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D NWAD D.0

D — DANDLER NWAD D.1

D, in the English alphabet, is the fourth letter and the third articulation. It holds the same place in the English, as in the Chaldee, Syriac, Hebrew, Samaritan, Greek and Latin alphabets. In the Arabic, it is the eighth; in the Russian, the fifth; and in the Ethiopic, the nineteenth letter. NWAD D.1

D is a dental articulation, formed by placing the end of the tongue against the gum just above the upper teeth. It is nearly allied to T, but is not so close a letter, or rather it does not interrupt the voice so suddenly as T, and in forming the articulation, there is a lingual and nasal sound, which has induced some writers to rank D among the lingual letters. It has but one sound, as in do, din, bad; and is never quiescent in English words, except in a rapid utterance of such words as handkerchief. NWAD D.2

As a numeral, D represents five hundred, and when a dash or stroke is placed over it, thus D, it denotes five thousand. NWAD D.3

As an abbreviation, D stands for Doctor; as M.D. Doctor of Medicine; D.T. Doctor of Theology, or S.T.D. Doctor of Sacred Theology; D.D. Doctor of Divinity, or dono dedit. NWAD D.4

DA CAPO. In music, these words signify that the first part of the tune is to be repeated from the beginning. NWAD DA_CAPO.1

DAB, v.t. NWAD DAB.1

1. To strike gently with the hand; to slap; to box. NWAD DAB.2

2. To strike gently with some soft or moist substance; as, to dab a sore with lint. NWAD DAB.3

DAB, n. NWAD DAB.4

1. A gentle blow with the hand. NWAD DAB.5

2. A small lump or mass of any thing soft or moist. NWAD DAB.6

3. Something moist or slimy thrown on one. NWAD DAB.7

4. In law language, an expert man. [See Dabster.] NWAD DAB.8

5. A small flat fish, of the genus Pleuronectes, of a dark brown color. NWAD DAB.9

DABCHICK, n. [dab or dip and chick.] A small water-fowl. NWAD DABCHICK.1

DABBLE, v.t. [Heb. tabal, or from the root of dip. See Dip.] Literally, to dip a little or often; hence, to wet; to moisten; to spatter; to wet by little dips or strokes; to sprinkle. NWAD DABBLE.1

DABBLE, v.i. NWAD DABBLE.2

1. To play in water; to dip the hands, throw water and splash about; to play in mud and water. NWAD DABBLE.3

2. To do any thing in a slight or superficial manner; to tamper; to touch here and there. NWAD DABBLE.4

You have, I think, been dabbling with the text. Atterbury. NWAD DABBLE.5

3. To meddle; to dip into a concern. NWAD DABBLE.6

DABBLER, n. NWAD DABBLER.1

1. One who plays in water or mud. NWAD DABBLER.2

2. One who dips slightly into any thing; one who meddles, without going to the bottom; a superficial meddler; as a dabbler in politics. NWAD DABBLER.3

DABBLING, ppr. Dipping superficially or often; playing in water, or in mud; meddling. NWAD DABBLING.1

DABSTER, n. One who is skilled; one who is expert; a master of his business. NWAD DABSTER.1

DACE, n. A fish, the Cyprinus leuciscus; a small river fish, resembling the roach. NWAD DACE.1

DACTYL, n. [Gr. A finger; L. probably a shoot.] A poetical foot consisting of three syllables, the first long, and the others short, like the joints of a finger; as, tegmine, carmine. NWAD DACTYL.1

DACTYLAR, a. Pertaining to a dactyl; reducing from three to two syllables. NWAD DACTYLAR.1

DACTYLET, n. A dactyl. NWAD DACTYLET.1

DACTYLIC, a. Pertaining to or consisting of dactyls; as dactylic verses; a dactylic flute, a flute consisting of unequal intervals. NWAD DACTYLIC.1

DACTYLIST, n. One who writes flowing verse. NWAD DACTYLIST.1

DACTYLOLOGY, n. The act or the art of communicating ideas or thoughts by the fingers. Deaf and dumb persons acquire a wonderful dexterity in this art. NWAD DACTYLOLOGY.1

DAD, DADDY, n. Father; a word used by infants, from whom it is taken. The first articulations of infants or young children are dental of labial; dental, in tad, dad, and labial, in mamma, papa. NWAD DAD.1

