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d880a ira \[d8][80]a" i*ra"\ [F. [87]a ira, [87]a ira, les aristocrates [85] la lanterne, it shall go on, it shall go on, [hang]the arictocrats to the lantern (lamp-post).] The refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution. | |
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d8Ara \[d8]A"ra\, n. [L.] (Astron.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion. | |
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d8Ara \[d8]A"ra\, n. [Native Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) A name of the great blue and yellow macaw ({Ara ararauna}), native of South America. | |
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d8Aria \[d8]A"ri*a\, n. [It., fr. L. a[89]r. See {Air}.] (Mus.) An air or song; a melody; a tune. Note: The Italian term is now mostly used for the more elaborate accompanied melodies sung by a single voice, in operas, oratorios, cantatas, anthems, etc., and not so much for simple airs or tunes. | |
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d8Arrha \[d8]Ar"rha\, n.; pl. {Arrh[ae]}. [L. Cf. {Earnest}.] (Law) Money or other valuable thing given to evidence a contract; a pledge or earnest. | |
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d8Arroyo \[d8]Ar*roy"o\, n.; pl. {Arroyos}. [Sp., fr. LL. arrogium; cf. Gr. [?] river, stream, fr. [?] to flow.] 1. A water course; a rivulet. 2. The dry bed of a small stream. [Western U. S.] | |
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d8Aura \[d8]Au"ra\, n.; pl. {Aur[91]}. [L. aura air, akin to Gr. [?].] 1. Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc. 2. (Med.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics. {Electric aura}, a supposed electric fluid, emanating from an electrified body, and forming a mass surrounding it, called the electric atmosphere. See {Atmosphere}, 2. | |
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d8Daroo \[d8]Da*roo"\, n. (Bot.) The Egyptian sycamore ({Ficus Sycamorus}). See {Sycamore}. | |
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d8Dhoorra \[d8]Dhoor"ra\, d8Dhourra \[d8]Dhour"ra\, [or] Dhurra \Dhur"ra\, n. Indian millet. See {Durra}. | |
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d8Dhoorra \[d8]Dhoor"ra\, d8Dhourra \[d8]Dhour"ra\, [or] Dhurra \Dhur"ra\, n. Indian millet. See {Durra}. | |
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d8Dur \[d8]Dur\, a. [G., fr. L. durus hard, firm, vigorous.] (Mus.) Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major. | |
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d8Dura \[d8]Du"ra\, n. Short form for {Dura mater}. | |
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d8Durio \[d8]Du"ri*o\, n. [NL., fr. Malay d[?]ri thorn.] (Bot.) A fruit tree ({D. zibethinus}, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian. | |
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d8Eyra \[d8]Ey"ra\, n. [Native South American name.] (Zo[94]l.) A wild cat ({Felis eyra}) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but with a more slender body and shorter legs. | |
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d8Herr \[d8]Herr\, n. A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister. | |
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d8Rai91 \[d8]Ra"i[91]\, n. pl. [NL. See {Raia}.] (Zo[94]l.) The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and rays; -- called also {Raj[91]}, and {Rajii}. | |
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d8Raia \[d8]Ra"ia\, n. [L., a ray. Cf. {Ray} the fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of rays which includes the skates. See {Skate}. | |
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d8Rayah \[d8]Ra"yah\, n. [Ar. ra'iyah a herd, a subject, fr. ra'a to pasture, guard.] A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax. [Turkey.] | |
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d8Rhe91 \[d8]Rhe"[91]\, n.pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of struthious birds including the rheas. | |
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d8Rou82 \[d8]Rou`[82]"\, n. [F., properly p. p. of rouer to break upon the wheel, fr. roue a wheel, L. rota. See {Rotate}, {Rotary}.] One devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake. | |
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d8Terra \[d8]Ter"ra\, n. [It. & L. See {Terrace}.] The earth; earth. {Terra alba} [L., white earth] (Com.), a white amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc. {Terra cotta}. [It., fr. terra earth + cotta, fem. of cotto cooked, L. coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook. See {Cook}, n.] Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like. {Terr[91] filius} [L., son of the earth], formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, England. {Terra firma} [L.], firm or solid earth, as opposed to {water}. {Terra Japonica}. [NL.] Same as {Gambier}. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan. {Terra Lemnia} [L., Lemnian earth], Lemnian earth. See under {Lemnian}. {Terra ponderosa} [L., ponderous earth] (Min.), barite, or heavy spar. {Terra di Sienna}. See {Sienna}. | |
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d8Torah \[d8]To"rah\, d8Tora \[d8]To"ra\, n.; pl. {Toroth}. [Heb. t[d3]r[be]h.] (Jewish Lit.) (a) A law; a precept. A considerable body of priestly Toroth. --S. R. Driver. (b) Divine instruction; revelation. Tora, . . . before the time of Malachi, is generally used of the revelations of God's will made through the prophets. --T. K. Cheyne. (c) The Pentateuch or [bd]Law of Moses.[b8] The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, [bd]Law,[b8] or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the [bd]Writings,[b8] generally termed Hagiographa. --C. H. H. Wright. | |
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d8Torah \[d8]To"rah\, d8Tora \[d8]To"ra\, n.; pl. {Toroth}. [Heb. t[d3]r[be]h.] (Jewish Lit.) (a) A law; a precept. A considerable body of priestly Toroth. --S. R. Driver. (b) Divine instruction; revelation. Tora, . . . before the time of Malachi, is generally used of the revelations of God's will made through the prophets. --T. K. Cheyne. (c) The Pentateuch or [bd]Law of Moses.[b8] The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, [bd]Law,[b8] or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the [bd]Writings,[b8] generally termed Hagiographa. --C. H. H. Wright. | |
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d8Tur \[d8]Tur\, n. [Pol.] (Zo[94]l.) The urus. | |
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d8Turio \[d8]Tu"ri*o\, n.; pl. {Turiones}. [L.] (Bot.) A shoot or sprout from the ground. --Gray. | |
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d8Tuy8are \[d8]Tu`y[8a]re"\, n. [F.; akin to tuyau a pipe; of Teutonic origin. Cf. {Tweer}, {Tewel}.] A nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge. [Corruptly written also {tweer}, and {twier}.] {Tuy[8a]re arch}, the embrasure, in the wall of a blast furnace through which the tuy[8a]re enters. | |
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Dairy \Dai"ry\ (d[amac]"r[ycr]), n.; pl. {Dairies} (-r[icr]z). [OE. deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja, orig., a baking maid, fr. Icel. deig. [root]66. See {Dough}.] 1. The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese. What stores my dairies and my folds contain. --Dryden. 2. That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese. Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter. --Temple. 3. A dairy farm. [R.] Note: Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc. | |
