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d8Ablaut \[d8]Ab"laut\, n. [Ger., off-sound; ab off + laut sound.] (Philol.) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. --Earle. | |
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d8Ballet \[d8]Bal"let`\, n. [F., a dim. of bal dance. See 2d {Ball}, n.] 1. An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing. 2. The company of persons who perform the ballet. 3. (Mus.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers. 4. (Her.) A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color. | |
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d8Bildstein \[d8]Bild"stein\, n. [G., fr. bild image, likeness + stein stone.] Same as {Agalmatolite}. | |
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d8Billet-doux \[d8]Bil`let-doux"\, n.; pl. {Billets-doux}. [F. billet note + doux sweet, L. dulcis.] A love letter or note. A lover chanting out a billet-doux. --Spectator. | |
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d8Biltong \[d8]Bil"tong\, n. [S. African.] Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried. --H. R. Haggard. | |
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d8Boldo \[d8]Bol"do\, d8Boldu \[d8]Bol"du\, n. (Bot.) A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili ({Peumus Boldus}). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten. | |
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d8Boldo \[d8]Bol"do\, d8Boldu \[d8]Bol"du\, n. (Bot.) A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili ({Peumus Boldus}). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten. | |
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d8Boletus \[d8]Bo*le"tus\, n. [L. boletus, Gr. [?].] (Bot.) A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous. | |
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d8Bultong \[d8]Bul"tong\, n. Biltong. | |
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d8Ephialtes \[d8]Eph`i*al"tes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], lit., one who leaps upon.] The nightmare. --Brande & C. | |
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d8Felo-de-se \[d8]Fe"lo-de-se`\, n.; pl. {Felos-de-se}. [LL. felo, E. felon + de of, concerning + se self.] (Law) One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide. --Burrill. | |
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d8Feuilleton \[d8]Feu`ille*ton"\ (? [or] ?), n. [F., from feulle leaf.] A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed. | |
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d8Fl96te 85 bec \[d8]Fl[96]te` [85] bec"\ [F.] (Mus.) A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet. | |
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d8Flatus \[d8]Fla"tus\, n.; pl. E. {Flatuses}, L. {Flatus}. [L., fr. flare to blow.] 1. A breath; a puff of wind. --Clarke. 2. Wind or gas generated in the stomach or other cavities of the body. --Quincy. | |
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d8Flauto \[d8]Flau"to\, n. [It.] A flute. {Flaute piccolo}[It., little flute], an octave flute. {Flauto traverso}[It., transverse flute], the German flute, held laterally, instead of being played, like the old fl[96]te a bec, with a mouth piece at the end. | |
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d8Flota \[d8]Flo"ta\, n. [Sp. See {Flotilla}.] A fleet; especially, a [?]eet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish America. | |
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d8Havildar \[d8]Hav`il*dar"\, n. In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant. {Havildar major}, a native sergeant major in the East Indian army. | |
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d8Oblati \[d8]Ob*la"ti\, n. pl. [LL., fr. L. oblatus. See {Oblate}.] (R.C.Ch.) (a) Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state. (b) A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery. --Addis & Arnold. | |
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d8Oblatum \[d8]Ob*la"tum\, n.; pl. {Oblata}. [NL. See {Oblate}.] (Geom.) An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. {Oblongum}. | |
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d8Oubliette \[d8]Ou`bli`ette"\, n. [F., fr. oublier to forget, fr. (assumed) LL. oblitare, L. oblivisci, p. p. oblitus.] A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall. Sudden in the sun An oubliette winks. Where is he? Gone. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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d8Palatonares \[d8]Pal`a*to*na"res\, n. pl. [NL. See {Palato-}, and {Nares}.] (Anat.) The posterior nares. See {Nares}. | |
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d8Paleotherium \[d8]Pa`le*o*the"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] ancient + [?] beast.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama. [Written also {Pal[91]otherium}.] | |
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d8Paletot \[d8]Pal"e*tot\, n. [F. paletot, OF. palletoc, prob. fr. L. palla (see {Palla}) + F. toque cap, and so lit., a frock with a cap or hood; cf. Sp. paletoque.] (a) An overcoat. --Dickens. (b) A lady's outer garment, -- of varying fashion. | |
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d8Paludamentum \[d8]Pa*lu`da*men*tum\, n.; pl. {Paladumenta}. (Rom. Antiq.) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers. | |
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d8Paludicol91 \[d8]Pal`u*dic"o*l[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. palus, -udis, a marsh + colere to inhabit.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of birds, including the cranes, rails, etc. | |
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d8Paludina \[d8]Pal`u*di"na\, n.; pl. L. {Paludin[91]}, E. {Paludinas}. [NL., fr. L. palus, -udis, a marsh, pool.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to {Paludina}, {Melantho}, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of {Pond snail}, under {Pond}. | |
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d8Pelota \[d8]Pe*lo"ta\, n. [Sp., lit., ball.] A Basque, Spanish, and Spanish-American game played in a court, in which a ball is struck with a wickerwork racket. | |
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d8Pelta \[d8]Pel"ta\, n.; pl. {Pelt[91]}. [L., a shield, fr. Gr. [?].] 1. (Antiq.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped. 2. (Bot.) A flat apothecium having no rim. | |
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d8Peludo \[d8]Pe*lu"do\, n. [Sp. peludo hairy.] (Zo[94]l.) The South American hairy armadillo ({Dasypus villosus}). | |
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d8Phyllodium \[d8]Phyl*lo"di*um\, n.; pl. {Phyllodia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] leaflike; [?] leaf + [?] form.] (Bot.) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, and usually with vertical edges, as in the Australian acacias. | |
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d8Pilidium \[d8]Pi*lid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Pildia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], dim. of [?] a cap.] (Zo[94]l.) The free-swimming, hat-shaped larva of certain nemertean worms. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm develops in its interior. | |
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d8Platanus \[d8]Plat"a*nus\, n. [See {Plane} the tree.] (Bot.) A genus of trees; the plane tree. | |
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d8Plathelminthes \[d8]Plat`hel*min"thes\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Platyelminthes}. | |
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d8Platyelminthes \[d8]Plat`y*el*min"thes\, n. pl. [NL. See {Platy-}, and {Helminthes}.] (Zo[94]l.) A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also {flatworms}. | |
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d8Platyhelmia \[d8]Plat`y*hel"mi*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Platyelminthes}. [Written also {Platyelmia}.] | |
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d8Platypoda \[d8]Pla*typ"o*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prosobranchiata}. | |
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d8Platyptera \[d8]Pla*typ"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] broad + [?] a wing.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stone flies ({Perla}). | |
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d8Platyrhini \[d8]Plat`y*rhi"ni\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] broad + [?], [?], nose.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of monkeys, including the American species, which have a broad nasal septum, thirty-six teeth, and usually a prehensile tail. See {Monkey}. [Written also {Platyrrhini}.] | |
