DANE, d[=a]n, _n._ a native of _Denmark_.--_adj._ DAN'ISH, belonging to
Denmark.--_n._ the language of the Danes--(_Spens._) DANISK.
DANEGELD, d[=a]n'geld, _n._ a tax imposed in the 10th cent., to buy off the
Danes or to defend the country against them. [A.S. _Dene_, Danes, _geid_, a
payment.]
DANG, dang, _v.t._ a minced form of _damn_.
DANGER, d[=a]n'j[.e]r, _n._ peril, hazard, or risk: insecurity: (_obs._)
power.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to endanger.--_adj._ DAN'GEROUS, full of danger:
unsafe: insecure.--_adv._ DAN'GEROUSLY.--_ns._ DAN'GEROUSNESS;
DAN'GER-SIG'NAL. [O. Fr. _dangier_, absolute power (of a feudal lord),
hence power to hurt.--Low L. _dominium_, feudal authority--L. _dominus_, a
lord. See DUNGEON.]
DANGLE, dang'gl, _v.t._ to hang loosely or with a swinging motion: to
follow any one about.--_v.t._ to make to dangle.--_n._ DAN'GLER, one who
dangles about others, esp. about women. [Scand., Dan. _dangle_, to dangle;
cf. Ice. _dingla_, to swing; Sw. _danka_, to saunter.]
DANIEL, dan'yel, _n._ in phrase A SECOND DANIEL, a wise judge, with
reference to the interposition of the wise young Daniel to save Susannah,
in one of the Apocryphal additions to the book of Daniel.
DANITE, dan'[=i]t, _n._ one of a secret society amongst the early Mormons.
[In allusion to Gen. xlix. 16, 17.]
DANK, dangk, _adj._ moist, wet.--_n._ (_Milt._) water.--_adj._ DANK'ISH,
somewhat dank or damp. [Perh. conn. with _dew_. See also DAGGLE.]
DANNEBROG, d[=a]n'e-brog, _n._ the second of the Danish orders instituted
by King Waldemar in 1219. [Dan., 'the Danish banner.']