English Dictionary: Dubyuh | by the DICT Development Group |
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d890tape \[d8][90]`tape"\, n. [F. Cf. {Staple} a mart.] 1. A public storehouse. 2. Supplies issued to troops on the march; hence (Mil.), the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day. 3. In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit. | |
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d8Ab \[d8]Ab\ ([acr]b), n. [Of Syriac origin.] The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August. --W. Smith. | |
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d8Abb82 \[d8]Ab"b[82]`\ ([adot]b"b[asl]`), n.[F. abb[82]. See {Abbot}.] The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress. Note: After the 16th century, the name was given, in social parlance, to candidates for some priory or abbey in the gift of the crown. Many of these aspirants became well known in literary and fashionable life. By further extension, the name came to be applied to unbeneficed secular ecclesiastics generally. --Littr[82]. | |
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d8Appui \[d8]Ap`pui"\, n. (Man.) The mutual bearing or support of the hand of the rider and the mouth of the horse through the bit and bridle. {Point d'appui}, any point of support or basis of operations, as a rallying point. | |
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d8Appui \[d8]Ap`pui"\, n. [F., fr. L. ad + podium foothold, Gr. [?], dim. of [?], [?], foot.] A support or supporter; a stay; a prop. [Obs.] If a vine be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would be stays and appuies set to it. --Holland. {Point d'appui}. [F., a point of support.] (Mil.) (a) A given point or body, upon which troops are formed, or by which are marched in line or column. (b) An advantageous defensive support, as a castle, morass, wood, declivity, etc. | |
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d8Ava \[d8]A"va\, n. Same as {Kava}. --Johnston. | |
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d8Ave \[d8]A"ve\, n. [L., hail.] 1. An ave Maria. He repeated Aves and Credos. --Macaulay. 2. A reverential salutation. Their loud applause and aves vehement. --Shak. | |
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d8Baya \[d8]Ba"ya\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The East Indian weaver bird ({Ploceus Philippinus}). | |
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d8Boyau \[d8]Boy"au\, n.; pl. {Boyaux} or {Boyaus}. [F. boyau gut, a long and narrow place, and (of trenches) a branch. See {Bowel}.] (Fort.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc. | |
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d8Daboia \[d8]Da*boi"a\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper ({Daboia xanthica}). | |
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d8Dahabeah \[d8]Da`ha*be"ah\ (d[aum]`h[adot]*b[emac]"[adot]), n. [Ar.] A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails. | |
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d8Deev \[d8]Deev\, n. (Hind. & Pers. Myth.) See {Dev}. | |
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d8Dev \[d8]Dev\, [or] d8Deva \[d8]De"va\ ([?]), n. [Skr. d[?]va. Cf. {Deity}.] (Hind. Myth.) A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king. | |
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d8Dev \[d8]Dev\, [or] d8Deva \[d8]De"va\ ([?]), n. [Skr. d[?]va. Cf. {Deity}.] (Hind. Myth.) A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king. | |
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d8Devi \[d8]De"vi\, n. ; fem. of {Deva}. A goddess. | |
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d8Diva \[d8]Di"va\ (d[emac]"v[adot]), n.; It. pl. {Dive} (d[emac]"v[amac]). [It., prop. fem. of divo divine, L. divus.] A prima donna. | |
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d8Doab \[d8]Do"ab\, [Pers. & Hind. do[be]b, prop., two waters.] A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers; as, the doab between the Ganges and the Jumna. [India] --Am. Cyc. | |
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d8Epi- \[d8]Ep"i-\ [Gr. 'epi` on, upon, to; akin to Skr. api besides, and prob. to L. ob to, before, on account of, and perh. to E. of, off.] A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral. | |
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d8Hyph91 \[d8]Hy"ph[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "yfh` a web.] (Bot.) The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also found enveloping the gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure. | |
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d8Obi \[d8]O"bi\, n. [Jap.] A sash, esp. the long broad sash of soft material worn by women. | |
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d8Ova \[d8]O"va\, n. pl. See {Ovum}. | |
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d8Pah \[d8]Pah\, n. [From native name.] A kind of stockaded intrenchment. [New Zealand.] --Farrow. | |
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d8Pahoehoe \[d8]Pa*ho"e*ho`e\, n. (Min.) A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a. | |
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d8Pau \[d8]Pau\, n. See {Pah}. | |
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d8Pi97 \[d8]Pi"[97]\, adv. [It., fr. L. plus. See {Plus}.] (Mus.) A little more; as, pi[97] allegro, a little more briskly. | |
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d8Pia4a \[d8]Pi`[a4]a\, n. [Sp., orig., pineapple, pine cone.] 1. (a) The pineapple. (b) Pi[a4]a cloth or the fiber of which it is made. 2. Also | |
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d8Tapa \[d8]Ta"pa\, n. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also {kapa}. | |
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d8Tibia \[d8]Tib"i*a\, n.; pl. {Tibi[91]}. [L.] 1. (Anat.) The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under {Coleoptera}, and under {Hexapoda}. 3. (Antiq.) A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal. | |
