English Dictionary: Dorothy Sayers | by the DICT Development Group |
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d8A89rotaxis \[d8]A"[89]r*o*tax`is\, n. [NL. See {A[89]ro-}; {Taxis}.] (Bacteriology) The positive or negative stimulus exerted by oxygen on a[89]robic and ana[89]robic bacteria. -- {A`[89]r*o*tac"tic}, a. | |
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d8Ardassine \[d8]Ar*das"sine\, n. [F. (cf. Sp. ardacina), fr. ardasse a kind of silk thread, fr. Ar. & Per. ardan a kind of raw silk.] A very fine sort of Persian silk. | |
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d8Articulata \[d8]Ar*tic`u*la"ta\ ([aum]r*t[icr]k`[usl]*l[amac]"t[adot]), n. pl. [Neut. pl. from L. articulatus furnished with joints, distinct, p. p. of articulare. See {Article}, v.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers. Note: It includes those Invertebrata having the body composed of a series of ringlike segments (arthromeres). By some writers, the unsegmented worms (helminths) have also been included; by others it is restricted to the Arthropoda. It corresponds nearly with the Annulosa of some authors. The chief subdivisions are Arthropoda (Insects, Myriapoda, Malacopoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Crustacea); and Anarthropoda, including the Annelida and allied forms. 2. One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge. 3. A subdivision of the Crinoidea. | |
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d8Articulus \[d8]Ar*tic"u*lus\n.; pl. {Articuli}. [L. See {Article}.] (Zo[94]l.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage. | |
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d8Artiste \[d8]Ar*tiste"\, n. [F. See {Artist}.] One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook. Note: This term should not be confounded with the English word artist. | |
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d8Dartos \[d8]Dar"tos\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] flayed.] (Anat.) A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum. | |
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d8Droitzschka \[d8]Droitzsch"ka\, n. See {Drosky}. | |
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d8Erotesis \[d8]Er`o*te"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a questioning, fr. [?] to ask.] (Rhet.) A figure o[?] speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form o[?] an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; Must I give way and room to your rash choler? Shall I be frighted when a madman stares? --Shak. | |
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d8Hierotheca \[d8]Hi`er*o*the"ca\, n.; pl. {-c[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; "iero`s sacred + [?] chest.] A receptacle for sacred objects. | |
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d8Hortus siccus \[d8]Hor"tus sic"cus\ [L., a dry garden.] A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium. | |
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d8Iritis \[d8]I*ri"tis\, n. [NL. See {Iris}, and {-itis}.] (Med.) An inflammation of the iris of the eye. | |
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d8Oreades \[d8]O*re"a*des\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of butterflies which includes the satyrs. See {Satyr}, 2. | |
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d8Orthis \[d8]Or"this\ ([ocir]r"th[icr]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s straight.] (Zo[94]l.) An extinct genus of Brachiopoda, abundant in the Paleozoic rocks. | |
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d8Orthoceras \[d8]Or*thoc"e*ras\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s straight + [?] a horn.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa. | |
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d8R82dacteur \[d8]R[82]`dac`teur"\ (r[asl]`d[adot]k`t[etil]r"), n. [F.] See {Redactor}. | |
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d8Radius vector \[d8]Ra"di*us vec"tor\ 1. (Math.) A straight line (or the length of such line) connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the successive points of a curve, in a system of polar co[94]rdinates. See {Co[94]rdinate}, n. 2. (Astron.) An ideal straight line joining the center of an attracting body with that of a body describing an orbit around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet or comet, or a planet and its satellite. | |
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d8Rathskeller \[d8]Raths"kel`ler\ (r[aum]ts"k[ecr]l*l[etil]r), n. [G., also {ratskeller}, prop., town-hall cellar.] Orig., in Germany, the cellar or basement of the city hall, usually rented for use as a restaurant where beer is sold; hence, a beer saloon of the German type below the street level, where, usually, drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also be had; -- sometimes loosely used, in English, of what are essentially basement restaurants where liquors are served. | |
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d8Reticularia \[d8]Re*tic`u*la"ri*a\, n.pl. [NL. See {Reticular}.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming irregular meshes. It includes the shelled Foraminifera, together with some groups which lack a true shell. | |
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d8Reticulosa \[d8]Re*tic`u*lo"sa\, n.pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Reticularia}. | |
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d8Reticulum \[d8]Re*tic"u*lum\, n.;pl. {Reticula}. [L. dim. of rete a net.] (Anat.) (a) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the {honeycomb stomach}. (b) The neuroglia. | |
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d8Tardigrada \[d8]Tar`di*gra"da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tardigrade}, a.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See {Sloth}, 3. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also {bear animalcules}, {sloth animalcules}, and {water bears}. | |
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d8Tradescantia \[d8]Trad`es*can"ti*a\, n. (Bot.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew. | |