DADDLE, v.i. To walk with tottering, like a child or an old man. NWAD DADDLE.1

DADE, v.t. To hold up by leading strings. NWAD DADE.1

DADO, n. The plain part of a column between the base and the cornice; the die; a cubical base of a column. NWAD DADO.1

DAEDAL, a. [Gr., an ingenious artist.] NWAD DAEDAL.1

1. Various; variegated. NWAD DAEDAL.2

2. Skilful. NWAD DAEDAL.3

DAEDALIAN, [See Dedalian.] NWAD DAEDALIAN.1

DAFF, DAFFE, A stupid blockish fellow. NWAD DAFF.1

DAFF, v.t. To daunt. NWAD DAFF.2

DAFF, v.t. To toss aside; to put off. NWAD DAFF.3

DAFFODIL, n. A plant of the genus Narcissus, of several species. These have a bulbous root, and beautiful flowers of various colors, white, yellow and purple. NWAD DAFFODIL.1

DAG, n. A dagger; a hand-gun; a pistol. NWAD DAG.1

DAG, n. Dew. NWAD DAG.2

DAG, n. NWAD DAG.3

1. a loose end, as of locks of wool; called also dag-locks. NWAD DAG.4

2. A leather latchet. NWAD DAG.5

DAG, v.t. NWAD DAG.6

1. To daggle. NWAD DAG.7

2. To cut into slips. NWAD DAG.8

DAGGER, n. NWAD DAGGER.1

1. A short sword; a poniard. NWAD DAGGER.2

2. In fencing schools, a blunt blade of iron with a basket hilt, used for defense. NWAD DAGGER.3

3. With printers, and obelisk, or obelus, a mark of reference in the form of a dagger. NWAD DAGGER.4

DAGGER, v.t. To pierce with a dagger; to stab. NWAD DAGGER.5

DAGGERS-DRAWING, n. The act of drawing daggers; approach to open attack or to violence; a quarrel. NWAD DAGGERS-DRAWING.1

DAGGLE, v.t. To trail in mud or wet grass; to befoul; to dirty, as the lower end of a garment. NWAD DAGGLE.1

DAGGLE, v.i. To run through mud and water. NWAD DAGGLE.2

DAGGLED, pp. Dipped or trailed in mud or foul water; befouled. NWAD DAGGLED.1

DAGGLE-TAIL, a. Having the lower ends of garments defiled with mud. NWAD DAGGLE-TAIL.1

DAGGLING, ppr. Drawing along in mud or foul water. NWAD DAGGLING.1

DAG-SWAIN, n. A kind of carpet. NWAD DAG-SWAIN.1

DAG-TAILED, a. The same as daggle-tail; trailed in mud. NWAD DAG-TAILED.1

DAILY, a. Happening or being every day; done day by day; bestowed or enjoyed every day; as daily labor; a daily allowance. NWAD DAILY.1

Give us this day our daily bread. [Lord’s Prayer] NWAD DAILY.2

DAILY, adv. Every day; day by day; as, a thing happen daily. NWAD DAILY.3

DAINTILY, adv. NWAD DAINTILY.1

1. Nicely; elegantly; as a hat daintily made. NWAD DAINTILY.2

2. Nicely; fastidiously; with nice regard to what is well tasted; as, to eat daintily. NWAD DAINTILY.3

3. Deliciously; as, to fare daintily. NWAD DAINTILY.4

4. Ceremoniously; scrupulously. NWAD DAINTILY.5

DAINTINESS, n. NWAD DAINTINESS.1

1. Delicacy; softness; elegance; nicety; as the daintiness of the limbs. NWAD DAINTINESS.2

2. Delicacy; deliciousness; applied to food; as the daintiness of provisions. NWAD DAINTINESS.3

3. Nicety in taste; squeamishness; fastidiousness; as the daintiness of the taste. NWAD DAINTINESS.4

4. Ceremoniousness; scrupulousness; nice attention to manners. NWAD DAINTINESS.5

DAINTREL, n. A delicacy. NWAD DAINTREL.1

DAINTY, a. NWAD DAINTY.1

1. Nice; pleasing to the palate; of exquisite taste; delicious; as dainty food. NWAD DAINTY.2

2. Delicate; of acute sensibility; nice in selecting what is tender and good; squeamish; soft; luxurious; as a dainty taste or palate; a dainty people. NWAD DAINTY.3

