Part 2749

<blockquote>Inquire me first what <b>Danskers</b> are in Paris. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dantean</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan*te"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relatingto, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.</def>

<h1>Dantesque</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dan*tesque"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. It. <ets>Dantesco</ets>.]</ety> <def>Dantelike; Dantean.</def>

<i>Earle.</i>

<h1>Danubian</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Da*nu"bi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertainingto, or bordering on, the river Danube.</def>

<h1>Dap</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Dip</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Angling)</fld> <def>To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.</def>

<blockquote>To catch a club by <b>dapping</b> with a grasshoper. <i>Walton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dapatical</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Da*pat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dapaticus</ets>, fr. <ets>daps</ets> feast.]</ety> <def>Sumptuous in cheer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Daphne</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Daph"ne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a laurel tree, from Gr. <ets><?/</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.</def>

<h1>Daphnetin</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Daph"ne*tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless crystalline substance, <chform>C9H6O4</chform>, extracted from daphnin.</def>

<h1>Daphnia</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Daph"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of the genus <spn>Daphnia</spn>.</def>

<h1>Daphnin</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Daph"nin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>daphnine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (<spn>Daphne mezereum</spn>) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from <spn>Daphne mezereum</spn> and <spn>D. alpina</spn>.</def>

<h1>Daphnomancy</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Daph"no*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><grk>da`fnh</grk></ets> the laurel + <ets>-mancy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divination by means of the laurel.</def>

<h1>Dapifer</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dap"i*fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., <ets>daps</ets> a feast + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household.</def>

<h1>Dapper</h1> <Xpage=367>