darra (dara)

Same as durra. darraignt, darraint, v. t. Same as deraign1. darre in (dar'an), a. [ The great charter of John likewise retains the three recognitions of Novel di eisin, Mort d'ancester, and Darre in presentment, to be heard in the quarterly county courts by the justices and four chosen knights. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 164. darriba (dar'i-ba), n. A modern dry measure of Egypt, equal to about 16 Winchester bushels. darsist (där's is), n. [NL., δάρσις , excoriation, δέρειν , skin, flay, AS. teran , E. tear1 , q. v. Cf. derma , etc.] The removal of the skin from the subjacent ti ues; an abrasion of the skin. = IMG:content-2063.png:[blocks in formation] In the evening of the seventeenth of June, Rupert darted out of Oxford with his cavalry on a predatory expedition. Macaulay , Nugent's Hampden. dart2 (därt), n . [Same as dare , dar , and dace , all ult. identical with dart1 ; so called from its swift movements.] Same as dace , 1. dartars (där'tärz), n. pl . [F. dartre , tetter.] A scab or ulceration under the skin of a lamb. Also called chin - scab . darter (där'tėr), n . 1. One who throws a dart. They of Rhene and Leuce, cunning darters , And Sequana that well could manage steeds. Marlowe, tr. of Lucan, i. IMG:content-2064.png:[merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small] ward. Oft from out it leaps The finny darter with the glittering scales. Byron. 3. In zoöl.: (a) In ichth.: (1) The archer Darwin ell a (där-wi-nel'ä), п. [NL., named after Charles Darwin, + dim. -ell a.] A genus of ceratose sponges, typical of the family Dar winellida. A sponge of dard, dar, F. dard Pr. dart = Sp. Pg. It. dardo = Wall. darde = Hung. darda, And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. 2 Sam. xviii. 14. Death! ere thou hast slain another, Learn'd, and fair, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee. B. Jonson, Epitaph on the Counte of Pembroke. 2. A kind of eel-spear. [Eng.] The dart is made of a cro -piece with barbed spikes set in like the teeth of a rake. Day , Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland, II. 246. 3t. A spear set up as a prize for victory in running or other athletic contests. The dart is set up of virgin i tee, Cacche whoso may, who renneth best, let se. Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 75. 4. Anything like a dart in shape, use, or effect. Specifically- (a) The mi ile or arrow of a blow gun when made with a point. (b) In entom., the sting of an aculeate hymenopterous insect; in a more restricted sense, the spicula or lancet-like instrument forming the central part of the sting. Until recently the latter [ Zonites nitid us ] was supposed Darter ( Etheostoma flab ell are). water fishes of the United States constituting the subfamily Eth eos to minæ of the family Per cide. All are of small size, and in general resemble the common yellow perch. The name is due to the fact that when disturbed they dart from their retreats, where they usually remain quiescent, on or near the bottom of streams. (3) A fresh-water fish of the genus Uranide a and family Cottid a. [Local, U.S.] (b) In or nith.: (1) A bird of the genus Plotus and family Plotida. P. anhinga is the black-bellied darter, snake-bird, or water-turkey: so called from the way it darts upon its prey on the wing. See snake - bird, Plotus, and cut under anhinga. (2) pl. The Plotidæ or snakebirds.