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d8Tridacna \[d8]Tri*dac"na\, n. [L., pl., a kind of oysters, fr. Gr. [?] eaten at three bites, [?] tri- + [?] to bite.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species ({T. gigas}) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also {paw shell}, and {fountain shell}. | |
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d8Triticum \[d8]Trit"i*cum\, n. [L., perhaps fr. tritus, p. p. of terere to grind.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat. | |
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d8Turdus \[d8]Tur"dus\, n. [L., a thrush.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of singing birds including the true thrushes. | |
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d8Urtica \[d8]Ur*ti"ca\, n. [L., a nettle.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the common nettles. See {Nettle}, n. | |
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d8Urticaria \[d8]Ur`ti*ca"ri*a\, n. [NL. See {Urtica}.] (Med.) The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo. | |
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Dart \Dart\, n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara[?], daro[?], Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darra[?]r dart.] 1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow. And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. --2 Sa. xviii. 14. 2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart. The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. --Hannan More. 3. A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; the dace. See {Dace}. {Dart sac} (Zo[94]l.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure. | |
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d8Acontias \[d8]A*con"ti*as\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?], fr. [?], dim. [?] dart.] (Zo[94]l.) Anciently, a snake, called {dart snake}; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards. | |
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Dartoic \Dar*to"ic\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the dartos. | |
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Dearticulate \De`ar*tic"u*late\, v. t. To disjoint. | |
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Di91retic \Di`[91]*ret"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] dividing.] (Med.) Caustic. [Obs.] | |
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Diarrhetic \Di`ar*rhet"ic\, Diarrhd2tic \Di`ar*rh[d2]t"ic\, a. (Med.) Producing diarrhea, or a purging. | |
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Diarrhetic \Di`ar*rhet"ic\, Diarrhd2tic \Di`ar*rh[d2]t"ic\, a. (Med.) Producing diarrhea, or a purging. | |
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Dioritic \Di`o*rit"ic\, a. Containing diorite. | |
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Dirty \Dirt"y\, a. [Compar. {Dirtier}; superl. {Dirtiest}.] 1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. --Spenser. 2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. --Locke. 3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow. The creature's at his dirty work again. --Pope. 4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather. Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. --M. Arnold. Syn: Nasty; filthy; foul. See {Nasty}. | |
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Diuretic \Di`u*ret"ic\, a. [L. diureticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to make water; [?] through + [?] to make water, fr. [?] urine: cf. F. diur[82]tique.] (Med.) Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine. -- n. A medicine with diuretic properties. {Diuretic salt} (Med.), potassium acetate; -- so called because of its diuretic properties. | |
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Diuretic \Di`u*ret"ic\, a. [L. diureticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to make water; [?] through + [?] to make water, fr. [?] urine: cf. F. diur[82]tique.] (Med.) Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine. -- n. A medicine with diuretic properties. {Diuretic salt} (Med.), potassium acetate; -- so called because of its diuretic properties. | |
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Diuretical \Di`u*ret"ic*al\, a. Diuretic. [Obs.] --Boyle. | |
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Diureticalness \Di`u*ret"ic*al*ness\, n. The quality of being diuretical; diuretic property. | |
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Dradge \Dradge\, n. (Min.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing. --Raymond. | |
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Dredge \Dredge\, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. --Beau. & Fl. {Dredging box}. (a) Same as 2d {Dredger}. (b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. --Farrow. | |
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Dredge \Dredge\, n. [F. dr[8a]ge, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to E. draw; cf. D. dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. [?][?][?][?]. See {Draw}.] 1. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea. 2. (Mining) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. --Raymond. | |
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Dredge \Dredge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dredged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dredging}.] To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. --R. Carew. {Dredging machine}, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them. | |
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Dredge \Dredge\, n. [OE. dragge, F. drag[82]e, dredge, also, sugar plum; cf. Prov. dragea, It. treggea; corrupted fr. LL. tragemata, pl., sweetmeats, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to gnaw.] A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.] --Kersey. | |
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Flour \Flour\, n. [F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour, Icel. fl[81]r flower, flour. See {Flower}.] The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard. {Flour bolt}, in milling, a gauze-covered, revolving, cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the refuse contained in the meal yielded by the stones. {Flour box} a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box. {Flour} {dredge [or] dredger}, a flour box. {Flour dresser}, a mashine for sorting and distributing flour according to grades of fineness. {Flour mill}, a mill for grinding and sifting flour. | |
