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To make dainty
(gcide) | Dainty \Dain"ty\, a. [Compar. Daintier; superl. Daintiest.]
1. Rare; valuable; costly. [Obs.]
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Full many a deynt['e] horse had he in stable.
--Chaucer.
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Note: Hence the proverb "dainty maketh dearth," i. e., rarity
makes a thing dear or precious.
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2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome.
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Dainty bits
Make rich the ribs. --Shak.
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3. Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding;
well-formed; neat; tender.
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Those dainty limbs which nature lent
For gentle usage and soft delicacy. --Milton.
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I would be the girdle.
About her dainty, dainty waist. --Tennyson.
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4. Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please;
fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.
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Thew were a fine and dainty people. --Bacon.
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And let us not be dainty of leave-taking,
But shift away. --Shak.
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To make dainty, to assume or affect delicacy or
fastidiousness. [Obs.]
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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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