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Dongola \Don"go*la\, n. 1. A government of Upper Egypt. 2. Dongola kid. {Dongola kid}, {D. leather}, leather made by the Dongola process. {D. process}, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin, with a combination of vegetable and mineral agents, so that it resembles kid. {D. race}, a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women. | |
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d892rugo \[d8][92]*ru"go\, n. [L. aes brass, copper.] The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris. | |
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d8Areca \[d8]A*re"ca\, n. [Canarese adiki: cf. Pg. & Sp. areca.] (Bot.) A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the {Piper Betle} and lime. | |
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d8Argo \[d8]Ar"go\, n. [L. Argo, Gr. [?].] 1. (Myth.) The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece. 2. (Astron.) A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also {Argo Navis}. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela. | |
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d8Aries \[d8]A"ri*es\, n. [L.] 1. (Astron.) (a) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March. (b) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) A battering-ram. | |
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d8Arioso \[d8]A`ri*o"so\, adv. & a. [It.] (Mus.) In the smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose. | |
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d8Auriga \[d8]Au*ri"ga\, n. [L., charioteer.] (Anat.) The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella. | |
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d8Dehors \[d8]De*hors"\, prep. [F., outside.] (Law) Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument. | |
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d8Dehors \[d8]De*hors"\, n. (Mil.) All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover. --Farrow. | |
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d8Doorga \[d8]Door"ga\, n. [Skr. Durg[be].] (Myth.) A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms. [Written also Durga.] --Malcom. | |
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d8Doris \[d8]Do"ris\, n. [L. Doris, the daughter of Oceanus, and wife of Nereus, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchi[91] on the back. | |
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d8Draco \[d8]Dra"co\, n. [L. See {Dragon}.] 1. (Astron.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic. 2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of lizards. See {Dragon}, 6. | |
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d8Dryas \[d8]Dry"as\, n.; pl. {Dryades}. [L. See {Dryad}.] (Class. Myth.) A dryad. | |
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d8Durga \[d8]Dur"ga\, n. (Myth.) Same as {Doorga}. | |
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d8Ergo \[d8]Er"go\, conj. [or] adv. [L.] Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way. --Shak. | |
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d8Eros \[d8]E"ros\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] love, [?] (personified) Eros, fr. [?] to love.] (Greek Myth.) Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid. | |
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d8Eruca \[d8]E*ru"ca\, n.; pl. {Eruc[91]}. [L., a caterpillar, also, a sort of colewort.] (Zo[94]l.) An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva. | |
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d8Eureka \[d8]Eu*re"ka\ [Gr. [?] I have found, perfect indicative of [?] to find.] The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out [bd]Eureka! eureka![b8] (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery. | |
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d8Eurus \[d8]Eu"rus\, n. [L., gr. [?].] The east wind. | |
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d8Huaracho \[d8]Hua*ra"cho\, n.; pl. {Huarachos}. [Amer. Sp., also guaracha, guarache, huarache, prob. of Mexican origin.] A kind of sandal worn by Indians and the lower classes generally; -- usually used in pl. [Southern U. S. & Mex.] | |
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d8Hyrax \[d8]Hy"rax\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] shrew mouse.] (Zo[94]l.) Any animal of the genus {Hyrax}, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman ({H. Syriacus}) of Palestine, and the klipdas ({H. capensis}) of South Africa. Other species are {H. arboreus} and {H. Sylvestris}, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See {Daman}. | |
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d8Orgyia \[d8]Or*gy"i*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the length of the outstretched arms. So named because, when at rest, it stretches forward its fore legs like arms.] (Zo[94]l.). A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of {Orgyia leucostigma}) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also {vaporer moth}. | |
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d8Oryza \[d8]O*ry"za\, n. [L., rice, Gr. [?] See {Rice}.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice. | |
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d8R82gie \[d8]R[82]`gie"\, n. [F.] 1. Direct management of public finance or public works by agents of the government for government account; -- opposed to the {contract system}. 2. Specif.: The system of collecting taxes by officials who have either no interest or a very small interest in the proceeds, as distinguished from the ancient system of farming them out. 3. Any kind of government monopoly (tobacco, salt, etc.) used chiefly as a means of taxation. Such monopolies are largely employed in Austria, Italy, France, and Spain. | |
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d8R82seau \[d8]R[82]`seau"\, n. [F.] A network; specif.: (a) (Astron.) A system of lines forming small squares of standard size, which is photographed, by a separate exposure, on the same plate with star images to facilitate measurements, detect changes of the film, etc. (b) In lace, a ground or foundation of regular meshes, like network. | |
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d8Raca \[d8]Ra"ca\, a. [Gr. [?], from Chaldee r[emac]k[be].] A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning [bd]worthless.[b8] Whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council. --Matt. v. 22. | |
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d8Raj \[d8]Raj\, n. [See {Rajah}.] Reign; rule. [India] | |
