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d8Aboma \[d8]A*bo"ma\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large South American serpent ({Boa aboma}). | |
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d8Abuna \[d8]A*bu"na\, n. [Eth. and Ar., our father.] The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church. | |
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d8Aphemia \[d8]A*phe"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + [?] voice.] (Med.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin. | |
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d8Aphonia \[d8]A*pho"ni*a\, Aphony \Aph"o*ny\, n. [NL. aphonia, Gr. [?], fr. [?] voiceless; 'a priv. + [?] voice: cf. F. aphonie.] (Med.) Loss of voice or vocal utterance. | |
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d8Appaum82 \[d8]Ap`pau`m[82]"\, n. [F. appaum[82]; [?] (l. ad) + paume the palm, fr. L. palma.] (Her.) A hand open and extended so as to show the palm. | |
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d8Aubaine \[d8]Au`baine"\, n. [F., fr. aubain an alien, fr. L. alibi elsewhere.] Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized. --Littr[82]. {Droit d'aubaine}, the right, formerly possessed by the king of France, to all the personal property of which an alien died possessed. It was abolished in 1819. --Bouvier. | |
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d8Aubin \[d8]Au"bin\, n. [F.] A broken gait of a horse, between an amble and a gallop; -- commonly called a {Canterbury gallop}. | |
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d8Avena \[d8]A*ve"na\, n. [L.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including the common oat ({Avena sativa}); the oat grasses. | |
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d8Ban \[d8]Ban\ (b[acr]n), n. [AS. bann command, edict; akin to D. ban, Icel. bann, Dan. band, OHG. ban, G. bann, a public proclamation, as of interdiction or excommunication, Gr. fa`nai to say, L. fari to speak, Skr. bhan to speak; cf. F. ban, LL. bannum, of G. origin. [root]86. Cf. {Abandon}, {Fame}.] 1. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation. 2. (Feudal & Mil.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army. 3. pl. Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See {Banns} (the common spelling in this sense). 4. An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. [bd]Under ban to touch.[b8] --Milton. 5. A curse or anathema. [bd]Hecate's ban.[b8] --Shak. 6. A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes. {Ban of the empire} (German Hist.), an imperial interdict by which political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away. | |
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d8Bema \[d8]Be"ma\, n. [Gr. [?] step, platform.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. --Mitford. 2. (Arch.) (a) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. (b) Erroneously: A pulpit. | |
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d8Bene \[d8]Bene\, Ben \Ben\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A hoglike mammal of New Guinea ({Porcula papuensis}). | |
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d8Bon \[d8]Bon\, a. [F., fr. L. bonus.] Good; valid as security for something. | |
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d8Bonne \[d8]Bonne\ (b[ocr]n), n. (F., prop. good woman.) A female servant charged with the care of a young child. | |
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d8Daphnia \[d8]Daph"ni*a\, n. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of the genus {Daphnia}. | |
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d8Dipnoi \[d8]Dip"no*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] [?] with two breathing apertures; di- = di`s- twice + [?] breath.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera {Ceratodus} and {Lepidosiren}, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See {Ceratodus}, and Illustration in Appendix. | |
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d8Eupn91a \[d8]Eup*n[91]"a\, n. [NL., fr. gr. [?] easy breathing; [?] well + [?] to breathe.] (Physiol.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspn[91]a, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized. --Foster. | |
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d8Faham \[d8]Fa"ham\, n. The leaves of an orchid ({Angraecum fragrans}), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea. | |
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d8Fehm \[d8]Fehm\, n., d8Fehmgericht \[d8]Fehm"ge*richt`\, n. Same as {Vehm}, {Vehmgericht}. | |
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d8Feme \[d8]Feme\ (? [or] ?), n. [OF. feme, F. femme.] (Old Law) A woman. --Burrill. {Feme covert} (Law), a married woman. See {Covert}, a., 3. {Feme sole} (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose husband is dead. {Feme sole} {trader [or] merchant} (Eng. Law), a married woman, who, by the custom of London, engages in business on her own account, inpendently of her husband. | |
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d8Femme \[d8]Femme\ (? [or] ?), n. [F.] A woman. See {Feme}, n. {Femme de chambre}. [F.] A lady's maid; a chambermaid. | |
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d8Foehn \[d8]Foehn\, n. [G. dial. (Swiss), fr. L. Favonius west wind. Cf. {Favonian}.] (Meteor.) (a) A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm. (b) Any similar wind, as the chinook, in other parts of the world. | |
