Dædalos.

A Greek who formed the Cretan labyrinth, and made for himself wings, by means of which he flew from Crete across the Archipel’ago. He is said to have invented the saw, the axe, the gimlet, etc.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Dab
Dab, Din
Dabaira
Dabbat [the Beast]
Dabble
Dabchick
Dactyl (Will)
Dactyls (The)
Dad or Daddy
Daddy Long-legs
Dædalos
Daffodil (The)
Dag (day)
Dagger
Dagger Ale
Dagger-scene in the House of Commons
Daggers
Daggers Drawn (At)
Daggle-tail or Draggle-tail
Dagobert
Dagon (Hebrew, Jag On, the fish On)