| dag | A loose end; a dangling shred. "Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail." (Wedgwood) Origin: OE. Dagge (cf. Dagger); or cf. AS. Dag what is dangling. 1. A dagger; a poniard. 2. A large pistol formerly used. "The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some." (Foxe) "A sort of pistol, called dag, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts." (Grose) 3. <zoology> The unbrunched antler of a young deer. Origin: Cf. F. Dague, LL. Daga, D. Dagge (fr. French); all prob. Fr. Celtic; Cf. Gael. Dag a pistol, Armor. Dag dagger, W. Dager, dagr, Ir. Daigear. Cf. Dagger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| dagestan | One of the former associated soviet socialist republics, situated on the caspian sea in southwest russia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dagga | Leaves of Leonotis leonurus, a plant found in South Africa, where it is smoked like tobacco with mild sedative effect; a term mistakenly applied to Indian hemp, Cannabis sativa. Origin: aborigines' term (05 Mar 2000) |
| dagger | 1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace. 2. A mark of reference in the form of a dagger ['] It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; called also obelisk. <zoology> Dagger moth, any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larvae are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc. Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. Double dagger, a mark of reference [<ddagger/] which comes next in order after the dagger. To look, or speak, daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully. Origin: Cf. OE. Daggen to pierce, F. Daguer. See Dag a dagger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| daggle-tail | A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Dagnini | Giuseppe, Italian physician, 1866-1928. See: Aschner-Dagnini reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dagon | The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish. "This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon, their sea idol." (Milton) "They brought it into the house of Dagon." (1 Sam. V. 2) Origin: Heb. Dagon, fr. Dag a fish: cf. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| daguerreotype | 1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury. 2. The process of taking such pictures. Origin: From Daguerre the inventor + -type. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |