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▪ I. † ˈdaly, n. Obs.
Also dayly; pl. dalies, dalys, daleys.
[Derivation unknown.]
A die, or a knuckle-bone used as a die; also a cubical piece of anything, a cube.
c1440Promp. Parv. 112 Dayly, or pley (K.P. daly), tessura, C.F. (alea, decius, K.). 1519W. Horman Vulg. xxxii. 280 Men play with iii dice: and children with iiij dalies [astragalis vel talis]. Cutte this flesh into daleys [tessellas].
▪ II. daly, a. rare. ? Obs.|ˈdeɪlɪ|
[f. dale n.1 + -y.]
Abounding in dales; of the nature of a dale.
1523Fitzherb. Surv. iii. 3 Groundes that is bothe hylly and dalye. 1606J. Raynolds Dolarney's Prim. (1880) 61 The daly grounds in garments greene were clad.
▪ III. daly(e, dalyance
obs. ff. dally, dalliance. |