3. In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; — called also dubbing. Knight.
DAUBREELITE
Dau"bree*lite, n. Etym: [From Daubrée, a French mineralogist.] (Min.)
Defn: A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
DAUBY
Daub"y, a.
Defn: Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive. "Dauby wax."
DAUGHTER Daugh"ter, n.; pl. Daughters; obs. pl. Daughtren. Etym: [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. daúhtar,, OSlav. d, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. , Zendughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. sq. root68, 245.]
1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; — applied also to the lower animals.
2. A female descendant; a woman. This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. Luke xiii. 16. Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. Gen. xxxiv. 1.
3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Ruth. i. 11.
4. A term of adress indicating parental interest.
Daughter, be of good comfort. Matt. ix. 22.
Daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See
Cell division, under Division.