3. Scrupulous in manners; ceremonious. NWAD DAINTY.4

4. Elegant; tender; soft; pure; neat; effeminately beautiful; as dainty hands or limbs. NWAD DAINTY.5

5. Nice; affectedly fine; as a dainty speaker. NWAD DAINTY.6

DAINTY, n. NWAD DAINTY.7

1. Something nice and delicate to the taste; that which is exquisitely delicious; a delicacy. NWAD DAINTY.8

Be not desirous of dainties, for they are deceitful meat. Proverbs 23:3 NWAD DAINTY.9

2. A term of fondness. NWAD DAINTY.10

Why, that’s my dainty. Shak. NWAD DAINTY.11

DAIRY, n. NWAD DAIRY.1

1. Milk, and all that concerns it, on a farm; or the business of managing milk, and of making butter and cheese. The whole establishment respecting milk, in a family, or on a farm. NWAD DAIRY.2

2. The place, room or house, where milk is set for cream, managed, and converted into butter or cheese. NWAD DAIRY.3

3. Milk-farm. NWAD DAIRY.4

DAIRYHOUSE, DAIRYROOM, n. A house or room appropriated to the management of milk. NWAD DAIRYHOUSE.1

DAIRYMAID, n. A female servant whose business is to manage milk. NWAD DAIRYMAID.1

DAISIED, a. Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. NWAD DAISIED.1

DAISY, n. A plant of the genus Bellis, of several varieties. The blue daisy belongs to the genus Globularia, as does the globe daisy; the greater or ox-eye daisy belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum; and the middle daisy, to the Doronicum. NWAD DAISY.1

DAKER-HEN, n. A fowl of the gallinaceous kind, somewhat like a patridge or quail. The corn-crake or land-rail, a bird of the grallic order of Linne. NWAD DAKER-HEN.1

DAKIR, n. In English statutes, ten hides, or the twentieth part of a last of hides. NWAD DAKIR.1

DALE, n. A low place between hills; a vale or valley. NWAD DALE.1

DALLIANCE, n. NWAD DALLIANCE.1

1. Literally, delay; a lingering; appropriately, acts of fondness; interchange of caresses; toying, as males and females; as youthful dalliance. NWAD DALLIANCE.2

2. Conjugal embraces; commerce of the sexes. NWAD DALLIANCE.3

3. Delay. NWAD DALLIANCE.4

DALLIER, n. One who fondles; a trifler; as a dallier with pleasant words. NWAD DALLIER.1

DALLY, v.i. NWAD DALLY.1

1. Literally, to delay; to linger; to wait. Hence. NWAD DALLY.2

2. To trifle; to lose time in idleness and trifles; to amuse one’s self with idle play. NWAD DALLY.3

It is madness to dally any longer. Calamy. NWAD DALLY.4

3. To toy and wanton, as man and woman; to interchange caresses; to fondle. NWAD DALLY.5

4. To sport; to play. NWAD DALLY.6

She dallies with the wind. Shak. NWAD DALLY.7

DALLY, v.t. To delay; to defer; to put off; to amuse till a proper opportunity; as, to dally off the time. NWAD DALLY.8

DALLING, ppr. Delaying; procrastinating; trifling; wasting time in idle amusement; toying; fondling. NWAD DALLING.1

DAM, n. NWAD DAM.1

1. A female parent; used of beasts, particularly of quadrupeds. NWAD DAM.2

2. A human mother, in contempt. NWAD DAM.3

3. A crowned man in the game of draughts. NWAD DAM.4

DAM, n. A mole, bank or mound of earth, or any wall, or a frame of wood, raised to obstruct a current of water, and to raise it, for the purpose of driving millwheels, or for other purposes. Any work that stops and confines water in a pond or bason, or causes it to rise. NWAD DAM.5

DAM, v.t. NWAD DAM.6

1. To make a dam, or to stop a stream of water by a bank of earth, or by any other work; to confine or shut in water. It is common to use, after the verb, in, up, or out; as, to dam in, or to dam up, the water, and to dam out is to prevent water from entering. NWAD DAM.7

2. To confine or restrain from escaping; to shut in. NWAD DAM.8

DAMAGE, n. [This word seems to be allied to the Greek, a fine or mulet.] NWAD DAMAGE.1

