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d1nanthate \[d1]*nan"thate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of the supposed [oe]nanthic acid. | |
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d1nanthic \[d1]*nan"thic\, a. [Gr. [?] the first shoot of the vine, the vine blossom, the vine; [?] the vine + [?] bloom, [?] flower.] (Chem.) Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf. {[d1]nanthylic}. {[d1]nanthic acid}, an acid obtained from [oe]nanthic ether by the action of alkalies. {[d1]nanthic ether}, an ethereal substance (not to be confused with the bouquet, or aroma, of wine) found in wine lees, and consisting of a complex mixture of the ethereal salts of several of the higher acids of the acetic acid series. It has an ethereal odor, and it used in flavoring artificial wines and liquors. Called also {oil of wine}. See {Essential oil}, under {Essential}. | |
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d1nanthic \[d1]*nan"thic\, a. [Gr. [?] the first shoot of the vine, the vine blossom, the vine; [?] the vine + [?] bloom, [?] flower.] (Chem.) Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf. {[d1]nanthylic}. {[d1]nanthic acid}, an acid obtained from [oe]nanthic ether by the action of alkalies. {[d1]nanthic ether}, an ethereal substance (not to be confused with the bouquet, or aroma, of wine) found in wine lees, and consisting of a complex mixture of the ethereal salts of several of the higher acids of the acetic acid series. It has an ethereal odor, and it used in flavoring artificial wines and liquors. Called also {oil of wine}. See {Essential oil}, under {Essential}. | |
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d1nanthic \[d1]*nan"thic\, a. [Gr. [?] the first shoot of the vine, the vine blossom, the vine; [?] the vine + [?] bloom, [?] flower.] (Chem.) Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf. {[d1]nanthylic}. {[d1]nanthic acid}, an acid obtained from [oe]nanthic ether by the action of alkalies. {[d1]nanthic ether}, an ethereal substance (not to be confused with the bouquet, or aroma, of wine) found in wine lees, and consisting of a complex mixture of the ethereal salts of several of the higher acids of the acetic acid series. It has an ethereal odor, and it used in flavoring artificial wines and liquors. Called also {oil of wine}. See {Essential oil}, under {Essential}. | |
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d1nanthol \[d1]*nan"thol\, n. [[d2]nanthylic + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of [d2]nanthylic acid, and hence called also {[d2]nanthaldehyde}. | |
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d1nanthone \[d1]*nan"thone\, n. [[d2]nanthic + -one] (Chem.) The ketone of [d2]nanthic acid. | |
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d1nanthyl \[d1]*nan"thyl\, n. [[d2]nnthic + -yl.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in [d2]nanthic acid, now known to be identical with heptyl. | |
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d1nanthylate \[d1]*nan"thyl*ate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of [oe]nanthylic acid; as, potassium [d2]nanthylate. | |
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d1nanthylic \[d1]`nan*thyl"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, [d2]nanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the acid in [d2]nanthic ether, but now known to be identical with heptoic acid. | |
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d1nanthylidene \[d1]`nan*thyl"i*dene\, n. (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, having a garlic odor; heptine. | |
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d1nanthylous \[d1]*nan"thyl*ous\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed to be the acid of [d2]nanthylic ether, but now known to be a mixture of higher acids, especially capric acid. [Obs.] | |
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d1nometer \[d1]*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] wine + -meter.] See {Alcoholometer}. | |
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d1nanthol \[d1]*nan"thol\, n. [[d2]nanthylic + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of [d2]nanthylic acid, and hence called also {[d2]nanthaldehyde}. | |
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d8Amanita \[d8]Am`a*ni"ta\, n. [NL. See {Amanitine}.] (Bot.) A genus of poisonous fungi of the family {Agaricace[91]}, characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. {Amanita muscaria}, syn. {Agaricus muscarius}, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and {A. phalloides} is the death cup. | |
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d8Amende \[d8]A`mende"\, n. [F. See {Amend}.] A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation. {Amende honorable}. (Old French Law) A species of infamous punishment in which the offender, being led into court with a rope about his neck, and a lighted torch in his hand, begged pardon of his God, the court, etc. In popular language, the phrase now denotes a public apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for improper language or treatment. | |
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d8Amentia \[d8]A*men"ti*a\, n. [L.] (Med.) Imbecility; total want of understanding. | |
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d8Amentum \[d8]A*men"tum\, n.; pl. {Amenta}. Same as {Ament}. | |
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d8Ammonitoidea \[d8]Am*mon`i*toid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Ammonite + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See {Ammonite}. | |
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d8Amontillado \[d8]A*mon`til*la"do\, n. [Sp.] A dry kind of cherry, of a light color. --Simmonds. | |
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d8Dementia \[d8]De*men"ti*a\, n. [L., fr. demens. See {Dement}.] Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy. | |
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d8Enantiosis \[d8]E*nan`ti*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] contradiction, fr. 'enanti`os opposite.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries. | |