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Dredge \Dredge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dredged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dredging}.] To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. --R. Carew. {Dredging machine}, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them. | |
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Dredger \Dredg"er\, n. 1. One who fishes with a dredge. 2. A dredging machine. | |
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Dredger \Dredg"er\, n. (Cookery) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also {dredging box}, {drudger}, and {drudging box}. | |
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Dredge \Dredge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dredged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dredging}.] To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. --R. Carew. {Dredging machine}, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them. | |
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Dredge \Dredge\, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. --Beau. & Fl. {Dredging box}. (a) Same as 2d {Dredger}. (b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. --Farrow. | |
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Dredger \Dredg"er\, n. (Cookery) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also {dredging box}, {drudger}, and {drudging box}. | |
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Dredge \Dredge\, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. --Beau. & Fl. {Dredging box}. (a) Same as 2d {Dredger}. (b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. --Farrow. | |
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Dredger \Dredg"er\, n. (Cookery) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also {dredging box}, {drudger}, and {drudging box}. | |
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Dredge \Dredge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dredged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dredging}.] To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. --R. Carew. {Dredging machine}, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them. | |
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Dretch \Dretch\, v. t. & i. See {Drecche}. [Obs.] | |
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Droit \Droit\, n. [F. See {Direct}.] A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also, in old law, the writ of right. -- Abbott. {[d8]Droit d'aubaine}. See under {Aubaine}. {Droits of the Admiralty} (Eng. Law), rights or perquisites of the Admiralty, arising from seizure of an enemy's ships in port on the breaking out of war, or those coming into port in ignorance of hostilities existing, or from such ships as are taken by noncommissioned captors; also, the proceeds of wrecks, and derelict property at sea. The droits of admiralty are now paid into the Exchequer for the public benefit. | |
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Drosky \Dros"ky\, n.; pl. {Droskies}. [Russ. drojki, dim. of drogi a kind of carriage, prop. pl. of droga shaft or pole of a carriage.] A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a saddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities. [Written also {droitzschka}, and {droschke}.] | |
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Drotchel \Drotch"el\, n. See {Drossel}. [Obs.] | |
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Drudge \Drudge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drudging}.] [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.] To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. --Macaulay. | |
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Drudge \Drudge\, v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away. Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. --Otway. | |
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Drudge \Drudge\, n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. --Milton. | |
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Drudge \Drudge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drudging}.] [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.] To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. --Macaulay. | |
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Dredger \Dredg"er\, n. (Cookery) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also {dredging box}, {drudger}, and {drudging box}. | |
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Drudger \Drudg"er\, n. 1. One who drudges; a drudge. 2. A dredging box. | |
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Dredger \Dredg"er\, n. (Cookery) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also {dredging box}, {drudger}, and {drudging box}. | |
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Drudger \Drudg"er\, n. 1. One who drudges; a drudge. 2. A dredging box. | |
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Drudgery \Drudg"er*y\, n. The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil. The drudgery of penning definitions. --Macaulay. Paradise was a place of bliss . . . without drudgery and with out sorrow. --Locke. Syn: See {Toll}. | |
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Drudge \Drudge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drudging}.] [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.] To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. --Macaulay. | |
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Dredger \Dredg"er\, n. (Cookery) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also {dredging box}, {drudger}, and {drudging box}. | |
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Drudging box \Drudg"ing box`\ See {Dredging box}. | |
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Dredger \Dredg"er\, n. (Cookery) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also {dredging box}, {drudger}, and {drudging box}. | |
