English Dictionary: Dmpfungsfeder | by the DICT Development Group |
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d8Ambon \[d8]Am"bon\, n. Same as {Ambo}. | |
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d8Amphineura \[d8]Am`phi*neu"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. [?] + [?] sinew, nerve.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves. | |
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d8Amphiuma \[d8]Am`phi*u"ma\ ([acr]m`f[icr]*[umac]"m[adot]), n. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake. | |
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d8Embonpoint \[d8]Em`bon`point"\, n. [F., fr. en bon point in good condition. See {Bon}, and {Point}.] Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent. | |
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d8Empyema \[d8]Em`py*e"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], from [?] to suppurate; [?] in + [?] pus.] (Med.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. --Dunglison. Note: The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura. | |
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d8Impennes \[d8]Im*pen"nes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pref. im- not + penna feather.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight. | |
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d8Impoon \[d8]Im*poon"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The duykerbok. | |
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d8Infanta \[d8]In*fan"ta\, n. [Sp. & Pg., fem. of infante. See {Infante}.] A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest. | |
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d8Infante \[d8]In*fan"te\, n. [Sp. & Pg. See {Infant}.] A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent. | |
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d8Infinito \[d8]In`fi*ni"to\, a. [It.] (Mus.) Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning. See {Infinite}, a., 5. | |
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d8Infundibulum \[d8]In`fun*dib"u*lum\, n.; pl. L. {Infundibula}, E. {Infundibulums}. [L., a funnel, from infundere to pour in or into. See {Infuse}.] 1. (Anat.) A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads. (b) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See {Cephalopoda}. | |
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d8Neuvaines \[d8]Neu`vaines"\, n. pl. [F. neuvaine, fr. LL. novena, fr. L. novem. See {Noon}.] (R.C.Ch.) Prayers offered up for nine successive days. | |
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d8Nova \[d8]No"va\ (n[omac]"v[adot]), n.; pl. L. {Nov[91]} (-v[emac]), E. {Novas} (-v[adot]z). [L., fem. sing. of novus new.] (Astron.) A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities. Note: The most important modern nov[91] are: {[d8]No"va Co*ro"n[91] Bo`re*a"lis}[1866]; {[d8]No"va Cyg"ni}[1876]; {[d8]No"va An*dro"me*d[91]}[1885]; {[d8]No"va Au*ri"g[91]}[1891-92]; {[d8]No"va Per"se*i}[1901]. There are two nov[91] called {Nova Persei}. They are: (a) A small nova which appeared in 1881. (b) An extraordinary nova which appeared in Perseus in 1901. It was first sighted on February 22, and for one night (February 23) was the brightest star in the sky. By July it had almost disappeared, after which faint surrounding nebulous masses were discovered, apparently moving radially outward from the star at incredible velocity. | |
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d8Timpano \[d8]Tim"pa*no\, n.; pl. {Timpani}. [It.] (Mus.) See {Tympano}. | |
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d8Tympanites \[d8]Tym`pa*ni"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] a kettledrum.] (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany. | |
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d8Tympano \[d8]Tym"pa*no\, n.; pl. {Tympani}. [It. timpano. See {Tympanum}.] (Mus.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See {Kettledrum}. [Written also {timpano}.] | |
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Dambonite \Dam"bo*nite\ (-b[osl]*n[imac]t), n. [Cf. F. dambonite.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc. | |
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Dampen \Damp"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dampened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dampening}.] 1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet. 2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm. --The Century. | |
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Dampen \Damp"en\, v. i. To become damp; to deaden. --Byron. | |
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Dampen \Damp"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dampened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dampening}.] 1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet. 2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm. --The Century. | |
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Dampen \Damp"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dampened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dampening}.] 1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet. 2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm. --The Century. | |
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Damp \Damp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Damped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Damping}.] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See {Damp}, n.] 1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth. 2. To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage. [bd]To damp your tender hopes.[b8] --Akenside. Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug. --Bacon. How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word! --Sir J. Lubbock. The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers. --Macaulay. | |
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Dampne \Damp"ne\, v. t. To damn. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Dampness \Damp"ness\, n. Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness. | |
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Danubian \Da*nu"bi*an\, a. Pertaining to, or bordering on, the river Danube. | |
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Dean \Dean\, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See {Ten}, and cf. {Decemvir}.] 1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. {Dean of cathedral church}, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. {Dean of peculiars}, a dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.] {Rural dean}, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese. 2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. --Shipley. 3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities. 4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.] 5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. {Cardinal dean}, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. --Shipley. {Dean and chapter}, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries. {Dean of arches}, the lay judge of the court of arches. {Dean of faculty}, the president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh. {Dean of guild}, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law. {Dean of a monastery}, {Monastic dean}, a monastic superior over ten monks. {Dean's stall}. See {Decanal stall}, under {Decanal}. | |
