DIDASCALAR
Di*das"ca*lar, a.
Defn: Didascalic. [R.]
DIDASCALIC
Di`das*cal"ic, a. Etym: [L. didascalius, Gr. didascalique.]
Defn: Didactic; preceptive. [R.] Prior.
DIDDLE
Did"dle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Daddle.]
Defn: To totter, as a child in walking. [Obs.] Quarles.
DIDDLE Did"dle, v. t. Etym: [Perh. from AS. dyderian to deceive, the letter r being changed to l.]
Defn: To cheat or overreach. [Colloq.] Beaconsfield.
DIDDLER
Did"dler, n.
Defn: A cheat. [Colloq.] Jeremy Diddler, a character in a play by James Kenney, entitled "Raising the wind." The name is applied to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man.