n. [ OE. dan, danz, OF. danz (prop. only nom.), dan, master, fr. L. dominus. See Dame. ] A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright
The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a small natural family of usually tropical butterflies, including the monarch butterflies.
n. [ From the mythical Danaides, who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes. ] (Mach.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Named after
n. [ Named after James Dwight Dana. ] (Min.) A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, containing sulphur. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the type genus of the Danaidae, including the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus.
n. (Min.) A borosilicate of lime, first found at
v. i.
Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. Wither. [ 1913 Webster ]
Good shepherd, what fair swain is this
Which dances with your daughter? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Then, 'tis time to dance off. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
More dances my rapt heart
Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shadows in the glassy waters dance. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
Where rivulets dance their wayward round. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
To dance on a rope,
To dance on nothing
v. t. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle. [ 1913 Webster ]
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thy grandsire loved thee well;
Many a time he danced thee on his knee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To dance attendance,
A man of his place, and so near our favor,
To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]