Part 2732

<h1>Dakota group</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Da*ko"ta group`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied.</def>

<h1>Dakotas</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Da*ko"tas</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl</tt>.; <sing>sing. <singw>Dacota</singw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called <altname>Sioux</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Dacotahs</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Dal</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind.]</ety> <def>Split pulse, esp. of <spn>Cajanus Indicus</spn>.</def> <mark>[East Indies]</mark>

<h1>Dale</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dale</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>d\'91l</ets>; akin to LG., D., Sw., Dan., OS., & Goth. <ets>dal</ets>, Icel. <ets>dalr</ets>, OHG. <ets>tal</ets>, G. <ets>thal</ets>, and perth. to Gr. <ets><?/</ets> a rotunda, Skr. <ets>dh\'bera</ets> depth. Cf. <er>Dell</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A low place between hills; a vle or valley.</def>

<blockquote>Where mountaines rise, umbrageous <b>dales</b> descend. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Dalesman</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dales"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dalesmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Dalf</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dalf</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Delve</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dalliance</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dal"li*ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Dally</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.</def>

<blockquote>Look thou be true, do not give <b>dalliance</b> <b>Too mnch the rein</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>O, the <b>dalliance</b> and the wit, The flattery and the strife<?/ <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Delay or procrastination.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Entertaining discourse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dailer</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dai"l*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One Who fondles; a trifler; <as>as, <ex>dalliers</ex> with pleasant words</as>.</def>