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   Dan
   Dan noun [ Middle English dan , danz , Old French danz (prop. only nom.), dan , master, from Latin dominus . See Dame .] A title of honor equivalent to master , or sir . [ Obsolete] « Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell.» Spenser. « What time Dan Abraham left th ...
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   Dan
   Dan noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] (Mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
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   dan
   A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. 'Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell.' (Spenser) 'What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land.' (Thomson) ... Origin: OE. Dan, danz, OF. Danz (prop. Only nom), dan, master, fr. L. Dominus. See Dame. ... <chemical> A small truck or sledge used in coal mines. ... O ...
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   Dan
   `Dan` is a masculine name. It refers sometimes to the short form of the name Daniel. * Dan (Biblical figure), one of the sons of Jacob * Dan (king), the name of one or more legendary Danish kings * Dan (Chinese opera), a female role in Beijing opera * DAN (protein) family of tgf beta signaling protein inhibitors * Dan (newspaper), daily newspaper published in Montenegro * Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liber...
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   Dan
   • (n.) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines. • (n.) A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir.
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   Dan
   an ethnolinguistic grouping of people inhabiting the mountainous west-central Côte d`Ivoire and adjacent areas of Liberia. The Dan belong to the ... [3 related articles]
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   Dan
   one of the 12 tribes of Israel that in biblical times comprised the people of Israel who later became the Jewish people. The tribe was named after ... [1 related articles]
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   Dan
   Dan is a Hebrew boy name. The meaning of the name is `God is My Judge` Where is it used? The name Dan is mainly used In English.It is an abbreviated form of Daniel, used In English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian and In the bible.See also In Welsh: Deiniol In Russian: Daniil In Polish, Cze
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   dan
   a traditional Chinese weight unit, previously spelled tan in many English works. During the European colonial era the unit was equal to 100 catties or 133.333 pounds. In modern China the dan is equal to 100 jin, which is exactly 50 kilograms (110.231 pounds). The dan is the Chinese equivalent of the European quintal or hundredweight.
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    daN
    symbol for the decanewton or dekanewton (see below under dekanewton), a common metric unit of force.
    Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictD.