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Steam, so to speak
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dander
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Dander is an informal term for a material shed from the body of various animals, including humans, which have fur, hair, or feathers. The term is similar to dandruff , when an excess of flakes becomes visible. Skin flakes that come off the main body of ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dander \Dan"der\, n. [Corrupted from dandruff.] Dandruff or scurf on the head. Anger or vexation; rage. [Low] --Halliwell.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1831, American English, "temper," of unknown origin; perhaps originally from figurative use of West Indies dander , dunder "fermentation of sugar," from Spanish redundar "to overflow," from Latin redundare (see redundant ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people a feeling of anger and animosity; "having one's hackles or dander up" [syn: hackles ]
Usage examples of dander.
Instinctively he flapped his wings, scattering dander and loose feathers.
The moment a man answered her right back instead of getting his dander up, why, she flashed a smile fit to charm the warts off a toad.
Kenny K does seem rather close to the Moi throne, which can usually be relied on to get her dander up.
Any other woman would have raised his dander by such remarks, but he was not offended.
So I dandered a bit and ended up in the Eldon Coffee Rooms in Blackett Street.
Since she didn't actually live with the Dedelphi, she'd been spared the necessity of depilating herself to keep her dander to a minimum.
There Gortal's scutters gathered the dustcat dander and processed it into the dreamdust, which was worth more than nightsilk in the Lanachronan cities of the south—and far more even than that for the little that traveled the ancient roads back to Lustrea in the east.