English Dictionary: demureness | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Amaranthus \Am`a*ran"thus\ ([acr]m`[adot]*r[acr]n"th[ucr]s), d8Amarantus \[d8]Am`a*ran"tus\ ([acr]m`[adot]*r[acr]n"t[ucr]s), n. Same as {Amaranth}. | |
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d8Deinornis \[d8]Dei*nor"nis\, n. [NL.] (Paleon.) See {Dinornis}. | |
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d8Dinornis \[d8]Di*nor"nis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] terrible + [?] bird.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See {Moa}. [Written also {Deinornis}.] | |
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d8In rem \[d8]In rem\ [L.] (Law) Lit., in or against a (or the) thing; Note: used: (a) Of any right (called {right, [or] jus}, {in rem}) of such a nature as to be available over its subject without reference to one person more than another, or, as generally expressed, a right competent, or available, against all persons. Rights in rem include not alone rights over physical property, but all rights available against all persons indifferently, as those of life, liberty, and reputation. (b) Of actions for recovering or reducing to possession or enjoyment a specific object, as in the enforcement of maritime liens against a vessel, which is made the defendant by a sort of personification. Most actions for the specific recovery of property in English and American law are in the nature of actions in personam against a person alleged to be unlawfully withholding the property. | |
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d8Inermis \[d8]In*er"mis\, a. [L. inermis, inermus; pref. in- not + arma arms: cf. F. inerme.] (Bot.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf. --Gray. | |
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d8Maharmah \[d8]Ma*har"mah\, n. A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face, worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad. | |
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d8Marimba \[d8]Ma*rim"ba\, n. [Pg.] A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck. --Knight. | |
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d8Marimonda \[d8]Mar`i*mon"da\, n. [Sp.] (Zo[94]l.) A spider monkey ({Ateles belzebuth}) of Central and South America. | |
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d8Marmoratum opus \[d8]Mar`mo*ra`tum o"pus\ [L. See {Marmorate}, and {Opus}.] (Arch.) A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish. | |
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d8Marmorosis \[d8]Mar`mo*ro"sis\, n. [NL.] (Geol.) The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble. --Geikie. | |
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d8Merenchyma \[d8]Me*ren"chy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a part + -enchyma, as in parenchyma.] (Bot.) Tissue composed of spheroidal cells. | |
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d8Meringue \[d8]Me`ringue"\ (F. ?; E. ?), n. [F.] A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added. | |
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d8Mohurrum \[d8]Mo*hur"rum\, d8Muharram \[d8]Mu*har"ram\, n. [Ar. muharram, prop., sacred, forbidden, n., the first month of the Mohammedan lunar year.] 1. The first month of the Mohammedan year. --Whitworth. 2. A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum. | |
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d8Moir82 m82tallique \[d8]Moi`r[82]" m[82]`tal`lique"\ [F.] A crystalline or frosted appearance produced by some acids on tin plate; also, the tin plate thus treated. | |
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d8Morendo \[d8]Mo*ren"do\, a. & n. [It.] (Mus.) Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence. | |
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d8Mormon \[d8]Mor"mon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] monster, bugbear.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin. (b) The mandrill. | |
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d8Morn82 \[d8]Mor`n[82]"\, a. [F., fr. morne a morne.] (Her.) Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion represented heraldically. | |
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d8Morne \[d8]Morne\, n. [F., fr. morne sad, sorrowful. See {Mourn}.] A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting. | |
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d8Morne \[d8]Morne\, n. [OE. morning, morwening. See {Morn}.] 1. The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc. 2. The first or early part; as, the morning of life. 3. The goddess Aurora. [Poetic] --Shak. | |
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d8Mohurrum \[d8]Mo*hur"rum\, d8Muharram \[d8]Mu*har"ram\, n. [Ar. muharram, prop., sacred, forbidden, n., the first month of the Mohammedan lunar year.] 1. The first month of the Mohammedan year. --Whitworth. 2. A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum. | |
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d8Mur91na \[d8]Mu*r[91]"na\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of large eels of the family {Mir[91]nid[91]}. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry ({Mur[91]na Helen[91]}) of Southern Europe was the mur[91]na of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish. | |
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d8Nero-antico \[d8]Ne`ro-an*ti"co\, n. [It.; nero black + antico ancient.] (Art) A beautiful black marble found in fragments among Roman ruins, and usually thought to have come from ancient Laconia. | |
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d8Neuroma \[d8]Neu*ro"ma\, n. [NL. See {Neuro-}, and {-oma}.] (Med.) A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers. | |
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d8Neuron \[d8]Neu"ron\, n.; pl. {Neura}. [NL., from Gr. ney^ron nerve.] (Anat.) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; myelencephalon. | |
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d8Dinornis \[d8]Di*nor"nis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] terrible + [?] bird.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See {Moa}. [Written also {Deinornis}.] | |
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Demureness \De*mure"ness\ (d[esl]*m[umac]r"n[ecr]s), n. The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Demur \De*mur"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Demurred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demurring}.] [OF. demurer, demorer, demourer, to linger, stay, F. demeurer, fr. L. demorari; de- + morari to delay, tarry, stay, mora delay; prob. originally, time for thinking, reflection, and akin to memor mindful. See {Memory}.] 1. To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obs.] Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp. --Nicols. 2. To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair. Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur. --Hayward. 3. To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement. 4. (Law) To interpose a demurrer. See {Demurrer}, 2. | |
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Dimeran \Dim"er*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Dimera. | |
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Dimyarian \Dim`y*a"ri*an\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Like or pertaining to the Dimya. -- n. One of the Dimya. | |
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