Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DAY'FLOW-ER, n.

The popular name of a genus of plants, the Commelina. Muhlenberg.

DAY'-FLY, n.

A genus of insects that live one day only, or a very short time, called Ephemera. The species are numerous, some of which live scarcely an hour, others, several days. Encyc.

DAY'-FLY-ER, n.

An animal that flies in the day-time.

DAY'LA-BOR, n.

Labor hired or performed by the day.

DAY'LA-BOR-ER, n.

One who works by the day.

DAY'-LIGHT, n.

The light of the day; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or of a lamp or candle.

DAY'LIL-Y, n.

The same with asphodel. Johnson. A species of Hemerocallis. Botany.

DAY'LY, a.

The more regular orthography of Daily.

DAYS'MAN, a.

An umpire or arbiter; a mediator. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us. Job ix.

DAY'SPRING, n.

The dawn; the beginning of the day, or first appearance of light. Whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i.

DAY'STAR, n.

The morning star, Lucifer, Venus; the star which precedes the morning light. Milton.

DAY'S-WORK, n.

The work of one day. Among seaman, the account or reckoning of a ship's course for 24 hours, from noon to noon. Encyc.

DAY'TIME,

n, The time of the sun's light on the earth; opposed to night.

DAY'WEA-RI-ED, a.

Wearied with the labor of the day. Shak.

DAY-WO'MAN, n.

A dairy maid.

DAY-WORK, n.

Work by the day; day-labor.

DAZE, n.

Among miners, a glittering stone.

DAZE, v.t. [Qu. Sax. dwæs, dysi, dysig, Eng. dizzy. See Dazzle.]

To overpower with light; to dim or blind by too strong a light, or to render the sight unsteady. Dryden. [Not now used, unless in poetry.]

DAZ'ZLE, v.i.

To be overpowered by light; to shake or be unsteady; to waver, as the sight I dare not trust these eyes; / They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise. Dryden.

DAZ'ZLE, v.t. [In Sax. dwæs is dull, stupid, foolish; dwæscan, to extinguish; dysi or dysig, dizzy.]

1. To overpower with light; to hinder distinct vision by intense light; or to cause to shake; to render unsteady, as the sight. We say, the brightness of the sun dazzles the eyes or the sight.
2. To strike or surprise with a bright or intense light; to dim or blind by a glare of light, or by splendor, in a literal or figurative sense; as, to be dazzled by resplendent glory, or by a brilliant expression.

DAZ'ZLED, pp.

Made wavering, as the sight; overpowered or dimmed by a too strong light.

DAZ'ZLE-MENT, n.

The act or power of dazzling. [Not used.] Donne.

DAZ'ZLING, ppr.

Rendering unsteady or wavering, as the sight; overpowering by a strong light; striking with splendor.

DAZ'ZLING-LY, adv.

In a dazzling manner.

DE, prep.

A Latin prefix, denotes a moving from, separation; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. Hence it often expresses a negative; as in derange. Sometimes it augments the sense, as in deprave, despoil. It coincides nearly in sense with the French des and L. dis.