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    Dainty \Dain"ty\, a. [Compar. {Daintier}; superl. {Daintiest}.]
    1. Rare; valuable; costly. [Obs.]

    Full many a deynt['e] horse had he in stable.
    --Chaucer.

    Note: Hence the proverb ``dainty maketh dearth,'' i. e.,
    rarity makes a thing dear or precious.

    2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome.

    Dainty bits
    Make rich the ribs. --Shak.

    3. Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding;
    well-formed; neat; tender.

    Those dainty limbs which nature lent
    For gentle usage and soft delicacy. --Milton.

    I would be the girdle.
    About her dainty, dainty waist. --Tennyson.

    4. Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please;
    fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.

    Thew were a fine and dainty people. --Bacon.

    And let us not be dainty of leave-taking,
    But shift away. --Shak.

    {To make dainty}, to assume or affect delicacy or
    fastidiousness. [Obs.]

    Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all
    Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty,
    She, I'll swear, hath corns. --Shak.

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