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d8Plethron \[d8]Pleth"ron\, d8Plethrum \[d8]Pleth"rum\, n.; pl. {Plethra}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?].] (Gr. Antiq.) A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet. | |
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d8Plethron \[d8]Pleth"ron\, d8Plethrum \[d8]Pleth"rum\, n.; pl. {Plethra}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?].] (Gr. Antiq.) A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet. | |
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d8Plethysmograph \[d8]Pleth"ys*mo*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] an enlargement + -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for determining and registering the variations in the size or volume of a limb, as the arm or leg, and hence the variations in the amount of blood in the limb. -- {Pleth`ys*mo*graph"ic}, a. | |
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d8Pluteus \[d8]Plu"te*us\, n.; pl. L. {Plutei}, E. {Pluteuses}. [L., a shed.] (Zo[94]l.) The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods. | |
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d8Polatouche \[d8]Po`la`touche"\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) A flying squirrel ({Sciuropterus volans}) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also {minene}. | |
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d8Politesse \[d8]Pol`i*tesse"\, n. [F.] Politeness. | |
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d8Polyadelphia \[d8]Pol`y*a*del"phi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. poly`s many + [?] brother.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants having stamens united in three or more bodies or bundles by the filaments. | |
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d8Polydipsia \[d8]Pol`y*dip"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. poly`s much + [?] thirst.] (Med.) Excessive and constant thirst occasioned by disease. | |
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d8Polythalamia \[d8]Pol`y*tha*la"mi*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Polythalamous}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell. | |
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d8Pyelitis \[d8]Py`e*li"tis\ n. [Gr. basin + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney. | |
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d8Table d'h93te \[d8]Ta"ble d'h[93]te"\ Now, commonly, a meal, usually of several courses, in a restaurant, hotel, or the like, for which one pays a fixed price irrespective of what one orders; -- often used adjectively; as, a table-d'h[93]te meal. | |
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d8Table d'h93te \[d8]Ta"ble d'h[93]te"\ (t[adot]"bl' d[omac]t`); pl. {Tables d'h[93]te}. [F., literally, table of the landlord.] A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary. | |
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d8Tabulata \[d8]Tab`u*la"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tabulatus floored.] (Zo[94]l.) An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera {Pocillopora} and Favosites are examples. | |
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d8Typhlitis \[d8]Typh*li"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] blind, closed (as applied to the c[91]cum) + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the c[91]cum. | |
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d8Uvulitis \[d8]U`vu*li"tis\, n. [NL. See {Uvula}, and {-itis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the uvula. | |
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Valet \Val"et\ (?; 277), n. [F. valet, OF. vallet, varlet, vaslet. See {Varlet}, and {Vassal}.] 1. A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant. 2. (Man.) A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron. {[d8]Valet de chambre}[F.], a body servant, or personal attendant. | |
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d8Veldt \[d8]Veldt\, n. [D. veld. Cf. {Field}, n.] A region or tract of land; esp., the open field; grass country. [South Africa] | |
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d8Velout82 \[d8]Ve*lou`t[82]"\, n., [or] Sauce velout82 \Sauce velout[82]\ [F. velout[82], lit., velvety.] (Cookery) A white sauce or stock made by boiling down ham, veal, beef, fowl, bouillon, etc., then adding soup stock, seasoning, vegetables, and thickening, and again boiling and straining. | |
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Viola \Vi"o*la\, n. [It. See {Viol}.] (Mus.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. {[d8]Viola da braccio} [It., viol for the arm], the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the {alto}. {[d8]Viola da gamba} [It., viol for the leg], an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used. {[d8]Viola da spalla} [It., viol for the shoulder], an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba. {[d8]Viola di amore} [It., viol of love: cf. F. viole d'amour], a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used. | |
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Viola \Vi"o*la\, n. [It. See {Viol}.] (Mus.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. {[d8]Viola da braccio} [It., viol for the arm], the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the {alto}. {[d8]Viola da gamba} [It., viol for the leg], an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used. {[d8]Viola da spalla} [It., viol for the shoulder], an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba. {[d8]Viola di amore} [It., viol of love: cf. F. viole d'amour], a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used. | |
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Viola \Vi"o*la\, n. [It. See {Viol}.] (Mus.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. {[d8]Viola da braccio} [It., viol for the arm], the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the {alto}. {[d8]Viola da gamba} [It., viol for the leg], an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used. {[d8]Viola da spalla} [It., viol for the shoulder], an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba. {[d8]Viola di amore} [It., viol of love: cf. F. viole d'amour], a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used. | |
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Viola \Vi"o*la\, n. [It. See {Viol}.] (Mus.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. {[d8]Viola da braccio} [It., viol for the arm], the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the {alto}. {[d8]Viola da gamba} [It., viol for the leg], an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used. {[d8]Viola da spalla} [It., viol for the shoulder], an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba. {[d8]Viola di amore} [It., viol of love: cf. F. viole d'amour], a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used. | |
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d8Volador \[d8]Vo*la*dor"\, n. [Sp.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A flying fish of California ({Exoc[oe]tus Californicus}): -- called also {volator}. (b) The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under {Flying}. | |
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d8Volator \[d8]Vo*la"tor\, n. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Volador}, 1. | |
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d8Volta \[d8]Vol"ta\, n.; pl. {Volte}. [It. volta a turn, turning, a time. See {Volt} a tread.] (Mus.) A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain. | |
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d8Volti \[d8]Vol"ti\, imperative. [It., fr. voltare to turn. See {Volt} a tread.] (Mus.) Turn, that is, turn over the leaf. {Volti subito} [It.] (Mus.), turn over quickly. | |
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d8Voltigeur \[d8]Vol`ti*geur\, n. [F., fr. voltiger to vault, It. volteggiare. See {Volt} a tread.] 1. A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter. 2. (Mil.) One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry. | |
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Dabble \Dab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dabbling}.] [Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.] To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. [bd]Bright hair dabbled in blood.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Dapple \Dap"ple\, Dappled \Dap"pled\, a. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. --Sir W. Scott. Note: The word is used in composition to denote that some color is variegated or marked with spots; as, dapple-bay; dapple-gray. His steed was all dapple-gray. --Chaucer. O, swiftly can speed my dapple-gray steed. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Dapple \Dap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dappled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dappling}.] To variegate with spots; to spot. The gentle day, . . . Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. --Shak. The dappled pink and blushing rose. --Prior. | |
