From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dan \Dan\ (d[a^]n), n. [OE. dan, danz, OF. danz (prop. only
nom.), dan, master, fr. L. dominus. See Dame.]
A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. [Obs.]
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Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright
The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell. --Spenser.
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What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land. --Thomson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dan \Dan\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mining)
A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
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