</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dai"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Every day; day by day; <as>as, a thing happens <ex>daily</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Daimio</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dai"mi*o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Daimios</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Jap., fr. Chin. <ets>tai ming</ets> great name.]</ety> <def>The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.</def><-- usu. written <asp>daimyo</asp> -->

<blockquote>The <b>daimios</b>, or territorial nobles, resided in Yedo and were divided into four classes. <i>Am. Cyc.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Daint</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Daint</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dainty</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Something of exquisite taste; a dainty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <def2><tt>a.</tt> <def> Dainty.</def></def2> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To cherish him with diets <b>daint</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Daintify</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dain"ti*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Daintified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Daintifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>Dainty</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious.</def> "<i>Daintified</i> emotion."

<i>Sat. rev.</i>

<h1>Daintily</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dain"ti*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.</def>

<h1>Daintiness</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dain"ti*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>daintiness</b> and niceness of our captains <i>Hakluyt.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>More notorious for the <b>daintiness</b> of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. <i>Hakewill.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The duke exeeded in the <b>daintiness</b> of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Daintrel</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dain"trel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>daint</ets> or <ets>dainty</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>daintier</ets>.]</ety> <def>Adelicacy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Dainty</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dain"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dainties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>deinie</ets>, <ets>dainte</ets>, <ets>deintie</ets>, <ets>deyntee</ets>, OF. <ets>deinti\'82</ets> delicacy, orig., dignity, honor, fr. L. <ets>dignitas</ets>, fr. <ets>dignus</ets> worthy. See <er>Deign</er>, and cf. <er>Dignity</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I ne told no <b>deyntee</b> of her love. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.</def>

<blockquote>That precious nectar may the taste renew Of Eden's <b>dainties</b>, by our parents lost. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A term of fondness.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>