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† daint, a. and n. Obs.
Also 6 daynt, deint.
= dainty (of which it appears to be merely a shortened form, or perh. a misreading of the old spelling dainte, deynte, etc.).
A. adj.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. x. 2 To cherish him with diets daint. Ibid. ii. xii. 42 Whatever..may dayntest fantasy aggrate. 1596Ibid. iv. i. 5 Demeanour daint.
B. n.
1633P. Fletcher Pisc. Ecl., The Prize xxxvii, Excesse or daints my lowly roof maintain not.
Hence † ˈdaintly adv., daintily.
1563Sackville Mirr. Mag., Induct. xxxviii, As on the which full dayntlye would he fare. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Regaladamente, gentelie, curteouslie, deintlie. |