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Debellate \De*bel"late\, v. t. [L. debellatus, p. p. of debellare to subdue; de- + bellum war.] To subdue; to conquer in war. [Obs.] --Speed. | |
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Debellation \Deb`el*la"tion\, n. [LL. debellatio.] The act of conquering or subduing. [Obs.] | |
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Debilitant \De*bil"i*tant\, a. [L. debilitants, p. pr.] (Med.) Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug. | |
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Debilitate \De*bil"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debilitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debilitating}.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See {Debility}.] To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance. Various ails debilitate the mind. --Jenyns. The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Debilitate \De*bil"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debilitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debilitating}.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See {Debility}.] To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance. Various ails debilitate the mind. --Jenyns. The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Debilitate \De*bil"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debilitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debilitating}.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See {Debility}.] To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance. Various ails debilitate the mind. --Jenyns. The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Debilitation \De*bil`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. debilitatio: cf. F. d[82]bilitation.] The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness. | |
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Debility \De*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. debilitas, fr. debilis weak, prob. fr. de- + habilis able: cf. F. d[82]bilit[82]. See {Able}, a.] The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor. The inconveniences of too strong a perspiration, which are debility, faintness, and sometimes sudden death. --Arbuthnot. Syn: {Debility}, {Infirmity}, {Imbecility}. Usage: An infirmity belongs, for the most part, to particular members, and is often temporary, as of the eyes, etc. Debility is more general, and while it lasts impairs the ordinary functions of nature. Imbecility attaches to the whole frame, and renders it more or less powerless. Debility may be constitutional or may be the result or superinduced causes; Imbecility is always constitutional; infirmity is accidental, and results from sickness or a decay of the frame. These words, in their figurative uses, have the same distinctions; we speak of infirmity of will, debility of body, and an Imbecility which affects the whole man; but Imbecility is often used with specific reference to feebleness of mind. | |
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Debulition \Deb`u*li"tion\, n. [See {Debulliate}.] A bubbling or boiling over. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Debulliate \De*bul"li*ate\, v. i. [Pref. d[82]- + L. bullire to boil.] To boil over. [Obs.] | |
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Deep-laid \Deep"-laid`\, a. Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans. | |
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Default \De*fault"\, n. [OE. defaute, OF. defaute, defalte, fem., F. d[82]faut, masc., LL. defalta, fr. a verb meaning, to be deficient, to want, fail, fr. L. de- + fallere to deceive. See {Fault}.] 1. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default. 2. Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom. And pardon craved for his so rash default. --Spenser. Regardless of our merit or default. --Pope. 3. (Law) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc. {In default of}, in case of failure or lack of. Cooks could make artificial birds and fishes in default of the real ones. --Arbuthnot. {To suffer a default} (Law), to permit an action to be called without appearing to answer. | |
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Default \De*fault"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Defaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defaulting}.] 1. To fail in duty; to offend. That he gainst courtesy so foully did default. --Spenser. 2. To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty. 3. To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default. | |
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Default \De*fault"\, v. t. 1. To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend. What they have defaulted towards him as no king. --Milton. 2. (Law) To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against. 3. To leave out of account; to omit. [Obs.] Defaulting unnecessary and partial discourses. --Hales. | |
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Default \De*fault"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Defaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defaulting}.] 1. To fail in duty; to offend. That he gainst courtesy so foully did default. --Spenser. 2. To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty. 3. To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default. | |
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Defaulter \De*fault"er\, n. 1. One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called. 2. One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator. | |
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Default \De*fault"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Defaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defaulting}.] 1. To fail in duty; to offend. That he gainst courtesy so foully did default. --Spenser. 2. To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty. 3. To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default. | |
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Defilade \De`fi*lade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defiladed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defilading}.] [Cf. F. d[82]filer to defile, and d[82]filade act of defiling. See 1st {Defile}.] (Mil.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point. | |
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Defilade \De`fi*lade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defiladed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defilading}.] [Cf. F. d[82]filer to defile, and d[82]filade act of defiling. See 1st {Defile}.] (Mil.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point. | |
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Defilade \De`fi*lade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defiladed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defilading}.] [Cf. F. d[82]filer to defile, and d[82]filade act of defiling. See 1st {Defile}.] (Mil.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point. | |
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Defilading \De`fi*lad"ing\, n. (Mil.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected. --Farrow. | |
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Defile \De*file"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Defiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defiling}.] [F. d[82]filer; pref. d[82]-, for des- (L. dis-) + file a row or line. See {File} a row.] To march off in a line, file by file; to file off. | |
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Defiliation \De*fil`i*a"tion\, n. [L. de- + filius son.] Abstraction of a child from its parents. --Lamb. | |
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Deflate \De*flate"\, v. t. [Pref. de- down + L. flare, flatus to blow.] To reduce from an inflated condition. | |
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Defoliate \De*fo"li*ate\, Defoliated \De*fo"li*a`ted\ a. Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall. | |
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Defoliate \De*fo"li*ate\, Defoliated \De*fo"li*a`ted\ a. Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall. | |
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Defoliation \De*fo`li*a"tion\, n. [LL. defoliare, defoliatum, to shed leaves; L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. d[82]foliation.] The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. | |
