See Also: danish(medicine)
Danish(dictionary)
Danish Bagel(recipes)
DAT - Danish Air Transport(tourism)
Danish pastry(dictionary)
Danish blue(dictionary)
Danish 2, adjective(dictionary)
Danish 1, noun(dictionary)
Danish language(encyclopedia)
Danish doctor(health)

Danish (iou)



Danish adjective & noun.

A. adjective. Of or pertaining to Denmark in Scandinavia, the Danes, or their language. OE.
Danish axe Hist. a kind of battleaxe with a very long blade. Danish blue (cheese) a soft white cheese from Denmark, with blue mould veins. Danish dog the Great Dane. Danish modern a plain, simple style of furniture made of light coloured wood. Danish oil a mixture of tung oil, other vegetable oils, and chemicals to quicken drying, used to treat wood. Danish pastry a rich cake of leavened pastry topped with icing, nuts, etc., sometimes with a filling.
b. noun.
The North Germanic language of Denmark. LME.
A Danish pastry. colloq. M20.
Danishry noun (obsolete exc. Hist.) the people of Danish descent (in Britain) LME.