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d8Enneandria \[d8]En`ne*an"dri*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] nine + [?], [?], man, male: cf. F. enn[82]andrie.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants having nine stamens. | |
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d8Eumenides \[d8]Eu*men"i*des\, n. pl. [L., from Gr. [?] lit., gracious goddesses.] (Class. Myth.) A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes. | |
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d8Hemimetabola \[d8]Hem`i*me*tab"o*la\, n. pl. [NL. See {Hemi-}, and {Metabola}.] (Zo[94]l.) Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis. | |
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d8In antis \[d8]In an"tis\ [L.] (Arch.) Between ant[91]; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two ant[91], forming the angles of the building. See {Anta}. | |
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d8Mandamus \[d8]Man*da"mus\, n. [L., we command, fr. mandare to command.] (Law) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty. | |
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d8Mandator \[d8]Man*da"tor\, n. [L.] 1. A director; one who gives a mandate or order. --Ayliffe. 2. (Rom. Law) The person who employs another to perform a mandate. --Bouvier. | |
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Mandioc \Man"di*oc\, d8Mandioca \[d8]Man`di*o"ca\, n. (Bot.) See {Manioc}. | |
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d8Manducus \[d8]Man*du"cus\, n. [L., fr. manducare to chew.] (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage. | |
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d8Manta \[d8]Man"ta\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Coleoptera} and {Sea devil}. | |
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d8Manteau \[d8]Man`teau"\, n.; pl. F. {Manteaux}, E. {Manteaus}. [F. See {Mantle}, n.] 1. A woman's cloak or mantle. 2. A gown worn by women. [Obs.] | |
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d8Mantis \[d8]Man"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a prophet.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus {Mantis}, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is {M. Carolina}. {Mantis shrimp}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sguilla}. | |
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d8Mantra \[d8]Man"tra\, n. [Skr.] A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm. [India] Note: Among the Hindoos each caste and tribe has a mantra peculiar to itself; as, the mantra of the Brahmans. --Balfour (Cyc. of India). | |
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d8Meandrina \[d8]Me`an*dri"na\, n. [NL.: cf. F. m[82]andrine.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals. | |
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d8Mentagra \[d8]Men"ta*gra\, n. [NL., fr. L. mentum chin + Gr. [?] a catching.] (Med.) Sycosis. | |
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d8Mentha \[d8]Men"tha\, n. [L. See {Mint} the plant.] (Bot.) A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers, usually arranged in dense axillary clusters. | |
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d8Mentum \[d8]Men"tum\, n. [L., chin.] (Zo[94]l.) The front median plate of the labium in insects. See {Labium}. | |
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d8Minutia \[d8]Mi*nu"ti*a\, n.; pl. {Minuti[91]} (-[emac]). [L., fr. minutus small, minute. See 4th {Minute}.] A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural. | |
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d8Monadaria \[d8]Mon`a*da"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Monad}.] (Zo[94]l.) The Infusoria. | |
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d8Monadelphia \[d8]Mon`a*del"phi*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] alone + [?] brother.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants having the stamens united into a tube, or ring, by the filaments, as in the Mallow family. | |
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d8Mond2cia \[d8]Mo*n[d2]"ci*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] single + [?] house.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in distinct flowers in the same plant. | |
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d8Monde \[d8]Monde\ (m[ocir]Nd), n. [F. See {Mundane}.] The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. [R.] --A. Drummond. {[d8]Le beau monde} [F.], fashionable society. See {Beau monde}. {[d8]Demi monde}. See {Demimonde}. | |
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d8Monodelphia \[d8]Mon`o*del"phi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] single + [?] the womb.] (Zo[94]l.) The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; the Placentalia. See {Mammalia}. | |
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d8Monothalama \[d8]Mon`o*thal"a*ma\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] single + [?] a chamber.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Foraminifera including those that have only one chamber. | |
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d8Monotremata \[d8]Mon`o*trem"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] single + [?] hole.] (Zo[94]l.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See {Duck mole}, under {Duck}, and {Echidna}. | |
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d8Monotropa \[d8]Mo*not"ro*pa\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] single + [?] turn, from [?] to turn.] (Bot.) A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem. | |
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d8Mont \[d8]Mont\, n. [F. See {Mount}, n.] Mountain. | |
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d8Mont de pi82t82 \[d8]Mont" de pi`[82]`t[82]"\ [F., fr. It. monte di piet[85] mount of piety.] One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also {mount of piety}. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See {Lombard-house}. | |
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d8Monte \[d8]Mon"te\, n. [Sp., lit., mountain, hence, the stock of cards remaining after laying out a certain number, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain.] A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards. | |