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Dare \Dare\, v. i. [OE. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.] To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Dare \Dare\, v. t. To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.] For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, Would dare a woman. --Beau. & Fl. {To dare larks}, to catch them by producing terror through to use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. --Nares. | |
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Dare \Dare\, n. [See {Dace}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small fish; the dace. | |
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Dace \Dace\, n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See {Dart} a javelin.] (Zo[94]l.) A small European cyprinoid fish ({Squalius leuciscus} or {Leuciscus vulgaris}); -- called also {dare}. Note: In America the name is given to several related fishes of the genera {Squalius}, {Minnilus}, etc. The black-nosed dace is {Rhinichthys atronasus} the horned dace is {Semotilus corporalis}. For red dace, see {Redfin}. | |
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Dare \Dare\, n. 1. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash. [R.] It lends a luster . . . A large dare to our great enterprise. --Shak. 2. Defiance; challenge. Childish, unworthy dares Are not enought to part our powers. --Chapman. Sextus Pompeius Hath given the dare to C[91]sar. --Shak. | |
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Dare \Dare\, v. i. [imp. {Durst}or {Dared}; p. p. {Dared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Daring}.] [OE. I dar, dear, I dare, imp. dorste, durste, AS. ic dear I dare, imp. dorste. inf. durran; akin to OS. gidar, gidorsta, gidurran, OHG. tar, torsta, turran, Goth. gadar, gada[a3]rsta, Gr. tharsei^n, tharrei^n, to be bold, tharsy`s bold, Skr. Dhrsh to be bold. [root]70.] To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture. I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. --Shak. Why then did not the ministers use their new law? Bacause they durst not, because they could not. --Macaulay. Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion. --Thackeray. The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because a partisan was more ready to dare without asking why. --Jowett (Thu[?]yd.). Note: The present tense, I dare, is really an old past tense, so that the third person is he dare, but the form he dares is now often used, and will probably displace the obsolescent he dare, through grammatically as incorrect as he shalls or he cans. --Skeat. The pore dar plede (the poor man dare plead). --P. Plowman. You know one dare not discover you. --Dryden. The fellow dares not deceive me. --Shak. Here boldly spread thy hands, no venom'd weed Dares blister them, no slimy snail dare creep. --Beau. & Fl. Note: Formerly durst was also used as the present. Sometimes the old form dare is found for durst or dared. | |
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Dare \Dare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Daring}.] 1. To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake. What high concentration of steady feeling makes men dare every thing and do anything? --Bagehot. To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes. --The Century. 2. To challenge; to provoke; to defy. Time, I dare thee to discover Such a youth and such a lover. --Dryden. | |
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Dare \Dare\, v. i. [OE. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.] To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Dare \Dare\, v. t. To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.] For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, Would dare a woman. --Beau. & Fl. {To dare larks}, to catch them by producing terror through to use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. --Nares. | |
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Dare \Dare\, n. [See {Dace}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small fish; the dace. | |
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Dace \Dace\, n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See {Dart} a javelin.] (Zo[94]l.) A small European cyprinoid fish ({Squalius leuciscus} or {Leuciscus vulgaris}); -- called also {dare}. Note: In America the name is given to several related fishes of the genera {Squalius}, {Minnilus}, etc. The black-nosed dace is {Rhinichthys atronasus} the horned dace is {Semotilus corporalis}. For red dace, see {Redfin}. | |
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Dare \Dare\, n. 1. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash. [R.] It lends a luster . . . A large dare to our great enterprise. --Shak. 2. Defiance; challenge. Childish, unworthy dares Are not enought to part our powers. --Chapman. Sextus Pompeius Hath given the dare to C[91]sar. --Shak. | |
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Dare \Dare\, v. i. [imp. {Durst}or {Dared}; p. p. {Dared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Daring}.] [OE. I dar, dear, I dare, imp. dorste, durste, AS. ic dear I dare, imp. dorste. inf. durran; akin to OS. gidar, gidorsta, gidurran, OHG. tar, torsta, turran, Goth. gadar, gada[a3]rsta, Gr. tharsei^n, tharrei^n, to be bold, tharsy`s bold, Skr. Dhrsh to be bold. [root]70.] To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture. I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. --Shak. Why then did not the ministers use their new law? Bacause they durst not, because they could not. --Macaulay. Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion. --Thackeray. The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because a partisan was more ready to dare without asking why. --Jowett (Thu[?]yd.). Note: The present tense, I dare, is really an old past tense, so that the third person is he dare, but the form he dares is now often used, and will probably displace the obsolescent he dare, through grammatically as incorrect as he shalls or he cans. --Skeat. The pore dar plede (the poor man dare plead). --P. Plowman. You know one dare not discover you. --Dryden. The fellow dares not deceive me. --Shak. Here boldly spread thy hands, no venom'd weed Dares blister them, no slimy snail dare creep. --Beau. & Fl. Note: Formerly durst was also used as the present. Sometimes the old form dare is found for durst or dared. | |
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Dare \Dare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Daring}.] 1. To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake. What high concentration of steady feeling makes men dare every thing and do anything? --Bagehot. To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes. --The Century. 2. To challenge; to provoke; to defy. Time, I dare thee to discover Such a youth and such a lover. --Dryden. | |
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Dare \Dare\, v. i. [OE. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.] To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Dare \Dare\, v. t. To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.] For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, Would dare a woman. --Beau. & Fl. {To dare larks}, to catch them by producing terror through to use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. --Nares. | |
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Dare \Dare\, n. [See {Dace}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small fish; the dace. | |
