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Dais

Da′is

(dā′ĭs)
,
Noun.
[OE.
deis
,
des
, table, dais, OF.
deis
table, F.
dais
a canopy, L.
discus
a quoit, a dish (from the shape), LL., table, fr. Gr.
[GREEK]
a quoit, a dish. See
Dish
.]
1.
The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.
[Obs.]
2.
A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.
3.
A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity.
[Obs.]
Shiply.

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dais

dais

See also: daïs

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Noun

dais (plural daises)

  1. A raised platform in a room for dignified occupancy.
    • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, 14”, in Babbitt:
      Babbitt's party politely edged through them and into the whitewashed room, at the front of which was a dais with a red-plush throne and a pine altar painted watery blue, as used nightly by the Grand Masters and Supreme Potentates of innumerable lodges.

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin dē(n)sus. Compare Italian denso, Romanian des.

Adjective

dais m (feminine daisa)

  1. dense
  2. thick

Spanish

Verb

dais

  1. Informal second-person plural (vosotros, vosotras) present indicative form of dar.