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d8Ovum \[d8]O"vum\, n.; pl. L. {Ova}, E. {Ovums}. [L., an egg. See {Oval}.] 1. (Biol.) A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of {Mycropyle}. Note: The ovum is a typical cell, with a cell wall, cell substance, nucleus, and nucleolus. In man and the higher animals the cell wall, a vertically striated membrane, is called the zona pellucida; the cell contents, the vitellus; the nucleus, the germinal vesicle; and the nucleolus, the germinal spot. The diameter of the ripe ovum in man and the domestic animals varies between 1-200 and 1-120 of an inch. 2. (Arch.) One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved. --Gwilt. | |
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d8Pan \[d8]Pan\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Gr. Myth.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented. | |
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d8Panne \[d8]Panne\, n. [F.] A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close. | |
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d8Penna \[d8]Pen"na\, n.; pl. {Penn[91]}. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) A perfect, or normal, feather. | |
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d8Phyma \[d8]Phy"ma\, n.; pl. {Phymata}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to produce.] (Med.) A tubercle on any external part of the body. | |
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d8Pian \[d8]Pian\, n. [Pg. pian, epian, or. Sp. pian; from the native name in South America: cf. F. pian.] (Med.) The yaws. See {Yaws}. | |
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d8Piano \[d8]Pi*a"no\, a. & adv. [It., even, smooth, soft, fr. L. planus even, level.] (Mus.) Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.) | |
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d8Pieno \[d8]Pi*e"no\, a. [It., fr. L. plenus full.] (Mus.) Full; having all the instruments. | |
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d8Pinna \[d8]Pin"na\, n.; pl. {Pinn[91]}, E. {Pinnas}. [L., a feather.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of {Bipinnate leaf}, under {Bipinnate}. (b) One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ. 3. [L. pinna, akin to Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Pinna}, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity. 4. (Anat.) The auricle of the ear. See {Ear}. | |
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d8Pomm82 \[d8]Pom`m[82]"\, a. [F. See {Pomey}.] (Her.) Having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls; -- said of a cross. | |
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d8Puna \[d8]Pu"na\, n. [Sp., of Peruv. origin.] A cold arid table-land, as in the Andes of Peru. | |
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d8Py91mia \[d8]Py*[91]"mi*a\, d8Pyemia \[d8]Py*e"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] pus + [?] blood.] (Med.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption of pyogenic microorganisms into the blood, usually from a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion. -- {Py*[91]"mic}, {Py*e"mic}, a. | |
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d8Py91mia \[d8]Py*[91]"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] pus + [?] blood.] (Med.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion. | |
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d8Py91mia \[d8]Py*[91]"mi*a\, d8Pyemia \[d8]Py*e"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] pus + [?] blood.] (Med.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption of pyogenic microorganisms into the blood, usually from a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion. -- {Py*[91]"mic}, {Py*e"mic}, a. | |
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d8Vehm \[d8]Vehm\, d8Vehme \[d8]Vehme\, n.; pl. {Vehme}. [See {Vehmgericht}.] A vehmic court. | |
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d8Vehm \[d8]Vehm\, d8Vehme \[d8]Vehme\, n.; pl. {Vehme}. [See {Vehmgericht}.] A vehmic court. | |
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d8Vena \[d8]Ve"na\, n.; pl. {Ven[91]}. [L. See {Vein}.] A vein. {Vena cava}; pl. {Ven[91] cav[91]}. [L., literally, hollow vein.] (Anat.) Any one of the great systemic veins connected directly with the heart. {Vena contracta}. [L., literally, contracted vein.] (Hydraulics) The contracted portion of a liquid jet at and near the orifice from which it issues. {Vena port[91]}; pl. {Ven[92] port[91]}. [L., literally, vein of the entrance.] (Anat.) The portal vein of the liver. See under {Portal}. | |
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Daphne \Daph"ne\, n. [L., a laurel tree, from Gr. da`fnh.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms. 2. (Myth.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree. | |
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Dauphin \Dau"phin\, n. [F. dauphin, prop., a dolphin, from L. delphinus. See {Dolphin}. The name was given, for some reason unexplained, to Guigo, count of Vienne, in the 12th century, and was borne by succeeding counts of Vienne. In 1349, Dauphiny was bequeathed to Philippe de Valois, king of France, on condition that the heir of the crown should always hold the title of Dauphin de Viennois.] The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued. | |
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Dauphiness \Dau"phin*ess\, [or] Dauphine \Dau"phine\, n. The title of the wife of the dauphin. | |
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Davyne \Da"vyne\, n. [See {Davyum}.] (Min.) A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius. | |
