dauntv.

Brit.

/dɔːnt/, U.S.

/dɔnt/,

/dɑnt/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s daunte, dawnt(e, Middle English–1600s (Middle English–1500s Scottish) dant.

Etymology: < Old French dante-r (12–14th cent. in Littré), variant of donter (modern French dompter ) = Provençal domtar < Latin domitāre , frequentative of domāre to tame, subdue. (For the a of danter , compare Dan n.¹)

I. To subdue, discourage, and related uses.

†1. transitive. To overcome, subdue, vanquish.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome

overcomeeOE

shendc893

awinc1000

overwinOE

overheaveOE

to lay downa1225

mate?c1225

discomfitc1230

win1297

dauntc1300

cumber1303

scomfit1303

fenkc1320

to bear downc1330

confoundc1330

confusec1330

to do, put arrear1330

oversetc1330

vanquishc1330

conquerc1374

overthrowc1375

oppressc1380

outfighta1382

to put downa1382

discomfortc1384

threshc1384

vencuea1400

depressc1400

venque?1402

ding?a1425

cumrayc1425

to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425

to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430

distrussc1430

supprisec1440

ascomfita1450

to do stress?c1450

victorya1470

to make (win) a conquest1477

convanquish1483

conquest1485

defeat1485

oversailc1485

conques1488

discomfish1488

fulyie1488

distress1489

overpress1489

cravent1490

utter?1533

to give (a person) the overthrow1536

debel1542

convince1548

foil1548

out-war1548

profligate1548

proflige?c1550

expugnate1568

expugn1570

victor1576

dismay1596

damnify1598

triumph1605

convict1607

overman1609

thrash1609

beat1611

debellate1611

import1624

to cut to (or in) pieces1632

maitrise1636

worst1636

forcea1641

outfight1650

outgeneral1767

to cut up1803

smash1813

slosh1890

ream1918

hammer1948

c1300 K. Alis. 1312 Sone he wol daunte thy maigne!

1391 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. vii. 147 Hercules..dawntede þe proude Centauris.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 602 The lord persy..dantit [1489 Adv. dawntyt] suagat all the land.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure iv. xii He mette an hydeous gyaunt..With his great strokes he did hym daunt.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) i. 16 The riche monarche of rome, quhilk dantit ande subdeuit al the varld?

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 256 Being now daunted by time, there remaineth an heape of rammell and rubbish witnessing the ruines thereof.

†2. To tame, break in (an animal). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > tame or train

temec1000

tamec1315

faite1362

daunt1377

afaitea1393

reclaima1393

chastisec1400

makea1425

meekc1429

break1474

enter1490

train?1532

law1534

dressc1540

meeken1591

correct1594

subjugate1595

cicure1599

unwild1605

cicurate1606

mancipate1623

familiarize1634

domesticate1641

gentle1651

domesticize1656

civilize1721

educate1760

domiciliate1782

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 393 Makometh..Daunted a dowue, and day and nyȝte hir fedde.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. vi. 72 Bullys whiche..haue hornes that remeue about hym so that noman may tame ne daunte them.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 114 Sum of them began to plant treis, sum to dant beystis.

1569 T. Newton tr. Cicero Worthye Bk. Olde Age 43 a To daunte fierce horses.

†3.

a. figurative. To bring into subjection, subdue, tame; to hold in subjection, control. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)]

wieldOE

i-weldeOE

onwaldOE

overwieldlOE

amaistera1250

underlaya1300

daunt1303

underbringc1320

yoke?c1335

undercasta1340

afaitec1350

faite1362

subjecta1382

to make subjectc1384

distraina1400

underlouta1400

underthewa1400

underset1422

subjectc1460

subjuge?1473

submise?1473

dompt1480

suppedit?1483

to keep under1486

abandon1487

bandon?a1500

suppeditatec1545

to bring under1563

reduce1569

assubject1579

overpower1597

envassal1606

assubjugate1609

vassal1612

subact1619

vassalize1647

vassalate1659

to school down1818

to ride herd on (also over)1895

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 8420 Þat þou mayst nat þy flesshe daunte Be not þarfor yn wanhope.

c1390 G. Chaucer Truth 13 Daunt thi self that dauntest otheres dede.

c1425 King James I Good Counsel in Kingis Quair (1884) 51 Sen word is thrall and thocht is only free, Thow dant thi twnge, that pouer has and may.

