English Dictionary: devour | by the DICT Development Group |
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d890pure \[d8][90]`pure"\, n. [F.] (Fine Arts) A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing. | |
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d8Abra \[d8]A"bra\, n. [Sp., a bay, valley, fissure.] A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a ca[a4]on. [Southwestern U. S.] | |
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d8Afer \[d8]A"fer\, n. [L.] The southwest wind. --Milton. | |
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d8Apar \[d8]A"par\, Apara \A"pa*ra\, n. [Native name apara.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Mataco}. | |
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d8Aper87u \[d8]A`per`[87]u"\ ([adot]`p[acir]r`s[usdot]"), n.; pl. {Aper[87]us} (-s[usdot]"). [F., prop. p. p. of apercevoir to perceive.] 1. A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic. The main object being to develop the several aper[87]us or insights which furnish the method of such psychology. --W. T. Harris. A series of partial and more or less disparate aper[87]us or outlooks; each for itself a center of experience. --James Ward. 2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch. | |
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d8Aperea \[d8]A*pe"re*a\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil ({Cavia aperea}). | |
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d8Aporia \[d8]A*po"ri*a\, n.; pl. {Aporias}. [L., doubt, Gr. [?], fr. [?] without passage, at a loss; 'a priv. + [?] passage.] (Rhet.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc. | |
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d8Bahar \[d8]Ba*har"\, n. [Ar. bah[be]r, from bahara to charge with a load.] A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds. | |
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d8Barrio \[d8]Bar"ri*o\, n.; pl. {Barrios}. [Sp.] In Spain and countries colonized by Spain, a village, ward, or district outside a town or city to whose jurisdiction it belongs. | |
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d8Beroe \[d8]Ber"o*e\, n. [L. Beroe, one of the Oceanid[91] Gr. [?]: cf. F. bero[82].] (Zo[94]l.) A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora. | |
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d8Beurr82 \[d8]Beur*r[82]"\, n. [F., fr. beurre butter.] (Bot.) A beurr[82] (or buttery) pear, one with the meat soft and melting; -- used with a distinguishing word; as, Beurr[82] d'Anjou; Beurr[82] Clairgeau. | |
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d8Boer \[d8]Boer\, n. [D., a farmer. See {Boor}.] A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent. | |
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d8Boiar \[d8]Bo*iar"\, n. See {Boyar}. | |
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d8Bouri \[d8]Bou"ri\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A mullet ({Mugil capito}) found in the rivers of Southern Europe and in Africa. | |
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d8Bourr82e \[d8]Bour*r[82]e\, n. [F.] (Mus.) An old French dance tune in common time. | |
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d8Brae \[d8]Brae\, n. [See {Bray} a hill.] A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill. [Scot.] --Burns. | |
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d8Bruh \[d8]Bruh\, n. (Zo[94]l.) [Native name.] The rhesus monkey. See {Rhesus}. | |
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d8Da8bra \[d8]Da"[8b]*ra\, n. [Turk. daire circuit department, fr. Ar. da[8b]rah circle.] Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or his family. The most important are the {Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh}, or {Sa"ni*yeh}, and the {Da"i*ra Khas"sa}, administered by the khedive's European bondholders, and known collectively as {the Daira}, or the {Daira estates}. | |
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d8Devoir \[d8]De*voir"\, n. [F., fr. L. debere to owe. See {Due}.] Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; -- now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies. [bd]Do now your devoid, young knights![b8] --Chaucer. | |
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d8Epeira \[d8]E*pei"ra\, n. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider ({E. diadema}). They spin geometrical webs. See {Garden spider}. | |
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d8Ephyra \[d8]Eph"y*ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], an old name of Corinth.] (Zo[94]l.) A stage in the development of discophorous medus[91], when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See {Strobila}. | |
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d8Fer91 \[d8]Fe"r[91]\, n. pl. [L., wild animals, fem. pl. of ferus wild.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the Carnivora. | |
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d8Feria \[d8]Fe"ri*a\, n.; pl. {Feri[91]}. (Eccl.) A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast. --Shipley. | |