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Dace \Dace\, n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See {Dart} a javelin.] (Zo[94]l.) A small European cyprinoid fish ({Squalius leuciscus} or {Leuciscus vulgaris}); -- called also {dare}. Note: In America the name is given to several related fishes of the genera {Squalius}, {Minnilus}, etc. The black-nosed dace is {Rhinichthys atronasus} the horned dace is {Semotilus corporalis}. For red dace, see {Redfin}. | |
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Dare \Dare\, n. 1. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash. [R.] It lends a luster . . . A large dare to our great enterprise. --Shak. 2. Defiance; challenge. Childish, unworthy dares Are not enought to part our powers. --Chapman. Sextus Pompeius Hath given the dare to C[91]sar. --Shak. | |
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Dare \Dare\, v. i. [imp. {Durst}or {Dared}; p. p. {Dared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Daring}.] [OE. I dar, dear, I dare, imp. dorste, durste, AS. ic dear I dare, imp. dorste. inf. durran; akin to OS. gidar, gidorsta, gidurran, OHG. tar, torsta, turran, Goth. gadar, gada[a3]rsta, Gr. tharsei^n, tharrei^n, to be bold, tharsy`s bold, Skr. Dhrsh to be bold. [root]70.] To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture. I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. --Shak. Why then did not the ministers use their new law? Bacause they durst not, because they could not. --Macaulay. Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion. --Thackeray. The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because a partisan was more ready to dare without asking why. --Jowett (Thu[?]yd.). Note: The present tense, I dare, is really an old past tense, so that the third person is he dare, but the form he dares is now often used, and will probably displace the obsolescent he dare, through grammatically as incorrect as he shalls or he cans. --Skeat. The pore dar plede (the poor man dare plead). --P. Plowman. You know one dare not discover you. --Dryden. The fellow dares not deceive me. --Shak. Here boldly spread thy hands, no venom'd weed Dares blister them, no slimy snail dare creep. --Beau. & Fl. Note: Formerly durst was also used as the present. Sometimes the old form dare is found for durst or dared. | |
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Dare \Dare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Daring}.] 1. To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake. What high concentration of steady feeling makes men dare every thing and do anything? --Bagehot. To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes. --The Century. 2. To challenge; to provoke; to defy. Time, I dare thee to discover Such a youth and such a lover. --Dryden. | |
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Darr \Darr\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European black tern. | |
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Dear \Dear\, a. [Compar. {Dearer}; superl. {Dearest}.] [OE. dere, deore, AS. de[a2]re; akin to OS. diuri, D. duur, OHG. tiuri, G. theuer, teuer, Icel. d[?]r, Dan. & Sw. dyr. Cf. {Darling}, {Dearth}.] 1. Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive. The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. --Shak. 2. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year. 3. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. [bd]Hear me, dear lady.[b8] --Shak. Neither count I my life dear unto myself. --Acts xx. 24. And the last joy was dearer than the rest. --Pope. Dear as remember'd kisses after death. --Tennyson. 4. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention. (a) Of agreeable things and interests. [I'll] leave you to attend him: some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. --Shak. His dearest wish was to escape from the bustle and glitter of Whitehall. --Macaulay. (b) Of disagreeable things and antipathies. In our dear peril. --Shak. Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day. --Shak. | |
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Dear \Dear\, n. A dear one; lover; sweetheart. That kiss I carried from thee, dear. --Shak. | |
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Dear \Dear\, adv. Dearly; at a high price. If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear. --Shak. | |
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Dear \Dear\, v. t. To endear. [Obs.] --Shelton. | |
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Deare \Deare\, variant of {Dere}, v. t. & n. [Obs.] | |
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Dearie \Dear"ie\, n. Same as {Deary}. --Dickens. | |
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Deary \Dear"y\, n. A dear; a darling. [Familiar] | |
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Deer \Deer\ (d[emac]r), n. sing. & pl. [OE. der, deor, animal, wild animal, AS. de[a2]r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G. thier, tier, Icel. d[df]r, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of unknown origin. [fb]71.] 1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Mice and rats, and such small deer. --Shak. The camel, that great deer. --Lindisfarne MS. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A ruminant of the genus {Cervus}, of many species, and of related genera of the family {Cervid[91]}. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison. Note: The deer hunted in England is {Cervus elaphus}, called also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is {C. dama}; the common American deer is {C. Virginianus}; the blacktailed deer of Western North America is {C. Columbianus}; and the mule deer of the same region is {C. macrotis}. See {Axis}, {Fallow deer}, {Mule deer}, {Reindeer}. Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying, deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc. {Deer mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white-footed mouse ({Hesperomys leucopus}) of America. {Small deer}, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the first definition, above.) [bd]Minor critics . . . can find leisure for the chase of such small deer.[b8] --G. P. Marsh. | |
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Deray \De*ray"\, n. [OF. derroi, desroi, desrei; pref. des- (L. dis-) + roi, rei, rai, order. See {Array}.] Disorder; merriment. [Obs.] | |
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Dere \Dere\, v. t. [AS. derian to hurt.] To hurt; to harm; to injure. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Dere \Dere\, n. Harm. [Obs.] --Robert of Brunne. | |
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Derre \Der"re\, a. Dearer. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Durra \Dur"ra\, n. [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of {Sorghum vulgare}; -- called also {Indian millet}, and {Guinea corn}. [Written also {dhoorra}, {dhurra}, {doura}, etc.] | |
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d8Dhoorra \[d8]Dhoor"ra\, d8Dhourra \[d8]Dhour"ra\, [or] Dhurra \Dhur"ra\, n. Indian millet. See {Durra}. | |
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Durra \Dur"ra\, n. [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of {Sorghum vulgare}; -- called also {Indian millet}, and {Guinea corn}. [Written also {dhoorra}, {dhurra}, {doura}, etc.] | |
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d8Dhoorra \[d8]Dhoor"ra\, d8Dhourra \[d8]Dhour"ra\, [or] Dhurra \Dhur"ra\, n. Indian millet. See {Durra}. | |
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Durra \Dur"ra\, n. [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of {Sorghum vulgare}; -- called also {Indian millet}, and {Guinea corn}. [Written also {dhoorra}, {dhurra}, {doura}, etc.] | |
