Part 2731

<hw>Dai"ry*maid`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy.</def>

<h1>Dairyman</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dai"ry*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dairymen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy.</def>

<h1>Dairywoman</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dai"ry*wom`an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dairywomen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A woman who attends to a dairy.</def>

<h1>Dais</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Da"is</hw> <tt>(d&amac;"&icr;s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>deis</ets>, <ets>des</ets>, table, dais, OF. <ets>deis</ets> table, F. <ets>dais</ets> a canopy, L. <ets>discus</ets> a quoit, a dish (from the shape), LL., table, fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> a quoit, a dish. See <er>Dish</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shiply.</i>

<h1>Daisied</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dai"sied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of daisies; adorned with daisies.</def> "The <i>daisied</i> green."

<i>Langhorne.</i>

<blockquote>The grass all deep and <b>daisied</b>. <i>G. Eliot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Daisy</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dai"sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Daisies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>dayesye</ets>, AS. <ets>d\'91ges<?/eage</ets> day's eye, daisy. See <er>Day</er>, and <er>Eye</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A genus of low herbs (<spn>Bellis</spn>), belonging to the family Composit\'91. The common English and classical <ex>daisy</ex> is <spn>B. prennis</spn>, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The whiteweed (<spn>Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum</spn>), the plant commonly called <altname>daisy</altname> in North America; -- called also <altname>oxeye daisy</altname>. See <er>Whiteweed</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The word <i>daisy</i> is also used for composite plants of other genera, as <spn>Erigeron</spn>, or fleabane.</note>

<cs><col>Michaelmas daisy</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species.</cd> -- <col>Oxeye daisy</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the whiteweed. See <er>Daisy</er> <sd>(b)</sd>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dak</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dak</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets><?/\'bek</ets>.]</ety> <def>Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also <i>dawk</i>, and <i>dauk</i>.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<cs><col>Dak boat</col>, <cd>a mail boat. <i>Percy Smith</i>.</cd> -- <col>Dak bungalow</col>, <cd>a traveler's rest-house at the and of a dak stage.</cd> -- <col>To travel by dak</col>, <cd>to travel by relays of palanquines or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.</cd></cs>

<h1>Daker, Dakir</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw><hw>Da"ker</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Da"kir</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dicker</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. & Scots Law)</fld> <def>A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; <as>as, a <ex>daker</ex> of hides consisted of ten skins; a <ex>daker</ex> of gloves of ten pairs.</as></def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Daker hen</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Da"ker hen`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[<ets>Perh</ets>. <ets>fr</ets>. <ets>W</ets>. <ets>crecial</ets> the daker hen; <ets>crec</ets> a sharp noise (<ets>creg</ets> harsh, hoarse, <ets>crechian</ets> to scream) + <ets>iar</ets> hen; or cf. D. <ets>duiken</ets> to dive, plunge.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The corncrake or land rail.</def>

<mhw><h1>Dakoit, n., Dakoity</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Da*koit"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>, <hw>Da*koit"y</hw>, <tt>n.</tt></mhw> <def>See <er>Dacoit</er>, <er>Dacoity</er>.</def>