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d8Monte \[d8]Mon"te\, n. In Spanish America, a wood; forest; timber land; esp., in parts of South America, a comparatively wooden region. | |
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d8Monte-jus \[d8]Monte"-jus"\, n. [F., fr. monter to bring up + jus juice.] An apparatus for raising a liquid by pressure of air or steam in a reservoir containing the liquid. | |
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d8Montgolfier \[d8]Mont`gol"fier\, n. A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon. | |
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d8Montoir \[d8]Mon`toir"\, n. [F., fr. monter to mount. See {Montant}.] A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block. | |
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d8Nematelmia \[d8]Nem`a*tel"mi*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Nemathelminthes}. | |
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d8Nemthelminthes \[d8]Nem`thel*min"thes\, d8Nematelminthes \[d8]Nem`a*tel*min"thes\, n. pl. [NL. See {Nemato-}, and {Helminthes}.] (Zo[94]l.) An ordr of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms. [Written also {Nematelminthea}.] | |
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d8Nemathecium \[d8]Nem`a*the"ci*um\ (? [or] [?]), n.; pl. {Nemathecia}. [NL., fr. gr. [?] a thread + [?] a box.] (Bot.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red alg[91], consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores. | |
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d8Nematocalyx \[d8]Nem`a*to*ca"lyx\, n.; pl. {Nematocalyces}, E. -{calyxes}. [NL. See {Nemato-}, and {Calyx}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family {Plumularid[91]}. They contain nematocysts. See {Plumularia}. | |
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d8Nematocera \[d8]Nem`a*toc"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a thread + ke`ras horn.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antenn[91], as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also {Nemocera}. | |
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d8Nematognathi \[d8]Nem`a*tog"na*thi\, n. pl. [NL. See {nemato-}, and {Gnathic}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of fishes having barbels on the jaws. It includes the catfishes, or siluroids. See {Siluroid}. | |
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d8Nematoidea \[d8]Nem`a*toi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. gr. [?], [?], thread + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. they are mostly parasites. Called also {Nematodea}, and {Nematoda}. Note: The trichina, stomach worm, and pinworm of man belong to this group. See also {Vinegar eel}, under {Vinegar}, and {Gapeworm}. | |
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d8Nematophora \[d8]Nem`a*toph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. gr. [?], [?], a thread + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {C[d2]lenterata}. | |
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d8Nemthelminthes \[d8]Nem`thel*min"thes\, d8Nematelminthes \[d8]Nem`a*tel*min"thes\, n. pl. [NL. See {Nemato-}, and {Helminthes}.] (Zo[94]l.) An ordr of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms. [Written also {Nematelminthea}.] | |
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d8Nom \[d8]Nom\, n. [F. See {Noun}.] Name. {[d8]Nom de guerre}, literally, war name; hence, a fictitious name, or one assumed for a time. {[d8]Nom de plume}, literally, pen name; hence, a name assumed by an author as his or her signature. | |
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d8Nom \[d8]Nom\, n. [F. See {Noun}.] Name. {[d8]Nom de guerre}, literally, war name; hence, a fictitious name, or one assumed for a time. {[d8]Nom de plume}, literally, pen name; hence, a name assumed by an author as his or her signature. | |
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Nonet \No*net"\, d8Nonetto \[d8]No*net"to\, n. [From L. nonus ninth, like E. duet, fr. L. duo.] (Mus.) A composition for nine instruments, rarely for nine voices. | |
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d8Nyentek \[d8]Ny*en"tek\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous mannual ({Helictis moscatus}, or {H. orientalis}), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor. | |
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d8Tenonitis \[d8]Ten`o*ni"tis\, n. [NL., Gr. te`nwn tendon + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a tendon. | |
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d8Tenonitis \[d8]Ten`o*ni"tis\, n. [NL. See {Tenonian}, {-itis}.] Inflammation of the Tenonian capsule. | |
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d8Tinamides \[d8]Ti*nam"i*des\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous. | |
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d8Tomentum \[d8]To*men"tum\, n.; pl. {Tomenta}. [L. See {Tomentose}. ] (Bot.) The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants. | |
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Dean \Dean\, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See {Ten}, and cf. {Decemvir}.] 1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. {Dean of cathedral church}, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. {Dean of peculiars}, a dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.] {Rural dean}, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese. 2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. --Shipley. 3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities. 4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.] 5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. {Cardinal dean}, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. --Shipley. {Dean and chapter}, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries. {Dean of arches}, the lay judge of the court of arches. {Dean of faculty}, the president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh. {Dean of guild}, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law. {Dean of a monastery}, {Monastic dean}, a monastic superior over ten monks. {Dean's stall}. See {Decanal stall}, under {Decanal}. | |
