DAK
Dak, n. Etym: [Hind. .]
Defn: Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; — spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India] Dak boat, a mail boat. Percy Smith. — Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the and of a dak stage. — To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquines or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.
DAKER; DAKIR
Da"ker, Da"kir, n. Etym: [See Dicker.] (O. Eng. & Scots Law)
Defn: A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs. Burrill.
DAKER HEN Da"ker hen`. Etym: [Perh. fr. W. crecial the daker hen; crec a sharp noise (creg harsh, hoarse, crechian to scream) + iar hen; or cf. D. duiken to dive, plunge.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The corncrake or land rail.
DAKOIT; DAKOITY
Da*koit", n., Da*koit"y, n.
Defn: See Dacoit, Dacoity.
DAKOTA GROUP
Da*ko"ta group`. (Geol.)
Defn: A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; — so named from the region where the strata were first studied.