Vocabulary : Damsel to Dancer
Damsel : A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. ;; A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden. ;; An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.
Damson : A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum.
Dan : A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. ;; A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
Danaide : A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.
Danaite : A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.
Danalite : A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, containing sulphur.
Danburite : A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form.
Dance : To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically. ;; To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about. ;; To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle. ;; The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music. ;; A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
Danced : of Dance
Dancer : One who dances or who practices dancing.
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