These are the meanings of the letters DACY when you unscramble them.
- Cad (n.)
A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.
- Cad (n.)
A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.
- Cay (n.)
See Key, a ledge.
- Day (n.)
(Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.
- Day (n.)
A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
- Day (n.)
The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.
- Day (n.)
The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.
- Day (n.)
Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.