2. One of a breed of terriers with short legs, long body, and rough coat, originating in the country about the English and Scotch border.
DANDIFIED
Dan"di*fied, a.
Defn: Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.
DANDIFY
Dan"di*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dandified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dandifying.] Etym: [Dandy + -fy.]
Defn: To cause to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish.
DANDIPRAT
Dan"di*prat, n. Etym: [Dandy + brat child.]
1. A little fellow; — in sport or contempt. "A dandiprat hop-thumb." Stanyhurst.
2. A small coin. Henry VII. stamped a small coin called dandiprats. Camden.
DANDLE Dan"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dandled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dandling.] Etym: [Cf. G. dändeln to trifly, dandle, OD. & Prov. G. danten, G. tand trifly, prattle; Scot. dandill, dander, to go about idly, to trifly.]
1. To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant. Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees. Is.