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Dempne \Demp"ne\v. t. To damn; to condemn. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. [?] blind. See {Deaf}, and cf. {Dummy}.] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. --Hooker. 2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show. This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak. To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C. Shairp. 3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.] Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. --De Foe. {Deaf and dumb}. See {Deaf-mute}. {Dumb ague}, [or] {Dumb chill}, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined [bd]chill.[b8] [U.S.] {Dumb animal}, any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction to man, who is a [bd]speaking animal.[b8] {Dumb cake}, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. --Halliwell. {Dumb cane} (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family ({Dieffenbachia seguina}), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. {Dumb crambo}. See under {crambo}. {Dumb show}. (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. [bd]Inexplicable dumb shows and noise.[b8] --Shak. (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. {To strike dumb}, to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech. Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See {Mute}. | |
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Piano \Pi*an"o\, Pianoforte \Pi*an"o*for`te\, n. [It. piano soft (fr. L. planus even, smooth; see {Plain}, a.) + It. forte strong, fr. L. fortis (see {Fort}).] (Mus.) A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys. {Dumb piano}. See {Digitorium}. {Grand piano}. See under {Grand}. {Square piano}, one with a horizontal frame and an oblong case. {Upright piano}, one with an upright frame and vertical wires. | |
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Digitorium \Dig`i*to"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. digitus a finger.] A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also {dumb piano}. | |
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Piano \Pi*an"o\, Pianoforte \Pi*an"o*for`te\, n. [It. piano soft (fr. L. planus even, smooth; see {Plain}, a.) + It. forte strong, fr. L. fortis (see {Fort}).] (Mus.) A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys. {Dumb piano}. See {Digitorium}. {Grand piano}. See under {Grand}. {Square piano}, one with a horizontal frame and an oblong case. {Upright piano}, one with an upright frame and vertical wires. | |
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Digitorium \Dig`i*to"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. digitus a finger.] A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also {dumb piano}. | |
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Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumfounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dumfounding}.] To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also {dumbfound}.] --Spectator. | |
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Dumfounder \Dum"found`er\, v. t. To dumfound; to confound. [Written also {dumbfounder}.] | |
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Dumbness \Dumb"ness\, n. The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak. | |
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Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumfounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dumfounding}.] To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also {dumbfound}.] --Spectator. | |
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Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumfounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dumfounding}.] To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also {dumbfound}.] --Spectator. | |
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Dumfounder \Dum"found`er\, v. t. To dumfound; to confound. [Written also {dumbfounder}.] | |
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Dumfound \Dum"found`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumfounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dumfounding}.] To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also {dumbfound}.] --Spectator. | |
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Dumpiness \Dump"i*ness\, n. The state of being dumpy. | |
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Dump \Dump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dumping}.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. {Dump} sadness.] 1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Dumping car} [or] {cart}, a railway car, or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called also {dump car}, or {dump cart}. | |
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Dump \Dump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dumping}.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. {Dump} sadness.] 1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Dumping car} [or] {cart}, a railway car, or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called also {dump car}, or {dump cart}. | |
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Hopper \Hop"per\, n. [See 1st {Hop}.] 1. One who, or that which, hops. 2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car. 3. (Mus.) See {Grasshopper}, 2. 4. pl. A game. See {Hopscotch}. --Johnson. 5. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Grasshopper}, and {Frog hopper}, {Grape hopper}, {Leaf hopper}, {Tree hopper}, under {Frog}, {Grape}, {Leaf}, and {Tree}. (b) The larva of a cheese fly. 6. (Naut.) A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; -- called also {dumping scow}. {Bell and hopper} (Metal.), the apparatus at the top of a blast furnace, through which the charge is introduced, while the gases are retained. {Hopper boy}, a rake in a mill, moving in a circle to spread meal for drying, and to draw it over an opening in the floor, through which it falls. {Hopper closet}, a water-closet, without a movable pan, in which the receptacle is a funnel standing on a draintrap. {Hopper cock}, a faucet or valve for flushing the hopper of a water-closet. | |
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