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by children. I was never so bethumped withwords, Since I first called my brother's father dad. Shak.

To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly.

The rotten body of a tree. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Diminutive of Dad. Dryden.

An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also harvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs.

a child while he toddles. [Obs.] Little children when they learn to go By painful mothers daded to and fro. Drayton.

That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column. Hence:

The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell.

An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.

Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.

To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away. [Slang, U. S.]

e Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin.] Nares.

The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado).

Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.

That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.

See Daddy longlegs, 2.

as, fiducial power. Spelman. Fiducial edge (Astron. & Surv.), the straight edge of the alidade or ruler along which a straight line is to be drawn. -- Fiducial line or point (Math. & Physics.), a line or point of reference, as for setting a graduated circle or scale used for measurments.

ext degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent. Grandfather longlegs. (Zoöl.) See Dady longlegs.

A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.

ormerly carried about on the last day of harvest. Milton. -- Harvest spider. (Zoöl.) See Daddy longlegs.