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d8Tohubohu \[d8]To"hu*bo"hu\ (t[omac]"h[oomac]-b[omac]"h[oomac]), n. [F. tohu-bohu, fr. Heb. toh[umac] wa boh[umac] without form and void (--Gen. i. 2).] Chaos; confusion. Was ever such a tohubohu of people as there assembles? --Thuckeray. | |
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d8Uva \[d8]U"va\, n. [L., a grape.] (Bot.) A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape. | |
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d8Uvea \[d8]U"ve*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. uva grape.] (Anat.) The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat. | |
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d8Via \[d8]Vi"a\, n. [L. See {Way}.] A road way. {Via Lactea} [L.] (Anat.), the Milky Way, or Galaxy. See {Galaxy}, 1. {Via media} [L.] (Theol.), the middle way; -- a name applied to their own position by the Anglican high-churchmen, as being between the Roman Catholic Church and what they term extreme Protestantism. | |
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d8Wai Wu Pu \[d8]Wai Wu Pu\ [Chinese wai foreign + wu affairs + pu office.] The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Chinese government. The Tsung-li Yamen, or Foreign Office, created by a decree of January 19, 1861, was in July, 1902, superseded by the formation of a new Foreign Office called the Wai Wu Pu, . . . with precedence before all other boards. --J. Scott Keltie. | |
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Dab \Dab\ (d[acr]b), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.] A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.] One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the third is a dab at an index. --Goldsmith. | |
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Dab \Dab\, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. {Dabchick}.] (Zo[94]l.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, {Pleuronectes limanda}. The American rough dab is {Hippoglossoides platessoides}. | |
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Dab \Dab\ (d[acr]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbed} (d[acr]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dabbing}.] [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.] 1. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber. A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. --S. Sharp. 2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. [bd]To dab him in the neck.[b8] --Sir T. More. | |
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Dab \Dab\, n. 1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak. --Hawthorne. 2. A small mass of anything soft or moist. | |
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Dabb \Dabb\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large, spine-tailed lizard ({Uromastix spinipes}), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also {dhobb}, and {dhabb}. | |
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Daff \Daff\, v. t. [Cf. {Doff}.] To cast aside; to put off; to doff. [Obs.] Canst thou so daff me? Thou hast killed my child. --Shak. | |
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Daff \Daff\, n. [See {Daft}.] A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Daff \Daff\ (d[adot]f), v. i. To act foolishly; to be foolish or sportive; to toy. [Scot.] --Jamieson. | |
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Daff \Daff\, v. t. To daunt. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose. | |
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Dap \Dap\ (d[acr]p), v. i. [Cf. {Dip}.] (Angling) To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water. To catch a club by dapping with a grasshoper. --Walton. | |
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Daub \Daub\, v. i. To smear; to play the flatterer. His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. --South. | |
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Daub \Daub\ (d[add]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Daubed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Daubing}.] [OE. dauben to smear, OF. dauber to plaster, fr. L. dealbare to whitewash, plaster; de- + albare to whiten, fr. albus white, perh. also confused with W. dwb plaster, dwbio to plaster, Ir. & OGael. dob plaster. See {Alb}, and cf. {Dealbate}.] 1. To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear. She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. --Ex. ii. 3. 2. To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner. If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. --I. Watts. A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. --Dryden. 3. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal. So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. --Shak. 4. To flatter excessively or glossy. [R.] I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all, I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant. --Smollett. 5. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [R.] Let him be daubed with lace. --Dryden. | |
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Daub \Daub\, n. 1. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear. 2. (Paint.) A picture coarsely executed. Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. --Sterne. | |
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Dauby \Daub"y\, a. Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive. [bd]Dauby wax.[b8] | |
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Deaf \Deaf\ (?; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef, AS. de[a0]f; akin to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan. d[94]v, Sw. d[94]f, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses), and perh. to Gr. [?] (for [?]) blind, [?] smoke, vapor, folly, and to G. toben to rage. Cf. {Dum}b.] 1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man. Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. --Shak. 2. Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason. O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! --Shak. 3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight. --Dryden. 4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.] A deaf murmur through the squadron went. --Dryden. 5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deaf, void, light, and naught. --Holland. {Deaf and dumb}, without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech. See {Deaf-mute}. | |
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Deaf \Deaf\ (?; 277), v. t. To deafen. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Deave \Deave\, v. t. [See {Deafen}.] To stun or stupefy with noise; to deafen. [Scot.] | |
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Deep \Deep\, adv. To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply. Deep-versed in books, and shallow in himself. --Milton. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. --Pope. Note: Deep, in its usual adverbial senses, is often prefixed to an adjective; as, deep-chested, deep-cut, deep-seated, deep-toned, deep-voiced, [bd]deep-uddered kine.[b8] | |
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Deep \Deep\, n. 1. That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth. Courage from the deeps of knowledge springs. --Cowley. The hollow deep of hell resounded. --Milton. Blue Neptune storms, the bellowing deeps resound. --Pope. 2. That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss. Thy judgments are a great deep. --Ps. xxxvi. 6. {Deep of night}, the most quiet or profound part of night; dead of night. The deep of night is crept upon our talk. --Shak. | |
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Deep \Deep\ (d[emac]p), a. [Compar. {Deeper}; superl. {Deepest}.] [OE. dep, deop, AS. de[a2]p; akin to D. diep, G. tief, Icel. dj[d4]pr, Sw. diup, Dan. dyb, Goth. diups; fr. the root of E. dip, dive. See {Dip}, {Dive}.] 1. Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea. The water where the brook is deep. --Shak. 2. Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. Shadowing squadrons deep. --Milton. Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. --Shak. 3. Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley. 4. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot. Speculations high or deep. --Milton. A question deep almost as the mystery of life. --De Quincey. O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very deep. --Ps. xcii. 5. 5. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. Deep clerks she dumbs. --Shak. 6. Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. [bd]Deep despair.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Deep silence.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Deep sleep.[b8] --Gen. ii. 21. [bd]Deeper darkness.[b8] -->Hoole. [bd]Their deep poverty.[b8] --2 Cor. viii. 2. An attitude of deep respect. --Motley. 7. Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson. 8. Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. [bd]The deep thunder.[b8] --Byron. The bass of heaven's deep organ. --Milton. 9. Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. --Chaucer. The ways in that vale were very deep. --Clarendon. {A deep line of operations} (Military), a long line. {Deep mourning} (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments. | |
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Defy \De*fy"\, n. A challenge. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Defy \De*fy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defying}.] [F. d[82]fier, OF. deffier, desfier, LL. disfidare to disown faith or fidelity, to dissolve the bond of allegiance, as between the vassal and his lord; hence, to challenge, defy; fr. L. dis- + fides faith. See {Faith}, and cf. {Diffident}, {Affiance}.] 1. To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce. [Obs.] I defy the surety and the bond. --Chaucer. For thee I have defied my constant mistress. --Beau. & Fl. 2. To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion. I once again Defy thee to the trial of mortal fight. --Milton. I defy the enemies of our constitution to show the contrary. --Burke. | |
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Deify \De"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deifying}.] [F. d[82]ifier, LL. deificare, fr. L. deificus. See {Deific}, {Deity}, {-fy}.] 1. To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius C[91]sar was deified. 2. To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money. He did again so extol and deify the pope. --Bacon. 3. To render godlike. By our own spirits are we deified. --Wordsworth. | |
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Deve \Deve\, a. [See {Deaf}.] Deaf. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Devow \De*vow"\, v. t. [F. d[82]vouer, L. devovere. See {Devote}, v. t.] 1. To give up; to devote. [Obs.] 2. [Cf. OF. desvoer. Cf. {Disavow}.] To disavow; to disclaim. [Obs.] --G. Fletcher. | |
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Dabb \Dabb\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large, spine-tailed lizard ({Uromastix spinipes}), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also {dhobb}, and {dhabb}. | |
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Dabb \Dabb\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large, spine-tailed lizard ({Uromastix spinipes}), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also {dhobb}, and {dhabb}. | |
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Dubb \Dubb\, n. [Ar.] (Zo[94]l.) The Syrian bear. See under {Bear}. [Written also {dhubb}, and {dub}.] | |
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Dib \Dib\, v. i. To dip. [Prov. Eng.] --Walton. | |
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Dib \Dib\, n. 1. One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints. 2. pl. A child's game, played with dib bones. | |