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Diarrhea \Di`ar*rhe"a\, Diarrhd2a \Di`ar*rh[d2]"a\, n. [L. diarrhoea, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to flow through; [?] + [?] to flow; akin to E. stream. See {Stream}.] (Med.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux. | |
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Diary \Di"a*ry\, n.; pl. {Diaries}. [L. diarium, fr. dies day. See {Deity}.] A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a diary of the weather; a physician's diary. | |
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Diary \Di"a*ry\, a. lasting for one day; as, a diary fever. [Obs.] [bd]Diary ague.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Dire \Dire\, a. [Compar. {Direr}; superl. {Direst}.] [L. dirus; of uncertain origin.] 1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens. 2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. --Milton. Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. --Milton. | |
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Doer \Do"er\, m. [From Do, v. t. & i.] 1. One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent. The doers of the law shall be justified. -- Rom. ii. 13. 2. (Scots Law) An agent or attorney; a factor. --Burrill. | |
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Door \Door\, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th[81]r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan. d[94]r, Sw. d[94]rr, Goth. daur, Lith. durys, Russ. dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores, Gr. [?]; cf. Skr. dur, dv[be]ra. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Foreign}.] 1. An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way. To the same end, men several paths may tread, As many doors into one temple lead. --Denham. 2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened. At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. --Spenser. 3. Passage; means of approach or access. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. --John x. 9. 4. An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads. Martin's office is now the second door in the street. --Arbuthnot. {Blank door}, {Blind door}, etc. (Arch.) See under {Blank}, {Blind}, etc. {In doors}, [or] {Within doors}, within the house. {Next door to}, near to; bordering on. A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult. --L'Estrange. {Out of doors}, [or] {Without doors}, and, colloquially, {Out doors}, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost. His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. --Locke. {To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door}, to charge one with a fault; to blame for. {To lie at one's door}, to be imputable or chargeable to. If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door. --Dryden. Note: Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel. | |
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Doorway \Door"way`\, n. The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room. | |
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug}, {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}. | |
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. {Dor} a beetle, and {Hum}, {Humbug}.] A trick, joke, or deception. --Beau. & Fl. {To give one the dor}, to make a fool of him. [Archaic] --P. Fletcher. | |
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Dor \Dor\, v. t. To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also {dorr}.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Dory \Do"ry\, n.; pl. {Dories}. [Named from 1st color, fr. F. dor[82]e gilded, fr. dorer to gild, L. deaurare. See {Deaurate}, and cf. {Aureole}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A European fish. See {Doree}, and {John Doree}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also {dor[82]}. See {Pike perch}. | |
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John \John\ (j[ocr]n), n. [See {Johannes}.] A proper name of a man. {John-apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as {Apple-john}. {John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people. {John Bullism}, English character. --W. Irving. {John Doe} (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --Mozley & W. {John Doree}, {John Dory}. [John (or F. jaune yellow) + Doree, Dory.] (Zo[94]l.) An oval, compressed, European food fish ({Zeus faber}). Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called also {dory}, {doree}, and {St. Peter's fish}. | |
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Doree \Do"ree\, n. [See {Dory}.] (Zo[94]l.) A European marine fish ({Zeus faber}), of a yellow color. See Illust. of {John Doree}. Note: The popular name in England is {John Doree}, or {Dory}, well known to be a corruption of F. jaune-dor[82]e, i. e., golden-yellow. See 1st {Dory}. | |
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John \John\ (j[ocr]n), n. [See {Johannes}.] A proper name of a man. {John-apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as {Apple-john}. {John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people. {John Bullism}, English character. --W. Irving. {John Doe} (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --Mozley & W. {John Doree}, {John Dory}. [John (or F. jaune yellow) + Doree, Dory.] (Zo[94]l.) An oval, compressed, European food fish ({Zeus faber}). Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called also {dory}, {doree}, and {St. Peter's fish}. | |
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Doree \Do"ree\, n. [See {Dory}.] (Zo[94]l.) A European marine fish ({Zeus faber}), of a yellow color. See Illust. of {John Doree}. Note: The popular name in England is {John Doree}, or {Dory}, well known to be a corruption of F. jaune-dor[82]e, i. e., golden-yellow. See 1st {Dory}. | |
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug}, {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}. | |
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Dor \Dor\, v. t. To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also {dorr}.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Dorr \Dorr\, n. The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st {Dor}. --Robynson (More's Utopia). | |
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Dorr \Dorr\, v. t. 1. To deceive. [Obs.] See {Dor}, v. t. 2. To deafen with noise. [Obs.] --Halliwell. | |
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug}, {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}. | |
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Dor \Dor\, v. t. To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also {dorr}.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Dorr \Dorr\, n. The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st {Dor}. --Robynson (More's Utopia). | |
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Dorr \Dorr\, v. t. 1. To deceive. [Obs.] See {Dor}, v. t. 2. To deafen with noise. [Obs.] --Halliwell. | |
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John \John\ (j[ocr]n), n. [See {Johannes}.] A proper name of a man. {John-apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as {Apple-john}. {John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people. {John Bullism}, English character. --W. Irving. {John Doe} (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --Mozley & W. {John Doree}, {John Dory}. [John (or F. jaune yellow) + Doree, Dory.] (Zo[94]l.) An oval, compressed, European food fish ({Zeus faber}). Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called also {dory}, {doree}, and {St. Peter's fish}. | |
