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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8H93tel-de-ville \[d8]H[93]tel`-de-ville"\, n. [F.] A city hall or townhouse. | |
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d8H93tel-Dieu \[d8]H[93]tel`-Dieu"\, n. [F.] A hospital. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dadle \Dad"le\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Daddled}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Daddling}.] [Prob. freq. of dade.] To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Datolite \Dat"o*lite\, n. [From. Gr. [?] to divide + -lite; in allusion to the granular structure of a massive variety.] (Min.) A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals. [Written also {datholite}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Datolite \Dat"o*lite\, n. [From. Gr. [?] to divide + -lite; in allusion to the granular structure of a massive variety.] (Min.) A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals. [Written also {datholite}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dawdle \Daw"dle\ (d[add]"d'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dawdled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dawdling}.] [Cf. {Daddle}.] To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter. Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. --Johnson. We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. --Thackeray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Letter \Let"ter\, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L. littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing, literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered with wax. --Pliny, xiii. 11. See {Liniment}, and cf. {Literal}.] 1. A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. --Luke xxiii. 38. 2. A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle. The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural. --Walsh. 3. A writing; an inscription. [Obs.] None could expound what this letter meant. --Chaucer. 4. Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement. We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver. --Jer. Taylor. I broke the letter of it to keep the sense. --Tennyson. 5. (Print.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type. Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed. --Evelyn. 6. pl. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters. 7. pl. A letter; an epistle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Dead letter}, {Drop letter}, etc. See under {Dead}, {Drop}, etc. {Letter book}, a book in which copies of letters are kept. {Letter box}, a box for the reception of letters to be mailed or delivered. {Letter carrier}, a person who carries letters; a postman; specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects letters to be mailed. {Letter cutter}, one who engraves letters or letter punches. {Letter lock}, a lock that can not be opened when fastened, unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a part of it are in such a position (indicated by a particular combination of the letters) as to permit the bolt to be withdrawn. A strange lock that opens with AMEN. --Beau. & Fl. {Letter paper}, paper for writing letters on; especially, a size of paper intermediate between note paper and foolscap. See {Paper}. {Letter punch}, a steel punch with a letter engraved on the end, used in making the matrices for type. {Letters of administration} (Law), the instrument by which an administrator or administratrix is authorized to administer the goods and estate of a deceased person. {Letter of attorney}, {Letter of credit}, etc. See under {Attorney}, {Credit}, etc. {Letter of license}, a paper by which creditors extend a debtor's time for paying his debts. {Letters close [or] clause} (Eng. Law.), letters or writs directed to particular persons for particular purposes, and hence closed or sealed on the outside; -- distinguished from letters patent. --Burrill. {Letters of orders} (Eccl.), a document duly signed and sealed, by which a bishop makes it known that he has regularly ordained a certain person as priest, deacon, etc. {Letters patent}, {overt}, [or] {open} (Eng. Law), a writing executed and sealed, by which power and authority are granted to a person to do some act, or enjoy some right; as, letters patent under the seal of England. {Letter-sheet envelope}, a stamped sheet of letter paper issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed for transmission by mail without an envelope. {Letters testamentary} (Law), an instrument granted by the proper officer to an executor after probate of a will, authorizing him to act as executor. {Letter writer}. (a) One who writes letters. (b) A machine for copying letters. (c) A book giving directions and forms for the writing of letters. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Dead letter}. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. {Dead-letter office}, a department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. {Dead level}, a term applied to a flat country. {Dead lift}, a direct lift, without assistance from mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.; hence, an extreme emergency. [bd](As we say) at a dead lift.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). {Dead line} (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot. {Dead load} (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind. {Dead march} (Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession. {Dead nettle} (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle ({Lamium album}). {Dead oil} (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Dead letter}. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. {Dead-letter office}, a department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. {Dead level}, a term applied to a flat country. {Dead lift}, a direct lift, without assistance from mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.; hence, an extreme emergency. [bd](As we say) at a dead lift.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). {Dead line} (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot. {Dead load} (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind. {Dead march} (Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession. {Dead nettle} (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle ({Lamium album}). {Dead oil} (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deadlatch \Dead"latch`\, n. A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key. --Knight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Dead letter}. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. {Dead-letter office}, a department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. {Dead level}, a term applied to a flat country. {Dead lift}, a direct lift, without assistance from mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.; hence, an extreme emergency. [bd](As we say) at a dead lift.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). {Dead line} (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot. {Dead load} (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind. {Dead march} (Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession. {Dead nettle} (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle ({Lamium album}). {Dead oil} (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deadlihood \Dead"li*hood\, n. State of the dead. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Detail \De"tail\ (d[emac]"t[amac]l or d[esl]*t[amac]l"; 277), n. [F. d[82]tail, fr. d[82]tailler to cut in pieces, tell in detail; pref. d[82]- (L. de or dis-) + tailler to cut. See {Tailor}.] 1. A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction. The details of the campaign in Italy. --Motley. 2. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars. 3. (Mil.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected. {Detail drawing}, a drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc. {In detail}, in subdivisions; part by part; item; circumstantially; with particularity. Syn: Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation; narration. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Detail \De"tail\ (d[esl]*t[amac]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detailed} (-t[amac]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Detailing}.] [Cf. F. d[82]tailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See {Detail}, n.] 1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order. 2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron. Syn: {Detail}, {Detach}. Usage: Detail respect the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object. |