English Dictionary: Dampfschiffahrten | by the DICT Development Group |
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d8Ambages \[d8]Am*ba"ges\, n. pl. [L. (usually in pl.); pref. ambi-, amb- + agere to drive: cf. F. ambage.] A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech. After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is. --Burton. | |
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d8Amphioxus \[d8]Am`phi*ox"us\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] + [?] sharp.] (Zo[94]l.) A fishlike creature ({Amphioxus lanceolatus}), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the {lancelet}. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebr[91], nor red blood. It forms the type of the group {Acrania}, {Leptocardia}, etc. | |
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d8Amphisb91na \[d8]Am`phis*b[91]"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] on both ends + [?] to go.] 1. A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. --Milton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: The {Gordius aquaticus}, or hairworm, has been called an {amphisb[91]na}; but it belongs among the worms. | |
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d8Amphisb91noid \[d8]Am`phis*b[91]"noid\, a. [NL., fr. L. amphisbaena + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisb[91]na. | |
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d8Amphiscii \[d8]Am*phis"ci*i\, Amphiscians \Am*phis"cians\, n. pl. [Gr. [?] throwing a shadow both ways; [?] + [?] shadow.] The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith. | |
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d8Ampyx \[d8]Am"pyx\, n. [Gr. [?].] (Greek Antiq.) A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair. | |
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d8Anabas \[d8]An"a*bas\, n. [Gr. [?], p. p. of [?] to advance.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes. | |
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d8Anabasis \[d8]A*nab"a*sis\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to go up; [?] up + [?] to go.] 1. A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called [bd]The Anabasis.[b8] The anabasis of Napoleon. --De Quincey. 2. (Med.) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. [Obs.] | |
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d8Anopsia \[d8]A*nop"si*a\ ([adot]*n[ocr]p"s[icr]*[adot]), Anopsy \An"op`sy\ ([acr]n"[ocr]p`s[ycr]), a. [Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`psis sight.] (Med.) Want or defect of sight; blindness. | |
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d8Anubis \[d8]A*nu"bis\, n. [L.] (Myth.) An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox. | |
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d8Embo8ctement \[d8]Em`bo[8c]te"ment`\, n. [F., fr. embo[8c]ter to fit in, insert; en in + bo[8c]te box.] (Biol.) The hypothesis that all living things proceed from pre[89]xisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another. --Buffon. | |
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d8Embouchure \[d8]Em`bou`chure"\, n. [F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. {Embouge}, {Debouch}.] 1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon. 2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure. | |
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d8Emphysema \[d8]Em`phy*se"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] inflation, fr. [?] to inflate; [?] in + [?] to blow: cf. F. emphys[8a]me.] (Med.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. {Emphysema of the lungs}, {Pulmonary emphysema} (Med.), a common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and their partition walls ruptured by an abnormal pressure of the air contained in them. | |
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d8Empyesis \[d8]Em`py*e"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] suppuration.] (Med.) An eruption of pustules. | |
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d8En passant \[d8]En` pas`sant"\ [F.] In passing; in the course of any procedure; -- said specif. (Chess), of the taking of an adverse pawn which makes a first move of two squares by a pawn already so advanced as to threaten the first of these squares. The pawn which takes en passant is advanced to the threatened square. | |
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d8Impasse \[d8]Im`passe"\ ([acr]N`p[aum]s"; E. [icr]m*p[adot]s"), n. [F.] An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape. The issue from the present impasse will, in all probability, proceed from below, not from above. --Arnold White. | |
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d8In posse \[d8]In` pos"se\ [L.] In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass; -- contradistinguished from in esse. | |
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d8In vacuo \[d8]In` vac"u*o\ [L.] (Physics) In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo. | |
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d8Infusoria \[d8]In`fu*so"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL.; -- so called because found in infusions which are left exposed to the air for a time. See {Infuse}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of Protozoa, including a large number of species, all of minute size. Note: They are found in all seas, lakes, ponds, and streams, as well as in infusions of organic matter exposed to the air. They are distinguished by having vibrating lashes or cilia, with which they obtain their food and swim about.They are devided into the orders Flagellata, Ciliata, and Tentaculifera. See these words in the Vocabulary. Formely the term Infusoria was applied to all microscopic organisms found in water, including many minute plants, belonging to the diatoms, as well as minute animals belonging to various classes, as the Rotifera, which are worms; and the Rhizopoda, which constitute a distinct class of Protozoa. Fossil Infusoria are mostly the siliceous shells of diatoms; sometimes they are siliceous skeletons of Radiolaria, or the calcareous shells of Foraminifera. | |
