Defn: Same as Dalmania.
DALMATIAN
Dal*ma"tian, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Dalmatia. Dalmatian dog (Zoöl.), a carriage dog, shaped like a pointer, and having black or bluish spots on a white ground; the coach dog.
DALMATICA; DALMATIC Dal*mat"i*ca, n., Dal*mat"ic (, n. Etym: [LL. dalmatica: cf. F. dalmatique.]
1. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; — imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia.
2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation.
DAL SEGNO
Dal` se"gno. Etym: [It., from the sign.] (Mus.)
Defn: A direction to go back to the sign Segno.
DALTONIAN
Dal*to"ni*an, n.