DAVY JONES
Da"vy Jones".
Defn: The spirit of the sea; sea devil; — a term used by sailors. This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. Smollett. Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean. — Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard.
DAVY LAMP
Da"vy lamp`.
Defn: See Safety lamp, under Lamp.
DAVYNE
Da"vyne, n. Etym: [See Davyum.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius.
DAVYUM Da"vy*um, n. Etym: [Named after Sir Humphry Davy, the English chemist.] (Chem.)
Defn: A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.
DAW Daw, n. Etym: [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. taha, MHG. tahe, tahele, G. dohle. Cf. Caddow.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. The loud daw, his throat displaying, draw The whole assembly of his fellow daws. Waller.