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[pron: 'dedalus] legendary Athenian inventor who made the labyrinth for King Minos in Crete; escaped to Sicily with wings made for himsef and his son Icarus
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Daedalus (n.) |
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[pron: 'dedalus] legendary Athenian inventor who made the labyrinth for King Minos in Crete; escaped to Sicily with wings made for himsef and his son Icarus
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Minos (n.) 1
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Daedalus (n.) |
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[pron: 'dedalus] legendary Athenian inventor who made the labyrinth for King Minos in Crete; escaped to Sicily with wings made for himsef and his son Icarus
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Icarus (n.) 1
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daff (v.), past form daft |
Old form(s): daffe , dafts |
put off, deflect, sidetrack
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damask (adj./n.) |
Old form(s): Damaske |
light-red, pink [colour of the damask rose]
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damasked (adj.) |
Old form(s): damaskt |
having the hue of the damask rose, adorned with colours
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dancing-rapier (n.) |
Old form(s): daunsing Rapier |
ornamental sword worn in dancing
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Daphne (n.) |
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nymph loved by Apollo; chased by the god, she was saved by being turned into a laurel, which became Apollo's sacred tree
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dauphin, dolphin (n.) |
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title of the eldest son of the King of France [between 1349 and 1830]
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day, these seven years' |
Old form(s): seuen yeeres |
this past seven years, in a long time
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dazzle (v.) |
Old form(s): dazell, Dazle , dazling |
grow dim, become unable to see properly
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dear (adj.) |
Old form(s): deare , deere, Deerer , deerest |
of great worth, valuable, precious
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death-practised (adj.) |
Old form(s): death-practis'd |
whose death has been plotted
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debonair (adj.) |
Old form(s): debonnaire |
gracious, courtly, of gentle disposition
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deceive (v.) |
Old form(s): deceaue, deceaued, deceiu'd , deceiue |
delude, mislead, take in
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declined (adj.) |
Old form(s): declin'd |
brought low, in poor fortune; or: fallen away in vigour, in poor condition
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deed-achieving (adj.) |
Old form(s): deed-atchieuing |
achieved by deeds, won by actions
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deep-drawing (adj.) |
Old form(s): deepe-drawing |
displacing great depth of water, heavily-laden
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deliver (v.) |
Old form(s): Deliuer , deliuerd , deliuer'd , deliuers |
hand over, convey, commit to the keeping [of someone]
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deliver (v.) |
Old form(s): deliuer , deliuer'd , deliuered , deliuers, Deliverd |
report [to], communicate [to], tell, describe
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deliver (v.) |
Old form(s): deliuer , deliuer'd , deliuering |
free, release, liberate
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deliver up (v.) |
Old form(s): Deliuer vp , Deliuer'd vp |
surrender, yield, give up totally
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deny (v.) |
Old form(s): deni'de , denie, denied'st , Deny'd , denyde , denye |
disallow, forbid, refuse permission [for]
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depart (v.) |
Old form(s): depatt |
separate, part company, take leave of one another
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