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‖ Dædalus|ˈdiːdələs| See also Dædal n. [L., a. Gr. Δαίδαλος ‘the cunning one’, name of the workman who constructed the Cretan labyrinth, and made wings for himself and his son Icarus.] A skilful or cunning artificer (like Dædalus).
c1630Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 50 Gone is my sparrow..A Dedalus he was to catch a fly. 1631Heywood Eng. Eliz. (1641) 123 Gardiner was the onely Dedalus and inventour of the engine. |