1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Biv Thay quhilk wil notht suffer god to dant and rewl thayme..efter his halie wil.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iv. vii. 212 It daunts whole kingdomes and cities.

†b. To cast down, put down, quell. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)

shendOE

whelvec1000

allayOE

ofdrunkenc1175

quenchc1175

quashc1275

stanchc1315

quella1325

slockena1340

drenchc1374

vanquishc1380

stuffa1387

daunt?a1400

adauntc1400

to put downa1425

overwhelmc1425

overwhelvec1450

quatc1450

slockc1485

suppressa1500

suffocate1526

quealc1530

to trample under foot1530

repress1532

quail1533

suppress1537

infringe1543

revocate1547

whelm1553

queasom1561

knetcha1564

squench1577

restinguish1579

to keep down1581

trample1583

repel1592

accable1602

crush1610

to wrestle down?1611

chokea1616

stranglea1616

stifle1621

smother1632

overpower1646

resuppress1654

strangulate1665

instranglea1670

to choke back, down, in, out1690

to nip or crush in the bud1746

spiflicate1749

squasha1777

to get under1799

burke1835

to stamp out1851

to trample down1853

quelch1864

to sit upon ——1864

squelch1864

smash1865

garrotte1878

scotch1888

douse1916

to drive under1920

stomp1936

stultify1958

?a1400 Arthur 113 He daunted þe proude & hawted þe poure.

1595 G. W. Senior in E. Spenser Amoretti sig. ¶3 Dawnting thereby our neigh[b]oures auncient pride.

c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 144 To dant the insolence of George erle Huntlie.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xlvii. 511 The secretary in a letter..trusted the Queen's Majesty would proceed here in such sort, as both these mischiefs would be daunted.

4. To abate the courage of, discourage, dispirit; to put in awe, abash; to overcome with fear, intimidate, cause to quail. (The current sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > daunt (a person's) courage

cowardc1300

anarrowc1400

accowardize1480

accoward1481

daunton1535

quail1548

daunt1569

quay1590

disheart1603

dishearten1606

cravena1616

break1619

unsoula1634

unnerve1638

cowardize1648

daff1673

to put (a person) off his (also her) mettle1745

becoward1831

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 615 This discomfiture..daunted the harts of the..Gascons.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 600 I dreid me, sa he dantit the, thow durst not with him deill.

1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. ii. vi. 222 True Christian fortitude..may be ouerborne, but it cannot be daunted.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 198 Thinke you, a little dinne can daunt mine eares?

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxxii. 227 The spirit of their chief was not daunted by misfortune.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xvi. 196 She was not daunted by the practical difficulties in the way.

†5. To daze, stupefy. Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > deaden or dull the emotions

stupefy?a1425

dullc1440

benumbc1485

slumber?1533

extinguish1540

extinct1542

numb1561

damp1570

hebetate1574

daunt1581

frostbite1593

hebete1597

blunt1600

unedgea1625

engross1626

astonish1635

consopite1647

bate1649

opiate1650

blura1653

hebescate1657

torpefy1808

dozena1810

dullify1838

hebetize1845

chloroform1849

narcotize1852

sodden1863

vastate1892

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] > stupefy

swevec725

amazeOE

mazec1390

dazea1400

fordulla1400

stupefy?a1425

dullc1440

entrance1569

damp1570

daunt1581

stupefact1583

trance1597

astound1600

mulla1616

doze1617

soporate1623

consopite1647

obstupefying1660

dozzlea1670

infatuate1712

smoor1718

silly1859

maizel1869

zombify1950

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] > stun

asweveOE

stonyc1330

astone1340

astony1340

stouna1400

stounda1400

stuna1400

stoynec1450

dozen1487

astonish1530

benumb1530

daunt1581

dammisha1598

still1778

silence1785

to knock, lay (out), etc., cold1829

to lay out1891

out1896

wooden1904

to knock rotten1919

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xiii. 62 Such, as..haue their senses daunted, either thorough dreaming melancholie, or dulling phleame.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A5^v Much daunted with that dint, her sence was dazd.

