Dictionary: DAN'GER – DAP'PLE

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DAN'GER, v.t.

To put in hazard; to expose to loss or injury. Shak. But rarely used. [See Endanger, which is generally used.]

DAN'GER-LESS, a.

Free from danger; without risk. [Little used.] Sidney

DAN'GER-OUS, a.

  1. Perilous; hazardous; exposing to loss; unsafe; full of risk; as, a dangerous voyage; a dangerous experiment.
  2. Creating danger; causing risk of evil; as, a dangerous man; a dangerous conspiracy.

DAN'GER-OUS-LY, adv.

With danger; with risk of evil; with exposure to injury or ruin; hazardously; perilously; as, to be dangerously sick; dangerously situated.

DAN'GER-OUS-NESS, n.

Danger; hazard; peril; a state of being exposed to evil; as, the dangerousness of condition, or disease.

DAN'GLE, v.i. [Dan. dingler, to swing to and fro. Qu. dandle, or Ch. Syr. תקל.]

  1. To hang loose, flowing, shaking or waving; to hang and swing. He'd rather on a gibbet dangle. Hudibras.
  2. To hang on anyone; to be a humble, officious follower; with after or about; as, to dangle about a woman; to dangle after a minister for favors.

DAN'GLER, n.

One who dangles or hangs about.

DAN'GLING, ppr.

Hanging loosely; busily or officiously adhering to.

DAN'ISH, a.

Belonging to the Danes or Denmark.

DAN'ISH, n.

The language of the Danes.

DANK, a. [Qu. G. tunken, to dip.]

Damp; moist; humid; wet.

DANK, n.

Moisture; humidity. Milton. Shak.

DANK'ISH, a.

Somewhat damp.

DANK'ISH-NESS, n.

Dampness; humidity.

DAN-U'BI-AN, a.

Pertaining to the Danube.

DA'OURITE, n.

A mineral, called rubellite, resembling shorl, but differing from it in chimical characters. Its color is red of various shades. Cleaveland.

DAP, v.i. [Goth. daupyan, to dip.]

To drop or let fall into the water; a word used by anglers. Walton.

DA-PAT'ICAL, a. [L. dapes.]

Sumptuous in cheer. [Not in use.]

DAPH'NATE, n.

A compound of the bitter principle of the Daphne Alpina with a base.

DAPH'NE, n.

A nymph of Diana.

DAPH'NIN, n.

The bitter principle of the Daphne Alpine, discovered by Vauquelin. It is obtained in small crystals, hard, transparent, of a grayish color and a bitter taste.

DAP'I-FER, n. [L. dapes, feast, and fero, to bear.]

One who brings meat to the table. Formerly, the title or office of the grand-master of a king's household. It still subsists in Germany. Encyc.

DAP'PER, a. [D. dapper, brave, valiant; Sw. and Dan. tapper; G. tapfer. See Class Db, No. 13, 28.]

Active; nimble; brisk; or little and active; neat; tight; as, a dapper fellow; a dapper spark. L' Estrange.

DAP'PER-LING, n.

A dwarf; a dandiprat.

DAP'PLE, a. [most probably allied to tabby, and from dipping, or to W. davnu, to drop. The word signifies spotted, and spots are often from dropping or sprinkling.]

Marked with spots; spotted; variegated with spots of different colors or shades of color, as, a dapple-bay or dapple-gray; applied to a horse or other beast. It may sometimes express streaked, but this is not its true signification.