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Deoppilate \De*op"pi*late\, v. t. To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [Obs.] --Boyle. | |
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Deoppilation \De*op`pi*la"tion\, n. Removal of whatever stops up the passages. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Deoppilative \De*op"pi*la*tive\, a. & n. (Med.) Deobstruent; aperient. [Obs.] --Harvey. | |
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Depilate \Dep"i*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depilating}.] [L. depilatus, p. p. of depilare to depilate; de- + pilare to put forth hairs, pilus hair.] To strip of hair; to husk. --Venner. | |
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Depilate \Dep"i*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depilating}.] [L. depilatus, p. p. of depilare to depilate; de- + pilare to put forth hairs, pilus hair.] To strip of hair; to husk. --Venner. | |
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Depilate \Dep"i*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depilated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depilating}.] [L. depilatus, p. p. of depilare to depilate; de- + pilare to put forth hairs, pilus hair.] To strip of hair; to husk. --Venner. | |
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Depilation \Dep`i*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]pilation.] Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing. --Dryden. | |
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Depilatory \De*pil"a*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]pilatoire.] Having the quality or power of removing hair. -- n. An application used to take off hair. | |
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Deplete \De*plete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depleted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depleting}.] [From L. deplere to empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See {Fill}, {Full}, a.] 1. (Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. --Copland. 2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc. --Saturday Review. | |
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Deplete \De*plete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depleted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depleting}.] [From L. deplere to empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See {Fill}, {Full}, a.] 1. (Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. --Copland. 2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc. --Saturday Review. | |
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Deplete \De*plete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depleted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depleting}.] [From L. deplere to empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See {Fill}, {Full}, a.] 1. (Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. --Copland. 2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc. --Saturday Review. | |
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Depletion \De*ple"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]pl[82]tion.] 1. The act of depleting or emptying. 2. (Med.) the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea. | |
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Depletive \De*ple"tive\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]pl[82]tif.] Able or fitted to deplete. -- n. A substance used to deplete. | |
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Depletory \De*ple"to*ry\, a. Serving to deplete. | |
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Deploitation \Dep`loi*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. {Exploitation}, {Deploy}.] Same as Exploitation. | |
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Deploy \De*ploy"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Deployed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deploying}.] [F. d[82]ployer; pref. d[82][?] = d[82]s (L. dis) + ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See {Ply}, and cf. {Display}.] (Mil.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle. | |
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Devil-diver \Dev"il-div`er\, Devil bird \Dev"il bird`\, n.. (Zo[94]l.) A small water bird. See {Dabchick}. | |
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Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf. {Dipchick}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper}, {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed grebe}. | |
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Devil-diver \Dev"il-div`er\, Devil bird \Dev"il bird`\, n.. (Zo[94]l.) A small water bird. See {Dabchick}. | |
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Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf. {Dipchick}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper}, {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed grebe}. | |
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Devil \Dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deviled}or {Devilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deviling}or {Devilling}.] 1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil. 2. To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper. A deviled leg of turkey. --W. Irving. | |
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Devilet \Dev"il*et\, n. A little devil. [R.] --Barham. | |
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Devil \Dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deviled}or {Devilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deviling}or {Devilling}.] 1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil. 2. To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper. A deviled leg of turkey. --W. Irving. | |
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Deviltry \Dev"il*try\, n.; pl. {Deviltries}. Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry. --C. Reade. | |
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Deviltry \Dev"il*try\, n.; pl. {Deviltries}. Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry. --C. Reade. | |
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Devilwood \Dev"il*wood`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of tree ({Osmanthus Americanus}), allied to the European olive. | |
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Devolute \Dev"o*lute\, v. t. [L. devolutus, p. p. of devolvere. See {Devolve}.] To devolve. [Obs.] --Foxe. | |
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Devolution \Dev`o*lu"tion\, n. [LL. devolutio: cf. F. d[82]volution.] 1. The act of rolling down. [R.] The devolution of earth down upon the valleys. --Woodward. 2. Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor. The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel known and conformable to old constitutional requisitions. --De Quincey. | |
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Dibble \Dib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dibbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dibbling}.] [Freq. of Prov. E. dib, for dip to thrust in. See {Dip}.] To dib or dip frequently, as in angling. --Walton. | |
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Difflation \Dif*fla"tion\, n. [LL. difflatio, fr. L. difflare, difflatum, to disperse by blowing.] A blowing apart or away. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Fault \Fault\, n. 1. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the circuit. 2. (Geol. & Mining) A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping. Note: The surface along which the dislocated masses have moved is called the {fault plane}. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a {vertical fault}; when its inclination is such that the present relative position of the two masses could have been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane, of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a {normal}, [or] {gravity}, {fault}. When the fault plane is so inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up relatively, the fault is then called a {reverse} (or {reversed}), {thrust}, or {overthrust}, {fault}. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault is then called a {horizontal fault}. The linear extent of the dislocation measured on the fault plane and in the direction of movement is the {displacement}; the vertical displacement is the {throw}; the horizontal displacement is the {heave}. The direction of the line of intersection of the fault plane with a horizontal plane is the {trend} of the fault. A fault is a {strike fault} when its trend coincides approximately with the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal plane); it is a {dip fault} when its trend is at right angles to the strike; an {oblique fault} when its trend is oblique to the strike. Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called {cross faults}. A series of closely associated parallel faults are sometimes called {step faults} and sometimes {distributive faults}. | |
