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DAFF, v. t. to take
off; to put by,to turn aside with
slight and neglect DAGONET, sub. a foolish knight at the court of King Arthur DANCING HORSE, a performing horse, belonging to one Bankes, a Scotchman DANGER, sub. power, control, according to some debt DARE, v. t. to terrify, make to couch; larks were caught by small mirrors fastened on scarlet cloth DARRAIGN, v. t. to arrange, or put in order of battle [Fr. arranger] DASH, sub. a stigma DAUBERY, sub. false pretence, cheating DAY-BED, sub. a sofa, DAY-WOMAN, sub. a dairy woman DEAR, adj. dear was used for anything powerfully though unpleasantly affecting the feelings DEATH-TOKENS, sub. plague spots DECK, sub. a pack of cards; v. t. to cover, perhaps to sprinkle DECENT, adj. becoming DEEDLESS, adj. inactive DEEM, sub. a surmise, opinion DEFEAT, v. t. to disguise DEFEND, v. t. to forbid DELIGHTED, adj, framed for delight; delightful DEMERIT, sub. desert DEMURING, pr. p. looking demure DENIER, sub. a very small piece of money DERACINATE, v. t. to eradicate, to root up [Fr. deraciner] BERN, adj. dreary, secret, DESCENDING, sub. lineage DESIGN, v. t. to point out, mention before DEVEST, v. t. to undress DEWBERRIES, sub. fruit of Rubus Cęsius, a large kind of blackberry DICH, v. i. do to, happen to DIET, sub. regimen DIETED, pt. p. bound strictly DIFFUSE, v. t. to confuse DIFFUSED, adj. wild, irregular DISAPPOINTED, pt. p. unprepared DISOANDY, v. t. to dissolve, to melt, to thaw, DISCLOSE, v. t. to hatch; sub. the coming forth of the chicken from the shell DISCOVERER, sub. scout DISEDGE, v. i. to surfeit DISLIMN, v. i. to efface, blot DISMES, sub. tenths [Fr. dismes] DISPONGE, v. i. to pour down DISPOSE, sub. disposition DISTANCE, sub. hostility, alienation DISVOUCH, v. t. to contradict DIVE-DAPPER, sub. the dab-chick DIVISION, sub. variation in music, modulation DOCUMENT, sub. instruction DOFF, v. t. to put off DOWLAS, sub. coarse linen DOWLE, sub. down, the soft plumage of a feather DOWN-GYVED, adj. covering the ankles like fetters DOWN-ROPING, adj. hanging down in glutinous strings DOWN SLEEVES, hanging sleeves Doxy, sub. a mistress, a canting word [Comp. Decker's 'Bellman of London'] DRAFF, sub. dregs, refuse DRAUGHT, sub. a privy DRAW DRY-FOOT, follow game by the scent DRAWER, sub. a tapster DRAWN, pt. p. quaffed DRAWN FOX, a fox turned out of his earth, DRIBBLING, adj. weakly shot DROLLERY, sub. a puppet show; a humorous painting DRUMBLE. v. i. to be sluggish DRY-BEAT, v. t. to thrash, cudgel DUDGEON, sub. the handle of a dagger DUN, sub. name for a horse. 'To draw dun from mire,' a rustic game played with a log of wood, DUN'S THE MOUSE, a proverbial expression now unintelligible, DUP, v. t. to open DURANCE, sub. prison dress. There seems a play on another meaning of durance, which was a kind of durable stuff. |