Part 2742

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<hw>Dan</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.</def>

<h1>Danaide</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Da"na*ide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the mythical <ets>Danaides</ets>, who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes.]</ety> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.</def>

<h1>Danaite</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Da"na*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after J. Freeman <ets>Dana</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.</def>

<h1>Danalite</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Da"na*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after James Dwight <ets>Dana</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glicinum, containing sulphur.</def>

<h1>Danburite</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"bu*rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A borosilicate of lime, first found at <ets>Danbury</ets>, Conn. It is near the topaz in form.</def>

<i>Dana.</i>

<h1>Dance</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Danced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dancing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>danser</ets>, fr. OHG. <ets>dans<?/n</ets> to draw; akin to <ets>dinsan</ets> to draw, Goth. <ets>apinsan</ets>, and prob. from the same root (meaning <ets>to stretch</ets>) as E. <ets>thin</ets>. See <er>Thin</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhytmically.</def>

<blockquote>Jack shall pipe and Gill shall <b>dance</b>. <i>Wiher.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which <b>dances</b> with your dauther? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about.</def>

<blockquote>Then, 'tis time to <b>dance</b> off. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>More <b>dances</b> my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Shadows in the glassy waters <b>dance</b>. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Where rivulets <b>dance</b> their wayward round. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>To dance on a rope</col>, &or; <col>To dance on nothing</col></mcol>, <cd>to be hanged.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Dance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>dance</b> our ringlets to the whistling wind. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thy grandsire loved thee well; Many a time he <b>danced</b> thee on his knee. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To dance attendance</col>, <cd>to come and go obsequiously; to be or remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to please or gain favor.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>A man of his place, and so near our favor, To <b>dance attendance</b> on their lordships' pleasure. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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