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Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
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Dipleidoscope \Di*plei"do*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] double + [?] image + -scope.] (Astron.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian. | |
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Pinfish \Pin"fish`\, n. [So called from their sharp dorsal spines.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus, [or] Lagodon, rhomboides}). (b) The salt-water bream ({Diplodus Holbrooki}). Note: Both are excellent food fishes, common on the coast of the United States south of Cape Hatteras. The name is also applied to other allied species. | |
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Sailor \Sail"or\, n. One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman. Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer. {Sailor's choice}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus, [or] Lagodon, rhomboides}) of the Southern United States; -- called also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail}, and {salt-water bream}. (b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis, [or] Pomadasys, chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also {hogfish}, and {pigfish}. | |
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Pinfish \Pin"fish`\, n. [So called from their sharp dorsal spines.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus, [or] Lagodon, rhomboides}). (b) The salt-water bream ({Diplodus Holbrooki}). Note: Both are excellent food fishes, common on the coast of the United States south of Cape Hatteras. The name is also applied to other allied species. | |
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Yellowtail \Yel"low*tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus {Seriola}; especially, the large California species ({S. dorsalis}) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called also {cavasina}, and {white salmon}. (b) The mademoiselle, or silver perch. (c) The menhaden. (d) The runner, 12. (e) A California rockfish ({Sebastodes flavidus}). (f) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus rhomboides}). Note: Several other fishes are also locally called yellowtail. | |
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Squirrel \Squir"rel\ (skw[etil]r"r[etil]l or skw[icr]r"-; 277), n. [OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. [82]cureuil, LL. squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr. si`oyros; skia` shade + o'yra` tail. Cf. {Shine}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus {Sciurus} and several allied genera of the family {Sciurid[91]}. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows. Note: Among the common North American squirrels are the gray squirrel ({Scirius Carolinensis}) and its black variety; the fox, or cat, sqirrel ({S. cinereus}, or {S. niger}) which is a large species, and variable in color, the southern variety being frequently black, while the northern and western varieties are usually gray or rusty brown; the red squirrel (see {Chickaree}); the striped, or chipping, squirrel (see {Chipmunk}); and the California gray squirrel ({S. fossor}). Several other species inhabit Mexico and Central America. The common European species ({Sciurus vulgaris}) has a long tuft of hair on each ear. the so-called Australian squirrels are marsupials. See {Petaurist}, and {Phalanger}. 2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder. {Barking squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the prairie dog. {Federation squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the striped gopher. See {Gopher}, 2. {Flying squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Flying squirrel}, in the Vocabulary. {Java squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jelerang}. {Squirrel corn} (Bot.), a North American herb ({Dicantra Canadensis}) bearing little yellow tubers. {Squirrel cup} (Bot.), the blossom of the {Hepatica triloba}, a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the earliest flowers of spring. {Squirrel fish} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A sea bass ({Serranus fascicularis}) of the Southern United States. (b) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus rhomboides}). (c) The redmouth, or grunt. (d) A market fish of Bermuda ({Holocentrum Ascensione}). {Squirrel grass} (Bot.), a pestiferous grass ({Hordeum murinum}) related to barley. In California the stiffly awned spiklets work into the wool of sheep, and into the throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even producing death. {Squirrel hake} (Zo[94]l.), a common American hake ({Phycis tenuis}); -- called also {white hake}. {Squirrel hawk} (Zo[94]l.), any rough-legged hawk; especially, the California species {Archibuteo ferrugineus}. {Squirrel monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of small, soft-haired South American monkeys of the genus {Calithrix}. They are noted for their graceful form and agility. See {Teetee}. (b) A marmoset. {Squirrel petaurus} (Zo[94]l.), a flying phalanger of Australia. See {Phalanger}, {Petaurist}, and {Flying phalanger} under {Flying}. {Squirrel shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus {Tupaia}. They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy tail, like that of a squirrel. {Squirrel-tail grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Hordeum jubatum}) found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a dense spike beset with long awns. | |
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Diploetic \Dip`lo*et"ic\, a. (Anat.) Diploic. | |
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Diploid \Dip"loid\, n. [Gr. [?] twofold + -oid.] (Crystallog.) A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron. | |
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Note: It is adultery on the part of the married wrongdoer. The word has also been used to characterize the act of an unmarried participator, the other being married. In the United States the definition varies with the local statutes. Unlawful intercourse between two married persons is sometimes called {double adultery}; between a married and an unmarried person, {single adultery}. 2. Adulteration; corruption. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 3. (Script.) (a) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment. (b) Faithlessness in religion. --Jer. iii. 9. 4. (Old Law) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery. 5. (Eccl.) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop. 6. Injury; degradation; ruin. [Obs.] You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature. --B. Jonson. | |
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d8Diesis \[d8]Di"e*sis\, n.; pl. {Dieses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to let go through, dissolve; dia` through + [?] to let go, send.] 1. (Mus.) A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals. 2. (Print.) The mark [Dagger]; -- called also {double dagger}. | |
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Double \Dou"ble\, a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. [?] double. See {Two}, and {Full}, and cf. {Diploma}, {Duple}.] 1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc. Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. -- 2 Kings ii. 9. Darkness and tempest make a double night. --Dryden. 2. Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled. [Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake, Float double, swan and shadow. --Wordsworth. 3. Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere. With a double heart do they speak. -- Ps. xii. 2. 4. (Bot.