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d8Raja \[d8]Ra"ja\, n. Same as {Rajah}. | |
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d8Raki \[d8]Ra`ki"\, d8Rakee \[d8]Ra`kee"\, n. [Turk. r[be]k[c6]arrack.] A kind of ardent spirits used in southern Europe and the East, distilled from grape juice, grain, etc. | |
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d8Raki \[d8]Ra`ki"\, d8Rakee \[d8]Ra`kee"\, n. [Turk. r[be]k[c6]arrack.] A kind of ardent spirits used in southern Europe and the East, distilled from grape juice, grain, etc. | |
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d8Razzia \[d8]Raz"zi*a\, n. [F., fr. Ar. gh[be]z[c6]a (pron. razia in Algeria).] A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a rai[?]. | |
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d8Reis \[d8]Re`is\ (r?"?s [or] r?z), n. [Pg., pl. of real, an ancient Portuguese coin.] The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents. | |
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d8Res \[d8]Res\ (r?z), n.; pl. {Res}. [L.] A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point. {[d8]Res gest[91]} [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form the environment of a litigated issue. --Wharton. {[d8]Res judicata} [L.] (Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to controversy. | |
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d8Rex \[d8]Rex\, n.; pl. {Reges}. [L.] A king. {To play rex}, to play the king; to domineer. [Obs.] | |
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d8Rhus \[d8]Rhus\, n. [L., sumac, fr. Gr. [?][?][?].] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small treets. See {Sumac}. | |
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d8Risqu82 \[d8]Ris`qu[82]"\, a. masc., d8Risqu82e \[d8]Ris`qu[82]e"\, a. fem., . [F., p.p. of risquer to risk.] Hazardous; risky; esp., fig., verging upon impropriety; dangerously close to, or suggestive of, what is indecent or of doubtful morality; as, a risqu[82] story. --Henry Austin. | |
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d8Risqu82 \[d8]Ris`qu[82]"\, a. masc., d8Risqu82e \[d8]Ris`qu[82]e"\, a. fem., . [F., p.p. of risquer to risk.] Hazardous; risky; esp., fig., verging upon impropriety; dangerously close to, or suggestive of, what is indecent or of doubtful morality; as, a risqu[82] story. --Henry Austin. | |
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d8Roux \[d8]Roux\, n. [F. beurre roux brown butter.] (Cookery) A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies. | |
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d8Ruga \[d8]Ru"ga\, n.; pl. {Rug[91]}. [L.] (Nat. Hist.) A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rug[91] of the stomach. | |
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d8Tarsi \[d8]Tar"si\, n., pl. of {Tarsus}. | |
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d8Tarsia \[d8]Tar"si*a\, d8Tarsiatura \[d8]Tar`si*a*tu"ra\, n. [It.] A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood. | |
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d8Taurus \[d8]Tau"rus\ (t[add]"r[ucr]s), n. [L., akin to Gr. tay^ros, and E. steer. See {Steer} a young ox.] 1. (Astron.) (a) The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [[taurus]] in almanacs. (b) A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle. | |
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d8Theorica \[d8]The*or"i*ca\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] (sc. [?]), fr. [?] belonging to [?] a public spectacle. See {Theory}.] (Gr. Antiq.) Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called {theoric fund}. | |
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Theriac \The"ri*ac\, d8Theriaca \[d8]The*ri"a*ca\, n. [L. theriaca an antidote against the bite of serpents, Gr. [?]: cf. F. th[82]riaque. See {Treacle}.] 1. (Old Med.) An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also {theriaca Andromachi}, and {Venice treacle}. 2. Treacle; molasses. --British Pharm. | |
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d8Torus \[d8]To"rus\, n.; pl. {Tori}. [L., a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation. Cf. 3d {Tore}.] 1. (Arch.) A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of {Molding.} --Brande&C. 2. (Zo[94]l.)One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under {Tubicol[91]}. 3. (Bot.) The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the carpels stand. 4. (Geom.) See 3d {Tore}, 2. | |
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d8Trica \[d8]Tri"ca\, n.; pl. {Tric[91]}. [NL.] (Bot.) An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows. | |
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d8Trioecia \[d8]Tri*[oe]"ci*a\ (-[emac]"sh[icr]*[adot]), n. pl. [NL. See {Tri[oe]cious}.] (Bot.) The third order of the Linn[91]an class Polygamia. | |
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d8Trocha \[d8]Tro"cha\, n. [Sp., bypath, crossroad.] (Mil.) A line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to prevent the passage of an enemy across a region. [Sp. Amer.] | |
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d8Trousse \[d8]Trousse\, n. [F. See {Truss}; cf. {Trousseau}.] A case for small implements; as, a surgeon's trousse. | |
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d8Trousseau \[d8]Trous`seau"\ (tr[oomac]`s[omac]"), n. [F., fr. OF. trossel, dim. of trousse a bundle, truss. See {Truss}.] The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride, including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that which is provided for her by her family. | |
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d8Ur91us \[d8]U*r[91]"us\, n. [NL., fr. L. uraeus pertaining to a tail, Gr. [?], fr. [?] tail.] (Egypt. Arch[91]ol.) A serpent, or serpent's head and neck, represented on the front of the headdresses of divinities and sovereigns as an emblem of supreme power. | |
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d8Urus \[d8]U"rus\, n. [L.; of Teutonic origin. See {Aurochs}.] (Zo[94]l.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal ({Bos urus [or] primigenius}) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius C[91]sar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, {ur}, {ure}, and {tur}. | |
