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d8Aam \[d8]Aam\ ([add]m or [aum]m), n. [D. aam, fr. LL. ama; cf. L. hama a water bucket, Gr. [?]] A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36[ab], at Hamburg 38[ac]. [Written also {Aum} and {Awm}.] | |
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d8Amia \[d8]Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a kind of tunny.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called {bowfin} in Lake Champlain, {dogfish} in Lake Erie, and {mudfish} in South Carolina, etc. See {Bowfin}. | |
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d8Amma \[d8]Am"ma\, n. [LL. amma, prob. of interjectional or imitative origin: cf. Sp. ama, G. amme, nurse, Basque ama mother, Heb. [?]m, Ar. immun, ummun.] An abbes or spiritual mother. | |
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d8An91mia \[d8]A*n[91]"mi*a\ ([adot]*n[emac]"m[icr]*[adot]), a. [NL., fr. Gr. 'anaimi`a; 'an priv. + a'i^ma blood.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity. | |
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d8Ani \[d8]A"ni\or d8Ano \[d8]A"no\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida ({Crotophaga ani}), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting. | |
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d8Anna \[d8]An"na\, n. [Hindi [be]n[be].] An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2[?] cents. | |
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d8Ani \[d8]A"ni\or d8Ano \[d8]A"no\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida ({Crotophaga ani}), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting. | |
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d8Anoa \[d8]A*noa"\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A small wild ox of Celebes ({Anoa depressicornis}), allied to the buffalo, but having long nearly straight horns. | |
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d8Aune \[d8]Aune\, n. [F. See {Alnage}.] A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the meter. | |
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d8d1dema \[d8][d1]*de"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] a swelling, tumor, fr. [?] to swell.] (Med.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue. [Written also {edema}.] | |
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d8Dhony \[d8]Dho"ny\, n. A Ceylonese boat. See {Doni}. | |
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d8Dimya \[d8]Dim"y*a\, Dimyaria \Dim`y*a"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] = [?] + [?] to close.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See {Bivalve}. | |
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d8Dion91a \[d8]Di`o*n[91]"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a name of Aphrodite.] (Bot.) An insectivorous plant. See {Venus's flytrap}. | |
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d8Donn82e \[d8]Don`n[82]e"\, n. [F., fr. donner to give.] Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. --W. E. Henley. That favorite romance donn[82]e of the heir kept out of his own. --Saintsbury. | |
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d8Douane \[d8]Dou`ane"\, n. [F.] A customhouse. | |
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d8Doyen \[d8]Doy`en"\, n. [F. See {Dean}.] Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the doyen of French physicians. [bd]This doyen of newspapers.[b8] --A. R. Colquhoun. | |
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d8Duomo \[d8]Duo"mo\, n. [It. See {Done}.] A cathedral. See {Dome}, 2. Of tower or duomo, sunny sweet. --Tennyson. | |
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d8Ennui \[d8]En`nui"\, n. [F., fr. L. in odio in hatred. See {Annoy}.] A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium. --T. Gray. | |
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d8Ennuy82 \[d8]En`nuy`[82]"\, a. [F., p. p. of ennuyer. See {Ennui}.] Affected with ennui; weary in spirits; emotionally exhausted. | |
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d8Ennuy82 \[d8]En`nuy`[82]"\, n. [F.] One who is affected with ennui. | |
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d8Ennuy82e \[d8]En`nuy`[82]e"\, n. [F.] A woman affected with ennui. --Mrs. Jameson. | |
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d8In82e \[d8]I`n[82]e"\, n. [F.] An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant ({Strophanthus hispidus}) of the Gaboon country; -- called also {onaye}. | |
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d8Inia \[d8]In"i*a\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South American freshwater dolphin ({Inia Boliviensis}). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout. | |
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d8Ma \[d8]Ma\, conj. [It.] (Mus.) But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, [bd]Vivace, ma non troppo presto[b8] (i. e., lively, but not too quick). --Moore (Encyc. of Music). | |
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d8Maha \[d8]Ma"ha\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A kind of baboon; the wanderoo. | |
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d8Mahoohoo \[d8]Ma*hoo"hoo\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The African white two-horned rhinoceros ({Atelodus simus}). | |
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d8Maia \[d8]Ma"i*a\, n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species ({Maia squinado}). (b) A beautiful American bombycid moth ({Eucronia maia}). | |
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d8Maya \[d8]Ma"ya\ (m[aum]"y[aum]), n. (Hindoo Philos.) The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion. | |
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d8Moho \[d8]Mo"ho\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A gallinule ({Notornis Mantelli}) formerly inhabiting New Zealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of flight. See {Notornis}. | |
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d8Moya \[d8]Moy"a\, n. Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called in South America. | |
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d8Mya \[d8]My"a\, n. [L. mya a kind of mussel.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam. | |
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d8N91nia \[d8]N[91]"ni*a\, n. See {Nenia}. | |
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d8Nee \[d8]Nee\, p. p., fem. [F., fr. L. nata, fem. of natus, p. p. of nasci to be born. See {Nation}.] Born; -- a term sometimes used in introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth; as, Madame de Sta[89]l, n[82]e Necker. | |
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d8Noyau \[d8]Noy`au"\, n. [F., prop., the stone or nut of a fruit, fr. L. nucalis like a nut. See {Newel} a post.] A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc. | |
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d8Om \[d8]Om\, interj. & n. [Also {Aum}, {Um}.] [Skr. [d3]m.] A mystic syllable or ejaculation used by Hindus and Buddhists in religious rites, -- orig. among the Hindus an exclamation of assent, like Amen, then an invocation, and later a symbol of the trinity formed by Vishnu, Siva, and Brahma. {Om mani padme hun}, a sacred formula of buddhism (esp. of the Lamaists) translated [bd]O, the Jewel in the Lotus, Amen,[b8] and referring to Amitabha, who is commonly represented as standing or sitting within a lotus. | |
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d8T91dium \[d8]T[91]"di*um\, n. [L.] See {Tedium}. | |
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d8T91nia \[d8]T[91]"ni*a\, n.; pl. {T[91]ni[91]}. [L., a ribbon, a tapeworm.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See {Tapeworm}. 2. (Anat.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain. 3. (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave. | |
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d8Tenia \[d8]Te"ni*a\, n. [NL.] See {T[91]nia}. | |
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d8Tenn82 \[d8]Ten`n[82]"\, n. [Cf. {Tawny}.] (Her.) A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines. | |
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d8Tenno \[d8]Ten*no"\, n. [Jap. tenn[d3], fr. Chin. t'ien heaven + wang king.] Lit., King of Heaven; -- a title of the emperor of Japan as the head of the Shinto religion. | |
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d8Thana \[d8]Tha"na\ (t[aum]"n[aum]), n. [Written also {tana}, {tanna}.] [Hind. th[be]n[be].] A police station. [India] --Kipling. | |
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d8Tinea \[d8]Tin"e*a\, n. [L., a worm, a moth.] 1. (Med.) A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See {Ringworm}, and {Sycosis}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths. | |
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d8Ton \[d8]Ton\, n. [F. See {Tone}.] The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton. --Byron. If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish. --Thackeray. {Bon ton}. See in the Vocabulary. | |
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d8Tonne \[d8]Tonne\, n. [F.] A metric ton. | |
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d8Tonneau \[d8]Ton`neau"\, n.; pl. {Tonneaux}. [F.] 1. In France, a light-wheeled vehicle with square or rounded body and rear entrance. 2. (Automobiles) Orig., the after part of the body with entrance at the rear (as in vehicle in def. 1); now, one with sides closing in the seat or seats and entered by a door usually at the side, also, the entire body of an automobile having such an after part. 3. = {Tonne}. | |
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d8Tuum \[d8]Tu"um\, n. [L.] Lit., thine; that which is thine; -- used in meum and tuum. See 2d {Meum}. | |