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Magnetic \Mag*net"ic\, Magnetical \Mag*net"ic*al\, a. [L. magneticus: cf. F. magn[82]tique.] 1. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle. 2. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian. 3. Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals. 4. Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment. She that had all magnetic force alone. --Donne. 5. Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See {Magnetism}. {Magnetic amplitude}, {attraction}, {dip}, {induction}, etc. See under {Amplitude}, {Attraction}, etc. {Magnetic battery}, a combination of bar or horseshoe magnets with the like poles adjacent, so as to act together with great power. {Magnetic compensator}, a contrivance connected with a ship's compass for compensating or neutralizing the effect of the iron of the ship upon the needle. {Magnetic curves}, curves indicating lines of magnetic force, as in the arrangement of iron filings between the poles of a powerful magnet. {Magnetic elements}. (a) (Chem. Physics) Those elements, as iron, nickel, cobalt, chromium, manganese, etc., which are capable or becoming magnetic. (b) (Physics) In respect to terrestrial magnetism, the declination, inclination, and intensity. (c) See under {Element}. {Magnetic equator}, the line around the equatorial parts of the earth at which there is no dip, the dipping needle being horizontal. {Magnetic field}, [or] {Field of magnetic force}, any space through which magnet exerts its influence. {Magnetic fluid}, the hypothetical fluid whose existence was formerly assumed in the explanations of the phenomena of magnetism. {Magnetic iron}, [or] {Magnetic iron ore}. (Min.) Same as {Magnetite}. {Magnetic needle}, a slender bar of steel, magnetized and suspended at its center on a sharp-pointed pivot, or by a delicate fiber, so that it may take freely the direction of the magnetic meridian. It constitutes the essential part of a compass, such as the mariner's and the surveyor's. {Magnetic poles}, the two points in the opposite polar regions of the earth at which the direction of the dipping needle is vertical. {Magnetic pyrites}. See {Pyrrhotite}. {Magnetic storm} (Terrestrial Physics), a disturbance of the earth's magnetic force characterized by great and sudden changes. {Magnetic telegraph}, a telegraph acting by means of a magnet. See {Telegraph}. | |
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Dip \Dip\, n. 1. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms. 2. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation, which is dipped out from incisions in the trees; as, virgin dip (the runnings of the first year), yellow dip (the runnings of subsequent years). 3. (A[89]ronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole. | |
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Dip \Dip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dipped}or {Dipt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dipping}.] [OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. d[?]pan to baptize, OS. d[?]pian, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. d[94]pa, Goth. daupjan, Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl[?] hollow, and to E. dive. Cf. {Deep}, {Dive}.] 1. To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again. The priest shall dip his finger in the blood. --Lev. iv. 6. [Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny deep. --Pope. While the prime swallow dips his wing. --Tennyson. 2. To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion. --Book of Common Prayer. Fuller. 3. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic] A cold shuddering dew Dips me all o'er. --Milton. 4. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair. He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons. --Dryden. 5. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water. 6. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Obs.] Live on the use and never dip thy lands. --Dryden. {Dipped candle}, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick in melted tallow. {To dip snuff}, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth. [Southern U. S.] {To dip the colors} (Naut.), to lower the colors and return them to place; -- a form of naval salute. | |
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Dip \Dip\, v. i. 1. To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink. The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out. --Coleridge. 2. To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part. Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot. --L'Estrange. 3. To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into. When I dipt into the future. --Tennyson. 4. To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into. [bd]Dipped into a multitude of books.[b8] --Macaulay. 5. To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip. 6. To dip snuff. [Southern U.S.] | |
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Dip \Dip\, n. 1. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. [bd]The dip of oars in unison.[b8] --Glover. 2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. 3. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. 4. A dipped candle. [Colloq.] --Marryat. {Dip of the horizon} (Astron.), the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean. {Dip of the needle}, [or] {Magnetic dip}, the angle formed, in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line; -- called also {inclination}. {Dip of a stratum} (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its direction or strike; -- called also the {pitch}. | |
