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Dad [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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Dad [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To walk with tottering, like a child or an old man.

Dad [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.

Daddled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Dadle

Daddling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Dadle

Daddock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The rotten body of a tree.

Daddy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Father; a word used by infants, from whom it is taken. The first articulations of infants or young children are dental of labial; dental, in tad, dad, and labial, in mamma, papa.

Daddy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Diminutive of Dad.

Daddy longlegs Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also harvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs.

2. A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also father longlegs.

Dade [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To hold up by leading strings.

Dade [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly.

Dade [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles.

Dadle [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly.

Dado [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The plain part of a column between the base and the cornice; the die; a cubical base of a column.

Dado [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.

2. In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.

3. In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.

Dadoes [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Dado