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Demand \De*mand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demanding}.] [F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to one's charge, commission, order, command. Cf. {Mandate}, {Commend}.] 1. To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience. This, in our foresaid holy father's name, Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee. --Shak. 2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question. I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. --Shak. 3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care. 4. (Law) To call into court; to summon. --Burrill. | |
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Demand \De*mand"\, v. i. To make a demand; to inquire. The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? --Luke iii. 14. | |
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Demand \De*mand"\, n. [F. demande, fr. demander. See {Demand}, v. t.] 1. The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand. The demand [is] by the word of the holy ones. --Dan. iv. 17. He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them. --Locke. 2. Earnest inquiry; question; query. --Shak. 3. A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand. In 1678 came forth a second edition [Pilgrim's Progress] with additions; and then the demand became immense. --Macaulay. 4. That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate. 5. (Law) (a) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due. (b) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person. (c) A thing or amount claimed to be due. {In demand}, in request; being much sought after. {On demand}, upon presentation and request of payment. | |
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Demandable \De*mand"a*ble\, a. That may be demanded or claimed. [bd]All sums demandable.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Demandant \De*mand"ant\n. [F. demandant, p. pr. of demander.] One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff. | |
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Demand \De*mand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demanding}.] [F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to one's charge, commission, order, command. Cf. {Mandate}, {Commend}.] 1. To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience. This, in our foresaid holy father's name, Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee. --Shak. 2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question. I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. --Shak. 3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care. 4. (Law) To call into court; to summon. --Burrill. | |
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Demander \De*mand"er\, n. One who demands. | |
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Demand \De*mand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demanding}.] [F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to one's charge, commission, order, command. Cf. {Mandate}, {Commend}.] 1. To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience. This, in our foresaid holy father's name, Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee. --Shak. 2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question. I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. --Shak. 3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care. 4. (Law) To call into court; to summon. --Burrill. | |
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Demandress \De*mand"ress\, n. A woman who demands. | |
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Demantoid \De*man"toid\, n. [G. demant diamond + -oid.] (Min.) A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name. | |
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Demean \De*mean"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demeaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demeaning}.] [OF. demener to conduct, guide, manage, F. se d[82]mener to struggle; pref. d[82]- (L. de) + mener to lead, drive, carry on, conduct, fr. L. minare to drive animals by threatening cries, fr. minari to threaten. See {Menace}.] 1. To manage; to conduct; to treat. [Our] clergy have with violence demeaned the matter. --Milton. 2. To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. They have demeaned themselves Like men born to renown by life or death. --Shak. They answered . . . that they should demean themselves according to their instructions. --Clarendon. | |
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Dement \De*ment"\, v. t. [L. dementare, fr. demens, -mentis, out of one's mind, mad; de + mens mind. See {Mental}, and cf. {Dementate}.] To deprive of reason; to make mad. [R.] --Bale. | |
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Dement \De*ment"\, a. [L. demens, - mentis.] Demented; dementate. [R.] --J. H. Newman. | |
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Dementate \De*men"tate\, a. [L. dementatus, p. p. See {Dement}, v. t.] Deprived of reason. Arise, thou dementate sinner! --Hammond. | |
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Dementate \De*men"tate\v. t. To deprive of reason; to dement. [R.] --Burton. | |
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Dementation \De`men*ta"tion\, n. The act of depriving of reason; madness. --Whitlock. | |
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Demented \De*ment"ed\, a. [From {Dement}.] Insane; mad; of unsound mind. -- {De*ment"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Demented \De*ment"ed\, a. [From {Dement}.] Insane; mad; of unsound mind. -- {De*ment"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Deminatured \Dem"i*na"tured\ (?; 135), a. Having half the nature of another. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Demonetization \De*mon`e*ti*za"tion\, n. The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized. | |
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Demonetize \De*mon"e*tize\ (?; see {Monetary}), v. t. To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money. They [gold mohurs] have been completely demonetized by the [East India] Company. --R. Cobden. | |