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d8Yama \[d8]Ya"ma\, n. [Skr. yama a twin.] (Hindoo Myth.) The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands. | |
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d8Yen \[d8]Yen\, n. The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50 cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen. | |
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d8Yoni \[d8]Yo"ni\, n. [Skr. y[?]ni.] (Hindoo Myth.) The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. {Lingam}. | |
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Dahoon \Da*hoon"\ (d[adot]*h[oomac]n"), [Origin unknown.] An evergreen shrub or small tree ({Ilex cassine}) of the southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close-grained wood; -- called also {dahoon holly}. | |
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Daimio \Dai"mi*o\, n.; pl. {Daimios}. [Jap., fr. Chin. tai ming great name.] The title of the feudal nobles of Japan. | |
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Dam \Dam\, n. [OE. dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See {Dame}.] 1. A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . .Dame is used of a hen; we now make a great difference between dame and dam. --T. L. K. Oliphant. The dam runs lowing up end down, Looking the way her harmless young one went. --Shak. 2. A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts. | |
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Dam \Dam\, n. [Akin to OLG., D., & Dan. dam, G. & Sw. damm, Icel. dammr, and AS. fordemman to stop up, Goth. Fa[a3]rdammjan.] 1. A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water. 2. (Metal.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace. {Dam plate} (Blast Furnace), an iron plate in front of the dam, to strengthen it. | |
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Dam \Dam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Damming}.] 1. To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up. I'll have the current in this place dammed up. --Shak. A weight of earth that dams in the water. --Mortimer. 2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain. The strait pass was dammed With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. --Shak. {To dam out}, to keep out by means of a dam. | |
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Dame \Dame\ (d[amac]m), n. [F. dame, LL. domna, fr. L. domina mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to domare to tame, subdue. See {Tame}, and cf. {Dam} a mother, {Dan}, {Danger}, {Dungeon}, {Dominie}, {Don}, n., {Duenna}.] 1. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady. Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife. --Shak. 2. The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school. In the dame's classes at the village school. --Emerson. 3. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman. 4. A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Damn \Damn\ (d[acr]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Damned} (d[acr]md or d[acr]m"n[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Damning} (d[acr]m"[icr]ng or d[acr]m"n[icr]ng).] [OE. damnen dampnen (with excrescent p), OF. damner, dampner, F. damner, fr. L. damnare, damnatum, to condemn, fr. damnum damage, a fine, penalty. Cf. {Condemn}, {Damage}.] 1. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure. He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. --Shak. 2. (Theol.) To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse. 3. To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc. You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing. --Pope. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer. --Pope. Note: Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively. | |
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Damn \Damn\, v. i. To invoke damnation; to curse. [bd]While I inwardly damn.[b8] --Goldsmith. | |
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Dan \Dan\, n. [OE. dan, danz, OF. danz (prop. only nom.), dan, master, fr. L. dominus. See {Dame}.] A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. [Obs.] Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell. --Spenser. What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land. --Thomson. | |
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Dan \Dan\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines. | |
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Dane \Dane\, n. [LL. Dani: cf. AS. Dene.] A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark. {Great Dane}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Danish dog}, under {Danish}. | |
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Daun \Daun\, n. A variant of Dan, a title of honor. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Dawn \Dawn\, n. 1. The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise. And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve. --Thomson. No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day. --Hood. 2. First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. [bd]The dawn of time.[b8] --Thomson. These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. --Pope. | |
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Dawn \Dawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dawning}.] [OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien, AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. d[91]g day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See {Day}. [root]71.] 1. To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher. --Matt. xxviii. 1. 2. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. [bd]In dawning youth.[b8] --Dryden. When life awakes, and dawns at every line. --Pope. Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. --Heber, | |
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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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Deem \Deem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deeming}.] [OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. d[?]man, fr. d[?]m doom; akin to OFries. d[?]ma, OS. ad[?]mian, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. d[91]ma, Sw. d[94]mma, Dan. d[94]mme, Goth. d[?]mjan. See {Doom}, n., and cf. {Doom}, v.] 1. To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. [Obs.] Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree. --Chaucer. 2. To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard. For never can I deem him less him less than god. --Dryden. | |
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Deem \Deem\, v. i. 1. To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose. And deemest thou as those who pore, With aged eyes, short way before? --Emerson. 2. To pass judgment. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Deem \Deem\, n. Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Deme \Deme\ (d[emac]m), n. [Gr. dh^mos.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township. --Jowett (Thucyd.). 2. (Biol.) An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids. | |
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Demi- \Dem"i-\ [F. demi-, fr. L. dimidius half; di- = dis- + medius middle. See {Medium}, and cf. {Demy}, {Dimidiate}.] A prefix, signifying half. | |
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Demi \De*mi"\, n. See {Demy}, n. | |
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Demy \De*my"\, n.; pl. {Demies}. [See {Demi-}.] 1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under {Paper}. 2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also {demi}.] He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called [bd]scholars,[b8] young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. --Johnson. | |
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Demi- \Dem"i-\ [F. demi-, fr. L. dimidius half; di- = dis- + medius middle. See {Medium}, and cf. {Demy}, {Dimidiate}.] A prefix, signifying half. | |
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Demi \De*mi"\, n. See {Demy}, n. | |
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Demy \De*my"\, n.; pl. {Demies}. [See {Demi-}.] 1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under {Paper}. 2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also {demi}.] He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called [bd]scholars,[b8] young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. --Johnson. | |
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Demi- \Dem"i-\ [F. demi-, fr. L. dimidius half; di- = dis- + medius middle. See {Medium}, and cf. {Demy}, {Dimidiate}.] A prefix, signifying half. | |
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Demi \De*mi"\, n. See {Demy}, n. | |
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Demy \De*my"\, n.; pl. {Demies}. [See {Demi-}.] 1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under {Paper}. 2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also {demi}.] He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called [bd]scholars,[b8] young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. --Johnson. | |
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Demy \De*my"\, n.; pl. {Demies}. [See {Demi-}.] 1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under {Paper}. 2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also {demi}.] He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called [bd]scholars,[b8] young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. --Johnson. | |
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Demy \De*my"\, a. Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book. | |