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d8Foyer \[d8]Foy`er"\, n. [F., fr. LL. focarium fireplace. See {Focus}, n.] 1. A lobby in a theater; a greenroom. 2. The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal. --Knight. | |
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d8Frau \[d8]Frau\, n.; pl. {Frauen}. [G. Cf. 1st {Frow}.] In Germany, a woman; a married woman; a wife; -- as a title, equivalent to Mrs., Madam. | |
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d8Fuero \[d8]Fu*e"ro\, n. [Sp., fr. L. forum.] (Sp. Law) (a) A code; a charter; a grant of privileges. (b) A custom having the force of law. (c) A declaration by a magistrate. (d) A place where justice is administered. (e) The jurisdiction of a tribunal. --Burrill. | |
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d8Hepar \[d8]He"par\, n. [L. hepar, hepatis, the liver, Gr. [?].] 1. (Old Chem.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also {hepar sulphuris}. 2. Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also {hepar sulphuris calcareum} ([?]). {Hepar antimonii}(Old Chem.), a substance, of a liver-brown color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalies; -- called also {liver of antimony}. | |
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d8Ophiura \[d8]O`phi*u"ra\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] snake + [?] a tail.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of ophiurioid starfishes. | |
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d8P8are \[d8]P[8a]re\ (p[acir]r), n. [F., fr. L. pater. See {Father}.] Father; -- often used after French proper names to distinguish a father from his son; as, Dumas p[8a]re. | |
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d8Para \[d8]Pa*ra"\, n. [Turk., fr. Per. p[be]rah a piece.] A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent. | |
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d8Piraya \[d8]Pi*ra"ya\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A large voracious fresh-water fish ({Serrasalmo piraya}) of South America, having lancet-shaped teeth. | |
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d8Pro \[d8]Pro\, prep. [L.; akin to prae before, Gr. [?], and E. for. See {For}, prep., and cf. {Prior}, a.] A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth. {Pro confesso} [L.] (Law), taken as confessed. The action of a court of equity on that portion of the pleading in a particular case which the pleading on the other side does not deny. {Pro rata}. [L. See {Prorate}.] In proportion; proportion. {Pro re nata} [L.] (Law), for the existing occasion; as matters are. | |
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d8Pur82e \[d8]Pu`r[82]e"\, n. [F.] A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a pur[82]e of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated. | |
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d8Pyuria \[d8]Py*u"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] pus + [?] urine.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which pus is discharged in the urine. | |
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d8Vara \[d8]Va"ra\, n. [Sp. See 1st {Vare}.] A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches. --Johnson's Cyc. | |
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d8Vari \[d8]Va"ri\, n. [Cf. F. vari.] (Zo[94]l.) The ringtailed lemur ({Lemur catta}) of Madagascar. Its long tail is annulated with black and white. | |
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Dabber \Dab"ber\, n. That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink. | |
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Dapper \Dap"per\, a. [OE. daper; prob. fr. D. dapper brave, valiant; akin to G. tapfer brave, OHG. taphar heavy, weighty, OSlav. dobr[ucr] good, Russ. dobrui. Cf. {Deft}.] Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively. He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a dapper little man. --Milton. The dapper ditties that I wont devise. --Spenser. Sharp-nosed, dapper steam yachts. --Julian Hawthorne. | |
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Dauber \Daub"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter. 2. (Copperplate Print.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber. 3. A low and gross flatterer. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The mud wasp; the mud dauber. | |
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Daubery \Daub"er*y\, [or] Daubry \Daub"ry\, n. A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses. She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is. --Shak. | |
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Daubery \Daub"er*y\, [or] Daubry \Daub"ry\, n. A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses. She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is. --Shak. | |
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Debar \De*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debarred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debarring}.] [Pref. de- + bar.] To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of. Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed Labor, as to debar us when we need Refreshment. --Milton. Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life. --Buckle. | |