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Demount \De*mount"\, v. i. To dismount. [R.] | |
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Demountable \De*mount"a*ble\, [See {De-}; {Mount}.] Capable of being dismounted; -- said of a form of rim, for an automobile wheel, which can be removed with its tire from the wheel. | |
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Diamantiferous \Di`a*man*tif"er*ous\, a. [F. diamant diamond + -ferous.] Yielding diamonds. | |
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Diamantine \Di`a*man"tine\, a. Adamantine. [Obs.] | |
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Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}. {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}. {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is black, with white spots. {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake. {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. | |
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Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), a. Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field. | |
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Diamond anniversary \Diamond anniversary\, jubilee \jubilee\, etc. One celebrated upon the completion of sixty, or, according to some, seventy-five, years from the beginning of the thing commemorated. | |
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Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}. {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}. {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is black, with white spots. {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake. {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. | |
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Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}. {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}. {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is black, with white spots. {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake. {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. | |
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Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}. {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}. {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is black, with white spots. {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake. {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. | |
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Drill \Drill\, n. 1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press. 2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill. 3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is {Urosalpinx cinerea}. {Bow drill}, {Breast drill}. See under {Bow}, {Breast}. {Cotter drill}, [or] {Traverse drill}, a machine tool for drilling slots. {Diamond drill}. See under {Diamond}. {Drill jig}. See under {Jig}. {Drill pin}, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem of the key. {Drill sergeant} (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions. {Vertical drill}, a drill press. | |
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Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}. {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}. {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is black, with white spots. {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake. {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. | |
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Finch \Finch\, n.; pl. {Fishes}. [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zo[94]l.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family {Fringillid[91]}. Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc. {Bramble finch}. See {Brambling}. {Canary finch}, the canary bird. {Copper finch}. See {Chaffinch}. {Diamond finch}. See under {Diamond}. {Finch falcon} (Zo[94]l.), one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus {Hierax}. {To pull a finch}, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person. [Obs.] [bd]Privily a finch eke could he pull.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}. {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}. {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is black, with white spots. {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake. {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}. {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}. {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is black, with white spots. {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake. {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}. {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}. {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is black, with white spots. {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake. {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. | |
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Diamond State \Diamond State\ Delaware; -- a nickname alluding to its small size. | |
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Diamond-back \Di"a*mond-back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast ({Malacoclemmys palustris}). | |
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Diamonded \Di"a*mond*ed\, a. 1. Having figures like a diamond or lozenge. 2. Adorned with diamonds; diamondized. --Emerson. | |