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Doree \Do"ree\, n. [See {Dory}.] (Zo[94]l.) A European marine fish ({Zeus faber}), of a yellow color. See Illust. of {John Doree}. Note: The popular name in England is {John Doree}, or {Dory}, well known to be a corruption of F. jaune-dor[82]e, i. e., golden-yellow. See 1st {Dory}. | |
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Dory \Do"ry\, n.; pl. {Dories}. [Named from 1st color, fr. F. dor[82]e gilded, fr. dorer to gild, L. deaurare. See {Deaurate}, and cf. {Aureole}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A European fish. See {Doree}, and {John Doree}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also {dor[82]}. See {Pike perch}. | |
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Dory \Do"ry\, n.; pl. {Dories}. A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides. | |
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John \John\ (j[ocr]n), n. [See {Johannes}.] A proper name of a man. {John-apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as {Apple-john}. {John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people. {John Bullism}, English character. --W. Irving. {John Doe} (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --Mozley & W. {John Doree}, {John Dory}. [John (or F. jaune yellow) + Doree, Dory.] (Zo[94]l.) An oval, compressed, European food fish ({Zeus faber}). Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called also {dory}, {doree}, and {St. Peter's fish}. | |
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Doree \Do"ree\, n. [See {Dory}.] (Zo[94]l.) A European marine fish ({Zeus faber}), of a yellow color. See Illust. of {John Doree}. Note: The popular name in England is {John Doree}, or {Dory}, well known to be a corruption of F. jaune-dor[82]e, i. e., golden-yellow. See 1st {Dory}. | |
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Dory \Do"ry\, n.; pl. {Dories}. [Named from 1st color, fr. F. dor[82]e gilded, fr. dorer to gild, L. deaurare. See {Deaurate}, and cf. {Aureole}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A European fish. See {Doree}, and {John Doree}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also {dor[82]}. See {Pike perch}. | |
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Dory \Do"ry\, n.; pl. {Dories}. A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides. | |
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Douar \Dou"ar\, n. [F., fr. Ar. d[?][be]r.] A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets. | |
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Dour \Dour\, a. [Cf. F. dur, L. durus.] Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold. [Scot.] A dour wife, a sour old carlin. --C. Reade. | |
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Doura \Dou"ra\, n. A kind of millet. See {Durra}. | |
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Durra \Dur"ra\, n. [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of {Sorghum vulgare}; -- called also {Indian millet}, and {Guinea corn}. [Written also {dhoorra}, {dhurra}, {doura}, etc.] | |
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Doura \Dou"ra\, n. A kind of millet. See {Durra}. | |
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Durra \Dur"ra\, n. [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of {Sorghum vulgare}; -- called also {Indian millet}, and {Guinea corn}. [Written also {dhoorra}, {dhurra}, {doura}, etc.] | |
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Dower \Dow"er\, n. [F. douaire, LL. dotarium, from L. dotare to endow, portion, fr. dos dower; akin to Gr. [?] gift, and to L. dare to give. See 1st {Date}, and cf. {Dot} dowry, {Dotation}.] 1. That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift. How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower! --Sir J. Davies. Man in his primeval dower arrayed. --Wordsworth. 2. The property with which a woman is endowed; especially: (a) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry. [Obs.] His wife brought in dower Cilicia's crown. --Dryden. (b) (Law) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband. --Blackstone. Note: Dower, in modern use, is and should be distinguished from dowry. The former is a provision for a widow on her husband's death; the latter is a bride's portion on her marriage. --Abbott. {Assignment of dower}. See under {Assignment}. | |
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Dowery \Dow"er*y\, n. See {Dower}. | |
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Dowry \Dow"ry\, n.; pl. {Dowries}. [Contr. from dowery; cf. LL. dotarium. See {Dower}.] 1. A gift; endowment. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under {Dower}. --Shak. Dryden. 3. A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See {Dower}. Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give . . .; but give me the damsel to wife. --Gen. xxxiv. 12. | |
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Draw \Draw\, v. t. 1. In various games: (a) (Cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. (b) (Golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left. (c) (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball. (d) (Curling) To throw up (the stone) gently. 2. To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game was drawn. | |
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Draw \Draw\, n. 1. The result of drawing, or state of being drawn; specif.: (a) A drawn battle, game, or the like. (b) The spin or twist imparted to a ball, or the like, by a drawing stroke. 2. That which is drawn or is subject to drawing. | |
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Draw \Draw\, v. i. 1. To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well. Note: A sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind. 2. To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. --John iv. 11. 3. To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement. Keep a watch upon the particular bias of their minds, that it may not draw too much. --Addison. 4. (Med.) To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc. 5. To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc. 6. To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword. So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou drawest, swear horrible. --Shak. 7. To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures. [bd]Skill in drawing.[b8] --Locke. 8. To become contracted; to shrink. [bd]To draw into less room.[b8] --Bacon. 9. To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect. 10. To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon. You may draw on me for the expenses of your journey. --Jay. 11. To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily. 12. To sink in water; to require a depth for floating. [bd]Greater hulks draw deep.[b8] --Shak. {To draw to a head}. (a) (Med.) To begin to suppurate; to ripen, as a boil. (b) Fig.: To ripen, to approach the time for action; as, the plot draws to a head. | |
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Draw \Draw\, n. 1. The act of drawing; draught. 2. A lot or chance to be drawn. 3. A drawn game or battle, etc. [Colloq.] 4. That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under {Drawbridge}. [U.S.] | |