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Deep \Deep\ (d[emac]p), a. [Compar. {Deeper}; superl. {Deepest}.] [OE. dep, deop, AS. de[a2]p; akin to D. diep, G. tief, Icel. dj[d4]pr, Sw. diup, Dan. dyb, Goth. diups; fr. the root of E. dip, dive. See {Dip}, {Dive}.] 1. Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea. The water where the brook is deep. --Shak. 2. Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. Shadowing squadrons deep. --Milton. Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. --Shak. 3. Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley. 4. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot. Speculations high or deep. --Milton. A question deep almost as the mystery of life. --De Quincey. O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very deep. --Ps. xcii. 5. 5. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. Deep clerks she dumbs. --Shak. 6. Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. [bd]Deep despair.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Deep silence.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Deep sleep.[b8] --Gen. ii. 21. [bd]Deeper darkness.[b8] -->Hoole. [bd]Their deep poverty.[b8] --2 Cor. viii. 2. An attitude of deep respect. --Motley. 7. Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson. 8. Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. [bd]The deep thunder.[b8] --Byron. The bass of heaven's deep organ. --Milton. 9. Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. --Chaucer. The ways in that vale were very deep. --Clarendon. {A deep line of operations} (Military), a long line. {Deep mourning} (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments. | |
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Defer \De*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deferring}.] [OE. differren, F. diff[82]rer, fr. L. differre to delay, bear different ways; dis- + ferre to bear. See {Bear} to support, and cf. {Differ}, {Defer} to offer.] To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold. Defer the spoil of the city until night. --Shak. God . . . will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name. --Milton. | |
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Defer \De*fer"\, v. i. To put off; to delay to act; to wait. Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure. --J. A. Symonds. | |
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Defer \De*fer"\, v. t. [F. d[82]f[82]rer to pay deference, to yield, to bring before a judge, fr. L. deferre to bring down; de- + ferre to bear. See {Bear} to support, and cf. {Defer} to delay, {Delate}.] 1. To render or offer. [Obs.] Worship deferred to the Virgin. --Brevint. 2. To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to. Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland. --Bacon. | |
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Defer \De*fer"\, v. i. To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to. The house, deferring to legal right, acquiesced. --Bancroft. | |
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Defier \De*fi"er\, n. [See {Defy}.] One who dares and defies; a contemner; as, a defier of the laws. | |
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Defray \De*fray"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defrayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defraying}.] [F. d[82]frayer; pref. d[82]- (L. de or dis-) + frais expense, fr. LL. fredum, fridum, expense, fine by which an offender obtained peace from his sovereign, or more likely, atoned for an offense against the public peace, fr. OHG. fridu peace, G. friede. See {Affray}.] 1. To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc. For the discharge of his expenses, and defraying his cost, he allowed him . . . four times as much. --Usher. 2. To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Deifier \De"i*fi`er\, n. One who deifies. | |
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Depper \Dep"per\ (d[ecr]p"p[etil]r), a. Deeper. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Depure \De*pure"\, v. t. [F. d[82]purer. See {Depurate}.] To depurate; to purify. [Obs.] He shall first be depured and cleansed before that he shall be laid up for pure gold in the treasures of God. --Sir T. More. | |
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Devour \De*vour"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devoured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devouring}.] [F. d[82]vorer, fr. L. devorare; de + vorare to eat greedily, swallow up. See {Voracious}.] 1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon. Some evil beast hath devoured him. --Gen. xxxvii. 20. 2. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate. Famine and pestilence shall devour him. --Ezek. vii. 15. I waste my life and do my days devour. --Spenser. 3. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses. Longing they look, and gaping at the sight, Devour her o'er with vast delight. --Dryden. Syn: To consume; waste; destroy; annihilate. | |
