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A scalloped or "pattypan" variety of summer squash.

In a dabbling manner.

The business of conducting a dairy.

That damns; damnable; as, damning evidence of guilt.

Tendency to bring damnation. "The damningness of them [sins]." Hammond.

from Dance. Dancing girl, one of the women in the East Indies whose profession is to dance in the temples, or for the amusement of spectators. There are various classes of dancing girls. -- Dancing master, a teacher of dancing. -- Dancing school, a school or place where dancing is taught.

A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.

A dwarf; a dandiprat. [r.]

Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.

Twilight; gloaming. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wright.

In the dark. [Poetic] So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling. Shak. As the wakeful bird Sings darkling. Milton.

One dearly beloved; a favorite. And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. Shak.

A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

Like a dart; rapidly.

Bold; spirited; showy. The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. T. Campbell.

Conspicuously; showily. [Colloq.] A dashingly dressed gentleman. Hawthorne.

In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing. Knight.

The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning. Milton. The tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78.

In a dazzling manner.

See under Dead, a.