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d8Maffioso \[d8]Maf`fi*o"so\, d8Mafioso \[d8]Ma`fi*o"so\, n.; pl. {-si}. [It. maffioso.] A member of the maffia. | |
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d8Maffioso \[d8]Maf`fi*o"so\, d8Mafioso \[d8]Ma`fi*o"so\, n.; pl. {-si}. [It. maffioso.] A member of the maffia. | |
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d8Mapach \[d8]Ma*pach"\, n. [Mexican.] The raccoon. | |
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d8Miohippus \[d8]Mi`o*hip"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] less + [?] horse.] (Paleon.) An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus {Anhithecrium}, and having three usable hoofs on each foot. | |
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d8Myips \[d8]My"ips\, n. [NL.] See {Myope}. | |
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d8Myopsis \[d8]My*op"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] fly + [?] sight.] (Med.) The appearance of musc[91] volitantes. See {Musc[91] volitantes}, under {Musca}. | |
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d8Nabk \[d8]Nabk\ (n[acr]bk), n. [Ar. nabiqa, nibqa.] (Bot.) The edible berries of the {Zizyphys Lotus}, a tree of Northern Africa, and Southwestern Europe. [Written also {nubk}.] See {Lotus} (b), and {Sadr}. | |
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d8Napus \[d8]Na"pus\, n. [L.] (Bot.) A kind of turnip. See {Navew}. | |
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d8Navus \[d8]Na"vus\, n.; pl.{N[91]vi} (-v[c6]). [L.] (Med.) A spot or mark on the skin of children when born; a birthmark; -- usually applied to vascular tumors, i. e., those consisting mainly of blood vessels, as dilated arteries, veins, or capillaries. | |
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d8Nefasch \[d8]Ne"fasch\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any fish of the genus {Distichodus}. Several large species inhabit the Nile. | |
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d8Neufch83tel \[d8]Neuf`ch[83]`tel"\, n. A kind of soft sweet-milk cheese; -- so called from Neufch[83]tel-en-Bray in France. | |
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d8Nivose \[d8]Ni`vose"\, n. [F., fr. L. nix. nivis, snow.] The fourth month of the French republican calendar [1792-1806]. It commenced December 21, and ended January 19. See {Vend[90]miaire}. | |
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d8Nova \[d8]No"va\ (n[omac]"v[adot]), n.; pl. L. {Nov[91]} (-v[emac]), E. {Novas} (-v[adot]z). [L., fem. sing. of novus new.] (Astron.) A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities. Note: The most important modern nov[91] are: {[d8]No"va Co*ro"n[91] Bo`re*a"lis}[1866]; {[d8]No"va Cyg"ni}[1876]; {[d8]No"va An*dro"me*d[91]}[1885]; {[d8]No"va Au*ri"g[91]}[1891-92]; {[d8]No"va Per"se*i}[1901]. There are two nov[91] called {Nova Persei}. They are: (a) A small nova which appeared in 1881. (b) An extraordinary nova which appeared in Perseus in 1901. It was first sighted on February 22, and for one night (February 23) was the brightest star in the sky. By July it had almost disappeared, after which faint surrounding nebulous masses were discovered, apparently moving radially outward from the star at incredible velocity. | |
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d8Nova \[d8]No"va\ (n[omac]"v[adot]), n.; pl. L. {Nov[91]} (-v[emac]), E. {Novas} (-v[adot]z). [L., fem. sing. of novus new.] (Astron.) A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities. Note: The most important modern nov[91] are: {[d8]No"va Co*ro"n[91] Bo`re*a"lis}[1866]; {[d8]No"va Cyg"ni}[1876]; {[d8]No"va An*dro"me*d[91]}[1885]; {[d8]No"va Au*ri"g[91]}[1891-92]; {[d8]No"va Per"se*i}[1901]. There are two nov[91] called {Nova Persei}. They are: (a) A small nova which appeared in 1881. (b) An extraordinary nova which appeared in Perseus in 1901. It was first sighted on February 22, and for one night (February 23) was the brightest star in the sky. By July it had almost disappeared, after which faint surrounding nebulous masses were discovered, apparently moving radially outward from the star at incredible velocity. | |
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d8Nubecula \[d8]Nu*bec"u*la\, n.; pl. {Nubecul[91]} (-l[emac]). [L., dim. of nubes cloud.] 1. (Astron.) (a) A nebula. (b) pl. Specifically, the Magellanic clouds. 2. (Med.) (a) A slight spot on the cornea. (b) A cloudy object or appearance in urine. --Dunglison. | |
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Dambose \Dam"bose\ (d[acr]m"b[omac]s), n. (Chem.) A crystalline variety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite. | |
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Damnific \Dam*nif"ic\, a. [L. damnificus; damnum damage, loss + facere to make. See {Damn}.] Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious. | |
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Damnification \Dam`ni*fi*ca"tion\, n. [LL. damnificatio.] That which causes damage or loss. | |
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Damp \Damp\ (d[acr]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor, steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG. dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.] 1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor. Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. --Milton. 2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind. Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul. --Addison. It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. --J. D. Forbes. 3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc. {Choke damp}, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal life. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Damp sheet}, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air currents and prevent accumulation of gas. {Fire damp}, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with flame. | |
