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da·is    Audio Help   [dey-is, dahy-, deys] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
[Origin: 1225–75; ME deis < AF (OF dois) < L discus quoit; see discus]
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da·is    Audio Help   (dā'ĭs, dī'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A raised platform, as in a lecture hall, for speakers or honored guests.


[Middle English deis, from Anglo-Norman, platform, from Late Latin discus, table, from Latin, discus, quoit; see disk.]

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Tai    Audio Help   (tī)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. Tai or Tais also Dai or Dais
  1. A family of languages spoken in southeast Asia and southern China that includes Thai, Lao, and Shan.
  2. A member of any of the Tai-speaking peoples of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, China, and Vietnam.
  3. Thai.

adj.  
  1. Of or relating to Tai, its speakers, or their culture.
  2. Thai.

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dais 
c.1259, from Anglo-Fr. deis, from O.Fr. dais "table, platform," from L. discus "disk-shaped object," also, by medieval times, "table," from Gk. diskos "quoit, disk, dish." Died out in Eng. c.1600, preserved in Scotland, revived 19c. by antiquarians.

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dais

noun
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it 

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Dais

Da"is\ (d[=a]"[i^]s), n. [OE. deis, des, table, dais, OF. deis table, F. dais a canopy, L. discus a quoit, a dish (from the shape), LL., table, fr. Gr. ? a quoit, a dish. See Dish.]

1. The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table. [Obs.]

2. A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.

3. A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity. [Obs.] --Shiply.
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