Part 2750

<hw>Dap"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>daper</ets>; prob. fr. D. <ets>dapper</ets> brave, valiant; akin to G. <ets>tapfer</ets> brave, OHG. <ets>taphar</ets> heavy, weighty, OSlav. <ets>dobr&ucr;</ets> good, Russ. <ets>dobrui</ets>. Cf. <er>Deft</er>.]</ety> <def>Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.</def>

<blockquote>He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a <b>dapper</b> little man. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>dapper</b> ditties that I wont devise. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sharp-nosed, <b>dapper</b> steam yachts. <i>Julian Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dapperling</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dap"per*ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dwarf; a dandiprat.</def> <mark>[r.]</mark>

<h1>Dapple</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dap"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>depill</ets> a spot, a dot, a dog with spots over the eyes, <ets>dapi</ets> a pool, and E. <ets>dimple</ets>.]</ety> <def>One of the spots on a dappled animal.</def>

<blockquote>He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare hath <b>dapples</b>. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dapple, Dappled</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw><hw>Dap"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dap"pled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; <as>as, a <ex>dapple</ex> horse</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Some <b>dapple</b> mists still floated along the peaks. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The word is used in composition to denote that some color is variegated or marked with spots; as, <i>dapple</i>-bay; <i>dapple</i>-gray.</note>

<blockquote>His steed was all <b>dapple</b>-gray. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>O, swiftly can speed my <b>dapple</b>-gray steed. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dapple</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dap"ple</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dappled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dappling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To variegate with spots; to spot.</def>

<blockquote>The gentle day, . . . <b>Dapples</b> the drowsy east with spots of gray. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>dappled</b> pink and blushing rose. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Darbies</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dar"bies</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>Manacles; handcuffs.</def> <mark></mark>

<blockquote>Jem Clink will fetch you the <b>darbies</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; In "The Steel Glass" by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line "To binde such babes in father <i>Derbies bands</i>."</note>

<h1>Darby</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dar"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.</def>

<h1>Darbyite</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dar"by*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. <i>Darby</i>, one of the leaders of the Brethren.</def>

<h1>Dardanian</h1> <Xpage=367>