Chapter Dantesque to Davenport of D by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Daughter of Peneus (The). The bay-tree is so called because it grows in greatest perfection on the banks of the river Peneus (3 syl.).

Daughter of the Horseleech One very exigeant; one for ever sponging on another. (Prov. xxx. 15.)

"Such and many such like were the morning attendants of the Duke of Buckingham - all genuine descendants of the daughter of the horse-leech, whose cry is `Give, give."' - Sir W. Scott: Peveril of the Peak, chap. xxviii.

Dauphin The heir of the French crown under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties. Guy VIII., Count of Vienne, was the first so styled, because he wore a dolphin as his cognisance. The title descended in the family till 1349, when Humbert II., de la tour de Pisa, sold his seigneurie, called the Dauphiné, to King Philippe VI. (de Valois), on condition that the heir of France assumed the title of le dauphin. The first French prince so called was Jean, who succeeded Philippe; and the last was the Duc d'Angoulême, son of Charles IX., who renounced the title in 1830.
   Grand Dauphin. Louis, Duc de Bourgogne, eldest son of Louis XIV., for whose use was published the Latin classics entitled Ad Usum Delphini. (1661- 1711.)
   Second or Little Dauphin. Louis, son of the Grand Dauphin. (1682-1712.)

Davenport A kind of small writing-desk with drawers each side, named after the maker.