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English Dictionary: duel	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for duel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duel n a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor Synonym(s): duel, affaire d'honneur any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups) v fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duel \Du"el\, n. [It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See {Bellicose}, {Two}, and cf. {Duello}.] A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other. {Trial by duel} (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duel \Du"el\, v. i. & t. To fight in single combat. [Obs.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DUEL A front end to {gdb} by Michael Golan . DUEL implements a language designed for debugging {C} programs. It mainly features efficient ways to select and display data items. It is normally linked into the gdb executable, but could stand alone. It interprets a subset of {C} in addition to its own language. Version 1.10. {(ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/duel/)}. (1993-03-20)