daugh2 (dach)

[Sc., contr. of earlier daw- dering. ache, davoch, davach, said to be 48 bolls. It occasionally forms and enters into the names daunt (dänt or dânt), v. t. [E. dial. also dant of farms in Scotland: as, the Great and Little Daugh of (and daunton, danton, q. v.); daughter (da'ter, formerly sometimes dåf'ter), n. [Early mod. E. also doughter; OS. dohtar dawnten, = E. tame : see tame , v.] 1. To tame. In-to Surre he sougte and thorw his sotil wittes Daunted a dowue [dove] and day and nyzte hir feede. Piers Plowman (B), xv. 393. = OFries. dochter = OD. D. dochter = MLG. LG . dochter = OHG. tohtar , MHG. tohter , G. tochter = Icel. dōttir = OSw. doktir , dottir , Sw. dotter = Dan. datter = Gr. θυγάτηρ (not in L.; 2t. To subdue; conquer; overcome. where filia , daughter, fem. of filius , son: see filial ) = OBulg. dushti (gen. dushtere ), Bulg. dushterya = Serv. shći , kći , der = Bohem. dci , cera = Pol. cor a = Little Ru . dochka = Ru . dshcheri , dochi = Lith. duktē = Ir. dear , etc., = Skt. duhitar = Zend dughdar , daughter. Ulterior origin unknown; appar. milker,' or 'suckler,' dhugh , Skt. √ duh , milk.] 1. A female child, considered with reference to her parents. The first time at the looking-gla The mother sets her daughter , The image strikes the smiling la With self-love ever after. is a ociated with troilite.