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Daunt..in the provinces, to stun, to knock down.

†II. To dandle.

a. To dandle, fondle, caress. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper

daunt1303

cocker1440

cherisha1450

pomper1483

daut?a1513

to cocker up1530

pamper1530

pimper1537

tiddle1560

cockle1570

dandlea1577

cotchel1578

cockney1582

fondle1582

coax1589

to coax up1592

to flatter up1598

dainty1622

pet1629

cosset1659

caudle1662

faddle1688

pettle1719

coddle1786

sugar-plum1788

twattle1790

to make a fuss of or over (with)1814

mud1814

pamperizea1845

mollycoddle1851

pompey1860

cosher1861

pussy1889

molly1907

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4880 Þe fadyr..Þe chylde dauntede on hys kne.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lxvi. 12 Vp on the knes men shul daunte ȝou.

14.. Prose Legends in Anglia VIII. 132 Wiþ siche woordes & cosses dauntynge hir body.

1483 Cath. Angl. 92 To Dawnte (A. or to cherys), blanditractare.

†b. absol. To toy. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity

trifle?a1400

loiterc1400

tiffc1440

tifflec1440

to pick a salad1520

to play the wanton1529

fiddle1530

dauntc1540

piddle1545

dally?1548

pittlea1568

pingle1574

puddle1591

to thrum caps1594

maginate1623

meecha1625

pudder1624

dabble1631

fanfreluche1653

dawdlea1656

taigle17..

niff-naff1728

tiddle1747

peddle1755

gammer1788

quiddle1789

muddle1791

browse1803

niddle1808

poke1811

fal-lal1818

potter1824

footer1825

putter1827

shaffle1828

to fool about1838

mike1838

piffle1847

mess1853

to muck about1856

tinker1856

bohemianize1857

to fool around1860

frivol1866

june1869

muss1876

to muddle about (also around)1877

slummock1877

dicker1888

moodle1893

to fart about1899

to fart about (or around)1899

plouter1899

futz1907

monkey1916

to arse around1919

to play around1929

to fuck around1931

tool1932

frig1933

boondoggle1935

to muck around1935

to screw around1935

to bugger about1937

to bugger around1939

to piss about1943

to dick around1948

to jerk around1953

fart-arse1954

to fanny around1969

slop1973

dork1982

to twat around (or about)1992

to dick about1996

c1540 Image Ipocrysy iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 441 Some daunte and daly..in the blak alley Wheras it ever darke is.

III. In relation to the fishing industry.

7. Herring Fishery. To press salted herrings into the barrel with a ‘daunt’.

ΚΠ

1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scotl. 201 The largest Herrings..repackt by themselves, and sufficiently served with fresh Salt, daunted and well oyled.

