3. (Milling)
Defn: An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hoppe
DAMSON
Dam"son, n. Etym: [OE. damasin the Damascus plum, fr. L. Damascenus.
See Damascene.]
Defn: A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; — called also damask plum.
DAN Dan, n. Etym: [OE. dan, danz, OF. danz (prop. only nom.), dan, master, fr. L. dominus. See Dame.]
Defn: A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. [Obs.]
Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright The pure wellhead of poetry did
dwell. Spenser.
What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land. Thomson.
DAN
Dan, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mining)
Defn: A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
DANAIDE Da"na*ide, n. Etym: [From the mythical Danaides, who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes.] (Mach.)
Defn: 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.