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Draw \Draw\ (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p. {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth. dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. [root]73. Cf. 2d {Drag}, {Dray} a cart, 1st {Dredge}.] 1. To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow. He cast him down to ground, and all along Drew him through dirt and mire without remorse. --Spenser. He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. --Sir W. Scott. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? --James ii. 6. The arrow is now drawn to the head. --Atterbury. 2. To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. --Shak. All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart. --Dryden. 3. To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc. The drew out the staves of the ark. --2 Chron. v. 9. Draw thee waters for the siege. --Nahum iii. 14. I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet without drawing one drop of blood. --Wiseman. (b) To pull from a sheath, as a sword. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. --Ex. xv. 9. (c) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive. Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves. --Cheyne. Until you had drawn oaths from him. --Shak. (d) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive. We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history. --Burke. (e) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank. (f) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize. (g) To select by the drawing of lots. Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn. --Freeman. 4. To remove the contents of; as: (a) To drain by emptying; to suck dry. Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can generated. --Wiseman. (b) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal. In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe. --King. 5. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. [bd]Where I first drew air.[b8] --Milton. Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. --Dryden. 6. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire. How long her face is drawn! --Shak. And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee. --J. R. Green. 7. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture. 8. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe. A flattering painter who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. --Goldsmith. Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power? --Prior. 9. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange. Clerk, draw a deed of gift. --Shak. 10. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water. 11. To withdraw. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Go wash thy face, and draw the action. --Shak. 12. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term. Note: Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its original sense, to pull, to move forward by the application of force in advance, or to extend in length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a bar of metal by continued beating. {To draw a bow}, to bend the bow by drawing the string for discharging the arrow. {To draw a cover}, to clear a cover of the game it contains. {To draw a curtain}, to cause a curtain to slide or move, either closing or unclosing. [bd]Night draws the curtain, which the sun withdraws.[b8] --Herbert. {To draw a line}, to fix a limit or boundary. {To draw back}, to receive back, as duties on goods for exportation. {To draw breath}, to breathe. --Shak. {To draw cuts} [or] {lots}. See under {Cut}, n. {To draw in}. (a) To bring or pull in; to collect. (b) To entice; to inveigle. {To draw interest}, to produce or gain interest. {To draw off}, to withdraw; to abstract. --Addison. {To draw on}, to bring on; to occasion; to cause. [bd]War which either his negligence drew on, or his practices procured.[b8] --Hayward. {To draw (one) out}, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and feelings of another. {To draw out}, to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread out. -- [bd]Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?[b8] --Ps. lxxxv. 5. [bd]Linked sweetness long drawn out.[b8] --Milton. {To draw over}, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one part or side for the opposite one. {To draw the longbow}, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous tales. {To draw (one)} {to [or] on to} (something), to move, to incite, to induce. [bd]How many actions most ridiculous hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?[b8] --Shak. {To draw up}. (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in writing. (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array. [bd]Drawn up in battle to receive the charge.[b8] --Dryden. Syn: To {Draw}, {Drag}. Usage: Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty. Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say, the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases. | |
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Drawee \Draw*ee"\, n. (Law) The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer. | |
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Dray \Dray\, n. A squirrel's nest. --Cowper. | |
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Dray \Dray\, n. [AS. dr[91]ge a dragnet, fr. dragan. [?][?][?][?]. See {Draw}, and cf. 2d {Drag}, 1st {Dredge}.] 1. A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens. --Addison. 2. A kind of sledge or sled. --Halliwell. {Dray cart}, a dray. {Dray horse}, a heavy, strong horse used in drawing a dray. | |
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Dree \Dree\, v. t. [AS. dre[a2]gan to bear, endure, complete.] To endure; to suffer. [Scot.] | |
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Dree \Dree\, a. Wearisome; tedious. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Dree \Dree\, v. i. To be able to do or endure. [Obs.] | |
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Draw \Draw\ (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p. {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth. dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. [root]73. Cf. 2d {Drag}, {Dray} a cart, 1st {Dredge}.] 1. To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow. He cast him down to ground, and all along Drew him through dirt and mire without remorse. --Spenser. He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. --Sir W. Scott. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? --James ii. 6. The arrow is now drawn to the head. --Atterbury. 2. To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. --Shak. All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart. --Dryden. 3. To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc. The drew out the staves of the ark. --2 Chron. v. 9. Draw thee waters for the siege. --Nahum iii. 14. I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet without drawing one drop of blood. --Wiseman. (b) To pull from a sheath, as a sword. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. --Ex. xv. 9. (c) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive. Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves. --Cheyne. Until you had drawn oaths from him. --Shak. (d) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive. We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history. --Burke. (e) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank. (f) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize. (g) To select by the drawing of lots. Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn. --Freeman. 4. To remove the contents of; as: (a) To drain by emptying; to suck dry. Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can generated. --Wiseman. (b) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal. In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe. --King. 5. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. [bd]Where I first drew air.[b8] --Milton. Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. --Dryden. 6. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire. How long her face is drawn! --Shak. And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee. --J. R. Green. 7. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture. 8. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe. A flattering painter who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. --Goldsmith. Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power? --Prior. 9. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange. Clerk, draw a deed of gift. --Shak. 10. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water. 11. To withdraw. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Go wash thy face, and draw the action. --Shak. 12. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term. Note: Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its original sense, to pull, to move forward by the application of force in advance, or to extend in length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a bar of metal by continued beating. {To draw a bow}, to bend the bow by drawing the string for discharging the arrow. {To draw a cover}, to clear a cover of the game it contains. {To draw a curtain}, to cause a curtain to slide or move, either closing or unclosing. [bd]Night draws the curtain, which the sun withdraws.[b8] --Herbert. {To draw a line}, to fix a limit or boundary. {To draw back}, to receive back, as duties on goods for exportation. {To draw breath}, to breathe. --Shak. {To draw cuts} [or] {lots}. See under {Cut}, n. {To draw in}. (a) To bring or pull in; to collect. (b) To entice; to inveigle. {To draw interest}, to produce or gain interest. {To draw off}, to withdraw; to abstract. --Addison. {To draw on}, to bring on; to occasion; to cause. [bd]War which either his negligence drew on, or his practices procured.[b8] --Hayward. {To draw (one) out}, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and feelings of another. {To draw out}, to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread out. -- [bd]Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?[b8] --Ps. lxxxv. 5. [bd]Linked sweetness long drawn out.[b8] --Milton. {To draw over}, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one part or side for the opposite one. {To draw the longbow}, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous tales. {To draw (one)} {to [or] on to} (something), to move, to incite, to induce. [bd]How many actions most ridiculous hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?[b8] --Shak. {To draw up}. (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in writing. (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array. [bd]Drawn up in battle to receive the charge.[b8] --Dryden. Syn: To {Draw}, {Drag}. Usage: Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty. Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say, the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases. | |
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Drey \Drey\, n. A squirrel's nest. See {Dray}. [Obs.] | |
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Dreye \Dreye\, a. Dry. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Drie \Drie\, v. t. [See {Dree}.] To endure. [Obs.] So causeless such drede for to drie. -- Chaucer. | |
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Droh \Droh\, imp. of {Draw}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Drow \Drow\, imp. of {Draw}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel. v[c6]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, [?], and E. withy. Cf. {Vine}, {Vineyard}, {Vinous}, {Withy}.] 1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. [bd]Red wine of Gascoigne.[b8] --Piers Plowman. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov. xx. 1. Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton. Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol, containing also certain small quantities of ethers and ethereal salts which give character and bouquet. According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines are called {red}, {white}, {spirituous}, {dry}, {light}, {still}, etc. 2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine. 3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication. Noah awoke from his wine. --Gen. ix. 24. {Birch wine}, {Cape wine}, etc. See under {Birch}, {Cape}, etc. {Spirit of wine}. See under {Spirit}. {To have drunk wine of ape} [or] {wine ape}, to be so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Wine acid}. (Chem.) See {Tartaric acid}, under {Tartaric}. [Colloq.] {Wine apple} (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor. | |
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Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. {Dry blow}. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also {parchment beaver}. {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}. {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}. {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below). {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}. {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry plates. {Dry point}. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}. --Hebert. {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the saccharine matter is in excess. | |
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Dry \Dry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drying}.] [AS. drygan; cf. drugian to grow dry. See {Dry}, a.] To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay. {To dry up}. (a) To scorch or parch with thirst; to deprive utterly of water; to consume. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. -- Is. v. 13. The water of the sea, which formerly covered it, was in time exhaled and dried up by the sun. --Woodward. (b) To make to cease, as a stream of talk. Their sources of revenue were dried up. -- Jowett (Thucyd. ) {To dry, [or] dry up}, {a cow}, to cause a cow to cease secreting milk. --Tylor. | |
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Dry \Dry\, v. i. 1. To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly. 2. To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up. 3. To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. --I Kings xiii. 4. | |
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Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel. v[c6]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, [?], and E. withy. Cf. {Vine}, {Vineyard}, {Vinous}, {Withy}.] 1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. [bd]Red wine of Gascoigne.[b8] --Piers Plowman. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov. xx. 1. Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton. Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol, containing also certain small quantities of ethers and ethereal salts which give character and bouquet. According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines are called {red}, {white}, {spirituous}, {dry}, {light}, {still}, etc. 2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine. 3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication. Noah awoke from his wine. --Gen. ix. 24. {Birch wine}, {Cape wine}, etc. See under {Birch}, {Cape}, etc. {Spirit of wine}. See under {Spirit}. {To have drunk wine of ape} [or] {wine ape}, to be so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Wine acid}. (Chem.) See {Tartaric acid}, under {Tartaric}. [Colloq.] {Wine apple} (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor. | |
