(dan′dē) noun plural ·dies
1. A man excessively and ostentatiously refined in dress and affected in manner; a fop; coxcomb.
2. Colloq. A particularly fine specimen of its kind.
3. A dandy roll.
4. A two–wheeled hand cart used about furnaces and mills for carrying fuel, etc.
5. A yawl.
—adjective
1. Like a dandy.
2. U.S. Colloq. Excellent; very fine. [Alter. of Andy <Andrew, a personal name. Cf. MERRY–ANDREW.]

(dan′dē) noun plural ·dies
Anglo–Indian
1. A Ganges boatman.
2. A cloth hammock slung on a bamboo staff to be carried by bearers.
3. A Sivaistic ascetic who carries a small wand. Also dan′dee, dan′di. [<Hind. ḍānḍī <ḍānḍ a staff, oar]

(dan′dē) noun
In the West Indies, dengue. Also dandy fever. [Alter. of DENGUE]