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Davyum \Da"vy*um\, n. [Named after Sir Humphry Davy, the English chemist.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154. | |
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Deafen \Deaf"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deafened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deafening}.] [From {Deaf}.] 1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly. Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries. --Addison. 2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc. | |
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Deepen \Deep"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deepened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deepening}.] 1. To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel. It would . . . deepen the bed of the Tiber. --Addison. 2. To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom. You must deepen your colors. --Peacham. 3. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow. 4. To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ. Deepens the murmur of the falling floods. --Pope. | |
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Deepen \Deep"en\, v. i. To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens. His blood-red tresses deepening in the sun. --Byron. | |
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Defame \De*fame"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defaming}.] [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous); dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See {Fame}.] 1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse. 2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute. My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. --Dryden. 3. To charge; to accuse. [R.] Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See {Asperse}. | |
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Defame \De*fame"\, n. Dishonor. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Define \De*fine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defining}.] [OE. definer, usually, to end, to finish, F. d[82]finir to define, L. definire to limit, define; de- + finire to limit, end, finis boundary, limit, end. See {Final}, {Finish}.] 1. To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end. [bd]To define controversies.[b8] --Barrow. 2. To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country. 3. To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument. Rings . . . very distinct and well defined. --Sir I. Newton. 4. To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term. They define virtue to be life ordered according to nature. --Robynson (More's Utopia). | |
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Define \De*fine"\, v. i. To determine; to decide. [Obs.] | |
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Depone \De*pone"\ (d[esl]*p[omac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deponed} (-p[omac]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deponing}.] [L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See {Position}, and cf. {Deposit}.] 1. To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.] --Hudibras. 2. To lay down. [R.] --Southey. 3. To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism] Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference. --State Trials(1606). | |
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Depone \De*pone"\, v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [A Scotticism] The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. --Dunlop. | |
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Devon \De"von\, n. One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in the country of Devon, England. Those of pure blood have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called North Devons, is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen. | |
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Diaphane \Di"a*phane\, n. [Cf. F. diaphane diaphanous. See {Diaphanous}.] A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work. | |
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Diaphanie \Di*aph"a*nie\, n. The art of imitating [?][?]ined glass with translucent paper. | |
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Diffame \Dif*fame`\, n. [See {Defame}.] Evil name; bad reputation; defamation. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Diffine \Dif*fine"\, v. t. To define. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Divan \Di*van"\, n. [Per. d[c6]w[be]n a book of many leaves, an account book, a collection of books, a senate, council: cf. Ar. daiw[be]n, F. divan.] 1. A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz. [Persia] 2. In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly. --Pope. 3. A chief officer of state. [India] 4. A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room. 5. A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable. 6. A coffee and smoking saloon. [Colloq.] | |
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Divine \Di*vine"\, a. [Compar. {Diviner}; superl. {Divinest}.] [F. divin, L. divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. divus, dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr. [?], and L. deus, God. See {Deity}.] 1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. [bd]The immensity of the divine nature.[b8] --Paley. 2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. [bd]Divine protection.[b8] --Bacon. 3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship. 4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. [bd]The divine Apollo said.[b8] --Shak. 5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies. [bd]The divine Desdemona.[b8] --Shak. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. --Prov. xvi. 10. But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. --Gray. 6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.] Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him. --Milton. 7. Relating to divinity or theology. Church history and other divine learning. --South. Syn: Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial; pious; holy; sacred; pre[89]minent. | |