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. Note: Double is often used as the first part of a compound word, generally denoting two ways, or twice the number, quantity, force, etc., twofold, or having two. {Double base}, [or] {Double bass} (Mus.), the largest and lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the contrabasso or violone. {Double convex}. See under {Convex}. {Double counterpoint} (Mus.), that species of counterpoint or composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by setting one of them an octave higher or lower. {Double court} (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four players, two on each side. {Double dagger} (Print.), a reference mark ([Dagger]) next to the dagger ([dagger]) in order; a diesis. {Double drum} (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both ends. {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States having the value of 20 dollars. {Double entry}. See under {Bookkeeping}. {Double floor} (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below. See Illust. of Double-framed floor. {Double flower}. See {Double}, a., 4. {Double-framed floor} (Arch.), a double floor having girders into which the binding joists are framed. {Double fugue} (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects. {Double letter}. (a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature. (b) A mail requiring double postage. {Double note} (Mus.), a note of double the length of the semibreve; a breve. See {Breve}. {Double octave} (Mus.), an interval composed of two octaves, or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth. {Double pica}. See under {Pica}. {Double play} (Baseball), a play by which two players are put out at the same time. {Double plea} (Law), a plea alleging several matters in answer to the declaration, where either of such matters alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. --Stephen. {Double point} (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of a curve are called double points, since they possess most of the properties of double points (see {Conjugate}). They are also called {acnodes}, and those points where the branches of the curve really cross are called {crunodes}. The extremity of a cusp is also a double point. {Double quarrel}. (Eccl. Law) See {Duplex querela}, under {Duplex}. {Double refraction}. (Opt.) See {Refraction}. {Double salt}. (Chem.) (a) A mixed salt of any polybasic acid which has been saturated by different bases or basic radicals, as the double carbonate of sodium and potassium, {NaKCO3.6H2O}. (b) A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as common alum, which consists of the sulphate of aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium. {Double shuffle}, a low, noisy dance. {Double standard} (Polit. Econ.), a double standard of monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are made legal tender. {Double star} (Astron.), two stars so near to each other as to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such stars may be only optically near to each other, or may be physically connected so that they revolve round their common center of gravity, and in the latter case are called also binary stars. {Double time} (Mil.). Same as {Double-quick}. {Double window}, a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them. | |
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Dagger \Dag"ger\ (-g[etil]r), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See {Dag} a dagger.] 1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. {Poniard}, {Stiletto}, {Bowie knife}, {Dirk}, {Misericorde}, {Anlace}. 2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also {obelisk}. {Dagger moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Apatalea}. The larv[91] are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc. {Dagger of lath}, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. --Shak. {Double dagger}, a mark of reference [[Dagger]] which comes next in order after the dagger. {To look, [or] speak}, {daggers}, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully. | |
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d8Diesis \[d8]Di"e*sis\, n.; pl. {Dieses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to let go through, dissolve; dia` through + [?] to let go, send.] 1. (Mus.) A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals. 2. (Print.) The mark [Dagger]; -- called also {double dagger}. | |
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Double \Dou"ble\, a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. [?] double. See {Two}, and {Full}, and cf. {Diploma}, {Duple}.] 1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc. Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. -- 2 Kings ii. 9. Darkness and tempest make a double night. --Dryden. 2. Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled. [Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake, Float double, swan and shadow. --Wordsworth. 3. Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere. With a double heart do they speak. -- Ps. xii. 2. 4. (Bot.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. Note: Double is often used as the first part of a compound word, generally denoting two ways, or twice the number, quantity, force, etc., twofold, or having two. {Double base}, [or] {Double bass} (Mus.), the largest and lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the contrabasso or violone. {Double convex}. See under {Convex}. {Double counterpoint} (Mus.), that species of counterpoint or composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by setting one of them an octave higher or lower. {Double court} (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four players, two on each side. {Double dagger} (Print.), a reference mark ([Dagger]) next to the dagger ([dagger]) in order; a diesis. {Double drum} (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both ends. {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States having the value of 20 dollars. {Double entry}. See under {Bookkeeping}. {Double floor} (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below. See Illust. of Double-framed floor. {Double flower}. See {Double}, a., 4. {Double-framed floor} (Arch.), a double floor having girders into which the binding joists are framed. {Double fugue} (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects. {Double letter}. (a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature. (b) A mail requiring double postage. {Double note} (Mus.), a note of double the length of the semibreve; a breve. See {Breve}. {Double octave} (Mus.), an interval composed of two octaves, or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth. {Double pica}. See under {Pica}. {Double play} (Baseball), a play by which two players are put out at the same time. {Double plea} (Law), a plea alleging several matters in answer to the declaration, where either of such matters alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. --Stephen. {Double point} (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of a curve are called double points, since they possess most of the properties of double points (see {Conjugate}). They are also called {acnodes}, and those points where the branches of the curve really cross are called {crunodes}. The extremity of a cusp is also a double point. {Double quarrel}. (Eccl. Law) See {Duplex querela}, under {Duplex}. {Double refraction}. (Opt.) See {Refraction}. {Double salt}. (Chem.) (a) A mixed salt of any polybasic acid which has been saturated by different bases or basic radicals, as the double carbonate of sodium and potassium, {NaKCO3.6H2O}. (b) A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as common alum, which consists of the sulphate of aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium. {Double shuffle}, a low, noisy dance. {Double standard} (Polit. Econ.), a double standard of monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are made legal tender. {Double star} (Astron.), two stars so near to each other as to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such stars may be only optically near to each other, or may be physically connected so that they revolve round their common center of gravity, and in the latter case are called also binary stars. {Double time} (Mil.). Same as {Double-quick}. {Double window}, a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them. | |
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Dagger \Dag"ger\ (-g[etil]r), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See {Dag} a dagger.] 1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. {Poniard}, {Stiletto}, {Bowie knife}, {Dirk}, {Misericorde}, {Anlace}. 2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also {obelisk}. {Dagger moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Apatalea}. The larv[91] are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc. {Dagger of lath}, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. --Shak. {Double dagger}, a mark of reference [[Dagger]] which comes next in order after the dagger. {To look, [or] speak}, {daggers}, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully. | |
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Double dealer \Dou"ble deal"er\ One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. --L'Estrange. | |
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Dealing \Deal"ing\, n. The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person. {Double dealing}, insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity. {Plain dealing}, fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest, outspoken expression of opinion. | |