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Den \Den\, n. [AS. denn; perh. akin to G. tenne floor, thrashing floor, and to AS. denu valley.] 1. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers. 2. A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice. [bd]Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of great capitals.[b8] --Addison. 3. Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone. [Colloq.] 4. [AS. denu.] A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. & Scotch] --Shak. | |
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Den \Den\, v. i. To live in, or as in, a den. The sluggish salvages that den below. --G. Fletcher. | |
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Denay \De*nay"\, v. t. [See {Deny}.] To deny. [Obs.] That with great rage he stoutly doth denay. --Spenser. | |
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Denay \De*nay"\, n. Denial; refusal. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Deny \De*ny"\, v. i. To answer in [?][?][?] negative; to declare an assertion not to be true. Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. --Gen. xviii. 15. | |
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Deny \De*ny"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denying}.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. d[82]nier, fr. L. denegare; de- + negare to say no, deny. See {Negation}.] 1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit. Note: We deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself. 2. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] [bd]If you deny to dance.[b8] --Shak. 3. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request. Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies? --Pope. To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it. --J. Edwards. 4. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow. The falsehood of denying his opinion. --Bancroft. Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved. --Keble. {To deny one's self}, to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self-denial. Let him deny himself, and take up his cross. --Matt. xvi. 24. | |
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Doni \Do"ni\, n. [Tamil t[?]n[c6].] (Naut.) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Written also {dhony}, {doney}, and {done}.] | |
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Dian \Di"an\, a. Diana. [Poetic] | |
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Diana \Di*a"na\, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess {Artemis}. And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. --Pope. {Diana monkey} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey of West Africa ({Cercopithecus Diana}). | |
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Dim \Dim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dimming}.] 1. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse. A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants. --Dryden. Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways. --Cowper. 2. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of. Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears. --C. Pitt. | |
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Dim \Dim\, a. [Compar. {Dimmer}; superl. {Dimmest}.] [AS. dim; akin to OFries. dim, Icel. dimmr: cf. MHG. timmer, timber; of uncertain origin.] 1. Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished. The dim magnificence of poetry. --Whewell. How is the gold become dim! --Lam. iv. 1. I never saw The heavens so dim by day. --Shak. Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. --Wordsworth. 2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse. Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. --Job xvii. 7. The understanding is dim. --Rogers. Note: Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc. Syn: Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished. | |
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Dim \Dim\, v. i. To grow dim. --J. C. Shairp. | |
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Dime \Dime\, n. [F. d[8c]me tithe, OF. disme, fr. L. decimus the tenth, fr. decem ten. See {Decimal}.] A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar. {Dime novel}, a novel, commonly sensational and trashy, which is sold for a dime, or ten cents. | |
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Dimmish \Dim"mish\, Dimmy \Dim"my\, a. Somewhat dim; as, dimmish eyes. [bd]Dimmy clouds.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Din \Din\, v. i. To sound with a din; a ding. The gay viol dinning in the dale. --A. Seward. | |
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Din \Din\, n. [AS. dyne, dyn; akin to Icel. dynr, and to AS. dynian to resound, Icel. dynja to pour down like hail or rain; cf. Skr. dhuni roaring, a torrent, dhvan to sound. Cf. {Dun} to ask payment.] Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar. Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? --Shak. He knew the battle's din afar. --Sir W. Scott. The dust and din and steam of town. --Tennyson. | |
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Din \Din\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dinning}.] [AS. dynian. See {Din}, n.] 1. To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries. 2. To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding. This hath been often dinned in my ears. --Swift. {To din into}, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Do \Do\, v. t. [or] auxiliary. [imp. {Din}; p. p. {Done}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doing}. This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus: I do, thou doest ([?]) or dost [?], he does ([?]), doeth ([?]), or doth ([?]); when auxiliary, the second person is, thou dost. As an independent verb, dost is obsolete or rare, except in poetry. [bd]What dost thou in this world?[b8] --Milton. The form doeth is a verb unlimited, doth, formerly so used, now being the auxiliary form. The second pers, sing., imperfect tense, is didst ([?]), formerly didest ([?]).] [AS. d[?]n; akin to D. doen, OS. duan, OHG. tuon, G. thun, Lith. deti, OSlav. d[?]ti, OIr. d[82]nim I do, Gr. [?] to put, Skr. dh[be], and to E. suffix -dom, and prob. to L. facere to do, E. fact, and perh. to L. -dere in some compounfds, as addere to add, credere to trust. [?][?][?] Cf. {Deed}, {Deem}, {Doom}, {Fact}, {Creed}, {Theme}.] 1. To place; to put. [Obs.] --Tale of a Usurer (about 1330). 2. To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive. [Obs.] My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences. --W. Caxton. I shall . . . your cloister do make. --Piers Plowman. A fatal plague which many did to die. --Spenser. We do you to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. --2 Cor. viii. 1. Note: We have lost the idiom shown by the citations (do used like the French faire or laisser), in which the verb in the infinitive apparently, but not really, has a passive signification, i. e., cause . . . to be made. 3. To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve. The neglecting it may do much danger. --Shak. He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good not harm. --Shak. 4. To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work. --Ex. xx. 9. We did not do these things. --Ld. Lytton. You can not do wrong without suffering wrong. --Emerson. Hence: To do homage, honor, favor, justice, etc., to render homage, honor, etc. 5. To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done. [bd]Ere summer half be done.[b8] [bd]I have done weeping.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Dine \Dine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dining}.] [F. d[8c]ner, OF. disner, LL. disnare, contr. fr. an assumed disjunare; dis- + an assumed junare (OF. juner) to fast, for L. jejunare, fr. jejunus fasting. See {Jejune}, and cf. {Dinner}, {D[?]jeuner}.] To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner. Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. --Shak. {To dine with Duke Humphrey}, to go without dinner; -- a phrase common in Elizabethan literature, said to be from the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's. | |
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Dine \Dine\, v. t. 1. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men. A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To dine upon; to have to eat. [Obs.] [bd]What will ye dine.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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-dom \-dom\ A suffix denoting: (a) Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as in kingdom earldom. (b) State, condition, or quality of being, as in wisdom, freedom. Note: It is from the same root as doom meaning authority and judgment. [?]. See {Doom}. | |
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Dom \Dom\, n. [Pg. See {Don}.] 1. A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See {Don}, and {Dan}. 2. In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes. | |
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-dom \-dom\ A suffix denoting: (a) Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as in kingdom earldom. (b) State, condition, or quality of being, as in wisdom, freedom. Note: It is from the same root as doom meaning authority and judgment. [?]. See {Doom}. | |
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Dom \Dom\, n. [Pg. See {Don}.] 1. A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See {Don}, and {Dan}. 2. In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes. | |
