derayt (der a)

[ He deraied him as a deuel & dede him out a-zeine. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2061. Thus despitusly the duk drayed him. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1210. II. in trans. To rage. Nectanabus anon right with his nices werkes, Too begile the go me graithes hym soone, Deraide as a dragoun dreed full in fight. Derby (der'bi or där'bi), n. and a. [The race is named after the twelfth Earl of Derby. The earldom takes its name from the county and town of Derby, A derby or darby, which is a long two-handled float for forming the floated coat of lime or hair. Encyc . Brit ., IV. 504. 3. [l. c.] A stiff felt hat with rounded crown and more or le narrow brim, worn by men, and sometimes also by women, for walking or riding. It came in as a fashionable novelty in the year 1874, and is now (1888) commonly worn in England and America. - Derby day, the day on which the Derby sweep stakes is run.- Derby dog, something that "turns up" without fail, as the proverbial dog on the race-course on Derby day, after the track is otherwise cleared for the races. [Local, Eng.] An eccentric, Quaker-sort of person who acts as a kind of annual Derby - dog to the German diet, and may be met with every year at the meetings of the Society for Promoting International Arbitration. Lowe, Bismarck, II. 404. II. a . Same as Derbian . Derby shire drop. Same as blue - john. Derby shire neck, spar. See the nouns. Dercetidæ (dėr-set'i-dē), n . pl. [NL., Dercetis + -idæ .] A family of extinct fishes, typified by the genus Dercetis : a synonym of Hoplopleuri dæ (which see).