Daun, Leopold

MARIA, COUNT, ( down,) a field-marshal of Austria, under the empre Maria The res a, B. at Vienna, 1705. During the Seven Years' War he acted as generali imo of the Austrian army, and defeated Frederick the Great in the battle of Kolin, 1757, and again in the battle of Hochkirchen, 1758. In 1760 he captured Dresden, but was defeated in the following year at Torgau. D. 1766. Daung, ( dawng ,) a tract of country in Hindostan, pres. of Bombay, inhabited by several tribes who pay tribute to the rajah of D. Area , about 1,000 sq. m. Lat. between 200 and 21° 5 N., Lon. between 73° 28′ and 73° 52′ E. Pop . about 100,000. Daunt, ( dawnt ,) v . a . [Fr. dompter , from Lat. dom it are, frequent, from domo, domitum; Gr.dam aō; Sansk.dam , to tame or subdue.] To repre or subdue the courage of; to terrify; to dispirit; to intimidate; to discourage; to dishearten; to depre ; to damp the ardor of. "Rumours loud which daunt remotest kings."- Milton .