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Double dealing \Dou"ble deal"ing\ False or deceitful dealing. See {Double dealing}, under {Dealing}. --Shak. | |
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Diapason \Di`a*pa"son\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] (i. e., [?] [?] [?] the concord of the first and last notes, the octave); dia` through + [?], gen. pl. of [?] all: cf. F. diapason. Cf. {Panacea}.] 1. (Gr. Mus.) The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale. 2. Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony. The fair music that all creatures made . . . In perfect diapason. --Milton. 3. The entire compass of tones. Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man. --Dryden. 4. A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason. 5. One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds, as {open diapason}, {stopped diapason}, {double diapason}, and the like. | |
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Double \Dou"ble\, a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. [?] double. See {Two}, and {Full}, and cf. {Diploma}, {Duple}.] 1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc. Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. -- 2 Kings ii. 9. Darkness and tempest make a double night. --Dryden. 2. Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled. [Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake, Float double, swan and shadow. --Wordsworth. 3. Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere. With a double heart do they speak. -- Ps. xii. 2. 4. (Bot.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. Note: Double is often used as the first part of a compound word, generally denoting two ways, or twice the number, quantity, force, etc., twofold, or having two. {Double base}, [or] {Double bass} (Mus.), the largest and lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the contrabasso or violone. {Double convex}. See under {Convex}. {Double counterpoint} (Mus.), that species of counterpoint or composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by setting one of them an octave higher or lower. {Double court} (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four players, two on each side. {Double dagger} (Print.), a reference mark ([Dagger]) next to the dagger ([dagger]) in order; a diesis. {Double drum} (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both ends. {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States having the value of 20 dollars. {Double entry}. See under {Bookkeeping}. {Double floor} (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below. See Illust. of Double-framed floor. {Double flower}. See {Double}, a., 4. {Double-framed floor} (Arch.), a double floor having girders into which the binding joists are framed. {Double fugue} (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects. {Double letter}. (a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature. (b) A mail requiring double postage. {Double note} (Mus.), a note of double the length of the semibreve; a breve. See {Breve}. {Double octave} (Mus.), an interval composed of two octaves, or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth. {Double pica}. See under {Pica}. {Double play} (Baseball), a play by which two players are put out at the same time. {Double plea} (Law), a plea alleging several matters in answer to the declaration, where either of such matters alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. --Stephen. {Double point} (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of a curve are called double points, since they possess most of the properties of double points (see {Conjugate}). They are also called {acnodes}, and those points where the branches of the curve really cross are called {crunodes}. The extremity of a cusp is also a double point. {Double quarrel}. (Eccl. Law) See {Duplex querela}, under {Duplex}. {Double refraction}. (Opt.) See {Refraction}. {Double salt}. (Chem.) (a) A mixed salt of any polybasic acid which has been saturated by different bases or basic radicals, as the double carbonate of sodium and potassium, {NaKCO3.6H2O}. (b) A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as common alum, which consists of the sulphate of aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium. {Double shuffle}, a low, noisy dance. {Double standard} (Polit. Econ.), a double standard of monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are made legal tender. {Double star} (Astron.), two stars so near to each other as to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such stars may be only optically near to each other, or may be physically connected so that they revolve round their common center of gravity, and in the latter case are called also binary stars. {Double time} (Mil.). Same as {Double-quick}. {Double window}, a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drum \Drum\, n. [Cf. D. trom, trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel, Dan. tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel. pruma a clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan. drum a booming sound, drumme to boom; prob. partly at least of imitative origin; perh. akin to E. trum, or trumpet.] 1. (Mus.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band. The drums cry bud-a-dub. --Gascoigne. 2. Anything resembling a drum in form; as: (a) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc. (b) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed. (c) (Anat.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane. (d) (Arch.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome. (e) (Mach.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound. 3. (Zo[94]l.) See {Drumfish}. 4. A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house; a rout. [Archaic] Not unaptly styled a drum, from the noise and emptiness of the entertainment. --Smollett. Note: There were also drum major, rout, tempest, and hurricane, differing only in degrees of multitude and uproar, as the significant name of each declares. 5. A tea party; a kettledrum. --G. Eliot. {Bass drum}. See in the Vocabulary. {Double drum}. See under {Double}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tansy \Tan"sy\, n. [OE. tansaye, F. tanaise; cf. It. & Sp. tanaceto, NL. tanacetum, Pg. atanasia, athanasia, Gr. 'aqanasi`a immortality, fr. 'aqa`natos immortal; 'a priv. + qa`natos death.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus {Tanacetum}. The common tansy ({T. vulgare}) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes. 2. A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked with butter in a shallow dish. [Obs.] --Pepys. {Double tansy} (Bot.), a variety of the common tansy with the leaves more dissected than usual. {Tansy mustard} (Bot.), a plant ({Sisymbrium canescens}) of the Mustard family, with tansylike leaves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Double \Dou"ble\, a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. [?] double. See {Two}, and {Full}, and cf. {Diploma}, {Duple}.] 1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc. Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. -- 2 Kings ii. 9. Darkness and tempest make a double night. --Dryden. 2. Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled. [Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake, Float double, swan and shadow. --Wordsworth. 3. Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere. With a double heart do they speak. -- Ps. xii. 2. 4. (Bot.