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Magnetic \Mag*net"ic\, Magnetical \Mag*net"ic*al\, a. [L. magneticus: cf. F. magn[82]tique.] 1. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle. 2. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian. 3. Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals. 4. Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment. She that had all magnetic force alone. --Donne. 5. Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See {Magnetism}. {Magnetic amplitude}, {attraction}, {dip}, {induction}, etc. See under {Amplitude}, {Attraction}, etc. {Magnetic battery}, a combination of bar or horseshoe magnets with the like poles adjacent, so as to act together with great power. {Magnetic compensator}, a contrivance connected with a ship's compass for compensating or neutralizing the effect of the iron of the ship upon the needle. {Magnetic curves}, curves indicating lines of magnetic force, as in the arrangement of iron filings between the poles of a powerful magnet. {Magnetic elements}. (a) (Chem. Physics) Those elements, as iron, nickel, cobalt, chromium, manganese, etc., which are capable or becoming magnetic. (b) (Physics) In respect to terrestrial magnetism, the declination, inclination, and intensity. (c) See under {Element}. {Magnetic equator}, the line around the equatorial parts of the earth at which there is no dip, the dipping needle being horizontal. {Magnetic field}, [or] {Field of magnetic force}, any space through which magnet exerts its influence. {Magnetic fluid}, the hypothetical fluid whose existence was formerly assumed in the explanations of the phenomena of magnetism. {Magnetic iron}, [or] {Magnetic iron ore}. (Min.) Same as {Magnetite}. {Magnetic needle}, a slender bar of steel, magnetized and suspended at its center on a sharp-pointed pivot, or by a delicate fiber, so that it may take freely the direction of the magnetic meridian. It constitutes the essential part of a compass, such as the mariner's and the surveyor's. {Magnetic poles}, the two points in the opposite polar regions of the earth at which the direction of the dipping needle is vertical. {Magnetic pyrites}. See {Pyrrhotite}. {Magnetic storm} (Terrestrial Physics), a disturbance of the earth's magnetic force characterized by great and sudden changes. {Magnetic telegraph}, a telegraph acting by means of a magnet. See {Telegraph}. | |
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Dip \Dip\, n. 1. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms. 2. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation, which is dipped out from incisions in the trees; as, virgin dip (the runnings of the first year), yellow dip (the runnings of subsequent years). 3. (A[89]ronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole. | |
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Dip \Dip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dipped}or {Dipt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dipping}.] [OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. d[?]pan to baptize, OS. d[?]pian, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. d[94]pa, Goth. daupjan, Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl[?] hollow, and to E. dive. Cf. {Deep}, {Dive}.] 1. To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again. The priest shall dip his finger in the blood. --Lev. iv. 6. [Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny deep. --Pope. While the prime swallow dips his wing. --Tennyson. 2. To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion. --Book of Common Prayer. Fuller. 3. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic] A cold shuddering dew Dips me all o'er. --Milton. 4. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair. He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons. --Dryden. 5. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water. 6. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Obs.] Live on the use and never dip thy lands. --Dryden. {Dipped candle}, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick in melted tallow. {To dip snuff}, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth. [Southern U. S.] {To dip the colors} (Naut.), to lower the colors and return them to place; -- a form of naval salute. | |
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Dip \Dip\, v. i. 1. To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink. The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out. --Coleridge. 2. To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part. Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot. --L'Estrange. 3. To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into. When I dipt into the future. --Tennyson. 4. To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into. [bd]Dipped into a multitude of books.[b8] --Macaulay. 5. To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip. 6. To dip snuff. [Southern U.S.] | |
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Dip \Dip\, n. 1. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. [bd]The dip of oars in unison.[b8] --Glover. 2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. 3. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. 4. A dipped candle. [Colloq.] --Marryat. {Dip of the horizon} (Astron.), the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean. {Dip of the needle}, [or] {Magnetic dip}, the angle formed, in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line; -- called also {inclination}. {Dip of a stratum} (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its direction or strike; -- called also the {pitch}. | |
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d8Diva \[d8]Di"va\ (d[emac]"v[adot]), n.; It. pl. {Dive} (d[emac]"v[amac]). [It., prop. fem. of divo divine, L. divus.] A prima donna. | |
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Dive \Dive\, v. t. 1. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. [Obs.] --Hooker. 2. To explore by diving; to plunge into. [R.] The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame. --Denham. He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps. --Emerson. | |
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Dive \Dive\, n. 1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively. 2. A place of low resort. [Slang] The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city. --J. Hawthorne. | |