1891 Rep. Deputation Fishery Board Scot. to Continent 7 No daunting should be used, when the barrel is fully filled up, but it is most desirable on the first filling up.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	daunt
释义	dauntn. Etymology: < daunt v. †1. The act of daunting; dispiriting, intimidation; a check. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > instance or action of intimidating or bullying daunta1400 dauntingc1400 fear1426 discomfort1512 discouraging1578 appalement1579 browbeating1581 appall1598 huffing1600 appaling1603 appalment1611 disheartening1619 intimidation1658 hectorism1672 bullying1680 bullocking1715 huff1773 bullyism1821 disheartenment1830 table-thumping1839 bulldozing1876 a1400 in Leg. Rood 139 Þe deuel..Mony folk In-to helle he clihte, Til þe crosses dunt ȝaf him a daunt. 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xi. Ii iv b, b O Tyrrhene dastardes still? What daunt within youre hartes doth light? 1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xxvii. 279 In a sudden daunt and onset of an unexpected evill. †2. Dandling, caress. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [noun] > indulging, petting, or pampering cockering1440 cocking1570 cockling1579 dandling1591 daunt1603 coaxing1672 petting1799 mollycoddling1847 cosseting1880 1603 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Charteris) (1920) 50 Of me altyme thow gaue bot lytil tail, Na of me wald haue dant nor dail. 3. Herring Fishery. A disc of wood, usually made of two barrel heads nailed together cross-wise, used to press down salted herrings in the barrels. ΚΠ 1890 Regul. Branding Herrings (Sc. Fishery Board) 5 The daunt must be used with all repacked herrings. 1890 Regul. Branding Herrings (Sc. Fishery Board) 6 The..herrings then left in the barrel..shall be pressed down..steadily and uniformly, by daunt or otherwise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2018). dauntv. Brit. /dɔːnt/, U.S. /dɔnt/, /dɑnt/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s daunte, dawnt(e, Middle English–1600s (Middle English–1500s Scottish) dant. Etymology: < Old French dante-r (12–14th cent. in Littré), variant of donter (modern French dompter ) = Provençal domtar < Latin domitāre , frequentative of domāre to tame, subdue. (For the a of danter , compare Dan n.¹) I. To subdue, discourage, and related uses. †1. transitive. To overcome, subdue, vanquish. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome overcomeeOE shendc893 awinc1000 overwinOE overheaveOE to lay downa1225 mate?c1225 discomfitc1230 win1297 dauntc1300 cumber1303 scomfit1303 fenkc1320 to bear downc1330 confoundc1330 confusec1330 to do, put arrear1330 oversetc1330 vanquishc1330 conquerc1374 overthrowc1375 oppressc1380 outfighta1382 to put downa1382 discomfortc1384 threshc1384 vencuea1400 depressc1400 venque?1402 ding?a1425 cumrayc1425 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 supprisec1440 ascomfita1450 to do stress?c1450 victorya1470 to make (win) a conquest1477 convanquish1483 conquest1485 defeat1485 oversailc1485 conques1488 discomfish1488 fulyie1488 distress1489 overpress1489 cravent1490 utter?1533 to give (a person) the overthrow1536 debel1542 convince1548 foil1548 out-war1548 profligate1548 proflige?c1550 expugnate1568 expugn1570 victor1576 dismay1596 damnify1598 triumph1605 convict1607 overman1609 thrash1609 beat1611 debellate1611 import1624 to cut to (or in) pieces1632 maitrise1636 worst1636 forcea1641 outfight1650 outgeneral1767 to cut up1803 smash1813 slosh1890 ream1918 hammer1948 c1300 K. Alis. 1312 Sone he wol daunte thy maigne! 1391 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. vii. 147 Hercules..dawntede þe proude Centauris. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 602 The lord persy..dantit [1489 Adv. dawntyt] suagat all the land. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure iv. xii He mette an hydeous gyaunt..With his great strokes he did hym daunt. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) i. 16 The riche monarche of rome, quhilk dantit ande subdeuit al the varld? 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 256 Being now daunted by time, there remaineth an heape of rammell and rubbish witnessing the ruines thereof. †2. To tame, break in (an animal). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > tame or train temec1000 tamec1315 faite1362 daunt1377 afaitea1393 reclaima1393 chastisec1400 makea1425 meekc1429 break1474 enter1490 train?1532 law1534 dressc1540 meeken1591 correct1594 subjugate1595 cicure1599 unwild1605 cicurate1606 mancipate1623 familiarize1634 domesticate1641 gentle1651 domesticize1656 civilize1721 educate1760 domiciliate1782 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 393 Makometh..Daunted a dowue, and day and nyȝte hir fedde. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. vi. 72 Bullys whiche..haue hornes that remeue about hym so that noman may tame ne daunte them. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 114 Sum of them began to plant treis, sum to dant beystis. 1569 T. Newton tr. Cicero Worthye Bk. Olde Age 43 a To daunte fierce horses. †3. a. figurative. To bring into subjection, subdue, tame; to hold in subjection, control. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] wieldOE i-weldeOE onwaldOE overwieldlOE amaistera1250 underlaya1300 daunt1303 underbringc1320 yoke?c1335 undercasta1340 afaitec1350 faite1362 subjecta1382 to make subjectc1384 distraina1400 underlouta1400 underthewa1400 underset1422 subjectc1460 subjuge?1473 submise?1473 dompt1480 suppedit?1483 to keep under1486 abandon1487 bandon?a1500 suppeditatec1545 to bring under1563 reduce1569 assubject1579 overpower1597 envassal1606 assubjugate1609 vassal1612 subact1619 vassalize1647 vassalate1659 to school down1818 to ride herd on (also over)1895 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 8420 Þat þou mayst nat þy flesshe daunte Be not þarfor yn wanhope. c1390 G. Chaucer Truth 13 Daunt thi self that dauntest otheres dede. c1425 King James I Good Counsel in Kingis Quair (1884) 51 Sen word is thrall and thocht is only free, Thow dant thi twnge, that pouer has and may. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Biv Thay quhilk wil notht suffer god to dant and rewl thayme..efter his halie wil. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iv. vii. 212 It daunts whole kingdomes and cities. †b. To cast down, put down, quell. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) shendOE whelvec1000 allayOE ofdrunkenc1175 quenchc1175 quashc1275 stanchc1315 quella1325 slockena1340 drenchc1374 vanquishc1380 stuffa1387 daunt?a1400 adauntc1400 to put downa1425 overwhelmc1425 overwhelvec1450 quatc1450 slockc1485 suppressa1500 suffocate1526 quealc1530 to trample under foot1530 repress1532 quail1533 suppress1537 infringe1543 revocate1547 whelm1553 queasom1561 knetcha1564 squench1577 restinguish1579 to keep down1581 trample1583 repel1592 accable1602 crush1610 to wrestle down?1611 chokea1616 stranglea1616 stifle1621 smother1632 overpower1646 resuppress1654 strangulate1665 instranglea1670 to choke back, down, in, out1690 to nip or crush in the bud1746 spiflicate1749 squasha1777 to get under1799 burke1835 to stamp out1851 to trample down1853 quelch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 smash1865 garrotte1878 scotch1888 douse1916 to drive under1920 stomp1936 stultify1958 ?a1400 Arthur 113 He daunted þe proude & hawted þe poure. 1595 G. W. Senior in E. Spenser Amoretti sig. ¶3 Dawnting thereby our neigh[b]oures auncient pride. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 144 To dant the insolence of George erle Huntlie. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xlvii. 511 The secretary in a letter..trusted the Queen's Majesty would proceed here in such sort, as both these mischiefs would be daunted. 4. To abate the courage of, discourage, dispirit; to put in awe, abash; to overcome with fear, intimidate, cause to quail. (The current sense.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > daunt (a person's) courage cowardc1300 anarrowc1400 accowardize1480 accoward1481 daunton1535 quail1548 daunt1569 quay1590 disheart1603 dishearten1606 cravena1616 break1619 unsoula1634 unnerve1638 cowardize1648 daff1673 to put (a person) off his (also her) mettle1745 becoward1831 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 615 This discomfiture..daunted the harts of the..Gascons. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 600 I dreid me, sa he dantit the, thow durst not with him deill. 1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. ii. vi. 222 True Christian fortitude..may be ouerborne, but it cannot be daunted. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 198 Thinke you, a little dinne can daunt mine eares? View more context for this quotation 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxxii. 227 The spirit of their chief was not daunted by misfortune. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xvi. 196 She was not daunted by the practical difficulties in the way. †5. To daze, stupefy. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > deaden or dull the emotions stupefy?a1425 dullc1440 benumbc1485 slumber?1533 extinguish1540 extinct1542 numb1561 damp1570 hebetate1574 daunt1581 frostbite1593 hebete1597 blunt1600 unedgea1625 engross1626 astonish1635 consopite1647 bate1649 opiate1650 blura1653 hebescate1657 torpefy1808 dozena1810 dullify1838 hebetize1845 chloroform1849 narcotize1852 sodden1863 vastate1892 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] > stupefy swevec725 amazeOE mazec1390 dazea1400 fordulla1400 stupefy?a1425 dullc1440 entrance1569 damp1570 daunt1581 stupefact1583 trance1597 astound1600 mulla1616 doze1617 soporate1623 consopite1647 obstupefying1660 dozzlea1670 infatuate1712 smoor1718 silly1859 maizel1869 zombify1950 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] > stun asweveOE stonyc1330 astone1340 astony1340 stouna1400 stounda1400 stuna1400 stoynec1450 dozen1487 astonish1530 benumb1530 daunt1581 dammisha1598 still1778 silence1785 to knock, lay (out), etc., cold1829 to lay out1891 out1896 wooden1904 to knock rotten1919 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xiii. 62 Such, as..haue their senses daunted, either thorough dreaming melancholie, or dulling phleame. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A5^v Much daunted with that dint, her sence was dazd. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Daunt..in the provinces, to stun, to knock down. †II. To dandle. 6. a. To dandle, fondle, caress. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper daunt1303 cocker1440 cherisha1450 pomper1483 daut?a1513 to cocker up1530 pamper1530 pimper1537 tiddle1560 cockle1570 dandlea1577 cotchel1578 cockney1582 fondle1582 coax1589 to coax up1592 to flatter up1598 dainty1622 pet1629 cosset1659 caudle1662 faddle1688 pettle1719 coddle1786 sugar-plum1788 twattle1790 to make a fuss of or over (with)1814 mud1814 pamperizea1845 mollycoddle1851 pompey1860 cosher1861 pussy1889 molly1907 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4880 Þe fadyr..Þe chylde dauntede on hys kne. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lxvi. 12 Vp on the knes men shul daunte ȝou. 14.. Prose Legends in Anglia VIII. 132 Wiþ siche woordes & cosses dauntynge hir body. 1483 Cath. Angl. 92 To Dawnte (A. or to cherys), blanditractare. †b. absol. To toy. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity trifle?a1400 loiterc1400 tiffc1440 tifflec1440 to pick a salad1520 to play the wanton1529 fiddle1530 dauntc1540 piddle1545 dally?1548 pittlea1568 pingle1574 puddle1591 to thrum caps1594 maginate1623 meecha1625 pudder1624 dabble1631 fanfreluche1653 dawdlea1656 taigle17.. niff-naff1728 tiddle1747 peddle1755 gammer1788 quiddle1789 muddle1791 browse1803 niddle1808 poke1811 fal-lal1818 potter1824 footer1825 putter1827 shaffle1828 to fool about1838 mike1838 piffle1847 mess1853 to muck about1856 tinker1856 bohemianize1857 to fool around1860 frivol1866 june1869 muss1876 to muddle about (also around)1877 slummock1877 dicker1888 moodle1893 to fart about1899 to fart about (or around)1899 plouter1899 futz1907 monkey1916 to arse around1919 to play around1929 to fuck around1931 tool1932 frig1933 boondoggle1935 to muck around1935 to screw around1935 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1939 to piss about1943 to dick around1948 to jerk around1953 fart-arse1954 to fanny around1969 slop1973 dork1982 to twat around (or about)1992 to dick about1996 c1540 Image Ipocrysy iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 441 Some daunte and daly..in the blak alley Wheras it ever darke is. III. In relation to the fishing industry. 7. Herring Fishery. To press salted herrings into the barrel with a ‘daunt’. ΚΠ 1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scotl. 201 The largest Herrings..repackt by themselves, and sufficiently served with fresh Salt, daunted and well oyled. 1891 Rep. Deputation Fishery Board Scot. to Continent 7 No daunting should be used, when the barrel is fully filled up, but it is most desirable on the first filling up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400v.c1300
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