1. Any hurt, injury or harm to one’s estate; any loss of property sustained; any hinderance to the increase of property; or any obstruction to the success of an enterprise. A man suffers damage by the destruction of his corn, by the burning of his house, by the detention of a ship which defeats a profitable voyage, or by the failure of a profitable undertaking. Damage then is any actual loss, or the prevention of profit. It is usually and properly applied to property, but sometimes to reputation and other things which are valuable. But in the latter case, injury is more correctly used. NWAD DAMAGE.2

2. The value of what is lost; the estimated equivalent for detriment or injury sustained; that which is given or adjudged to repair a loss. This is the legal signification of the word. It is the province of a jury to assess damages in trespass. In this sense, the word is generally used in the plural. NWAD DAMAGE.3

DAMAGE, v.t. To hurt or harm; to injure; to impair; to lessen the soundness, goodness or value of. Rain may damage corn or hay; a storm may damage a ship; a house is often damaged by fire, when it is not destroyed; heavy rains damage roads. NWAD DAMAGE.4

DAMAGE, v.i. To receive harm; to be injured or impaired in soundness, or value; as, green corn will damage in a mow or stack. NWAD DAMAGE.5

DAMAGE-FEASANT, a. Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. NWAD DAMAGE-FEASANT.1

DAMAGEABLE, a. NWAD DAMAGEABLE.1

1. That may be injured or impaired; susceptible of damage; as damageable goods. NWAD DAMAGEABLE.2

2. Hurtful; pernicious. NWAD DAMAGEABLE.3

DAMAGED, pp. Hurt; impaired; injured. NWAD DAMAGED.1

DAMAGING, ppr. Injuring; impairing. NWAD DAMAGING.1

DAMASCENE, n. NWAD DAMASCENE.1

1. A particular kind of plum, now pronounced damson, which see. NWAD DAMASCENE.2

2. It may be locally applied to other species of plums. NWAD DAMASCENE.3

DAMASK, n. NWAD DAMASK.1

1. A silk stuff, having some parts raised above the ground, representing flowers and other figures; originally from Damascus. NWAD DAMASK.2

2. A kind of wrought linen, made in Flanders, in imitation of damask silks. NWAD DAMASK.3

3. Red color, from the damask-rose. NWAD DAMASK.4

Damask-steel, is a fine steel from the Levant, chiefly from Damascus, used for sword and cutlas blades. NWAD DAMASK.5

DAMASK, v.t. NWAD DAMASK.6

1. To form flowers on stuffs; also, to variegate; to diversify; as, a bank damasked with flowers. NWAD DAMASK.7

2. To adorn steel-work with figures. [See Damaskeen.] NWAD DAMASK.8

DAMASK-PLUM, n. A small black plum. NWAD DAMASK-PLUM.1

DAMASK-ROSE, n. A species of rose which is red, and another which is white. NWAD DAMASK-ROSE.1

DAMASKEN or DAMASKEEN, v.t. To make incisions in iron, steel, etc., and fill them with gold or silver wire, for ornament; used chiefly for adorning swordblades, guards, locks of pistols, etc. NWAD DAMASKEN.1

DAMASKEENED, pp. Carved into figures and inlaid with gold or silver wire. NWAD DAMASKEENED.1

DAMASKEENING, ppr. Engraving and adorning with gold or silver wire inlaid. NWAD DAMASKEENING.1

DAMASKEENING, n. The act or art of beautifying iron or steel, by engraving and inlaying it with gold or silver wire. This art partakes of the mosaic, of engraving, and of carving. Like the mosaic, it has inlaid work; like engraving, it cuts the metal into figures; and as in chasing, gold and silver is wrought in relievo. NWAD DAMASKEENING.2

DAMASKIN, n. A saber, so called from the manufacture of Damascus. NWAD DAMASKIN.1

DAME, n. [Gr., to subdue] Literally, a mistress; hence, a lady; a title of honor to a woman. It is now generally applied to the mistress of a family in the common ranks of life; as is its compound, madam. In poetry, it is applied to a woman of rank, In short, it is applied with propriety to any woman who is or has been the mistress of a family, and it sometimes comprehends women in general. NWAD DAME.1

DAME’S-VIOLET or DAME-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Hesperis; called also queen’s gilliflower, or rocket. It is remarkable for its fragrant odor, and ladies are fond of having it in their apartments. NWAD DAMES-VIOLET.1