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Dairy \Dai"ry\ (d[amac]"r[ycr]), n.; pl. {Dairies} (-r[icr]z). [OE. deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja, orig., a baking maid, fr. Icel. deig. [root]66. See {Dough}.] 1. The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese. What stores my dairies and my folds contain. --Dryden. 2. That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese. Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter. --Temple. 3. A dairy farm. [R.] Note: Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc. | |
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Darg \Darg\, Dargue \Dargue\, n. [Scot., contr. fr. day work.] A day's work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day. [Local, Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Darg \Darg\, Dargue \Dargue\, n. [Scot., contr. fr. day work.] A day's work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day. [Local, Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Daric \Dar"ic\ (d[acr]r"[icr]k), n. [Gr. dareiko`s, of Persian origin.] 1. (Antiq.) (a) A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer. (b) A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric. 2. Any very pure gold coin. | |
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Dark \Dark\ (d[aum]rk), a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc, deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.] 1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! --Milton. In the dark and silent grave. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden. The dark problems of existence. --Shairp. What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain. --Hooker. What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? --Shak. 3. Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant. The age wherein he lived was dark, but he Could not want light who taught the world to see. --Denhan. The tenth century used to be reckoned by medi[91]val historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night. --Hallam. 4. Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed. Left him at large to his own dark designs. --Milton. 5. Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious. More dark and dark our woes. --Shak. A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature. --Macaulay. There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. --W. Irving. 6. Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.] He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. --Evelyn. Note: Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective; as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed, dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working. {A dark horse}, in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate whose chances of success are not known, and whose capabilities have not been made the subject of general comment or of wagers. [Colloq.] {Dark house}, {Dark room}, a house or room in which madmen were confined. [Obs.] --Shak. {Dark lantern}. See {Lantern}. -- The {Dark Ages}, a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See {Middle Ages}, under {Middle}. {The Dark and Bloody Ground}, a phrase applied to the State of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name, in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there between Indians. {The dark day}, a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and unexplained darkness extended over all New England. {To keep dark}, to reveal nothing. [Low] | |
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Dark \Dark\, v. t. To darken to obscure. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Dark \Dark\, n. 1. Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light. Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out. --Shak. 2. The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy. Look, what you do, you do it still i' th' dark. --Shak. Till we perceive by our own understandings, we are as muc[?] in the dark, and as void of knowledge, as before. --Locke. 3. (Fine Arts) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted. The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and the darks to the lights. --Dryden. | |
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Darky \Dark"y\, n. A negro. [Sleng] | |
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Derecho \De*re"cho\, n. [Sp. derecho straight.] A straight wind without apparent cyclonic tendency, usually accompanied with rain and often destructive, common in the prairie regions of the United States. | |
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Derk \Derk\, a. Dark. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Derrick \Der"rick\, n. [Orig., a gallows, from a hangman named Derrick. The name is of Dutch origin; D. Diederik, Dierryk, prop. meaning, chief of the people; cf. AS. pe[a2]dric, E. Theodoric, G. Dietrich. See {Dutch}, and {Rich}.] A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building. {Derrick crane}, a combination of the derrick and the crane, having facility for hoisting and also for swinging the load horizontally. | |
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Derrick \Der"rick\, n. (Mining) The pyramidal structure or tower over a deep drill hole, such as that of an oil well. | |
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Diarchy \Di"arch*y\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] to rule.] A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons. | |
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Diary \Di"a*ry\, n.; pl. {Diaries}. [L. diarium, fr. dies day. See {Deity}.] A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a diary of the weather; a physician's diary. | |
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Dirge \Dirge\, n. [Contraction of Lat. dirige, direct thou (imperative of dirigere), the first word of a funeral hymn (Lat. transl. of Psalm v. 8) beginning, [bd]Dirige, Domine, in conspectu tuo vitam meam.[b8] See {Direct}, a., and cf. {Dirige}.] A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn. The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls Sung dirges at her funeral. --Ford. | |
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Dirige \Dir"i*ge\, n. [L. See {Dirge}.] A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first word; a dirge. Evensongs and placebo and dirige. --Wyclif. Resort, I pray you, unto my sepulture To sing my dirige with great devotion. --Lamentation of Mary Magdalene. | |
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Dirk \Dirk\, n. [Ir. duirc.] A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander. {Dirk knife}, a clasp knife having a large, dirklike blade. | |
