Part 2745

<hw>Dandruff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from W. <ets>ton</ets>crust, peel, skin + AS. <ets>dr<?/f</ets> dirty, draffy, or W. <ets>drwg</ets> bad: cf. AS. <ets>tan</ets> a letter, an eruption. &root;240.]</ety> <def>A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>dandriff</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Dandy</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dandies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dandin</ets>, ninny, silly fellow, <ets>dandiner</ets> to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. <ets>dandle</ets>. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also <altname>jigger</altname>, and <altname>mizzen</altname>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A dandy roller. See below.</def>

<cs><col>Dandy brush</col>, <cd>a yard whalebone brush.</cd> -- <col>Dandy fever</col>. <cd>See <er>Dengue</er>.</cd> -- <col>Dandy line</col>, <cd>a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end.</cd> -- <col>Dandy roller</col>, <cd>a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.</cd></cs>

<mhw><h1>Dandy-cock </, n. masc., Dandy-hen</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"dy-cock`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n. masc.</tt>, <hw>Dan"dy-hen`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n. fem.</tt></mhw> <ety>[See <er>Dandy</er>.]</ety> <def>A bantam fowl.</def>

<h1>Dandyish</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"dy*ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a dandy.</def>

<h1>Dandyism</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"dy*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Dandyise</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"dy*ise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify.</def>

<h1>Dandyling</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan"dy*ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Dandy</ets> + <ets><?/ling</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.</def>

<h1>Dane</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>Dani</ets>: cf. AS. <ets>Dene</ets>.]</ety> <def>A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark.</def>

<cs><col>Great Dane</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Danish dog</cref>, under <er>Danish</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Danegeld, Danegelt</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw><hw>Dane"geld`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dane"gelt`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>danegeld</ets>. See <er>Dane</er>, and <er>Geld</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld> <def>An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm.</def>

<i>Wharton's Law Dict. Tomlins.</i>

<h1>Danewort</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dane"wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A fetid European species of elder (<spn>Sambucus Ebulus</spn>); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also <altname>Daneweed</altname>, <altname>Dane's weed</altname>, and <altname>Dane's-blood</altname>. <note>[Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.]</note></def>

<h1>Dang</h1> <Xpage=367>

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

<h1>Dang</h1> <Xpage=367>