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▪ I. dazzle, v.|ˈdæz(ə)l|
Forms: 5–7 dasel(l, 6 dasill, -yll, dazile, dassel(l, 6–7 dazel(l, dasle, 6–8 dazle, (7 daisle), 6– dazzle.
[In 15–16th c. dasel, dasle, freq. and dim. of dase, daze v. (esp. in sense 2).]
†1. intr. Of the eyes: To lose the faculty of distinct and steady vision, esp. from gazing at too bright light. (lit. and fig.) Obs.
1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 96 Parauenture his eyen daselyd as he loked from aboue doun. 1530Palsgr. 507/1, I dasyll, as ones eyes do for lokyng agaynst the sonne or for eyeng any thyng to moche, etc. 1581G. Pettie tr. Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iii. (1586) 156 b, Her eyes dazell with the least beame thereof [the Sunne]. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. iii. ii. 85. 1621 Fletcher Pilgrim v. vi, Ped. Ha? doe I dazell? Rod. Tis the faire Alinda. 1672Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 64 His Eyes dazled at the Precipice of his Stature.
†2. To be or become mentally confused or stupefied; to become dizzy. Obs.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxxiii. 5 How shamefully the most part of the world dazeleth at Gods righteousnesse. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iii. ii. (1651) 95 Many..tremble at such sights, dazel, and are sick, if they look but down from an high place.
3. trans. To overpower, confuse, or dim (the vision), esp. with excess of brightness. (Also fig.)
1536Starkey Let. to Cromwell in England (1878) p. xliii, Wyth a clere ye [= eye] not dasyllyd wyth the glyteryng of such thyngys as are present. 1563Mirr. Mag., Jane Shore xiii, Doth not the sonne dasill the clearest eyes? 1626Bacon Sylva §276 If you come.. out of the Dark into a Glaring Light, the eye is dazeled for a time. a1640J. Ball Answ. to Can i. (1642) 88 You doe only raise a dust to daisle the eye. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxviii. 135 He tried to dazzle the eyes of the populace by the splendour of his equipage. 1857Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 334 The gas-light, which dazzles my eyes.
absol.1752Johnson Rambler No. 207 ⁋12 Light after a time ceases to dazzle.
4. fig. To overpower or confound (the mental faculties), esp. with brilliant or showy qualities; ‘to strike or surprise with splendour’ (J.).
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. xiv. 43 The excellence of the nature of Angels hath so daselled the mindes of many. 1622E. Elton Compl. Sanct. Sinner (ed. 2) 94 Their vnruly passions..dazeling and dimming their iudgements. 1643J. M. Soveraigne Salve Pref., Rhetorick may dazle simple men. 1711Addison Spect. No. 112 ⁋8 The ordinary People; who are so used to be dazzled with Riches. 1880L. Stephen Pope iv. 97 Pope seems to have been dazzled by the amazing vivacity of the man.
b. absol.
1649Milton Eikon. xii. (1851) 434 If the whole Irishry of Rebels had feed some advocate to speak..sophistically in their defence, he could have hardly dazl'd better. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 336 Thine are those charms that dazzle and endear. 1879M. Arnold Fr. Critic on Milton Mixed Ess. 238 A style to dazzle, to gain admirers everywhere.
5. To outshine, dim, or eclipse with a brighter light. Const. † down, out. rare.
1643J. Burroughes Exp. Hosea v. (1652) 243 They can see..into the beauty of his wayes, so that it dazeleth all the glory of the world in their eies. 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 60 It hath not ray's enough left, to dazle downe the height of my affections. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. (1872) I. 47 This church was dazzled out of sight by the Cathedral.
6. trans. To camouflage (a ship) by painting large patches of colour on it (cf. dazzle n. 3).
1920Glasgow Herald 12 Mar. 7 A number of lantern slides were shown of ships ‘dazzled’ during the war.
▪ II. dazzle, n.|ˈdæz(ə)l|
[f. prec.]
†1. Dazzled state or condition. Obs.
1627–77Feltham Resolves i. xxvii. 47 We meet with nothing but the puzzle of the soul, and the dazle of the minds dim eyes.
2. a. An act of dazzling; a brightness or glitter that dazzles the vision.
1651N. Bacon Disc. Govt. ii. xl. (1739) 177 This was but a dazzle, an Eclipse ensues. 1751R. Paltock P. Wilkins (1884) I. xiv. 144, I could see the lake very well by the dazzle of the water. 1821Lockhart Valerius I. iv. 46 Fatigued with the uniform flash and dazzle of the Mediterranean waves. 1890Spectator 13 Sept., One is taking precautions to avoid a draught or a dazzle.
b. fig.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 338 Through whose red and white..the Glory of the Maker shineth with more Dazle than through any part of the Creation. 1846Ruskin Mod. Paint. I. i. i. i. §5 Amidst the tumult and the dazzle of their busy life.
3. The painting of large patches of colour on warships, etc., as camouflage in time of war. Also Comb. in dazzle-paint, dazzle-painted, dazzle-painting, dazzle-pattern. Also transf.
1917Admiralty Order 2 July (MS.), The ‘Dazzle’ painting of a ship with large patches of strong colour in a carefully thought-out pattern and colour scheme. 1919Times 29 May 8/1 ‘Dazzle’, to use the term employed by the camouflage department of the Admiralty. Ibid. 5 June 10/2 A ‘dazzle’ painted ship is on the whole more visible against sky and sea than the usual grey vessel, and this was its chief disadvantage. Furthermore, ‘dazzle’ painting was designed for short range, at which it is impossible to conceal a vessel against its background. 1919Ibid. 9 June 6/4 Dazzle painting was never intended for use on ‘ships of the line’, but only for merchantmen..and war vessels working with them. 1919Athenæum 11 July 583/2 The other service [sc. the Navy] invented ‘dazzle’. 1920Blackw. Mag. Oct. 94/2 A geological ‘dazzle-painting’ in ochre and red, brown, purple, and buff. 1921W. Stevens Let. 5 Dec. (1967) 223 From time immemorial the philosophers and other scene painters have daubed the sky with dazzle paint. 1922Glasgow Herald 28 Apr. 9 A ‘tramp’ steamer, ‘dazzle’ painted. 1928C. F. S. Gamble North Sea Air Station xxii. 400 It was decided that all flying-boats should have their hulls ‘dazzle-painted’. 1932Kipling Limits & Renewals 309 Then, area by area, she [sc. a sow] was painted with dazzle-patterns of greenish-yellow and purple-brown. 1948C. Day Lewis Otterbury Incident i. 9 The superstructure was made of wood, and we'd dazzle-painted the sides.
4. attrib. Designating shoes, etc., in very bright or luminous colours.
1931Star 8 May 7/4 Although the majority of women seem to prefer shoes with just two colours to match their frocks, ‘dazzle’ footwear are a good second. 1958Economist 11 Jan. 94/1 Girls in tight jeans and dazzle socks. 1958J. Townsend Young Devils i. 11 The boy..his yellow dazzle socks flashing like twin beacons. |
