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Dais. [Obs.]

rming the last course at dinner. "An 't please your honor," quoth the peasant, "This same dessert is not so pleasant." Pope. Dessert spoon, a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon. -- Dessert-spoonful, n., pl. Dessert-spoonfuls, as much as a dessert spoon will h…

One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.

A female demigod.

A female Druid; a prophetess.

ty, of the female sex. When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty. Addison.

A shepherdess; a female herder. Sir P. Sidney. Chaucer.

A goddess supposed to live in or reign over the sea, or some part of the sea.

A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass. She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess. Sir P. Sidney.

A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.

The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.

to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery. Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. Shak.

The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.

The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew.

A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats. [Obs.] We'll dine in the great room, but let the music And banquet be prepared here. Massinger.

The goddess of war.

A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold.

ter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chloridess, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter. Butter and eggs (Bot.), a name given to s…

The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.

Pertaining to the goddess Venus.