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Dewberry \Dew"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of certain species of bramble ({Rubus}); in England, the fruit of {R. c[91]sius}, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of {R. canadensis} and {R. hispidus}, species of low blackberries. (b) The plant which bears the fruit. Feed him with apricots and dewberries. --Shak. | |
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Diaper \Di"a*per\, v. i. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. [bd]If you diaper on folds.[b8] --Peacham. | |
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Diaper \Di"a*per\, n. [OF. diaspre, diapre, diaspe, sort of figured cloth, It. diaspro jasper, diaspo figured cloth, from L. jaspis a green-colored precious stone. See {Jasper}.] 1. Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2. 2. (Fine Arts) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced. | |
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Diaper \Di"a*per\, v. t. 1. To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving. [bd]Diapered light.[b8] --H. Van Laun. Engarlanded and diapered With in wrought flowers. --Tennyson. 2. To put a diaper on (a child). | |
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Dibber \Dib"ber\, n. A dibble. --Halliwell. | |
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Differ \Dif"fer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Differed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Differing}.] [L. differre; dif- = dis- + ferre to bear, carry: cf. F. diff[82]rer. See 1st {Bear}, and cf. {Defer}, {Delay}.] 1. To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from. One star differeth from another star in glory. --1 Cor. xv. 41. Minds differ, as rivers differ. --Macaulay. 2. To be of unlike or opposite opinion; to disagree in sentiment; -- often with from or with. 3. To have a difference, cause of variance, or quarrel; to dispute; to contend. We 'll never differ with a crowded pit. --Rowe. Syn: To vary; disagree; dissent; dispute; contend; oppose; wrangle. Usage: -- To {Differ with}, {Differ from}. Both differ from and aiffer with are used in reference to opinions; as, [bd]I differ from you or with you in that opinion.[b8][b8] In all other cases, expressing simple unlikeness, differ from is used; as, these two persons or things differ entirely from each other. Severely punished, not for differing from us in opinion, but for committing a nuisance. --Macaulay. Davidson, whom on a former occasion we quoted, to differ from him. --M. Arnold. Much as I differ from him concerning an essential part of the historic basis of religion. --Gladstone. I differ with the honorable gentleman on that point. --Brougham. If the honorable gentleman differs with me on that subject, I differ as heartily with him, and shall always rejoice to differ. --Canning. | |
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Differ \Dif"fer\, v. t. To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance. [R.] But something 'ts that differs thee and me. --Cowley. | |
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Dipper \Dip"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small grebe; the dabchick. (b) The buffel duck. (c) The water ouzel ({Cinolus aquaticus}) of Europe. (d) The American dipper or ouzel ({Cinclus Mexicanus}). {The Dipper} (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also {Charles's Wain}. See {Ursa Major}, under {Ursa}. | |
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Dipyre \Di*pyre"\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice fire.] (Min.) A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent. | |
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Diver \Div"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, dives. Divers and fishers for pearls. --Woodward. 2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. [bd]A diver into causes.[b8] --Sir H. Wotton. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of certain genera, as {Urinator} (formerly {Colymbus}), or the allied genus {Colymbus}, or {Podiceps}, remarkable for their agility in diving. Note: The northern diver ({Urinator imber}) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter ({Oidemia fusca}) is a sea duck. See {Loon}, and {Scoter}. | |
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Dobber \Dob"ber\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dabchick}. 2. A float to a fishing line. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf. {Dipchick}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper}, {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed grebe}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dobber \Dob"ber\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dabchick}. 2. A float to a fishing line. [Local, U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf. {Dipchick}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper}, {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed grebe}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Doffer \Doff"er\, n. 1. (Mach.) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar, with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the fiber from the cards. 2. (Spinning) A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Doffer \Doff"er\, n. (Mach.) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards. --Ure. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dopper \Dop"per\, n. [D. dooper.] [Written also {doper}.] An Anabaptist or Baptist. [Contemptuous] --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dopper \Dop"per\, n. [D. dooper.] [Written also {doper}.] An Anabaptist or Baptist. [Contemptuous] --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dubber \Dub"ber\, n. One who, or that which, dubs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dubber \Dub"ber\, n. [Hind. dabbah.] A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc. [Also written {dupper}.] --M'Culloch. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Duffer \Duf"fer\, n. One who duffs cattle, etc. [Australia] Unluckily, cattle stealers are by no means so rare as would be desirable; they are locally known as duffers. --Baden-Powell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Duffer \Duf"fer\, n. 1. (Mining) See {Shicer}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any common domestic pigeon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Duffer \Duf"fer\, n. 1. A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat. [Slang, Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. A stupid, awkward, inefficient person.[Slang] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Duper \Dup"er\, n. One who dupes another. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dupery \Dup"er*y\, n. [F. duperie, fr. duper.] The act or practice of duping. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dupper \Dup"per\, n. See 2d {Dubber}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dubber \Dub"ber\, n. [Hind. dabbah.] A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc. [Also written {dupper}.] --M'Culloch. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dupper \Dup"per\, n. See 2d {Dubber}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dubber \Dub"ber\, n. [Hind. dabbah.] A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc. [Also written {dupper}.] --M'Culloch. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
De Bary, FL (CDP, FIPS 16675) Location: 28.88342 N, 81.31176 W Population (1990): 7176 (3404 housing units) Area: 19.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
De Berry, TX Zip code(s): 75639 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
De Pere, WI (city, FIPS 19775) Location: 44.43848 N, 88.07169 W Population (1990): 16569 (5938 housing units) Area: 21.6 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54115 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Deaver, WY (town, FIPS 19530) Location: 44.88919 N, 108.59484 W Population (1990): 199 (89 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 82421 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Debary, FL Zip code(s): 32713 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dover, AR (city, FIPS 19600) Location: 35.40217 N, 93.11242 W Population (1990): 1055 (492 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72837 Dover, DE (city, FIPS 21200) Location: 39.15869 N, 75.51744 W Population (1990): 27630 (10488 housing units) Area: 55.2 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19901 Dover, FL (CDP, FIPS 18075) Location: 27.99290 N, 82.22049 W Population (1990): 2606 (859 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33527 Dover, ID (city, FIPS 22510) Location: 48.25362 N, 116.60032 W Population (1990): 294 (131 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Dover, IL (village, FIPS 20526) Location: 41.43421 N, 89.39570 W Population (1990): 163 (64 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Dover, KS Zip code(s): 66420 Dover, KY (city, FIPS 22222) Location: 38.75578 N, 83.88340 W Population (1990): 297 (116 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41034 Dover, MA (CDP, FIPS 17370) Location: 42.24753 N, 71.27585 W Population (1990): 2163 (746 housing units) Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02030 Dover, MN (city, FIPS 16264) Location: 43.96985 N, 92.13370 W Population (1990): 416 (157 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55929 Dover, MO (town, FIPS 19918) Location: 39.19448 N, 93.68950 W Population (1990): 115 (65 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64022 Dover, NC (town, FIPS 17660) Location: 35.21610 N, 77.43350 W Population (1990): 451 (189 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28526 Dover, NH (city, FIPS 18820) Location: 43.18975 N, 70.88337 W Population (1990): 25042 (11307 housing units) Area: 69.2 sq km (land), 6.1 sq km (water) Dover, NJ (town, FIPS 18070) Location: 40.88595 N, 74.55969 W Population (1990): 15115 (5355 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Dover, OH (city, FIPS 22456) Location: 40.52976 N, 81.47980 W Population (1990): 11329 (4620 housing units) Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44622 Dover, OK (town, FIPS 21350) Location: 