dace (das)

[Early mod. E. also darce, darse; IMG:content-1971.png:[blocks in formation] Let me live harmle ly, and near the brink Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place, Where I may see my quill or cork down sink, With eager bite of perch, or bleak, or dace . J. Davors, quoted in I. Walton's Complete Angler, i. 1. 2. A name of sundry similar or related fishes. (a) In some parts of the United States, a cyprinoid fish of the genus Rhinichthys , distinguished by the projection and blackish color of the prenasal region. (b) The redfin, Minnilus cornutus . dachshund (G. pron. däksʼhönt), n. [G., hund = E. hound .] The Ger- man badger-dog; a breed of short-legged, long- bodied dogs used to draw or bait badgers. Dacian (da's ian), a. and n. [L. Dacia , the province so called, Daci – Gr. Δακοί . The L. adj. was Dacus or Dacicus , rarely Dacius .] I. a . Pertaining or belonging to the Daci, an an- cient barbarian people, or to their country, Da- Ca, cia, made a Roman province after their con- quest by Trajan (A. D. 104), comprising part of Hungary, Transylvania, nearly all of Rumania, and some adjacent districts. There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother; he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday! Byron, Childe Harold, iv. 141. II. n. One of the Daci; a native of Dacia. In the time of Trajan were executed the reliefs which represent his victory over the Dacians . C. O. Muller, Manual of Archæol. (trans.), § 202.