DAMIANISTS, in church history, a sect who denied any distinction in the Godhead; believing in one single nature, yet calling God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. NWAD DAMIANISTS.1

DAMN, v.t. NWAD DAMN.1

1. To sentence to eternal torments in a future state; to punish in hell. NWAD DAMN.2

2. To condemn; to decide to be wrong or worthy of punishment; to censure; to reprobate. NWAD DAMN.3

He that doubteth is damned if he eat. Romans 14:23. NWAD DAMN.4

3. To condemn; to explode; to decide to be bad, mean, or displeasing, be hissing or any mark of disapprobation; as, to damn a play, or a mean author. NWAD DAMN.5

4. A word used in profaneness; a term of execration. NWAD DAMN.6

DAMNABLE, a. NWAD DAMNABLE.1

1. That may be damned or condemned; deserving damnation; worthy of eternal punishment. More generally, that which subjects or renders liable to damnation. NWAD DAMNABLE.2

As damnable heresies. 2 Peter 2:1. NWAD DAMNABLE.3

2. In a low or ludicrous sense, odious, detestable, or pernicious. NWAD DAMNABLE.4

DAMNABLENESS, n. The state or quality of deserving damnation. NWAD DAMNABLENESS.1

DAMNABLY, adv. NWAD DAMNABLY.1

1. In a manner to incur eternal punishment, or so as to exclude mercy. NWAD DAMNABLY.2

2. In a low sense, odiously; detestably; sometimes, excessively. NWAD DAMNABLY.3

DAMNATION, n. NWAD DAMNATION.1

1. Sentence or condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state; or the state of eternal torments. NWAD DAMNATION.2

How can ye escape the damnation of hell. Matthew 23:33 NWAD DAMNATION.3

2. Condemnation. NWAD DAMNATION.4

DAMNATORY, a. Containing a sentence of condemnation. NWAD DAMNATORY.1

DAMNED, pp. NWAD DAMNED.1

1. Sentenced to everlasting punishment in a future state; condemned. NWAD DAMNED.2

2. a. Hateful; detestable; abominable; NWAD DAMNED.3

A word chiefly used in profaneness by persons of vulgar manners. NWAD DAMNED.4

DAMNIFIC, a. Procuring loss; mischievous. NWAD DAMNIFIC.1

DAMNIFIED, pp. Injured; endamaged. NWAD DAMNIFIED.1

DAMNIFY, v.t. NWAD DAMNIFY.1

1. To cause loss or damage to; to hurt in estate or interest; to injure; to endamage; as, to damnify a man in his goods or estate. NWAD DAMNIFY.2

2. To hurt; to injure; to impair; applied to a person. NWAD DAMNIFY.3

DAMNIFYING, ppr. Hurting; injuring; impairing. NWAD DAMNIFYING.1

DAMNING, ppr. NWAD DAMNING.1

1. Dooming to endless punishment; condemning. NWAD DAMNING.2

2. a. That condemns or exposes to damnation; as a damning sin. NWAD DAMNING.3

DAMNINGNESS, n. Tendency to bring damnation. NWAD DAMNINGNESS.1

DAMP, a. NWAD DAMP.1

1. Moist; humid; being in a state between dry and wet; as a damp cloth; damp air; sometimes, foggy; as, the atmosphere is damp; but it may be damp without visible vapor. NWAD DAMP.2

2. Dejected; sunk; depressed; chilled. NWAD DAMP.3

DAMP, n. NWAD DAMP.4

1. Moist air; humidity; moisture; fog. NWAD DAMP.5

2. Dejection; depression of spirits; chill. We say, to strike a damp, or to cast a damp, on the spirits. NWAD DAMP.6

3. Damps. plu. Noxious exhalations issuing from the earth, and deleterious or fatal to animal life. These are often known to exist in wells, which continue long covered and not used, and in mines and coal-pits; and sometimes they issue from the old lavas of volcanoes. These damps are usually the carbonic acid gas, vulgarly called choke-damp, which instantly suffocates; or some inflammable gas, called fire-damp. NWAD DAMP.7

DAMP, v.t. NWAD DAMP.8

1. To moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet. NWAD DAMP.9

2. To chill; to deaden; to depress or deject; to abate; as, to damp the spirits; to damp the ardor of passion. NWAD DAMP.10