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Dome \Dome\, n. [F. d[93]me, It. duomo, fr. L. domus a house, domus Dei or Domini, house of the Lord, house of God; akin to Gr. [?] house, [?] to build, and E. timber. See {Timber}.] 1. A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry. Approach the dome, the social banquet share. --Pope. 2. (Arch.) A cupola formed on a large scale. Note: [bd]The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal church of a city, and the Germans call every cathedral church Dom; and it is supposed that the word in its present English sense has crept into use from the circumstance of such buildings being frequently surmounted by a cupola.[b8] --Am. Cyc. 3. Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc. 4. (Crystallog.) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form. Note: If the plane is parallel to the longer diagonal (macrodiagonal) of the prism, it is called a macrodome; if parallel to the shorter (brachydiagonal), it is a brachydome; if parallel to the inclined diagonal in a monoclinic crystal, it is called a clinodome; if parallel to the orthodiagonal axis, an orthodome. --Dana. | |
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Dome \Dome\, n. [See {Doom}.] Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Cupola \Cu"po*la\ (k?"p?-l?), n.; pl. {Cupolas} (-l[?]z). [It. cupola, LL. cupula, cuppula (cf. L. cupula little tub). fr. cupa, cuppa, cup; cf. L. cupa tub. So called on account of its resemblance to a cup turned over. See {Cup}, and cf. {Cupule}.] 1. (Arch.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called {dome}. 2. A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern. 3. A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works. 4. A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance. 5. (Anat.) The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear. | |
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Dome \Dome\, n. [F. d[93]me, It. duomo, fr. L. domus a house, domus Dei or Domini, house of the Lord, house of God; akin to Gr. [?] house, [?] to build, and E. timber. See {Timber}.] 1. A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry. Approach the dome, the social banquet share. --Pope. 2. (Arch.) A cupola formed on a large scale. Note: [bd]The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal church of a city, and the Germans call every cathedral church Dom; and it is supposed that the word in its present English sense has crept into use from the circumstance of such buildings being frequently surmounted by a cupola.[b8] --Am. Cyc. 3. Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc. 4. (Crystallog.) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form. Note: If the plane is parallel to the longer diagonal (macrodiagonal) of the prism, it is called a macrodome; if parallel to the shorter (brachydiagonal), it is a brachydome; if parallel to the inclined diagonal in a monoclinic crystal, it is called a clinodome; if parallel to the orthodiagonal axis, an orthodome. --Dana. | |
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Dome \Dome\, n. [See {Doom}.] Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Cupola \Cu"po*la\ (k?"p?-l?), n.; pl. {Cupolas} (-l[?]z). [It. cupola, LL. cupula, cuppula (cf. L. cupula little tub). fr. cupa, cuppa, cup; cf. L. cupa tub. So called on account of its resemblance to a cup turned over. See {Cup}, and cf. {Cupule}.] 1. (Arch.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called {dome}. 2. A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern. 3. A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works. 4. A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance. 5. (Anat.) The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear. | |
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Don \Don\, n. [Sp. don; akin to Pg. dom, It. donno; fr. L. dominus master. See {Dame}, and cf. {Domine}, {Dominie}, {Domino}, {Dan}, {Dom}.] 1. Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes. Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in Spain France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dom Calmet, England of Dan Lydgate. --Oliphant. 2. A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities. [Univ. Cant] [bd]The great dons of wit.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Don \Don\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Donned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Donning}.] [Do + on; -- opposed to doff. See {Do}, v. t., 7.] To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with. Should I don this robe and trouble you. --Shak. At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. --Emerson. | |
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Do \Do\, v. t. [or] auxiliary. [imp. {Din}; p. p. {Done}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doing}. This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus: I do, thou doest ([?]) or dost [?], he does ([?]), doeth ([?]), or doth ([?]); when auxiliary, the second person is, thou dost. As an independent verb, dost is obsolete or rare, except in poetry. [bd]What dost thou in this world?[b8] --Milton. The form doeth is a verb unlimited, doth, formerly so used, now being the auxiliary form. The second pers, sing., imperfect tense, is didst ([?]), formerly didest ([?]).] [AS. d[?]n; akin to D. doen, OS. duan, OHG. tuon, G. thun, Lith. deti, OSlav. d[?]ti, OIr. d[82]nim I do, Gr. [?] to put, Skr. dh[be], and to E. suffix -dom, and prob. to L. facere to do, E. fact, and perh. to L. -dere in some compounfds, as addere to add, credere to trust. [?][?][?] Cf. {Deed}, {Deem}, {Doom}, {Fact}, {Creed}, {Theme}.] 1. To place; to put. [Obs.] --Tale of a Usurer (about 1330). 2. To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive. [Obs.] My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences. --W. Caxton. I shall . . . your cloister do make. --Piers Plowman. A fatal plague which many did to die. --Spenser. We do you to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. --2 Cor. viii. 1. Note: We have lost the idiom shown by the citations (do used like the French faire or laisser), in which the verb in the infinitive apparently, but not really, has a passive signification, i. e., cause . . . to be made. 3. To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve. The neglecting it may do much danger. --Shak. He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good not harm. --Shak. 4. To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work. --Ex. xx. 9. We did not do these things. --Ld. Lytton. You can not do wrong without suffering wrong. --Emerson. Hence: To do homage, honor, favor, justice, etc., to render homage, honor, etc. 5. To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done. [bd]Ere summer half be done.[b8] [bd]I have done weeping.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Done \Done\, p. p. from {Do}, and formerly the infinitive. 1. Performed; executed; finished. 2. It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; -- used elliptically. {Done brown}, a phrase in cookery; applied figuratively to one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled. [Colloq.] {Done for}, tired out; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead; killed. [Colloq.] {Done up}. (a) Wrapped up. (b) Worn out; exhausted. [Colloq.] | |
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Done \Done\, a. [Prob. corrupted from OF. don[82], F. donn[82], p. p. of OF. doner, F. donner, to give, issue, fr. L. donare to give. See {Donate}, and cf. {Donee}.] Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act. | |
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Doni \Do"ni\, n. [Tamil t[?]n[c6].] (Naut.) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Written also {dhony}, {doney}, and {done}.] | |
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Do \Do\, v. t. [or] auxiliary. [imp. {Din}; p. p. {Done}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doing}. This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus: I do, thou doest ([?]) or dost [?], he does ([?]), doeth ([?]), or doth ([?]); when auxiliary, the second person is, thou dost. As an independent verb, dost is obsolete or rare, except in poetry. [bd]What dost thou in this world?[b8] --Milton. The form doeth is a verb unlimited, doth, formerly so used, now being the auxiliary form. The second pers, sing., imperfect tense, is didst ([?]), formerly didest ([?]).] [AS. d[?]n; akin to D. doen, OS. duan, OHG. tuon, G. thun, Lith. deti, OSlav. d[?]ti, OIr. d[82]nim I do, Gr. [?] to put, Skr. dh[be], and to E. suffix -dom, and prob. to L. facere to do, E. fact, and perh. to L. -dere in some compounfds, as addere to add, credere to trust. [?][?][?] Cf. {Deed}, {Deem}, {Doom}, {Fact}, {Creed}, {Theme}.] 1. To place; to put. [Obs.] --Tale of a Usurer (about 1330). 2. To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive. [Obs.] My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences. --W. Caxton. I shall . . . your cloister do make. --Piers Plowman. A fatal plague which many did to die. --Spenser. We do you to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. --2 Cor. viii. 1. Note: We have lost the idiom shown by the citations (do used like the French faire or laisser), in which the verb in the infinitive apparently, but not really, has a passive signification, i. e., cause . . . to be made. 3. To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve. The neglecting it may do much danger. --Shak. He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good not harm. --Shak. 4. To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work. --Ex. xx. 9. We did not do these things. --Ld. Lytton. You can not do wrong without suffering wrong. --Emerson. Hence: To do homage, honor, favor, justice, etc., to render homage, honor, etc. 5. To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done. [bd]Ere summer half be done.[b8] [bd]I have done weeping.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Done \Done\, p. p. from {Do}, and formerly the infinitive. 1. Performed; executed; finished. 2. It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; -- used elliptically. {Done brown}, a phrase in cookery; applied figuratively to one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled. [Colloq.] {Done for}, tired out; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead; killed. [Colloq.] {Done up}. (a) Wrapped up. (b) Worn out; exhausted. [Colloq.] | |