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Damp \Damp\, a. [Compar. {Damper}; superl. {Dampest}.] 1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. --Dryden. 2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.] All these and more came flocking, but with looks Downcast and damp. --Milton. | |
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Dampish \Damp"ish\, a. Moderately damp or moist. -- {Damp"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Damp"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Dampish \Damp"ish\, a. Moderately damp or moist. -- {Damp"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Damp"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Dampish \Damp"ish\, a. Moderately damp or moist. -- {Damp"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Damp"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Dean \Dean\, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See {Ten}, and cf. {Decemvir}.] 1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. {Dean of cathedral church}, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. {Dean of peculiars}, a dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.] {Rural dean}, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese. 2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. --Shipley. 3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities. 4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.] 5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. {Cardinal dean}, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. --Shipley. {Dean and chapter}, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries. {Dean of arches}, the lay judge of the court of arches. {Dean of faculty}, the president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh. {Dean of guild}, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law. {Dean of a monastery}, {Monastic dean}, a monastic superior over ten monks. {Dean's stall}. See {Decanal stall}, under {Decanal}. | |
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Dean \Dean\, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See {Ten}, and cf. {Decemvir}.] 1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. {Dean of cathedral church}, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. {Dean of peculiars}, a dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.] {Rural dean}, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese. 2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. --Shipley. 3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities. 4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.] 5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. {Cardinal dean}, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. --Shipley. {Dean and chapter}, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries. {Dean of arches}, the lay judge of the court of arches. {Dean of faculty}, the president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh. {Dean of guild}, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law. {Dean of a monastery}, {Monastic dean}, a monastic superior over ten monks. {Dean's stall}. See {Decanal stall}, under {Decanal}. | |
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Faculty \Fac"ul*ty\, n.; pl. {Faculties}. [F. facult[?], L. facultas, fr. facilis easy (cf. facul easily), fr. fecere to make. See {Fact}, and cf. {Facility}.] 1. Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or capacity for any of the well-known classes of mental activity; psychical or soul capacity; capacity for any of the leading kinds of soul activity, as knowledge, feeling, volition; intellectual endowment or gift; power; as, faculties of the mind or the soul. But know that in the soul Are many lesser faculties that serve Reason as chief. --Milton. What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculty ! --Shak. 2. Special mental endowment; characteristic knack. He had a ready faculty, indeed, of escaping from any topic that agitated his too sensitive and nervous temperament. --Hawthorne. 3. Power; prerogative or attribute of office. [R.] This Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek. --Shak. 4. Privilege or permission, granted by favor or indulgence, to do a particular thing; authority; license; dispensation. The pope . . . granted him a faculty to set him free from his promise. --Fuller. It had not only faculty to inspect all bishops' dioceses, but to change what laws and statutes they should think fit to alter among the colleges. --Evelyn. 5. A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a university or college (Philosophy, Law, Medicine, or Theology), to whom was granted the right of teaching (profitendi or docendi) in the department in which they had studied; at present, the members of a profession itself; as, the medical faculty; the legal faculty, ect. 6. (Amer. Colleges) The body of person to whom are intrusted the government and instruction of a college or university, or of one of its departments; the president, professors, and tutors in a college. {Dean of faculty}. See under {Dean}. {Faculty of advocates}. (Scot.) See under {Advocate}. Syn: Talent; gift; endowment; dexterity; expertness; cleverness; readiness; ability; knack. | |
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Dean \Dean\, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See {Ten}, and cf. {Decemvir}.] 1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. {Dean of cathedral church}, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. {Dean of peculiars}, a dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.] {Rural dean}, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese. 2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. --Shipley. 3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities. 4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.] 5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. {Cardinal dean}, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. --Shipley. {Dean and chapter}, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries. {Dean of arches}, the lay judge of the court of arches. {Dean of faculty}, the president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh. {Dean of guild}, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law. {Dean of a monastery}, {Monastic dean}, a monastic superior over ten monks. {Dean's stall}. See {Decanal stall}, under {Decanal}. | |