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Diamondize \Di"a*mond*ize\, v. t. To set with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich. [R.] Diamondizing of your subject. --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diamond \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. [?]. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. [?] transparent. See {Adamant}, {Tame}.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See {Brilliant}, {Rose}. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases. 2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge. 3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. 4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. Note: [b5] This line is printed in the type called {Diamond}. {Black diamond}, coal; (Min.) See {Carbonado}. {Bristol diamond}. See {Bristol stone}, under {Bristol}. {Diamond beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large South American weevil ({Entimus imperialis}), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. {Diamond bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian bird ({Pardalotus punctatus}, family {Ampelid[91]}.). It is black, with white spots. {Diamond drill} (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. {Diamond finch} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. {Diamond groove} (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. {Diamond mortar} (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. {Diamond-point tool}, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. {Diamond snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless snake of Australia ({Morelia spilotes}); the carpet snake. {Glazier's diamond}, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass. | |
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Diamond-shaped \Di"a*mond-shaped`\, a. Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. | |
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Diminutal \Dim`i*nu"tal\, a. Indicating or causing diminution. --Earle. | |
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Diminute \Dim"i*nute\, a. Small; diminished; diminutive. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Diminutely \Dim"i*nute*ly\, adv. Diminutively. [Obs.] | |
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Diminution \Dim`i*nu"tion\, n. [L. diminutio, or perh. rather deminutio: cf. F. diminution. See {Diminish}.] 1. The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to {augmentation} or {increase}. 2. The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement. The world's opinion or diminution of me. --Eikon Basilike. Nor thinks it diminution to be ranked In military honor next. --Philips. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diminutival \Di*min`u*ti"val\, a. Indicating diminution; diminutive. [bd]Diminutival forms[b8] [of words]. --Earle. -- n. A diminutive. --Earle. | |
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Diminutive \Di*min"u*tive\, n. 1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. Such water flies, diminutives of nature. --Shak. 2. (Gram.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin. Babyisms and dear diminutives. --Tennyson. Note: The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as scribble. | |
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Diminutive \Di*min"u*tive\, a. [Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif.] 1. Below the average size; very small; little. 2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word. 3. Tending to diminish. [R.] Diminutive of liberty. --Shaftesbury. | |
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Diminutively \Di*min"u*tive*ly\, adv. In a diminutive manner. | |
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Diminutiveness \Di*min"u*tive*ness\, n. The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness. | |
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Dinmont \Din"mont\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A wether sheep between one and two years old. [Scot.] | |
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Dominate \Dom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dominated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dominating}.] [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See {Dame}, and cf. {Domineer}.] To predominate over; to rule; to govern. [bd]A city dominated by the ax.[b8] --Dickens. We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated. --W. Tooke. | |
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Dominate \Dom"i*nate\, v. i. To be dominant. --Hallam. | |
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Dominate \Dom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dominated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dominating}.] [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See {Dame}, and cf. {Domineer}.] To predominate over; to rule; to govern. [bd]A city dominated by the ax.[b8] --Dickens. We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated. --W. Tooke. | |
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Dominate \Dom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dominated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dominating}.] [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See {Dame}, and cf. {Domineer}.] To predominate over; to rule; to govern. [bd]A city dominated by the ax.[b8] --Dickens. We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated. --W. Tooke. | |
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Domination \Dom`i*na"tion\, n. [F. domination, L. dominatio.] 1. The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway. In such a people, the haugtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom. --Burke. 2. A ruling party; a party in power. [R.] --Burke. 3. pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen. Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. --Milton. | |
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Dominative \Dom"i*na*tive\, a. [Cf. F. dominatif.] Governing; ruling; imperious. --Sir E. Sandys. | |
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Dominator \Dom"i*na`tor\, n. [L.] A ruler or ruling power. [bd]Sole dominator of Navarre.[b8] --Shak. Jupiter and Mars are dominators for this northwest part of the world. --Camden. | |