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Done \Done\, a. [Prob. corrupted from OF. don[82], F. donn[82], p. p. of OF. doner, F. donner, to give, issue, fr. L. donare to give. See {Donate}, and cf. {Donee}.] Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act. | |
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Doni \Do"ni\, n. [Tamil t[?]n[c6].] (Naut.) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Written also {dhony}, {doney}, and {done}.] | |
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Donee \Do*nee"\, n. [OF. don[82], F. donn[82], p. p. See the preceding word.] 1. The person to whom a gift or donation is made. 2. (Law) Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called the appointor. | |
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Doni \Do"ni\, n. [Tamil t[?]n[c6].] (Naut.) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Written also {dhony}, {doney}, and {done}.] | |
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Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden. The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --Shak. Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. --Thomson. Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc. {Hedge bells}, {Hedge bindweed} (Bot.), a climbing plant related to the morning-glory ({Convolvulus sepium}). {Hedge bill}, a long-handled billhook. {Hedge garlic} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alliaria}. See {Garlic mustard}, under {Garlic}. {Hedge hyssop} (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus {Gratiola}, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative. {Hedge marriage}, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.] {Hedge mustard} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Sisymbrium}, belonging to the Mustard family. {Hedge nettle} (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus {Stachys}, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless. {Hedge note}. (a) The note of a hedge bird. (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden. {Hedge priest}, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak. {Hedge school}, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics. {Hedge sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a European warbler ({Accentor modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also {chanter}, {hedge warbler}, {dunnock}, and {doney}. {Hedge writer}, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift. {To breast up a hedge}. See under {Breast}. {To hang in the hedge}, to be at a standstill. [bd]While the business of money hangs in the hedge.[b8] --Pepys. | |
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Doni \Do"ni\, n. [Tamil t[?]n[c6].] (Naut.) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Written also {dhony}, {doney}, and {done}.] | |
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Donna \Don"na\, n. [It. donna, L. domina. See {Don}, {Dame}.] A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy. | |
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Doom \Doom\, n. [As. d[?]m; akin to OS. d[?]m, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. d[?]mr, Goth. d[?]ms, Gr. [?] law; fr. the root of E. do, v. t. [?]. See {Do}, v. t., and cf. {Deem}, {-dom}.] 1. Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation. The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. --J. R. Green. Now against himself he sounds this doom. --Shak. 2. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty. Ere Hector meets his doom. --Pope. And homely household task shall be her doom. --Dryden. 3. Ruin; death. This is the day of doom for Bassianus. --Shak. 4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision. [Obs.] And there he learned of things and haps to come, To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom. --Fairfax. Syn: Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot; ruin; destruction. | |
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Doom \Doom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dooming}.] 1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.] --Milton. 2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death. Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. --Dryden. 3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine. Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak. 4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New England] --J. Pickering. 5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate. A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties. --Macaulay. | |
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Down \Down\, n. [Akin to LG. dune, dun, Icel. d[?]nn, Sw. dun, Dan. duun, G. daune, cf. D. dons; perh. akin to E. dust.] 1. Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool; esp.: (a) (Zo[94]l.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets. (b) (Bot.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle. (c) The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear. And the first down begins to shade his face. --Dryden. 2. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down When in the down I sink my head, Sleep, Death's twin brother, times my breath. --Tennyson. Thou bosom softness, down of all my cares! --Southern. | |
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Down \Down\, v. t. To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down. [R.] --Young. | |
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Down \Down\, n. [OE. dun, doun, AS. d[?]n; of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. d[?]n hill, fortified hill, Gael. dun heap, hillock, hill, W. din a fortified hill or mount; akin to E. town. See {Town}, and cf. {Down}, adv. & prep., {Dune}.] 1. A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural. Hills afford prospects, as they must needs acknowledge who have been on the downs of Sussex. --Ray. She went by dale, and she went by down. --Tennyson. 2. A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural. [Eng.] Seven thousand broad-tailed sheep grazed on his downs. --Sandys. 3. pl. A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war. On the 11th [June, 1771] we run up the channel . . . at noon we were abreast of Dover, and about three came to an anchor in the Downs, and went ashore at Deal. --Cook (First Voyage). 4. pl. [From the adverb.] A state of depression; low state; abasement. [Colloq.] It the downs of life too much outnumber the ups. --M. Arnold. | |
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Down \Down\, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[?]n, ad[?]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up. 2. Hence, in many derived uses, as: (a) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion. It will be rain to-night. Let it come down. --Shak. I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Tennyson. And that drags down his life. --Tennyson. There is not a more melancholy object in the learned world than a man who has written himself down. --Addison. The French . . . shone down [i. e., outshone] the English. --Shak. (b) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet. I was down and out of breath. --Shak. The moon is down; I have not heard the clock. --Shak. He that is down needs fear no fall. --Bunyan. 3. From a remoter or higher antiquity. Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. --D. Webster. 4. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions. --Arbuthnot. Note: Down is sometimes used elliptically, standing for go down, come down, tear down, take down, put down, haul down, pay down, and the like, especially in command or exclamation. Down, therefore, and beg mercy of the duke. --Shak. If he be hungry more than wanton, bread alone will down. --Locke. Down is also used intensively; as, to be loaded down; to fall down; to hang down; to drop down; to pay down. The temple of Her[8a] at Argos was burnt down. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Down, as well as up, is sometimes used in a conventional sense; as, down East. Persons in London say down to Scotland, etc., and those in the provinces, up to London. --Stormonth. {Down helm} (Naut.), an order to the helmsman to put the helm to leeward. {Down on} [or] {upon} (joined with a verb indicating motion, as go, come, pounce), to attack, implying the idea of threatening power. Come down upon us with a mighty power. --Shak. {Down with}, take down, throw down, put down; -- used in energetic command. [bd]Down with the palace; fire it.[b8] --Dryden. {To be down on}, to dislike and treat harshly. [Slang, U.S.] {To cry down}. See under {Cry}, v. t. {To cut down}. See under {Cut}, v. t. {Up and down}, with rising and falling motion; to and fro; hither and thither; everywhere. [bd]Let them wander up and down.[b8] --Ps. lix. 15. | |
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Down \Down\, prep. [From {Down}, adv.] 1. In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well. 2. Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound. {Down the country}, toward the sea, or toward the part where rivers discharge their waters into the ocean. {Down the sound}, in the direction of the ebbing tide; toward the sea. | |
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Down \Down\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Downed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Downing}.] To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down. [Archaic or Colloq.] [bd]To down proud hearts.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the wits, once at our house. --Madame D'Arblay. | |
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Down \Down\, v. i. To go down; to descend. --Locke. | |