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Divine \Di*vine"\, v. i. 1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications. The prophets thereof divine for money. --Micah iii. 11. 2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding. Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. --Shak. 3. To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly. | |
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Divine \Di*vine"\, n. [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See {Divine}, a.] 1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian. [bd]Poets were the first divines.[b8] --Denham. 2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition. --J. Woodbridge. | |
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Divine \Di*vine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Divining}.] [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See {Divination}.] 1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture. A sagacity which divined the evil designs. --Bancroft. 2. To foretell; to predict; to presage. Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? --Shak. 3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] Living on earth like angel new divined. --Spenser. Syn: To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise. | |
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Horse \Horse\, n. (Student Slang) (a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; -- called also {trot}, {pony}, {Dobbin}. (b) Horseplay; tomfoolery. | |
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Dobbin \Dob"bin\, n. 1. An old jaded horse. --Shak. 2. Sea gravel mixed with sand. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dupion \Du"pi*on\, n. [F. doupion, It. doppione, fr. doppio double, L. duplus. See {Double}, and cf. {Doubloon}.] A double cocoon, made by two silkworms. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Daphne, AL (city, FIPS 19648) Location: 30.62693 N, 87.89729 W Population (1990): 11290 (4874 housing units) Area: 28.6 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36526 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dauphin, PA (borough, FIPS 18272) Location: 40.36877 N, 76.93039 W Population (1990): 845 (345 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17018 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Davin, WV Zip code(s): 25617 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Devine, TX (city, FIPS 20152) Location: 29.14541 N, 98.90470 W Population (1990): 3928 (1391 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78016 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Devon, PA Zip code(s): 19333 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Devonia, TN Zip code(s): 37710 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Debian non-profit volunteer organisation responsible for Debian {GNU}/{Linux} and Debian {GNU}/{Hurd}. Debian's {Linux} distribution is dedicated to free and {open source} software; the main goal of the distribution is to ensure that one can download and install a fully-functional {operating system} that is completely adherent to the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG). Debian was begun in August 1993 by Ian Murdock, and was sponsored by the {Free Software Foundation} from November 1994 to November 1995. The name Debian is a contraction of DEB(ra) and IAN Murdock. Debian's packaging system (dpkg) is similar to other popular packaging systems like {RPM}. There are over 2200 packages of precompiled software available in the main (free) section of the Debian 2.1 distribution alone -- this is what sets Debian apart from many other Linux distributions. The high quality and huge number of official packages (most Debian systems' /usr/local/ remains empty -- almost everything most Linux users want is officially packaged) are what draw many people to use Debian. Another unique aspect to the Debian project is the open development; pre-releases are made available from Day 1 and if anyone wishes to become a Debian developer, all that is needed is proof of identification and a signed {PGP} or {GPG} key. There are over 400 Debian developers all around the world -- many developers have never met face-to-face, and most development talks take place on the many {mailing lists} and the {IRC} network. {Home (http://www.debian.org/)}. {Debian Linux archives (ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian)}. (1999-02-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DPMI {DOS Protected Mode Interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DPN {Decomposed Petri Net} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dibon pining; wasting. (1.) A city in Moab (Num. 21:30); called also Dibon-gad (33:45), because it was built by Gad and Dimon (Isa. 15:9). It has been identified with the modern Diban, about 3 miles north of the Arnon and 12 miles east of the Dead Sea. (See Moabite Stone.) (2.) A city of the tribe of Judah, inhabited after the Captivity (Neh. 11:25); called also Dimonah (Josh. 15:22). It is probably the modern ed-Dheib. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dibon, abundance of knowledge |