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Drudging box \Drudg"ing box`\ See {Dredging box}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drudgingly \Drudg"ing*ly\, adv. In a drudging manner; laboriously. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sarsen \Sar"sen\, n. [Etymol. uncertain; perhaps for saracen stone, i.e., a heathen or pagan stone or monument.] One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also {sarsen stone}, and {Druid stone}. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Druid \Dru"id\, n. [L. Druides; of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. draoi, druidh, magician, Druid, W. derwydd Druid.] 1. One of an order of priests which in ancient times existed among certain branches of the Celtic race, especially among the Gauls and Britons. Note: The Druids superintended the affairs of religion and morality, and exercised judicial functions. They practiced divination and magic, and sacrificed human victims as a part of their worship. They consisted of three classes; the bards, the vates or prophets, and the Druids proper, or priests. Their most sacred rites were performed in the depths of oak forests or of caves. 2. A member of a social and benevolent order, founded in London in 1781, and professedly based on the traditions of the ancient Druids. Lodges or groves of the society are established in other countries. {Druid stones}, a name given, in the south of England, to weatherworn, rough pillars of gray sandstone scattered over the chalk downs, but in other countries generally in the form of circles, or in detached pillars. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Druidess \Dru"id*ess\, n. A female Druid; a prophetess. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Druidic \Dru*id"ic\, Druidical \Dru*id"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids. {Druidical circles}. See under {Circle}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Druidic \Dru*id"ic\, Druidical \Dru*id"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids. {Druidical circles}. See under {Circle}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Druidic \Dru*id"ic\, Druidical \Dru*id"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids. {Druidical circles}. See under {Circle}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Circle \Cir"cle\ (s[etil]r"k'l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L. circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle, akin to Gr. kri`kos, ki`rkos, circle, ring. Cf. {Circus}, {Circum-}.] 1. A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center. 2. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring. 3. (Astron.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle. Note: When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a {mural circle}; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a {meridian [or] transit circle}; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a {reflecting circle}; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a {repeating circle}. 4. A round body; a sphere; an orb. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth. --Is. xi. 22. 5. Compass; circuit; inclosure. In the circle of this forest. --Shak. 6. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set. As his name gradually became known, the circle of his acquaintance widened. --Macaulay. 7. A circular group of persons; a ring. 8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself. Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. --Dryden. 9. (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning. That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again, that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches nothing. --Glanvill. 10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.] Has he given the lie, In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. --J. Fletcher. 11. A territorial division or district. Note: {The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire}, ten in number, were those principalities or provinces which had seats in the German Diet. {Azimuth circle}. See under {Azimuth}. {Circle of altitude} (Astron.), a circle parallel to the horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar. {Circle of curvature}. See {Osculating circle of a curve} (Below). {Circle of declination}. See under {Declination}. {Circle of latitude}. (a) (Astron.) A great circle perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, passing through its poles. (b) (Spherical Projection) A small circle of the sphere whose plane is perpendicular to the axis. {Circles of longitude}, lesser circles parallel to the ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it. {Circle of perpetual apparition}, at any given place, the boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within which the stars never set. Its distance from the pole is equal to the latitude of the place. {Circle of perpetual occultation}, at any given place, the boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within which the stars never rise. {Circle of the sphere}, a circle upon the surface of the sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a small circle. {Diurnal circle}. See under {Diurnal}. {Dress circle}, a gallery in a theater, generally the one containing the prominent and more expensive seats. {Druidical circles} (Eng. Antiq.), a popular name for certain ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly arranged, as at Stonehenge, near Salisbury. {Family circle}, a gallery in a theater, usually one containing inexpensive seats. {Horary circles} (Dialing), the lines on dials which show the hours. {Osculating circle of a curve} (Geom.), the circle which touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any other circle. This circle is used as a measure of the curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called circle of curvature. {Pitch circle}. See under {Pitch}. {Vertical circle}, an azimuth circle. {Voltaic} {circle [or] circuit}. See under {Circuit}. {To square the circle}. See under {Square}. Syn: Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Druidish \Dru"id*ish\, a. Druidic. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Druidism \Dru"id*ism\, n. The system of religion, philosophy, and instruction, received and taught by the Druids; the rites and ceremonies of the Druids. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Distillation \Dis`til*la"tion\, n. [F. distillation, L. destillatio.] 1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops. 2. That which falls in drops. [R.] --Johnson 3. (Chem.) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam. Note: The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds, and its precipitation as rain, dew, frost, snow, or hail, is an illustration of natural distillation. 4. The substance extracted by distilling. --Shak. {Destructive distillation} (Chem.), the distillation, especially of complex solid substances, so that the ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new compounds, -- usually requiring a high degree of heat; as, the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood. {Dry distillation}, the distillation of substances by themselves, or without the addition of water or of other volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid. {Fractional distillation}. (Chem.) See under {Fractional}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dock \Dock\, n. [Akin to D. dok; of uncertain origin; cf. LL. doga ditch, L. doga ditch, L. doga sort of vessel, Gr. [?] receptacle, fr. [?] to receive.] 1. An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide. 2. The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock. 3. The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands. {Balance dock}, a kind of {floating dock} which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers. {Dry dock}, a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep water, but having appliances for excluding it; -- used in constructing or repairing ships. The name includes structures used for the examination, repairing, or building of vessels, as graving docks, floating docks, hydraulic docks, etc. {Floating dock}, a dock which is made to become buoyant, and, by floating, to lift a vessel out of water. {Graving dock}, a dock for holding a ship for graving or cleaning the bottom, etc. {Hydraulic dock}, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of the water by hydraulic presses. {Naval dock}, a dock connected with which are naval stores, materials, and all conveniences for the construction and repair of ships. {Sectional dock}, a form of {floating dock} made in separate sections or caissons. {Slip dock}, a dock having a sloping floor that extends from deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship. {Wet dock}, a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of ships; -- also sometimes used as a place of safety; a basin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. {Dry blow}. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also {parchment beaver}. {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}. {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}. {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below). {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}. {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry plates. {Dry point}. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}. --Hebert. {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the saccharine matter is in excess. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dry dock \Dry" dock`\ (Naut.) See under {Dock}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Dryas \[d8]Dry"as\, n.; pl. {Dryades}. [L. See {Dryad}.] (Class. Myth.) A dryad. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dorado zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 24008) Location: 18.47015 N, 66.27151 W Population (1990): 12003 (4539 housing units) Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dortches, NC (town, FIPS 17520) Location: 36.01113 N, 77.85840 W Population (1990): 840 (325 housing units) Area: 19.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dread high-bit disease n. A condition endemic to some now-obsolete computers and peripherals (including ASR-33 teletypes and PRIME minicomputers) that results in all characters having their high (0x80) bit forced on. This of course makes transporting files to other systems much more difficult, not to mention the problems these machines have talking with true 8-bit devices. This term was originally used specifically of PRIME (a.k.a. PR1ME) minicomputers. Folklore has it that PRIME adopted the reversed-8-bit convention in order to save 25 cents per serial line per machine; PRIME old-timers, on the other hand, claim they inherited the disease from Honeywell via customer NASA's compatibility requirements and struggled heroically to cure it. Whoever was responsible, this probably qualifies as one of the most {cretinous} design tradeoffs ever made. See {meta bit}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Dread Questionmark Disease n. The result of saving HTML from Microsoft Word or some other program that uses the nonstandard Microsoft variant of Latin-1; the symptom is that various of those nonstandard characters in positions 128-160 show up as questionmarks. The usual culprit is the misnamed `smart quotes' feature in Microsoft Word. For more details (and a program called `demoroniser' that cleans up the mess) see `http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/demoroniser/'. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Dorito Syndrome by addictive substances that lack nutritional content. "I just spent six hours surfing the Web, and now I've got a bad case of Dorito Syndrome." (1997-03-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dread high bit disease "PR1ME") {minicomputers} that results in all the characters having their high bit (0x80, see {meta bit}) ON rather than OFF. This complicates transporting files to other systems and talking to true 8-bit devices. Folklore had it that PRIME adopted the convention in order to save 25 cents per {serial line} per machine; PRIME old-timers, on the other hand, claim they inherited the disease from {Honeywell} via customer NASA's compatibility requirements and struggled heroically to cure it. Whoever was responsible, this probably qualifies as one of the most cretinous design tradeoffs ever made. A few other machines have exhibited similar brain damage. [{Jargon File}] (2002-04-09) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dredge (Job 24:6). See {CORN}. |