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Down \Down\, a. 1. Downcast; as, a down look. [R.] 2. Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 3. Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway. {Down draught}, a downward draft, as in a flue, chimney, shaft of a mine, etc. {Down in the mouth}, chopfallen; dejected. | |
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Downy \Down"y\ (-[ycr]), a. 1. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs. [bd]A downy feather.[b8] --Shak. Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon their leaves. --Bacon. 2. Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet. [bd]A downy shower.[b8] --Keble. [bd]Downy pillow.[b8] --Pope. Time steals on with downy feet. --Young. 3. Cunning; wary. [Slang, Eng.] --Latham. | |
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Duan \Du"an\, n. [Gael. & Ir.] A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song. [R.] | |
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Duenna \Du*en"na\, n.; pl. {Duennas}. [Sp. due[a4]a, do[a4]a, fr. L. domina. See {Dame}.] 1. The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain. --Brande. 2. An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family. --Brande & C. 3. Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Dummy \Dum"my\, a. [See {Dumb}.] 1. Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine. 2. Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch. {Dummy car}. See under {Car}. | |
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Dummy \Dum"my\, n.; pl. {Dummies}. 1. One who is dumb. --H. Smith. 2. A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates. 3. An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc. 4. (Drama) One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character. 5. A thick-witted person; a dolt. [Colloq.] 6. (Railroad) A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car. 7. (Card Playing) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards. 8. A floating barge connected with a pier. --Knight. {To play dummy}, to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it. | |
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Dune \Dune\, n. [The same word as down: cf. D. duin. See {Down} a bank of sand.] A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written also {dun}.] Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their mouths. --Motley. | |
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Dun \Dun\, n. [See {Dune}.] A mound or small hill. | |
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Dun \Dun\, v. t. To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance. | |
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Dun \Dun\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Dunned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dunning}.] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as E. din. [?][?][?]. See {Din}.] To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately. Hath she sent so soon to dun? --Swift. | |
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Dun \Dun\, n. 1. One who duns; a dunner. To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun. --Arbuthnot. 2. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun. | |
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Dun \Dun\, a. [AS. dunn. of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. & Gael. donn.] Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy. Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. -- Pierpont. Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day. --Keble. {Dun crow} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called {hoody}, and {hoddy}. {Dun diver} (Zo[94]l.), the goosander or merganser. | |
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Dune \Dune\, n. [The same word as down: cf. D. duin. See {Down} a bank of sand.] A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written also {dun}.] Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their mouths. --Motley. | |
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Dun \Dun\, n. [See {Dune}.] A mound or small hill. | |
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Dun \Dun\, v. t. To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance. | |
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Dun \Dun\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Dunned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dunning}.] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as E. din. [?][?][?]. See {Din}.] To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately. Hath she sent so soon to dun? --Swift. | |
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Dun \Dun\, n. 1. One who duns; a dunner. To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun. --Arbuthnot. 2. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun. | |
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Dun \Dun\, a. [AS. dunn. of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. & Gael. donn.] Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy. Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. -- Pierpont. Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day. --Keble. {Dun crow} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called {hoody}, and {hoddy}. {Dun diver} (Zo[94]l.), the goosander or merganser. | |
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Dune \Dune\, n. [The same word as down: cf. D. duin. See {Down} a bank of sand.] A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written also {dun}.] Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their mouths. --Motley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Knot \Knot\, n. [OE. knot, knotte, AS. cnotta; akin to D. knot, OHG. chnodo, chnoto, G. knoten, Icel. kn[?]tr, Sw. knut, Dan. knude, and perh. to L. nodus. Cf. {Knout}, {Knit}.] 1. (a) A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling. (b) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself. (c) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon. Note: The names of knots vary according to the manner of their making, or the use for which they are intended; as, dowknot, reef knot, stopper knot, diamond knot, etc. 2. A bond of union; a connection; a tie. [bd]With nuptial knot.[b8] --Shak. Ere we knit the knot that can never be loosed. --Bp. Hall. 3. Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem. Knots worthy of solution. --Cowper. A man shall be perplexed with knots, and problems of business, and contrary affairs. --South. 4. A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc. [bd]Garden knots.[b8] --Bacon. Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art In beds and curious knots, but nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. --Milton. 5. A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians. [bd]Knots of talk.[b8] --Tennyson. His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries. --Shak. Palms in cluster, knots of Paradise. --Tennyson. As they sat together in small, separate knots, they discussed doctrinal and metaphysical points of belief. --Sir W. Scott. 6. A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth. 7. A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance. With lips serenely placid, felt the knot Climb in her throat. --Tennyson. 8. A protuberant joint in a plant. 9. The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter. [Obs.] I shoulde to the knotte condescend, And maken of her walking soon an end. --Chaucer. 10. (Mech.) See {Node}. 11. (Naut.) (a) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour. Hence: (b) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots. 12. A kind of epaulet. See {Shoulder knot}. 13. (Zo[94]l.) A sandpiper ({Tringa canutus}), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also {dunne}. Note: The name is said to be derived from King Canute, this bird being a favorite article of food with him. The knot that called was Canutus' bird of old, Of that great king of Danes his name that still doth hold, His appetite to please that far and near was sought. --Drayton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dunny \Dun"ny\, a. Deaf; stupid.[Prov. Eng.] My old dame Joan is something dunny, and will scarce know how to manage. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dwine \Dwine\, v. i. [See {Dwindle}.] To waste away; to pine; to languish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Gower. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dyne \Dyne\, n. [Formed fr. Gr. [?] power. See {Dynamic}.] (Physics) The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a second, generates a velocity of a centimeter per second. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dana, IA (city, FIPS 18345) Location: 42.10667 N, 94.24013 W Population (1990): 71 (35 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50064 Dana, IL (village, FIPS 18485) Location: 40.95628 N, 88.94979 W Population (1990): 165 (75 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61321 Dana, IN (town, FIPS 16732) Location: 39.80668 N, 87.49424 W Population (1990): 612 (293 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47847 Dana, KY Zip code(s): 41615 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dane, WI (village, FIPS 18700) Location: 43.25037 N, 89.50041 W Population (1990): 621 (212 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53529 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dania, FL (city, FIPS 16325) Location: 26.05582 N, 80.14507 W Population (1990): 13024 (7699 housing units) Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33004 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dawn, MO Zip code(s): 64638 | |
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Dean, TX (city, FIPS 19456) Location: 33.93332 N, 98.36889 W Population (1990): 277 (114 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Deane, KY Zip code(s): 41812 | |