35.98156 N, 97.91071 W Population (1990): 376 (158 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73734 Dover, PA (borough, FIPS 19696) Location: 40.00375 N, 76.84970 W Population (1990): 1884 (767 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17315 Dover, TN (city, FIPS 21400) Location: 36.48139 N, 87.84366 W Population (1990): 1341 (607 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37058 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dovray, MN (city, FIPS 16300) Location: 44.05479 N, 95.54610 W Population (1990): 60 (41 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56125 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dubre, KY Zip code(s): 42731 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dufur, OR (city, FIPS 20900) Location: 45.45337 N, 121.12707 W Population (1990): 527 (247 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dupree, SD (city, FIPS 17420) Location: 45.04910 N, 101.60063 W Population (1990): 484 (203 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57623 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
DPer /dee-pee-er/ n. Data Processor. Hackers are absolutely amazed that {suit}s use this term self-referentially. _Computers_ process data, not people! See {DP}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DBRI {Dual Basic Rate Interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DPer /dee-pee-er/ Data Processor. Hackers are absolutely amazed that {suit}s use this term self-referentially. *Computers* process data, not people! See {DP}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-07) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Debir oracle town; sanctuary. (1.) One of the eleven cities to the west of Hebron, in the highlands of Judah (Josh. 15:49; Judg. 1:11-15). It was originally one of the towns of the Anakim (Josh. 15:15), and was also called Kirjath-sepher (q.v.) and Kirjath-sannah (49). Caleb, who had conquered and taken possession of the town and district of Hebron (Josh. 14:6-15), offered the hand of his daughter to any one who would successfully lead a party against Debir. Othniel, his younger brother (Judg. 1:13; 3:9), achieved the conquest, and gained Achsah as his wife. She was not satisfied with the portion her father gave her, and as she was proceeding toward her new home, she "lighted from off her ass" and said to him, "Give me a blessing [i.e., a dowry]: for thou hast given me a south land" (Josh. 15:19, A.V.); or, as in the Revised Version, "Thou hast set me in the land of the south", i.e., in the Negeb, outside the rich valley of Hebron, in the dry and barren land. "Give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs." Debir has been identified with the modern Edh-Dhaheriyeh, i.e., "the well on the ridge", to the south of Hebron. (2.) A place near the "valley of Achor" (Josh. 15:7), on the north boundary of Judah, between Jerusalem and Jericho. (3.) The king of Eglon, one of the five Canaanitish kings who were hanged by Joshua (Josh. 10:3, 23) after the victory at Gibeon. These kings fled and took refuge in a cave at Makkedah. Here they were kept confined till Joshua returned from the pursuit of their discomfited armies, when he caused them to be brought forth, and "Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees" (26). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Deborah a bee. (1.) Rebekah's nurse. She accompanied her mistress when she left her father's house in Padan-aram to become the wife of Isaac (Gen. 24:59). Many years afterwards she died at Bethel, and was buried under the "oak of weeping", Allon-bachuth (35:8). (2.) A prophetess, "wife" (woman?) of Lapidoth. Jabin, the king of Hazor, had for twenty years held Israel in degrading subjection. The spirit of patriotism seemed crushed out of the nation. In this emergency Deborah roused the people from their lethargy. Her fame spread far and wide. She became a "mother in Israel" (Judg. 4:6, 14; 5:7), and "the children of Israel came up to her for judgment" as she sat in her tent under the palm tree "between Ramah and Bethel." Preparations were everywhere made by her direction for the great effort to throw off the yoke of bondage. She summoned Barak from Kadesh to take the command of 10,000 men of Zebulun and Naphtali, and lead them to Mount Tabor on the plain of Esdraelon at its north-east end. With his aid she organized this army. She gave the signal for attack, and the Hebrew host rushed down impetuously upon the army of Jabin, which was commanded by Sisera, and gained a great and decisive victory. The Canaanitish army almost wholly perished. That was a great and ever-memorable day in Israel. In Judg. 5 is given the grand triumphal ode, the "song of Deborah," which she wrote in grateful commemoration of that great deliverance. (See LAPIDOTH ¯T0002240, {JABIN} [2].) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dabareh, the word; the thing; a bee; obedient | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Debir, an orator; a word | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Deborah, word; thing; a bee | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dibri, an orator |