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Mouth \Mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl. {Mouths} (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth, mu[thorn], AS. m[umac][edh]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[umac][edh], G. mund, Icel. mu[edh]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. m[umac]la, Icel. m[umac]li, and Skr. mukha mouth.] 1. The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity. 2. Hence: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; as: (a) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc. (b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den. (c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged. (d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged. (e) The entrance into a harbor. 3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal. 4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece. Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives. --Addison. 5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] --Dryden. 6. Speech; language; testimony. That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. --Matt. xviii. 16. 7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow. Counterfeit sad looks, Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. --Shak. {Down in the mouth}, chapfallen; of dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or Colloq.] {Mouth friend}, one who professes friendship insincerely. --Shak. {Mouth glass}, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or teeth. {Mouth honor}, honor given in words, but not felt. --Shak. {Mouth organ}. (Mus.) (a) Pan's pipes. See {Pandean}. (b) An harmonicon. {Mouth pipe}, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the escaping air and make a sound. {To stop the mouth}, to silence or be silent; to put to shame; to confound. The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. --Ps. lxiii. 11. Whose mouths must be stopped. --Titus i. 11. | |
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Down \Down\, a. 1. Downcast; as, a down look. [R.] 2. Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 3. Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway. {Down draught}, a downward draft, as in a flue, chimney, shaft of a mine, etc. {Down in the mouth}, chopfallen; dejected. | |
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Down-wind \Down"-wind`\, adv. With the wind. | |
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Dynameter \Dy*nam"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] power + -meter: cf. F. dynam[8a]tre. Cf. {Dynamometer}.] 1. A dynamometer. 2. (Opt.) An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power. | |
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Dynametrical \Dy`na*met"ric*al\, a. Pertaining to a dynameter. | |
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Dynamitard \Dy"na*mi`tard\, n. A political dynamiter. Note: [A form found in some newspapers.] | |
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Dynamite \Dy"na*mite\, n. [Gr. [?] power. See {Dynamic}.] (Chem.) An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition. | |
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Dynamiter \Dy"na*mi`ter\, n. One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for the destruction of life and property. | |
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Dynamiting \Dy"na*mi`ting\, n. Destroying by dynamite, for political ends. Dynamiting is not the American way. --The Century. | |
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Dynamitism \Dy"na*mi`tism\, n. The work of dynamiters. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Diamond, IL (village, FIPS 19837) Location: 41.28867 N, 88.25520 W Population (1990): 1077 (414 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Diamond, MO (town, FIPS 19432) Location: 36.99548 N, 94.31507 W Population (1990): 775 (309 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64840 Diamond, OH Zip code(s): 44412 Diamond, WV Zip code(s): 25015 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Diamond Bar, CA (city, FIPS 19192) Location: 33.99940 N, 117.81428 W Population (1990): 53672 (17664 housing units) Area: 39.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 91765, 91789 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Diamond City, AR (city, FIPS 18850) Location: 36.45580 N, 92.91510 W Population (1990): 601 (418 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Diamond Lake, OR Zip code(s): 97731 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Diamond Point, NY Zip code(s): 12824 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Diamond Springs, CA (CDP, FIPS 19220) Location: 38.68596 N, 120.82156 W Population (1990): 2872 (1126 housing units) Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95619 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Diamondhead, MS (CDP, FIPS 19100) Location: 30.38360 N, 89.36858 W Population (1990): 2661 (1871 housing units) Area: 29.4 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39520 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Diamondville, WY (town, FIPS 20110) Location: 41.77774 N, 110.53644 W Population (1990): 864 (353 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dimondale, MI (village, FIPS 22380) Location: 42.64880 N, 84.64914 W Population (1990): 1247 (430 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48821 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dumont, IA (city, FIPS 22620) Location: 42.75159 N, 92.97341 W Population (1990): 705 (330 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50625 Dumont, MN (city, FIPS 17090) Location: 45.71679 N, 96.42192 W Population (1990): 126 (62 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56236 Dumont, NJ (borough, FIPS 18400) Location: 40.94550 N, 73.99264 W Population (1990): 17187 (6328 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07628 Dumont, TX Zip code(s): 79232 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
demented adj. Yet another term of disgust used to describe a malfunctioning program. The connotation in this case is that the program works as designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a program that generates large numbers of meaningless error messages, implying that it is on the brink of imminent collapse. Compare {wonky}, {brain-damaged}, {bozotic}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
demo mode n. 1. [Sun] The state of being {heads down} in order to finish code in time for a {demo}, usually due yesterday. 2. A mode in which video games sit by themselves running through a portion of the game, also known as `attract mode'. Some serious {app}s have a demo mode they use as a screen saver, or may go through a demo mode on startup (for example, the Microsoft Windows opening screen -- which lets you impress your neighbors without actually having to put up with {Microsloth Windows}). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
