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The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table. [Obs.]

Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. "The daisied green." Langhorne. The grass all deep and daisied. G. Eliot.

f low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositæ. The common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.

An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.

A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.

A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar.

The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses. J. S. Mill.

One who believes and practices Judaism.

Of or pertaining to Judaism.

Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental. -- Lack`a*dai"si*cal*ly, adv.

Lackadaisical.

A large-flowered garden variety of the oxeye daisy.

(Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.

The coneflower, or yellow daisy (Rudbeckia hirta).

A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.

A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. "Golden canoniec and beds of state." Dryden.

ties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.

ers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.

Belonging to the order Compositæ; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. Composite carriage, a railroad car having compartments of different classes. [Eng.] -- Composite number (Math.), one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3.prime num…