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Dive \Dive\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dived}, colloq. {Dove}, a relic of the AS. strong forms de[a0]f, dofen; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diving}.] [OE. diven, duven, AS. d[?]fan to sink, v. t., fr. d[?]fan, v. i.; akin to Icel. d[?]fa, G. taufen, E. dip, deep, and perh. to dove, n. Cf. {Dip}.] 1. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. --Whately. Note: The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form. All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous splash. --Dr. Hayes. When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water. --J. Burroughs. 2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. --South. | |
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Doupe \Doupe\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The carrion crow. [Written also {dob}.] [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Dobby \Dob"by\, n. (Weaving) An apparatus resembling a Jacquard for weaving small figures (usually about 12 - 16 threads, seldom more than 36 - 40 threads). | |
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Doff \Doff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doffing}.] [Do + off. See {Do}, v. t., 7.] 1. To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of. And made us doff our easy robes of peace. -- Shak. At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. -- Emerson. 2. To strip; to divest; to undress. Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear. -- Crashaw. | |
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Doff \Doff\, v. i. To put off dress; to take off the hat. | |
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Dop \Dop\, Doop \Doop\, n. A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut. | |
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Dop \Dop\, n. A dip; a low courtesy. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Dop \Dop\, Doop \Doop\, n. A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut. | |
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Dop \Dop\, v. i. [Cf. {Dap}, {Dip}.] To dip. [Obs.] --Walton. | |
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Dope \Dope\, v. t. 1. To treat or affect with dope; as, to dope nitroglycerin; specif.: (a) To give stupefying drugs to; to drug. [Slang] (b) To administer a stimulant to (a horse) to increase his speed. It is a serious offense against the laws of racing. [Race-track Slang] 2. To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope. [Slang] | |
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Dope \Dope\ (d[omac]p), n. [D. doop a dipping, fr. doopen to dip. Cf. {Dip}.] 1. Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc. 2. Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate. [Slang or Cant] 3. An absorbent material; esp., in high explosives, the sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps. 4. Information concerning the previous performances of race horses, or other facts concerning them which may be of assistance in judging of their chances of winning future races; sometimes, similar information concerning other sports. [Sporting Slang] | |
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Dopey \Dop"ey\, a. Affected by [bd]dope[b8]; esp., sluggish or dull as though under the influence of a narcotic. [Slang] | |
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Doupe \Doupe\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The carrion crow. [Written also {dob}.] [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Dive \Dive\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dived}, colloq. {Dove}, a relic of the AS. strong forms de[a0]f, dofen; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diving}.] [OE. diven, duven, AS. d[?]fan to sink, v. t., fr. d[?]fan, v. i.; akin to Icel. d[?]fa, G. taufen, E. dip, deep, and perh. to dove, n. Cf. {Dip}.] 1. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. --Whately. Note: The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form. All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous splash. --Dr. Hayes. When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water. --J. Burroughs. 2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. --South. | |
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Dove \Dove\, n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[?]fe; akin to OS. d[?]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[?]ba, G. taube, Icel. d[?]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[?]b[?]; perh. from the root of E. dive.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A pigeon of the genus {Columba} and various related genera. The species are numerous. Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called {fantails}, {tumblers}, {carrier pigeons}, etc., was derived from the {rock pigeon} ({Columba livia}) of Europe and Asia; the {turtledove} of Europe, celebrated for its sweet, plaintive note, is {C. turtur} or {Turtur vulgaris}; the {ringdove}, the largest of European species, is {C. palumbus}; the {Carolina dove}, or {Mourning dove}, is {Zenaidura macroura}; the {sea dove} is the little auk ({Mergulus alle} or {Alle alle}). See {Turtledove}, {Ground dove}, and {Rock pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of innocence, gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost. | |
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Dowve \Dow"ve\, n. A dove. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Dub \Dub\ (d[ucr]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dubbed} (d[ucr]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dubbing}.] [AS. dubban to strike, beat ([bd]dubbade his sunu . . . to r[c6]dere.[b8] --AS. Chron. an. 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.] 1. To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight. Note: The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword. 2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call. A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. --Pope. 3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. --Morte d'Arthure. 4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth. | |
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Dub \Dub\, v. i. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. [bd]Now the drum dubs.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Dub \Dub\, n. A blow. [R.] --Hudibras. | |