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Dean \Dean\, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See {Ten}, and cf. {Decemvir}.] 1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. {Dean of cathedral church}, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. {Dean of peculiars}, a dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.] {Rural dean}, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese. 2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. --Shipley. 3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities. 4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.] 5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. {Cardinal dean}, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. --Shipley. {Dean and chapter}, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries. {Dean of arches}, the lay judge of the court of arches. {Dean of faculty}, the president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh. {Dean of guild}, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law. {Dean of a monastery}, {Monastic dean}, a monastic superior over ten monks. {Dean's stall}. See {Decanal stall}, under {Decanal}. | |
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Peculiar \Pe*cul"iar\, n. 1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic. Revenge is . . . the peculiar of Heaven. --South. 2. (Eng. Canon Law) A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary. {Court of Peculiars} (Eng. Law), a branch of the Court of Arches having cognizance of the affairs of peculiars. --Blackstone. {Dean of peculiars}. See under {Dean}, 1. | |
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Demibastion \Dem"i*bas"tion\ (?; 106), n. [Cf. F. demi- bastion.] (Fort.) A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank. | |
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Dempster \Demp"ster\ (?; 215), Demster \Dem"ster\, n. [See {Deemster}.] 1. A deemster. 2. (O. Scots Law) An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court. | |
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Diiambus \Di`i*am"bus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; di- = di`s- twice + [?]. See {Lambus}.] (Pros.) A double iambus; a foot consisting of two iambuses ([?] [?] [?] [?]). | |
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Domebook \Dome"book`\, n. [Dome doom + book.] (O. Eng. Law) A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments. --Burrill. | |
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Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. [?] blind. See {Deaf}, and cf. {Dummy}.] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. --Hooker. 2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show. This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak. To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C. Shairp. 3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.] Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. --De Foe. {Deaf and dumb}. See {Deaf-mute}. {Dumb ague}, [or] {Dumb chill}, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined [bd]chill.[b8] [U.S.] {Dumb animal}, any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction to man, who is a [bd]speaking animal.[b8] {Dumb cake}, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. --Halliwell. {Dumb cane} (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family ({Dieffenbachia seguina}), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. {Dumb crambo}. See under {crambo}. {Dumb show}. (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. [bd]Inexplicable dumb shows and noise.[b8] --Shak. (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. {To strike dumb}, to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech. Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See {Mute}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. [?] blind. See {Deaf}, and cf. {Dummy}.] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. --Hooker. 2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show. This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak. To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C. Shairp. 3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.] Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. --De Foe. {Deaf and dumb}. See {Deaf-mute}. {Dumb ague}, [or] {Dumb chill}, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined [bd]chill.[b8] [U.S.] {Dumb animal}, any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction to man, who is a [bd]speaking animal.[b8] {Dumb cake}, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. --Halliwell. {Dumb cane} (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family ({Dieffenbachia seguina}), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. {Dumb crambo}. See under {crambo}. {Dumb show}. (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. [bd]Inexplicable dumb shows and noise.[b8] --Shak. (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. {To strike dumb}, to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech. Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See {Mute}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. [?] blind. See {Deaf}, and cf. {Dummy}.] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. --Hooker. 2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show. This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak. To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C. Shairp. 3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.] Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. --De Foe. {Deaf and dumb}. See {Deaf-mute}. {Dumb ague}, [or] {Dumb chill}, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined [bd]chill.[b8] [U.S.] {Dumb animal}, any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction to man, who is a [bd]speaking animal.[b8] {Dumb cake}, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. --Halliwell. {Dumb cane} (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family ({Dieffenbachia seguina}), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. {Dumb crambo}. See under {crambo}. {Dumb show}. (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. [bd]Inexplicable dumb shows and noise.[b8] --Shak. (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. {To strike dumb}, to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech. Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See {Mute}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. [?] blind. See {Deaf}, and cf. {Dummy}.] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. --Hooker. 2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show. This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak. To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C. Shairp. 3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.] Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. --De Foe. {Deaf and dumb}. See {Deaf-mute}. {Dumb ague}, [or] {Dumb chill}, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined [bd]chill.[b8] [U.S.] {Dumb animal}, any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction to man, who is a [bd]speaking animal.[b8] {Dumb cake}, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. --Halliwell. {Dumb cane} (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family ({Dieffenbachia seguina}), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. {Dumb crambo}. See under {crambo}. {Dumb show}. (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. [bd]Inexplicable dumb shows and noise.[b8] --Shak. (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. {To strike dumb}, to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech. Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See {Mute}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. [?] blind. See {Deaf}, and cf. {Dummy}.] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. --Hooker. 2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show. This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak. To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C. Shairp. 3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.] Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. --De Foe. {Deaf and dumb}. See {Deaf-mute}. {Dumb ague}, [or] {Dumb chill}, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined [bd]chill.[b8] [U.S.] {Dumb animal}, any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction to man, who is a [bd]speaking animal.[b8] {Dumb cake}, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. --Halliwell. {Dumb cane} (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family ({Dieffenbachia seguina}), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. {Dumb crambo}. See under {crambo}. {Dumb show}. (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. [bd]Inexplicable dumb shows and noise.[b8] --Shak. (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. {To strike dumb}, to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech. Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See {Mute}. | |
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Crambo \Cram"bo\ (-b[osl]), n. [Cf. {Cramp}, a., difficult.] 1. A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme. I saw in one corner . . . a cluster of men and women, diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I heard several double rhymes . . . which raised a great deal of mirth. --Addison. 2. A word rhyming with another word. His similes in order set And every crambo he could get. --Swift. {Dumb crambo}, a game in which one party of players give a word which rhymes with another, which last to be guessed by the opposing party, who represent in dumb show what they think it to be. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. [?] blind. See {Deaf}, and cf. {Dummy}.] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. --Hooker. 2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show. This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak. To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C. Shairp. 3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.] Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. --De Foe. {Deaf and dumb}. See {Deaf-mute}. {Dumb ague}, [or] {Dumb chill}, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined [bd]chill.[b8] [U.S.] {Dumb animal}, any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction to man, who is a [bd]speaking animal.[b8] {Dumb cake}, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. --Halliwell. {Dumb cane} (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family ({Dieffenbachia seguina}), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. {Dumb crambo}. See under {crambo}. {Dumb show}. (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. [bd]Inexplicable dumb shows and noise.[b8] --Shak. (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. {To strike dumb}, to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech. Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See {Mute}. | |
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Spinet \Spin"et\, n. [OF. espinete, F. [82]pinette (cf. It. spinetta), fr. L. spina a thorn; -- so called because its quills resemble thorns. See {Spine}.] (Mus.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used. {Dumb spinet}. (Mus.) See {Manichordon}. | |
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Manichord \Man"i*chord\, Manichordon \Man`i*chor"don\, [L. monochordon, Gr. [?]; -- so called because it orig. had only one string. See {Monochord}.] (Mus.) The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also {dumb spinet}. | |
