Davy

Definition: Davy

Davy

Noun

1. English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829).

"Davy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone who is loved".

Date "Davy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Davy I'll take my davy of it. I'll take my "affidavit" it is true. Davy (Snuffy). David Wilson. (See Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, chap. iii. and note.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	DAVY. I'll take my davy of it; vulgar abbreviation of affidavit. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Davy

Synonyms: Humphrey Davy (n), Sir Humphrey Davy (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Death	Pay the debt to nature, shuffle off this mortal coil, take one's last sleep; go the way of all flesh; hand in one's checks, pass in one's checks, hand in one's chips, pass in one's chips; join the greater number, join the majority; come to dust, turn to dust; cross the Stygian ferry, cross the bar; go to one's long account, go to one's last home, go to Davy Jones's locker, go to the wall; receive one's death warrant, make one's will, step out, die a natural death, go out like the snuff of a candle; come to an untimely end; catch one's death; go off the hooks, kick the bucket, buy the farm, hop the twig, turn up one's toes; die a violent death. (be killed).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Davy

English words defined with "Davy": Davy Crockett, Davy Jones, Davy Jones's Locker, Davy lamp, Davy's locker ♦ Euchlorine ♦ Gone to Davy Jones's Locker ♦ Humphrey Davy ♦ Malt dust ♦ safety lamp, Sir Humphrey Davy. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Davy": tin-can safety lamp. (references)

Etymologies containing "Davy": Davyum. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Davy" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (mass), Manx (David).

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	And he's talking with Davy who's still in the navy ("Piano Man"; performing artist: Billy Joel)
Movie/TV Titles	Davy (1957) Woody Meets Davy Crewcut (1956) King of the Wild Frontier Davy Crockett (1954) Indian Scout Davy Crockett (1950) The Son of Davy Crockett (1941)
Song Titles	Black Jack Davy (performing artist: The Incredible String Band) Black Jack Davy (performing artist: Steeleye Span)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Davy and the Goblin (reference) Davy Calendar 2003 Wall Calendar with Stickers (reference) Davy Crockett (reference) Davy Crockett: The Legendary Frontiersman (Rabbit Ears/Book and Cassette) (reference) To Davy Jones Below: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Davy Crockett Televised Series (reference) Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (reference) Davy Jones' Locker: Video & Puzzles Kit (reference) Davy Crockett on the Mississippi (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Davy Jones' Locker (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Humphrey Davy, Esqr. / Brocas Jun, del et sculp.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Sir Humphery Davy / Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Davy Crockett	Be always sure your are right, then go ahead.
	Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.
Sir Humphrey Davy	I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.
	The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.
	Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Qatar	Shareholders: GOQ 70 percent, Norsk Hydro (Norway) 25 percent, Davy McKee Ltd. (U.K.) 3 percent, Hambros Bank Ltd. (U.K.), 2 percent. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Davy" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Davy" is used about 192 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	192	22,147

The following table summarizes the usage of "Davy" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Davy	Last name	1,000	9,043
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Davy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone who is loved".

The following table summarizes names related to "Davy."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Davena	Female	N/A	David
Davinia	Female	N/A	David
Dawud	Male	Arabic	David
David	Male	Biblical	N/A
Daveth	Male	Cornish	David
David	Male	Czech	N/A
Dave	Male	English	David
Davey	Male	English	David
David	Male	English	N/A
Davida	Female	English	David
Davie	Male	English	David
Davina	Female	English	David
Davis	Male	English	David
Davy	Male	English	David
Dawson	Male	English	David
Taavetti	Male	Finnish	David
Taavi	Male	Finnish	David
David	Male	French	N/A
Dávid	Male	Hungarian	David
Daud	Male	Indian	David
Daithí	Male	Irish	David
Davide	Male	Italian	David
David	Male	Jewish	N/A
Dovid	Male	Jewish	David
Dudel	Male	Jewish	David
Dawid	Male	Polish	David
David	Male	Russian	N/A
Dàibhidh	Male	Scottish	David
Daividh	Male	Scottish	David
Dafydd	Male	Welsh	David
Dai	Male	Welsh	David
Dewey	Male	Welsh	David
Dewi	Male	Welsh	David
Taffy	Male	Welsh	David
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Davy, WV (town, FIPS 20500)
Location: 37.47411 N, 81.65003 W
Population (1990): 403 (176 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expressions: Davy

Expressions using "Davy": Davy Crockett ♦ davy jones ♦ davy jones's locker ♦ davy lamp ♦ go to davy jones's locker ♦ Gone to Davy Jones's Locker ♦ Humphrey Davy ♦ Sir Humphrey Davy ♦ take one's davy. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Davy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
davy crockett	292
davy jones	116
davy crocket	24
davy	24
davy crockett national forest	19
humphrey davy	18
davy humphry sir	16
davy crockett picture	15
davy protech	12
davy process technology	11
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Davy

Language		Translations for "Davy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Përbetim (oath, oath taking, vow). (various references)

Danish		Davy's sikkerhedslampe (Davy safety lamp), Davy's operation (Davy operation), Davy's kompressorium (Davy lever). (various references)

Dutch		mýnlamp (safety-lamp). (various references)

Esperanto		minlampo (safety-lamp). (various references)

French		opération de Davy (Davy operation), levier compresseur de Davy (Davy lever), lampe de sûreté de Davy (Davy safety lamp). (various references)

German		Davy Sicherheitslampe (Davy safety lamp), Davy Operation (Davy operation), Davy Hebel (Davy lever), karbidlampe (davy lamp). (various references)

Greek		εγχείρηση του Davy (Davy operation). (various references)

Italian		operazione di Davy (Davy operation). (various references)

Pig Latin		avyday.(various references)

Portuguese		operação de Davy (Davy operation). (various references)

Romanian		Afidavit (affidavit). (various references)

Russian		of David �"эви. (various references)

Spanish		operación de Davy (Davy operation), lámpara de seguridad de Davy (Davy safety lamp), compresor de Davy (Davy lever). (various references)

Turkish		denizin dibini boylamak (go to davy jones's locker), denizin dibi (davy jones's locker), denizde boğulmak (go to davy jones's locker), denizde ölenlerin kabri (davy jones's locker). (various references)

Vietnamese		nầm m�" nơi biển cả (davy jones's locker), biển sâu (davy jones's locker). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Davy"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "Davy" (pronounced dā"vē)
3	-ā" v ē	gravy, navy, wavy.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Davy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-v-y"
	-1 letter: day.
	-2 letters: ad, ay, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-v-y"
	+2 letters: avidly.
	+3 letters: avidity, validly, vandyke, vapidly, voyaged.
	+4 letters: advisory, advocacy, avowedly, ayurveda, datively, deviancy, driveway, everyday, gravidly, ladylove, validity, vandyked, vandykes, vapidity, variedly, verdancy, vineyard.
	+5 letters: adversary, adversely, adversity, advisably, advisedly, avoidably, ayurvedas, depravity, deviatory, driveways, graveyard, gravidity, invalidly, ladyloves, verdantly, vineyards.
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