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A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark. Great Dane. (Zoöl.) See Danish dog, under Danish.

An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm. Wharton's Law Dict. Tomlins…

pean species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood.

Antecedent; preceding in time. "Capable of antecedaneous proof." Barrow.

Being or occurring before the creation of the world. Young.

On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side.

Beyond the material world. "An extramundane being." Bp. Warburton.

Lying or situated beneath the world.

Being, between worlds or orbs. [R.] "Intermundane spaces." Locke.

Being within the material world; -- opposed to extramundane.

Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere. -- Mun"dane*ly, adv. The defilement of mundane passions. I. Taylor.

Going on foot; pedestrian. [R.]

Preceding; antecedent; previous. [Obs.] Hammond.

A plant of the genus Soldanella, low Alpine herbs of the Primrose family.

A sultaness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A succedaneum. [Obs.]

Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another. Sir T. Browne.

emedy used as a substitute for another. In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope. Walpole.

Being above the world; -- opposed to inframundane. Cudworth.

Being under the feet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.