Part 2757

<h1>Darner</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Darn"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who mends by darning.</def>

<h1>Darnex, Darnic</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw><hw>Dar"nex</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dar"nic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Dornick</er>.</def>

<h1>Daroo</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Da*roo"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The Egyptian sycamore (<spn>Ficus Sycamorus</spn>). See <er>Sycamore</er>.</def>

<h1>Darr</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Darr</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European black tern.</def>

<h1>Darraign, Darrain</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw><hw>Dar"raign</hw>, <hw>Dar"rain</hw>,<hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>deraisnier</ets> to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings, LL. <ets>derationare</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>rationare</ets> to discourse, contend in law, fr. L. <ets>ratio</ets> reason, in LL., legal cause. Cf. <er>Arraign</er>, and see <er>Reason</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make ready to fight; to array.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Darrain</b> your battle, for they are at hand. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "To <i>darrain</i> the battle."

<i>Chaucer .</i>

<h1>Darrein</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dar"rein</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>darrein</ets>, <ets>darrain</ets>, fr. an assumed LL. <ets>deretranus</ets>; L. <ets>de</ets> + <ets>retro</ets> back, backward.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Last; <as>as, <ex>darrein</ex> continuance, the last continuance</as>.</def>

<h1>Dart</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dart</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>dart</ets>, of German origin; cf. OHG. <ets>tart</ets> javelin, dart, AS. <ets>dara<?/</ets>, <ets>daro<?/</ets>, Sw. <ets>dart</ets> dagger, Icel. <ets>darra<?/r</ets> dart.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.</def>

<blockquote>And he took three <b>darts</b> in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. <i>2 Sa. xviii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.</def>

<blockquote>The artful inquiry, whose venomed <b>dart</b> Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. <i>Hannan More.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A spear set as a prize in running.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A fish; the dace. See <er>Dace</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Dart sac</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dart</h1> <Xpage=367>

<hw>Dart</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Darted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Darting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; <as>as, the sun <ex>darts</ex> forth his beams</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Or what ill eyes malignant glances <b>dart</b>? <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>