dais terret

An obsolete form of day - star. daisy (dā'zi), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also daisie, daysie, etc.; The dayesye or elles the eye of day, The emperice and flour of floures es alle. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 184. Daisies pied and violets blue. Shak ., L. L. L., v. 2 (song). 2. One of various plants of other genera to which the name is popularly applied. The wild plant generally known in the United States as the daisy is the Chrysanthemum Leu can the mum, (See oxeye daisy, below.) In Australia the name daisy is given to several Compos itæ, especially to species of Vitadenia and to Brachycome i be rid i folia of the Swan River region, which is occasionally cultivated; in New Zealand, to species of Lagenophora. See phrases below. 3. Something pretty, fine, charming, or nice: as, she is a daisy. [Colloq. or slang.] - African daisy, Lonas inodora, of northern Africa, formerly culti We may expect soon to hear that Dacoitage has begun with as much vigor as ever, and our mi ionary stations will again be compelled to defend themselves with the rifle. New York Examiner , May 12, 1887.