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[DEDAL.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Curiously or artfully wrought; maze-like: resembling a labyrinth. "Our bodies decked in our dædali an arms."-Chapman. 2. Bot .: The same as DEDALOUS (q. v.). dæ-dal-ous, a . [ Gr.daidalos .] [DEDAL.] Bot.: A term applied to leaves of a delicate texture, whose margins are marked with various intricate windings. dæmon, s. [Lat., from Gr. daimon a god, a spirit.] A spirit, a being of another world. [DEMON.] "Baptized men poured libations of ale to one Damon, and set out drink offerings of milk for another."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xiii, sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. IMG:content-1738.png:[blocks in formation] *daez, *daise, v. t. [DAZE.] To stupefy, to daze. "For me, I'm on Parna us' brink, Rivin' the words tae gar them clink; Whyles daez't wi' love, whyles daez't wi' drink." Burns: Second Epistle to Davie *daff, *daffe, s . [Probably allied to deaf . Sw dof stupid; Icel. daufr =deaf.] A stupid blockhead, a numskull. [DUFFER.] "And when this jape is tald another day, I shal be halden a daffe or a cokenay." *daff (1), v . t. [DOFF.] Chaucer: C. T. , 4,205, 4,206. 1. To doff, to put off, to lay or to aside. "There my white stole of chastity I daff'd , Shook off my sober guards and civil fears." Shakesp.: A Lover's Complaint , 297, 298. 2. To turn aside. "And daffd me to a cabin hang'd with care, To descant on the doubts of my decay." Shakesp.: The Pa ionate Pilgrim , xiv.