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. Note: Double is often used as the first part of a compound word, generally denoting two ways, or twice the number, quantity, force, etc., twofold, or having two. {Double base}, [or] {Double bass} (Mus.), the largest and lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the contrabasso or violone. {Double convex}. See under {Convex}. {Double counterpoint} (Mus.), that species of counterpoint or composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by setting one of them an octave higher or lower. {Double court} (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four players, two on each side. {Double dagger} (Print.), a reference mark ([Dagger]) next to the dagger ([dagger]) in order; a diesis. {Double drum} (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both ends. {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States having the value of 20 dollars. {Double entry}. See under {Bookkeeping}. {Double floor} (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below. See Illust. of Double-framed floor. {Double flower}. See {Double}, a., 4. {Double-framed floor} (Arch.), a double floor having girders into which the binding joists are framed. {Double fugue} (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects. {Double letter}. (a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature. (b) A mail requiring double postage. {Double note} (Mus.), a note of double the length of the semibreve; a breve. See {Breve}. {Double octave} (Mus.), an interval composed of two octaves, or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth. {Double pica}. See under {Pica}. {Double play} (Baseball), a play by which two players are put out at the same time. {Double plea} (Law), a plea alleging several matters in answer to the declaration, where either of such matters alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. --Stephen. {Double point} (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of a curve are called double points, since they possess most of the properties of double points (see {Conjugate}). They are also called {acnodes}, and those points where the branches of the curve really cross are called {crunodes}. The extremity of a cusp is also a double point. {Double quarrel}. (Eccl. Law) See {Duplex querela}, under {Duplex}. {Double refraction}. (Opt.) See {Refraction}. {Double salt}. (Chem.) (a) A mixed salt of any polybasic acid which has been saturated by different bases or basic radicals, as the double carbonate of sodium and potassium, {NaKCO3.6H2O}. (b) A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as common alum, which consists of the sulphate of aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium. {Double shuffle}, a low, noisy dance. {Double standard} (Polit. Econ.), a double standard of monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are made legal tender. {Double star} (Astron.), two stars so near to each other as to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such stars may be only optically near to each other, or may be physically connected so that they revolve round their common center of gravity, and in the latter case are called also binary stars. {Double time} (Mil.). Same as {Double-quick}. {Double window}, a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tonguing \Tongu"ing\, vb. n. (Music) Modification of tone for a rapid staccato effect by the performer's tongue, in playing a wind instrument, as a flute. In {single tonguing} only one kind of stroke is used, the tongue articulating a rapid [bd]t;[b8] in {double tonguing}, two strokes, as for [bd]t[b8] and [bd]k,[b8] are alternated; in {triple tonguing}, [bd]t, k, t,[b8] etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Carbon process \Car"bon process\ (Photog.) A printing process depending on the effect of light on bichromatized gelatin. Paper coated with a mixture of the gelatin and a pigment is called {carbon paper} or {carbon tissue}. This is exposed under a negative and the film is transferred from the paper to some other support and developed by washing (the unexposed portions being dissolved away). If the process stops here it is called {single transfer}; if the image is afterward transferred in order to give an unreversed print, the method is called {double transfer}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Double \Dou"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doubled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doubling}.] [OE. doblen, dublen, doublen, F. doubler, fr. L. duplare, fr. duplus. See {Double}, a.] 1. To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length. Double six thousand, and then treble that. --Shak. 2. To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Double-decker \Dou"ble-deck"er\, n. (a) A tenement house having two families on each floor. [Local, U. S.] (b) A biplane a[89]roplane or kite. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Double-decker \Dou"ble-deck"er\, n. 1. (Naut.) A man-of-war having two gun decks. 2. A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Double-dye \Dou"ble-dye`\, v. t. To dye again or twice over. To double-dye their robes in scarlet. --J. Webster. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Double-dyed \Dou"ble-dyed`\, a. Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Double-eyed \Dou"ble-eyed`\, a. Having a deceitful look. [R.] [bd]Deceitful meanings is double-eyed.[b8] --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Double-headed \Dou"ble-head"ed\, a. Having two heads; bicipital. {Double-headed rail} (Railroad), a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Double-headed \Dou"ble-head"ed\, a. Having two heads; bicipital. {Double-headed rail} (Railroad), a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Doublet \Doub"let\, n. [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See {Double}, a.] 1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple. 2. (Print.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. 3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. 4. (Lapidary Work) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone. 5. (Opt.) An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. --W. H. Wollaston. 6. pl. (See No. 1.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets. 7. pl. [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.] A game somewhat like backgammon. --Halliwell. 8. One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Doublethreaded \Dou"ble*thread`ed\, a. 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads. 2. (Mech.) Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Double-tongue \Dou"ble-tongue`\, n. Deceit; duplicity. Now cometh the sin of double-tongue, such as speak fair before folk and wickedly behind. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Double-tongued \Dou"ble-tongued`\, a. Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. --1 Tim. iii. 8. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Double-tonguing \Dou"ble-tongu`ing\, n. (Mus.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Doubletree \Dou"ble*tree`\, n. The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Doublets \Doub"lets\, n. pl. See {Doublet}, 6 and 7. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dovelet \Dove"let\, n. A young or small dove. --Booth. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Duffield, VA (town, FIPS 23680) Location: 36.71986 N, 82.79778 W Population (1990): 54 (25 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
doubled sig [Usenet] n. A {sig block} that has been included twice in a {Usenet} article or, less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software. More often, however, it reveals the author's lack of experience in electronic communication. See {B1FF}, {pseudo}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
default route {packets} addressed to {hosts} or {networks} not explicitly listed in the routing table. (1996-05-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
deflate from {LZ77}; it is reportedly used in {zip}, {gzip}, {PKZIP}, and {png}, among others. Unlike {LZW}, deflate compression does not use patented compression {algorithms}. Used as a verb to mean to compress (not decompress!) a file which has been compressed using deflate compression. The opposite, {inflate}, means to decompress data which has been deflated. Deflate is described in {RFC 1951}. (1997-06-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
deflate compression {deflate} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
deflate/inflate compression {deflate} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Double Data Rate Random Access Memory transfers data on both 0-1 and 1-0 {clock} transitions, theoretically yielding twice the data transfer rate of normal RAM or {SDRAM}. {DDR-RAM Article (http://www.pcreview.co.uk/Article.php?aid=9)}. {DDR-SDRAM Article (http://www4.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q4/001030/)}. (2001-05-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Double Data Rate Synchronous Random Access Memory {Double Data Rate Random Access Memory} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
double DECkers {Digital Equipment Corporation}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
double density {floppy disk} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
doubled sig A {sig block} that has been included twice in a {Usenet} article or, less commonly, in an {electronic mail} message. An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software. More often, however, it reveals the author's lack of experience in electronic communication. See {BIFF}, {pseudo}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
double-duplex two telegraphers (a sender and a receiver) at each end, to simultaneously transmit in both directions. Compare: {single-duplex}. (2000-03-30) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Diblathaim two cakes, a city of Moab, on the east of the Dead Sea (Num. 33:46; Jer. 48:22). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Diblath, paste of dry figs |