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Dub \Dub\, n. [Cf. Ir. d[a2]b mire, stream, W. dwvr water.] A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Dubb \Dubb\, n. [Ar.] (Zo[94]l.) The Syrian bear. See under {Bear}. [Written also {dhubb}, and {dub}.] | |
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Dub \Dub\ (d[ucr]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dubbed} (d[ucr]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dubbing}.] [AS. dubban to strike, beat ([bd]dubbade his sunu . . . to r[c6]dere.[b8] --AS. Chron. an. 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.] 1. To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight. Note: The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword. 2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call. A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. --Pope. 3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. --Morte d'Arthure. 4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth. | |
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Dub \Dub\, v. i. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. [bd]Now the drum dubs.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Dub \Dub\, n. A blow. [R.] --Hudibras. | |
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Dub \Dub\, n. [Cf. Ir. d[a2]b mire, stream, W. dwvr water.] A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Dubb \Dubb\, n. [Ar.] (Zo[94]l.) The Syrian bear. See under {Bear}. [Written also {dhubb}, and {dub}.] | |
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Dubb \Dubb\, n. [Ar.] (Zo[94]l.) The Syrian bear. See under {Bear}. [Written also {dhubb}, and {dub}.] | |
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Duff \Duff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Duffing}.] [Etym. uncertain.] [Colloq. or Slang] 1. To treat or manipulate so as to give a specious appearance to; to fake; hence, to cheat. 2. In Australia, to alter the brands on (cattle, horses, etc.); to steal (cattle, etc.), and alter their brands. | |
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Duff \Duff\ (d[ucr]f), n. [From OE. dagh. [root]67. See {Dough}.] 1. Dough or paste. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff. | |
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Dup \Dup\, v. t. [Contr. fr. do up, that is, to lift up the latch. Cf. {Don}, {Doff}.] To open; as, to dup the door. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Dupe \Dupe\, n. [F., prob. from Prov. F. dupe, dube; of unknown origin; equiv. to F. huppe hoopoe, a foolish bird, easily caught. Cf. Armor. houp[82]rik hoopoe, a man easily deceived. Cf. also {Gull}, {Booby}.] One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer. | |
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Dupe \Dupe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Duping}.] [Cf. F. duper, fr. dupe. See {Dupe}, n.] To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery. Ne'er have I duped him with base counterfeits. -- Coleridge. | |
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Davey, NE (village, FIPS 12280) Location: 40.98257 N, 96.66855 W Population (1990): 160 (64 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68336 | |
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Davie, FL (town, FIPS 16475) Location: 26.08215 N, 80.28925 W Population (1990): 47217 (19889 housing units) Area: 83.7 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33314, 33325, 33326, 33328, 33330, 33331, 33332 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Davy, WV (town, FIPS 20500) Location: 37.47411 N, 81.65003 W Population (1990): 403 (176 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
De Pue, IL (village, FIPS 19499) Location: 41.32972 N, 89.29577 W Population (1990): 1729 (690 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Depauw, IN Zip code(s): 47115 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Depew, NY (village, FIPS 20313) Location: 42.91203 N, 78.70471 W Population (1990): 17673 (6892 housing units) Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14043 Depew, OK (town, FIPS 20300) Location: 35.80035 N, 96.50761 W Population (1990): 502 (235 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74028 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Duff, TN Zip code(s): 37729 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dupo, IL (village, FIPS 21254) Location: 38.51750 N, 90.20961 W Population (1990): 3164 (1358 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62239 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
diff /dif/ n. 1. A change listing, especially giving differences between (and additions to) source code or documents (the term is often used in the plural `diffs'). "Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare {vdiff}. 2. Specifically, such a listing produced by the `diff(1)' command, esp. when used as specification input to the `patch(1)' utility (which can actually perform the modifications; see {patch}). This is a common method of distributing patches and source updates in the Unix/C world. 3. v. To compare (whether or not by use of automated tools on machine-readable files); see also {vdiff}, {mod}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
DP /D-P/ n. 1. Data Processing. Listed here because, according to hackers, use of the term marks one immediately as a {suit}. See {DPer}. 2. Common abbrev for {Dissociated Press}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