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Spinet \Spin"et\, n. [OF. espinete, F. [82]pinette (cf. It. spinetta), fr. L. spina a thorn; -- so called because its quills resemble thorns. See {Spine}.] (Mus.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used. {Dumb spinet}. (Mus.) See {Manichordon}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Manichord \Man"i*chord\, Manichordon \Man`i*chor"don\, [L. monochordon, Gr. [?]; -- so called because it orig. had only one string. See {Monochord}.] (Mus.) The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also {dumb spinet}. | |
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Dump \Dump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dumping}.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. {Dump} sadness.] 1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Dumping car} [or] {cart}, a railway car, or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called also {dump car}, or {dump cart}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dump \Dump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dumping}.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. {Dump} sadness.] 1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Dumping car} [or] {cart}, a railway car, or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called also {dump car}, or {dump cart}. | |
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Dumpage \Dump"age\, n. 1. The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter; also, a heap of dumped matter. 2. A fee paid for the privilege of dumping loads. | |
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Dumpy \Dump"y\, a. [Compar. {Dumpier}; superl. {Dumpiest}.] [ 1. From {Dump} a short ill-shapen piece. 2. From {Dump} sadness.] 1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout. 2. Sullen or discontented. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dumpish \Dump"ish\, a. Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy. [bd] A . . . dumpish and sour life.[b8] --Lord Herbert. -- {Dump"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dump"ish*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dumpish \Dump"ish\, a. Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy. [bd] A . . . dumpish and sour life.[b8] --Lord Herbert. -- {Dump"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dump"ish*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dumpish \Dump"ish\, a. Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy. [bd] A . . . dumpish and sour life.[b8] --Lord Herbert. -- {Dump"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dump"ish*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dunfish \Dun"fish\, n. Codfish cured in a particular manner, so as to be of a superior quality. | |
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Dempster, SD Zip code(s): 57234 | |
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Dime Box, TX Zip code(s): 77853 | |
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
demoeffect n. [{demoscene}] What among hackers is called a {display hack}. Classical effects include "plasma" (colorful mess), "keftales" (x*x+y*y and other similar patterns, usually combined with color-cycling), realtime fractals, realtime 3d graphics, etc. Historically, demo effects have cheated as much as possible to gain more speed and more complexity, using low-precision math and masses of assembler code and building animation realtime are three common tricks, but use of special hardware to fake effects is a {Good Thing} on the demoscene (though this is becoming less common as platforms like the Amiga fade away). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dumbass attack /duhm'as *-tak'/ n. [Purdue] Notional cause of a novice's mistake made by the experienced, especially one made while running as {root} under Unix, e.g., typing `rm -r *' or `mkfs' on a mounted file system. Compare {adger}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dumpster diving /dump'-ster di:'-ving/ n. 1. The practice of sifting refuse from an office or technical installation to extract confidential data, especially security-compromising information (`dumpster' is an Americanism for what is elsewhere called a `skip'). Back in AT&T's monopoly days, before paper shredders became common office equipment, phone phreaks (see {phreaking}) used to organize regular dumpster runs against phone company plants and offices. Discarded and damaged copies of AT&T internal manuals taught them much. The technique is still rumored to be a favorite of crackers operating against careless targets. 2. The practice of raiding the dumpsters behind buildings where producers and/or consumers of high-tech equipment are located, with the expectation (usually justified) of finding discarded but still-valuable equipment to be nursed back to health in some hacker's den. Experienced dumpster-divers not infrequently accumulate basements full of moldering (but still potentially useful) {cruft}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dumpster diving /dump'-ster di:'-ving/ 1. The practice of sifting refuse from an office or technical installation to extract confidential data, especially security-compromising information ("dumpster" is an Americanism for what is elsewhere called a "skip"). Back in AT&T's monopoly days, before paper shredders became common office equipment, phone phreaks (see {phreaking}) used to organise regular dumpster runs against phone company plants and offices. Discarded and damaged copies of AT&T internal manuals taught them much. The technique is still rumored to be a favourite of crackers operating against careless targets. 2. The practice of raiding the dumpsters behind buildings where producers and/or consumers of high-tech equipment are located, with the expectation (usually justified) of finding discarded but still-valuable equipment to be nursed back to health in some hacker's den. Experienced dumpster-divers not infrequently accumulate basements full of moldering (but still potentially useful) cruft. [{Jargon File}] |