*dang*

imp. of Ding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Ding. ] To dash. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage,
Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See Dungeon, Domain, Dame. ] 1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [ Obs. ] See In one's danger, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

You stand within his danger, do you not? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Covetousness of gains hath brought [ them ] in dangerof this statute. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Difficulty; sparingness. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

In one's danger, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [ Obs. ] This sense is retained in the proverb, “Out of debt out of danger.” [ 1913 Webster ] Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. Robynson (More's Utopia). --
To do danger, to cause danger. [ Obs. ] Shak.

Syn. -- Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy. -- Danger, Peril, Hazard, Risk, Jeopardy. Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To endanger. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of danger; dangerous. [ Obs. ] -- Dan"ger*ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] Udall. [1913 Webster]

a. Free from danger. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See Danger. ] 1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us;
The ways are dangerous. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is dangerous to assert a negative. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

If they incline to think you dangerous
To less than gods. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [ Colloq. ] Forby. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My wages ben full strait, and eke full small;
My lord to me is hard and dangerous. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Reserved; not affable. [ Obs. ] “Of his speech dangerous.” Chaucer.

-- Dan"ger*ous*ly, adv. -- Dan"ger*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dangled p. pr. & vb. n. Dangling ] [ Akin to Dan. dangle, dial. Sw. dangla, Dan. dingle, Sw. dingla, Icel. dingla; perh. from E. ding. ] To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

He'd rather on a gibbet dangle
Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

From her lifted hand
Dangled a length of ribbon. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dangle about or
To dangle after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them,
are well inclined to pull down the present establishment. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler. “ Danglers at toilets.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dangling manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Endangered p. pr. & vb. n. Endangering. ] 1. To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To incur the hazard of; to risk. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He that turneth the humors back . . . endangereth malign ulcers. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Being in a condition or situation where life or serious harm is possible; in danger; at risk. [ PJC ]

2. Small in numbers, with significant possibility of extinction; -- of species. [ PJC ]

n. sing. & pl. A species of plant or animal that has declined in numbers to a point where further irreversible decline and extinction{ 3 } has a significant chance. Lists of endangered species are maintained by government agencies, and in many cases the killing of such species or destruction of their habitat is prohibited by law. In the U. S. in recent years, development of certain tracts of land has been prohibited due to the likelihood that it will cause a reduction in the numbers of an endangered species. In some cases environmental organizations have initiated litigation to cause the courts to rule that a certain development plan is illegal due to a threat to an endangered species. Laws protecting endangered species have become in some cases a contentious political issue. [ PJC ]

n. Hazard; peril. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fandangoes [ Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain. ] 1. A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]