DPB /d*-pib'/ vt. [from the PDP-10 instruction set] To plop something down in the middle. Usage: silly. "DPB yourself into that couch there." The connotation would be that the couch is full except for one slot just big enough for one last person to sit in. DPB means `DePosit Byte', and was the name of a PDP-10 instruction that inserts some bits into the middle of some other bits. Hackish usage has been kept alive by the Common LISP function of the same name. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DB {database} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DB2 When running under IBM's MVS ({Multiple Virtual Storage}) {operating system}, DB2 is implemented on top of {VSAM} and uses its underlying data structures. DB2, later called "DB2 Universal DataBase", also runs under {windows NT}, {AIX}, {Solaris} and, most recently, {Linux}. [Details? Was there a "DB1"?] (1999-02-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DB-25 {EIA-232} serial communication. {DE-9} is a common alternative. (1996-12-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DBA {database administrator} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DBH {Denis Howe} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DDB {device independent bitmap} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DDIF Digital Document Interchange Format. A CDA specification for representing compound documents in revisable format; a DEC standard for document encoding. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DDP {Distributed Data Processing} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
deb {Debian} {binary package}. (2001-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
devo /dee'voh/ (In-house jargon at {Symbolics}) A person in a development group. See also {doco} and {mango}. (1994-11-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DFA Deterministic Finite-state Automaton. See {Finite State Machine}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DIB {device independent bitmap} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
diff /dif/ 1. A change listing, especially giving differences between (and additions to) different versions of a piece of source code or documentation (the term is often used in the plural "diffs"). "Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare {vdiff}. 2. Specifically, such a listing produced by the diff {Unix} command, especially when used as input to the {patch} utility (which actually performs the modifications). This is a common method of distributing patches and source updates. 3. To compare (whether or not by use of automated tools on machine-readable files). See also {vdiff}, {mod}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DIP 1. {Dual In-line Package}. 2. {Document Image Processing}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DOF {degrees of freedom} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DP 1. {data processing}. According to hackers, use of the term marks one immediately as a {suit}. See {DPer}. 2. {dot pitch}. 3. {Dissociated Press}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-07-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DPB /d*-pib'/ The {PDP-10} instruction "DePosit Byte" that inserts some bits into the middle of some other bits. Hackish usage has been kept alive by the {Common LISP} function of the same name. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dpi Dots per inch. A measure of resolution for printers, scanners and displays. {Laser printer}s typically reach 300 DPI, though 600 DPI is becoming more common. Commercial typesetters are usually around 1200 DPI. (1995-01-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DPP {Dining Philosophers Problem} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DTP {desktop publishing} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
D-type 1. because one side is shorter (with one less pin) than the other giving a (squarish) "D" shape. The connectors have two rows of pins (or holes). Common types are 25-way (13+12 pins) and 9-way (5+4 pins). They are often used for serial lines, especially {EIA-232}. (1995-01-05) 2. {D-type flip-flop}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DVI 1. of {TeX}, giving a description of a formatted document that is not related to any specific hardware or other standard document format. Utilities exist to view and print DVI files on various systems and devices. 2. {Digital Video Input}. (2003-09-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dweeb An even lower form of life than the {spod}, found in much the same habitat as the former. though more prevailent on {talker system}s. Unlike spods, upon receiving the desired response to the question "Are you male or female?", dweebs will then engage upon a detailed description of themselves and how wonderful they are, often in the hopes of truly impressing the other with their "charm" and "wit". Nearly all dweebs are male, but very few actually live up to the image that they present. Dweebs, unfortunately, are often the cause of ill-will, and may well bring a bad reputation to the system in question. They are often, however, easy to wind up and can be the source of great mirth to the seasoned user. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Deep used to denote (1) the grave or the abyss (Rom. 10:7; Luke 8:31); (2) the deepest part of the sea (Ps. 69:15); (3) the chaos mentioned in Gen. 1:2; (4) the bottomless pit, hell (Rev. 9:1, 2; 11:7; 20:13). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dove In their wild state doves generally build their nests in the clefts of rocks, but when domesticated "dove-cots" are prepared for them (Cant. 2:14; Jer. 48:28; Isa. 60:8). The dove was placed on the standards of the Assyrians and Babylonians in honour, it is supposed, of Semiramis (Jer. 25:38; Vulg., "fierceness of the dove;" comp. Jer. 46:16; 50:16). Doves and turtle-doves were the only birds that could be offered in sacrifice, as they were clean according to the Mosaic law (Ge. 15:9; Lev. 5:7; 12:6; Luke 2:24). The dove was the harbinger of peace to Noah (Gen. 8:8, 10). It is often mentioned as the emblem of purity (Ps. 68:13). It is a symbol of the Holy Spirit (Gen. 1:2; Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32); also of tender and devoted affection (Cant. 1:15; 2:14). David in his distress wished that he had the wings of a dove, that he might fly away and be at rest (Ps. 55:6-8). There is a species of dove found at Damascus "whose feathers, all except the wings, are literally as yellow as gold" (68:13). |