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A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry.

Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.

To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture.

One who takes daguerreotypes.

The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre.

A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward.

A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry.

One who defers or puts off.

Dearer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

y stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building. Derrick crane, a combination of the derrick and the crane, having facility for hoisting and also for swinging the load horizontally.

Daring or warlike. [Obs.] Drad for his derring doe and bloody deed. Spenser.

A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball.

The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground. Woodward.

That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance. [R.]

Serving to deter. "The deterrent principle." E. Davis.

a glaucous bloom; in America, that of R. canadensis and R. hispidus, species of low blackberries.

A game played with it. [Written also jereed, jerrid, etc.]

The berry of the dogwood; -- called also dogcherry. Dr. Prior. Dogberry tree (Bot.), the dogwood.

The berrylike drupe of the elder. That of the Old World elder (Sambucus nigra) and that of the American sweet elder (S. Canadensis) are sweetish acid, and are eaten as a berry or made into wine.

A large stable or lodge for horses. Johnson.