3. To weaken; to make dull; as, to damp sound. NWAD DAMP.11

4. To check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make languid; to discourage; as, to damp industry. NWAD DAMP.12

DAMPED, pp. Chilled; depressed; abated; weakened; checked; discouraged. NWAD DAMPED.1

DAMPER, n. NWAD DAMPER.1

1. That which damps or checks; a valve or sliding plate in a furnace to stop or lessen the quantity of air admitted, and thus to regulate the heat or extinguish the fire. NWAD DAMPER.2

2. A part of a piano-forte, by which the sound is deadened. NWAD DAMPER.3

DAMPING, ppr. Chilling; deadening; dejecting; abating; checking; weakening. NWAD DAMPING.1

DAMPISH, a. Moderately damp, or moist. NWAD DAMPISH.1

DAMPISHNESS, n. A moderate degree of dampness, or moistness; slight humidity. NWAD DAMPISHNESS.1

DAMPNESS, n. Moisture; fogginess; moistness; moderate humidity; as the dampness of the air, of the ground, or of a cloth. NWAD DAMPNESS.1

DAMPS, n. [See Damp.] NWAD DAMPS.1

DAMPY, a. Dejected; gloomy. NWAD DAMPY.1

DAMSEL, n. A young woman. Formerly, a young man or woman of noble or genteel extraction; as Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, prince of Wales. It is now used only of young women, and is applied to any class of young unmarried women, unless to the most vulgar, and sometimes to country girls. NWAD DAMSEL.1

With her train of damsels she was gone. Dryden. NWAD DAMSEL.2

Then Boaz said, whose damsel is this? Ruth 2:5. NWAD DAMSEL.3

This word is rarely used in conversation, or even in prose writings of the present day; but it occurs frequently in the scriptures, and in poetry. NWAD DAMSEL.4

DAMSON, n. The fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; a small black plum. NWAD DAMSON.1

DAN, n. A title of honor equivalent to master; used by Shakespeare, Prior, etc., but now obsolete. NWAD DAN.1

DANCE, v.i. NWAD DANCE.1

1. Primarily, to leap or spring; hence, to leap or move with measured steps, regulated by a tune, sung or played on a musical instrument; to leap or step with graceful motions of the body, corresponding with the sound of the voice or an instrument. NWAD DANCE.2

There is a time to mourn, and a time to dance. Ecclesiastes 3:4. NWAD DANCE.3

2. To leap and frisk about; to move nimbly or up and down. NWAD DANCE.4

To dance attendance, to wait with obsequiousness; to strive to please and gain favor by assiduous attentions and officious civilities; as, to dance attendance at court. NWAD DANCE.5

DANCE, v.t. To make to dance; to move up and down, or back and forth; to dandle; as, to dance a child on the knee. NWAD DANCE.6

DANCE, n. NWAD DANCE.7

1. In general sense, a leaping and frisking about. Appropriately, a leaping or stepping with motions of the body adjusted to the measure of a tune, particularly by two or more in concert. A lively brisk exercise or amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figure, and by the sound of instruments, in measure. NWAD DANCE.8

2. A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc. NWAD DANCE.9

DANCER, n. One who practices dancing, or is skilful in the performance. NWAD DANCER.1

DANCING, ppr. Leaping and stepping to the sound of the voice or of an instrument; moving in measured steps; frisking about. NWAD DANCING.1

DANCING-MASTER, n. One who teaches the art of dancing. NWAD DANCING-MASTER.1

DANCING-SCHOOL, n. A school in which the art of dancing is taught. NWAD DANCING-SCHOOL.1

DANDELION, n. A well known plant of the genus Leontodon, having a naked stalk, with one large flower. NWAD DANDELION.1

DANDIPRAT, n. A fellow; an urchin; a word of fondness or contempt. NWAD DANDIPRAT.1

DANDLE, v.t. NWAD DANDLE.1

1. To shake or jolt on the knee, as an infant; to move up and down in the hand; literally, to amuse by play. NWAD DANDLE.2

Ye shall be dandled on her knees. Isaiah 66:12. NWAD DANDLE.3

2. To fondle; to amuse; to treat as a child; to toy with. NWAD DANDLE.4

I am ashamed to be dandled thus. Addison. NWAD DANDLE.5

3. To delay; to protract by trifles. NWAD DANDLE.6