*dane*

a. Being or occurring before the creation of the world. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. cis- + L. Padanus, pert. to the Padus or Po. ] On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. Dani: cf. AS. Dene. ] A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great Dane. (Zool.) See Danish dog, under Danish.

{ , n. [ AS. danegeld. See Dane, and Geld, n. ] (Eng. Hist.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [ Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European from Asian Turkey.
Syn. -- Hellespont. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks.
Syn. -- Dardanelles campaign. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. extramundanus; extra + mundus world. ] Beyond the material world. “An extramundane being.” Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Infra + mundane. ] Lying or situated beneath the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being, between worlds or orbs. [ R. ] “Intermundane spaces.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being within the material world; -- opposed to extramundane. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a genus of fishes, including the American flagfish (Jordanella floridae), of Florida.
Syn. -- genus Jordanella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A chemical substance (C6H6Cl6) used as an agricultural insecticide.
Syn. -- hexachlorocyclohexane, gamma benzene hexachloride. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. mundanus, fr. mundus the world, an implement, toilet adornments, or dress; cf. mundus, a., clean, neat, Skr. ma&nsdot_;&dsdot_; to adorn, dress, ma&nsdot_;&dsdot_;a adornment. Cf. Monde, Mound in heraldry. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the world; worldly, as contrasted with heavenly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere; mundane concerns. -- Mun"dane*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The defilement of mundane passions. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

2. Commonplace; ordinary; banal. [PJC]

a. [ L. pedaneus of the size of a foot. ] Going on foot; pedestrian. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Preceding; antecedent; previous. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Soldanella, low Alpine herbs of the Primrose family. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sultaness. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A succedaneum. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. succedaneus. See Succeed. ] Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Succedanea [ NL. See Succedaneous. ] One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute; specifically (Med.), a remedy used as a substitute for another. [ 1913 Webster ]

In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being above the world; -- opposed to inframundane. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. sub- + L. pes, pedis, a foot: cf. L. suppedaneum a footstool. ] Being under the feet. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being or situated above the world or above our system; celestial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. transpadanus; trans across + Padus the Po. ] Lying or being on the further side of the river Po with reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed to cispadane. [ 1913 Webster ]