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Dema, KY Zip code(s): 41859 | |
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Denio, NV Zip code(s): 89404 | |
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Diana, WV Zip code(s): 26217 | |
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Donahue, IA (city, FIPS 21720) Location: 41.69188 N, 90.67505 W Population (1990): 316 (103 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52746 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Donie, TX Zip code(s): 75838 | |
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Donna, TX (city, FIPS 20884) Location: 26.16894 N, 98.05000 W Population (1990): 12652 (4249 housing units) Area: 11.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78537 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Doon, IA (city, FIPS 21900) Location: 43.27875 N, 96.23162 W Population (1990): 476 (173 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51235 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Downey, CA (city, FIPS 19766) Location: 33.93815 N, 118.12990 W Population (1990): 91444 (34302 housing units) Area: 32.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 90240, 90241, 90242 Downey, ID (city, FIPS 22600) Location: 42.42940 N, 112.12281 W Population (1990): 626 (254 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83234 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Doyon, ND Zip code(s): 58328 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dunn, NC (city, FIPS 18320) Location: 35.31130 N, 78.61526 W Population (1990): 8336 (3638 housing units) Area: 13.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28334 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
demo /de'moh/ [short for `demonstration'] 1. v. To demonstrate a product or prototype. A far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest than any number of {test} runs, especially when important people are watching. 2. n. The act of demoing. "I've gotta give a demo of the drool-proof interface; how does it work again?" 3. n. Esp. as `demo version', can refer either to an early, barely-functional version of a program which can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator uses _exactly_ the right commands and skirts its numerous bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions, or to a special version of a program (frequently with some features crippled) which is distributed at little or no cost to the user for enticement purposes. 4. [{demoscene}] A sequence of {demoeffect}s (usually) combined with self-composed music and hand-drawn ("pixelated") graphics. These days (1997) usually built to attend a {compo}. Often called `eurodemos' outside Europe, as most of the {demoscene} activity seems to have gathered in northern Europe and especially Scandinavia. See also {intro}, {dentro}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
down 1. adj. Not operating. "The up escalator is down" is considered a humorous thing to say (unless of course you were expecting to use it), and "The elevator is down" always means "The elevator isn't working" and never refers to what floor the elevator is on. With respect to computers, this term has passed into the mainstream; the extension to other kinds of machine is still confined to techies (e.g. boiler mechanics may speak of a boiler being down). 2. `go down' vi. To stop functioning; usually said of the {system}. The message from the {console} that every hacker hates to hear from the operator is "System going down in 5 minutes". 3. `take down', `bring down' vt. To deactivate purposely, usually for repair work or {PM}. "I'm taking the system down to work on that bug in the tape drive." Occasionally one hears the word `down' by itself used as a verb in this vt. sense. See {crash}; oppose {up}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
DWIM /dwim/ [acronym, `Do What I Mean'] 1. adj. Able to guess, sometimes even correctly, the result intended when bogus input was provided. 2. n. obs. The BBNLISP/INTERLISP function that attempted to accomplish this feat by correcting many of the more common errors. See {hairy}. 3. Occasionally, an interjection hurled at a balky computer, esp. when one senses one might be tripping over legalisms (see {legalese}). 4. Of a person, someone whose directions are incomprehensible and vague, but who nevertheless has the expectation that you will solve the problem using the specific method he/she has in mind. Warren Teitelman originally wrote DWIM to fix his typos and spelling errors, so it was somewhat idiosyncratic to his style, and would often make hash of anyone else's typos if they were stylistically different. Some victims of DWIM thus claimed that the acronym stood for `Damn Warren's Infernal Machine!'. In one notorious incident, Warren added a DWIM feature to the command interpreter used at Xerox PARC. One day another hacker there typed `delete *$' to free up some disk space. (The editor there named backup files by appending `$' to the original file name, so he was trying to delete any backup files left over from old editing sessions.) It happened that there weren't any editor backup files, so DWIM helpfully reported `*$ not found, assuming you meant 'delete *'.' It then started to delete all the files on the disk! The hacker managed to stop it with a {Vulcan nerve pinch} after only a half dozen or so files were lost. The disgruntled victim later said he had been sorely tempted to go to Warren's office, tie Warren down in his chair in front of his workstation, and then type `delete *$' twice. DWIM is often suggested in jest as a desired feature for a complex program; it is also occasionally described as the single instruction the ideal computer would have. Back when proofs of program correctness were in vogue, there were also jokes about `DWIMC' (Do What I Mean, Correctly). A related term, more often seen as a verb, is DTRT (Do The Right Thing); see {Right Thing}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DDM 1. 2. (1999-06-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DDN {Defense Data Network} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
demo /de'moh/ 1. A demonstration of a product, often of an early version or prototype. A demo is a far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest themselves than any number of {test} runs, especially when important people are watching. 2. {demo version}. 3. A program written to demonstrate the programmer's coding ability and/or the power of the computer it runs on. Such demos are nearly always written in {machine code} and traditionally feature scrolling text about the author, his friends, his code and anything else he fancies and animated graphics. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DIANA {Descriptive Intermediate Attributed Notation for Ada} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DIM {DIM statement} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DIMM {Dual In-Line Memory Module} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DIN Deutsche Institut fuer Normung. The German standardisation body, a member of {ISO}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DIN-8 {EIA-232} serial communication when space is restricted, such as on {laptop computers}. (1996-12-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DINO {Data parallel} superset of {C}. {(ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/cs/distribs/dino/)}. ["The DINO Parallel Programming Language", M. Rosing et al, J Parallel Dist Comp 13(9):30-42 (Sep 1991)]. ["DINO Parallel Programming Language", M. Rosing et al, CU-CS-457-90, U Colorado, April 1990]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dm (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DMA {Direct Memory Access} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DME {Distributed Management Environment} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DMI {Desktop Management Interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DMM {Digital Multimeter} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DOM {Document Object Model} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DOOM PC}s, created and published by {id Software}. The original press release was dated January 1993. A cut-down shareware version v1.0 was released on 10 December 1993 and again with some bug-fixes, as v1.4 in June 1994. DOOM is similar to Wolfenstein 3d (id Software, Apogee) but has better {texture mapping}; walls can be at any angle, of any thickness and have windows; lighting can fade into the distance or come from point sources; floors and ceilings can be of any height; many surfaces are animated; up to four players can play over a network or two by serial link; it has a high {frame rate} (comparable to TV on a {486}/33); DOOM isn't just a collection of connected closed rooms like Wolfenstein but sounds can travel anywhere and alert monsters of your approach. The shareware version is available from these sites: {Cactus (ftp://cactus.org/pub/IHHD/multi-player/)}, {Manitoba (ftp://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/pub/doom/)}, {UK (ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/games/id/)}, {South Africa (ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/pub/msdos/games/id/)}, {UWP ftp (ftp://archive.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/games/id/)}, {UWP http (http://archive.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/games/id/)}, {Finland (ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/id)}, {Washington (ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/games/doom)}. A {FAQ} by Hank Leukart: {UWP (ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/games/id/home-brew/doom)}, {Washington (ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/games/doomstuff)}. {FAQ on WWW (http://venom.st.hmc.edu/~tkelly/doomfaq/intro.html)}. {Other links (http://www.gamesdomain.co.uk/descript/doom.html)}. {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:rec.games.computer.doom.announce}, {news:rec.games.computer.doom.editing}, {news:rec.games.computer.doom.help}, {news:rec.games.computer.doom.misc}, {news:rec.games.computer.doom.playing}, {news:alt.games.doom}, {news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action}, {news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.announce}, {news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc}. Mailing List: the message body, no subject). Telephone: +44 (1222) 362 361 - the UK's first multi-player DOOM and games server. (1994-12-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