demon dialer n. A program which repeatedly calls the same telephone number. Demon dialing may be benign (as when a number of communications programs contend for legitimate access to a {BBS} line) or malign (that is, used as a prank or denial-of-service attack). This term dates from the {blue box} days of the 1970s and early 1980s and is now semi-obsolescent among {phreaker}s; see {war dialer} for its contemporary progeny. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
demand driven A demand driven architecture/language performs computations when the result is required by some other computation. E.g. {Imperial College}'s {ALICE} running {HOPE}. See also {data flow}, {lazy evaluation}, {reduction}. (1995-02-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
demand paged {demand paging} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
demand paging of memory will be {paged in} if an attempt is made to access it and it is not already present in main memory. This normally involves a {memory management unit} which looks up the {virtual address} in a {page map} to see if it is paged in. If it is not then the {operating system} will page it in, update the page map and restart the failed access. This implies that the processor must be able to recover from and restart a failed memory access or must be suspended while some other mechanism is used to perform the paging. Paging in a page may first require some other page to be moved from main memory to disk ("paged out") to make room. If this page has not been modified since it was paged in, it can simply be reused without writing it back to disk. This is determined from the "modified" or "dirty" flag bit in the {page map}. A {replacement algorithm} or policy is used to select the page to be paged out, often this is the {least recently used} (LRU) {algorithm}. {Prepaging} is generally more efficient than demand paging. (1998-04-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
demented Yet another term of disgust used to describe a program. The connotation in this case is that the program works as designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a program that generates large numbers of meaningless error messages, implying that it is on the brink of imminent collapse. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
demo mode ({Sun}) 1. The state of being {heads down} in order to finish code in time for a {demo}, usually due yesterday. 2. by themselves running through a portion of the game. Some serious {app}s have a demo mode they use as a screen saver, or may go through a demo mode on startup (for example, the {Microsoft Windows} opening screen - which lets you impress your neighbors without actually having to put up with {Microsloth Windows}). [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Diamond One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov algorithms, used in "Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968). (cf. Brilliant, Nonpareil, Pearl[3], Ruby[2]). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
domain address to the {hierarchy} of Internet {domain}s. (1994-10-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
domain maturity understanding that has been achieved in an area for which {applications} are developed. (1997-12-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
domain model data, requirements, relationships and variations in a particular {domain}. 2. A product of {domain analysis} which provides a representation of the requirements of the domain. The domain model identifies and describes the structure of data, flow of information, functions, constraints and controls within the Domain that are included in software systems in the domain. The Domain Model describes commonalities and variabilities among requirements for software systems in the domain. (1997-12-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
domain theory 1970 as a mathematical theory of programming languages, and for nearly a quarter of a century developed almost exclusively in connection with {denotational semantics} in computer science. In {denotational semantics} of programming languages, the meaning of a program is taken to be an element of a domain. A domain is a mathematical structure consisting of a set of values (or "points") and an ordering relation, <= on those values. Domain theory is the study of such structures. ("<=" is written in {LaTeX} as {\subseteq}) Different domains correspond to the different types of object with which a program deals. In a language containing functions, we might have a domain X -> Y which is the set of functions from domain X to domain Y with the ordering f <= g iff for all x in X, f x <= g x. In the {pure lambda-calculus} all objects are functions or {application}s of functions to other functions. To represent the meaning of such programs, we must solve the {recursive} equation over domains, D = D -> D which states that domain D is ({isomorphic} to) some {function space} from D to itself. I.e. it is a {fixed point} D = F(D) for some operator F that takes a domain D to D -> D. The equivalent equation has no non-trivial solution in {set theory}. There are many definitions of domains, with different properties and suitable for different purposes. One commonly used definition is that of Scott domains, often simply called domains, which are {omega-algebraic}, {consistently complete} {CPO}s. There are domain-theoretic computational models in other branches of mathematics including {dynamical systems}, {fractals}, {measure theory}, {integration theory}, {probability theory}, and {stochastic processes}. See also {abstract interpretation}, {bottom}, {pointed domain}. (1999-12-09) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Diamond (1.) A precious gem (Heb. yahalom', in allusion to its hardness), otherwise unknown, the sixth, i.e., the third in the second row, in the breastplate of the high priest, with the name of Naphtali engraven on it (Ex. 28:18; 39:11; R.V. marg., "sardonyx.") (2.) A precious stone (Heb. shamir', a sharp point) mentioned in Jer. 17:1. From its hardness it was used for cutting and perforating other minerals. It is rendered "adamant" (q.v.) in Ezek. 3:9, Zech. 7:12. It is the hardest and most valuable of precious stones. |