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DAIS, a raised floor in a hall. (F.,—L.,—Gk.) Now used of the raised floor on which the high table in a hall stands. Properly, it was the table itself (Lat. discus). Later, it was used of a canopy over a seat of state or even of the seat of state itself. M. E. deis, deys, sometimes dais, a high table; Chaucer, Kn. Tale, 1342; P. Plowman, C. x. 21, on which see the note.—O. F. deis, also dois, dais, a high table in hall. The later sense appears in Cotgrave, who gives: 'Dais, or Daiz, a cloth of estate, canopy, or heaven, that stands over the heads of princes; also, the whole state, or seat of estate.' For an example of O. F. dois in the sense of 'table,' see Li Contes del Graal, in Bartsch, Chrestomathie Française, col. 173, l. 5.—Lat. discus, a quoit, a plate, a platter; in late Latin, a table (Ducange).—Gk. δίσκος, a round plate, a quoit. See Dish, Disc.

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Origin of the word DAIS. Etymology of the word DAIS.