down 1. Not operating. "The up escalator is down" is considered a humorous thing to say, and "The elevator is down" always means "The elevator isn't working" and never refers to what floor the elevator is on. With respect to computers, this term has passed into the mainstream; the extension to other kinds of machine is still hackish. 2. "go down" To stop functioning; usually said of the {system}. The message from the {console} that every hacker hates to hear from the operator is "System going down in 5 minutes". 3. "take down", "bring down" To deactivate purposely, usually for repair work or {PM}. "I'm taking the system down to work on that bug in the tape drive." Occasionally one hears the word "down" by itself used as a verb in this sense. See {crash}; opposite: {up}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DWIM /dwim/ [acronym, "Do What I Mean" (not what I say)] 1. Able to guess, sometimes even correctly, the result intended when bogus input was provided. 2. The BBNLISP/INTERLISP function that attempted to accomplish this feat by correcting many of the more common errors. See {hairy}. 3. Occasionally, an interjection hurled at a balky computer, especially when one senses one might be tripping over legalisms (see {legalese}). Warren Teitelman originally wrote DWIM to fix his typos and spelling errors, so it was somewhat idiosyncratic to his style, and would often make hash of anyone else's typos if they were stylistically different. Some victims of DWIM thus claimed that the acronym stood for "Damn Warren's Infernal Machine!'. In one notorious incident, Warren added a DWIM feature to the command interpreter used at {Xerox PARC}. One day another hacker there typed "delete *$" to free up some disk space. (The editor there named backup files by appending "$" to the original file name, so he was trying to delete any backup files left over from old editing sessions.) It happened that there weren't any editor backup files, so DWIM helpfully reported "*$ not found, assuming you meant 'delete *'". It then started to delete all the files on the disk! The hacker managed to stop it with a {Vulcan nerve pinch} after only a half dozen or so files were lost. The disgruntled victim later said he had been sorely tempted to go to Warren's office, tie Warren down in his chair in front of his workstation, and then type "delete *$" twice. DWIM is often suggested in jest as a desired feature for a complex program; it is also occasionally described as the single instruction the ideal computer would have. Back when proofs of program correctness were in vogue, there were also jokes about "DWIMC" (Do What I Mean, Correctly). A related term, more often seen as a verb, is DTRT (Do The Right Thing); see {Right Thing}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DYANA {DYnamics ANAlyzer} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dan a judge. (1.) The fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel's maid (Gen. 30:6, "God hath judged me", Heb. dananni). The blessing pronounced on him by his father was, "Dan shall judge his people" (49:16), probably in allusion to the judgeship of Samson, who was of the tribe of Dan. The tribe of Dan had their place in the march through the wilderness on the north side of the tabernacle (Num. 2:25, 31; 10:25). It was the last of the tribes to receive a portion in the Land of Promise. Its position and extent are described in Josh. 19:40-48. The territory of Dan extended from the west of that of Ephraim and Benjamin to the sea. It was a small territory, but was very fertile. It included in it, among others, the cities of Lydda, Ekron, and Joppa, which formed its northern boundary. But this district was too limited. "Squeezed into the narrow strip between the mountains and the sea, its energies were great beyond its numbers." Being pressed by the Amorites and the Philistines, whom they were unable to conquer, they longed for a wider space. They accordingly sent out five spies from two of their towns, who went north to the sources of the Jordan, and brought back a favourable report regarding that region. "Arise," they said, "be not slothful to go, and to possess the land," for it is "a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth" (Judg. 18:10). On receiving this report, 600 Danites girded on their weapons of war, and taking with them their wives and their children, marched to the foot of Hermon, and fought against Leshem, and took it from the Sidonians, and dwelt therein, and changed the name of the conquered town to Dan (Josh. 19:47). This new city of Dan became to them a new home, and was wont to be spoken of as the northern limit of Palestine, the length of which came to be denoted by the expression "from Dan to Beersheba", i.e., about 144 miles. "But like Lot under a similar temptation, they seem to have succumbed to the evil influences around them, and to have sunk down into a condition of semi-heathenism from which they never emerged. The mounds of ruins which mark the site of the city show that it covered a considerable extent of ground. But there remains no record of any noble deed wrought by the degenerate tribe. Their name disappears from the roll-book of the natural and the spiritual Israel.", Manning's Those Holy Fields. This old border city was originally called Laish. Its modern name is Tell el-Kady, "Hill of the Judge." It stands about four miles below Caesarea Philippi, in the midst of a region of surpassing richness and beauty. (2.) This name occurs in Ezek 27:19, Authorize Version; but the words there, "Dan also," should be simply, as in the Revised Version, "Vedan," an Arabian city, from which various kinds of merchandise were brought to Tyre. Some suppose it to have been the city of Aden in Arabia. (See MAHANEH-{DAN}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dannah murmuring, a city (Josh. 15:49) in the mountains of Judah about 8 miles south-west of Hebron. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Den a lair of wild beasts (Ps. 10:9; 104:22; Job 37:8); the hole of a venomous reptile (Isa. 11:8); a recess for secrecy "in dens and caves of the earth" (Heb. 11:38); a resort of thieves (Matt. 21:13; Mark 11:17). Daniel was cast into "the den of lions" (Dan. 6:16, 17). Some recent discoveries among the ruins of Babylon have brought to light the fact that the practice of punishing offenders against the law by throwing them into a den of lions was common. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Diana so called by the Romans; called Artemis by the Greeks, the "great" goddess worshipped among heathen nations under various modifications. Her most noted temple was that at Ephesus. It was built outside the city walls, and was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. "First and last it was the work of 220 years; built of shining marble; 342 feet long by 164 feet broad; supported by a forest of columns, each 56 feet high; a sacred museum of masterpieces of sculpture and painting. At the centre, hidden by curtains, within a gorgeous shrine, stood the very ancient image of the goddess, on wood or ebony reputed to have fallen from the sky. Behind the shrine was a treasury, where, as in 'the safest bank in Asia,' nations and kings stored their most precious things. The temple as St. Paul saw it subsisted till A.D. 262, when it was ruined by the Goths" (Acts 19:23-41)., Moule on Ephesians: Introd. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dimnah dunghill, a city of Zebulun given to the Merarite Levites (Josh. 21:35). In 1 Chr. 6:77 the name "Rimmon" is substituted. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dinah judged; vindicated, daughter of Jacob by Leah, and sister of Simeon and Levi (Gen. 30:21). She was seduced by Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite chief, when Jacob's camp was in the neighbourhood of Shechem. This led to the terrible revenge of Simeon and Levi in putting the Shechemites to death (Gen. 34). Jacob makes frequent reference to this deed of blood with abhorrence and regret (Gen. 34:30; 49:5-7). She is mentioned among the rest of Jacob's family that went down into Egypt (Gen. 46:8, 15). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dine (Gen. 43:16). It was the custom in Egypt to dine at noon. But it is probable that the Egyptians took their principal meal in the evening, as was the general custom in the East (Luke 14:12). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dumah silence, (comp. Ps. 94:17), the fourth son of Ishmael; also the tribe descended from him; and hence also the region in Arabia which they inhabited (Gen. 25:14; 1 Chr. 1:30). There was also a town of this name in Judah (Josh. 15:52), which has been identified with ed-Domeh, about 10 miles southwest of Hebron. The place mentioned in the "burden" of the prophet Isaiah (21:11) is Edom or Idumea. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dan, judgment; he that judges | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dannah, judging | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Diana, luminous, perfect | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dinah, judgment; who judges |