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

One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.

Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.

in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. He loved excitement and adventure. Macaulay.

ed to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton.

In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.

The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.

ly or hostile. [Obs.] I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront. Milton.

Of or pertaining to anthropopathy. [R.] -- An`thro*po*path"ic*al*ly, adv. The daring anthropopathic imagery by which the prophets often represent God as chiding, upbraiding, threatening. H. Rogers.

Daring; spirited; adventurous. As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides Audacious. Milton.

Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness. The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men. Tatler.

A woman of loose morals; a prostitute. A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French baggage. Thackeray.

Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous. Throngs of knights and barons bold. Milton.

Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.

A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer. Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey. And stab, like bravoes, all who come this way. Churchill.

The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash. [R.] It lends a luster . . . A large dare to our great enterprise. Shak.

Full af daring or of defiance; adveturous. [R.] Shak.

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

Doing daring or chivalrous deeds. [Obs.] "In derdoing arms." Spenser.

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