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Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. {Dry blow}. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also {parchment beaver}. {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}. {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}. {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below). {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}. {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry plates. {Dry point}. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}. --Hebert. {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the saccharine matter is in excess. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dry \Dry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drying}.] [AS. drygan; cf. drugian to grow dry. See {Dry}, a.] To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay. {To dry up}. (a) To scorch or parch with thirst; to deprive utterly of water; to consume. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. -- Is. v. 13. The water of the sea, which formerly covered it, was in time exhaled and dried up by the sun. --Woodward. (b) To make to cease, as a stream of talk. Their sources of revenue were dried up. -- Jowett (Thucyd. ) {To dry, [or] dry up}, {a cow}, to cause a cow to cease secreting milk. --Tylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dry \Dry\, v. i. 1. To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly. 2. To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up. 3. To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. --I Kings xiii. 4. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dure \Dure\, a. [L. durus; akin to Ir. & Gael. dur [?], stubborn, W. dir certain, sure, cf. Gr. [?] force.] Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome. [R.] The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude. --W. H. Russell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dure \Dure\, v. i. [F. durer, L. durare to harden, be hardened, to endure, last, fr. durus hard. See {Dure}, a.] To last; to continue; to endure. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while. --Matt. xiii. 21. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Durra \Dur"ra\, n. [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of {Sorghum vulgare}; -- called also {Indian millet}, and {Guinea corn}. [Written also {dhoorra}, {dhurra}, {doura}, etc.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dyer \Dy"er\, n. One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like. {Dyer's broom}, {Dyer's rocket}, {Dyer's weed}. See {Dyer's broom}, under {Broom}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dairy, OR Zip code(s): 97625 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Darrow, LA Zip code(s): 70725 | |
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Deary, ID (city, FIPS 20890) Location: 46.80063 N, 116.55648 W Population (1990): 529 (212 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83823 | |
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Deer, AR Zip code(s): 72628 | |
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Deora, CO Zip code(s): 81054 | |
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Derry, LA Zip code(s): 71416 Derry, NH (CDP, FIPS 17860) Location: 42.89517 N, 71.28783 W Population (1990): 20446 (8674 housing units) Area: 39.9 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 03038 Derry, NM Zip code(s): 87933 Derry, PA (borough, FIPS 18960) Location: 40.33332 N, 79.30173 W Population (1990): 2950 (1320 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15627 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dewar, OK (town, FIPS 20500) Location: 35.45818 N, 95.94669 W Population (1990): 921 (410 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dora, AL (city, FIPS 21136) Location: 33.73143 N, 87.08321 W Population (1990): 2214 (875 housing units) Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35062 Dora, MO Zip code(s): 65637 Dora, NM (village, FIPS 21180) Location: 33.93317 N, 103.33531 W Population (1990): 167 (69 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dorr, MI Zip code(s): 49323 | |
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Drew, MS (city, FIPS 20020) Location: 33.80981 N, 90.53042 W Population (1990): 2349 (877 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38737 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Duryea, PA (borough, FIPS 20512) Location: 41.35180 N, 75.77629 W Population (1990): 4869 (2089 housing units) Area: 14.3 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18642 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dyer, AR (town, FIPS 20200) Location: 35.49445 N, 94.13834 W Population (1990): 502 (221 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Dyer, IN (town, FIPS 19270) Location: 41.50340 N, 87.50520 W Population (1990): 10923 (3461 housing units) Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46311 Dyer, TN (city, FIPS 22180) Location: 36.07086 N, 88.99205 W Population (1990): 2204 (982 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38330 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DARE Differential Analyzer REplacement. A family of simulation languages for continuous systems. ["Digital Continuous System Simulation", G.A. Korn et al, P-H 1978]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DER {Distinguished Encoding Rules} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DTR {Data Terminal Ready} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Durra Description language for coarse-grained concurrency on heterogeneous processors. "Durra: A Task-level Description Language", M.R. Barbacci et al, CMU/SEI-86-TR-3, CMU 1986. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dor dwelling, the Dora of the Romans, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites (Josh. 11:1, 2; 12:23). It was the most southern settlement of the Phoenicians on the coast of Syria. The original inhabitants seem never to have been expelled, although they were made tributary by David. It was one of Solomon's commissariat districts (Judg. 1:27; 1 Kings 4:11). It has been identified with Tantura (so named from the supposed resemblance of its tower to a tantur, i.e., "a horn"). This tower fell in 1895, and nothing remains but debris and foundation walls, the remains of an old Crusading fortress. It is about 8 miles north of Caesarea, "a sad and sickly hamlet of wretched huts on a naked sea-beach." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dowry (mohar; i.e., price paid for a wife, Gen. 34:12; Ex. 22:17; 1 Sam. 18:25), a nuptial present; some gift, as a sum of money, which the bridegroom offers to the father of his bride as a satisfaction before he can receive her. Jacob had no dowry to give for his wife, but he gave his services (Gen. 29:18; 30:20; 34:12). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dura the circle, the plain near Babylon in which Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image, mentioned in Dan. 3:1. The place still retains its ancient name. On one of its many mounds the pedestal of what must have been a colossal statue has been found. It has been supposed to be that of the golden image. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Darah, generation; house of the shepherd or of the companion | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dor, generation, habitation | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dura, same as Dor |