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Dirk \Dirk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dirked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dirking}.] To stab with a dirk. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Dirk \Dirk\, a. [See {Dark}, a.] Dark. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Dirk \Dirk\, v. t. To darken. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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d8Kali \[d8]Ka"li\, n. [Skr. k[be]l[c6].] (Hind. Myth.) The black, destroying goddess; -- called also {Doorga}, {Anna Purna}. | |
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d8Regidor \[d8]Re`gi*dor"\, n.; pl. {-dores}. [Sp., fr. regir to rule, L. regere.] One of a body of officers charged with the government of Spanish municipalities, corresponding to the English alderman. | |
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Dorhawk \Dor"hawk`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See {Goatsucker}. [Written also {dorrhawk}.] --Booth. | |
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Goatsucker \Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to {Caprimulgus} and allied genera, esp. the European species ({Caprimulgus Europ[91]us}); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also {goat-milker}, {goat owl}, {goat chaffer}, {fern owl}, {night hawk}, {nightjar}, {night churr}, {churr-owl}, {gnat hawk}, and {dorhawk}. | |
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Dorhawk \Dor"hawk`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See {Goatsucker}. [Written also {dorrhawk}.] --Booth. | |
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Goatsucker \Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to {Caprimulgus} and allied genera, esp. the European species ({Caprimulgus Europ[91]us}); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also {goat-milker}, {goat owl}, {goat chaffer}, {fern owl}, {night hawk}, {nightjar}, {night churr}, {churr-owl}, {gnat hawk}, and {dorhawk}. | |
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Doric \Dor"ic\, a. [L. Doricus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] the Dorians.] 1. Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect. 2. (Arch.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See {Abacus}, {Capital}, {Order}. Note: This order is distinguished, according to the treatment of details, as Grecian Doric, or Roman Doric. 3. (Mus.) Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war. | |
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Doric \Dor"ic\, n. The Doric dialect. | |
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Dory \Do"ry\, n.; pl. {Dories}. [Named from 1st color, fr. F. dor[82]e gilded, fr. dorer to gild, L. deaurare. See {Deaurate}, and cf. {Aureole}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A European fish. See {Doree}, and {John Doree}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also {dor[82]}. See {Pike perch}. | |
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Dory \Do"ry\, n.; pl. {Dories}. A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides. | |
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Dorhawk \Dor"hawk`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See {Goatsucker}. [Written also {dorrhawk}.] --Booth. | |
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Dorrhawk \Dorr"hawk`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dorhawk}. | |
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Dorhawk \Dor"hawk`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See {Goatsucker}. [Written also {dorrhawk}.] --Booth. | |
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Dorrhawk \Dorr"hawk`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dorhawk}. | |
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Dorse \Dorse\, n. [Cf. L. dorsum the back. See {Dorsel}, {Dosel}.] 1. Same as {dorsal}, n. [Obs.] 2. The back of a book. [Obs.] Books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses. --Wood. | |
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Dorse \Dorse\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Baltic or variable cod ({Gadus callarias}), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish. | |
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Dowress \Dow"ress\, n. A woman entitled to dower. --Bouvier. | |
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Dowry \Dow"ry\, n.; pl. {Dowries}. [Contr. from dowery; cf. LL. dotarium. See {Dower}.] 1. A gift; endowment. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under {Dower}. --Shak. Dryden. 3. A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See {Dower}. Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give . . .; but give me the damsel to wife. --Gen. xxxiv. 12. | |
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Drag \Drag\, v. i. 1. To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold. 2. To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly. The day drags through, though storms keep out the sun. --Byron. Long, open panegyric drags at best. -- Gay. 3. To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back. A propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her. --Russell. 4. To fish with a dragnet. | |
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Drag \Drag\, n. [See 3d {Dredge}.] A confection; a comfit; a drug. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Drag \Drag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dragging}.] [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same word as E. draw. [?] See {Draw}.] 1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing. Dragged by the cords which through his feet were thrust. --Denham. The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. --Tennyson. A needless Alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. --Pope. 2. To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag. Then while I dragged my brains for such a song. --Tennyson. 3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty. Have dragged a lingering life. -- Dryden. {To drag an anchor} (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom when the anchor will not hold the ship. Syn: See {Draw}. | |
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Drag \Drag\, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {Dray} a cart, and 1st {Dredge}.] 1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged. 2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc. 3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag. 4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage. [Collog.] --Thackeray. 5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground. 6. (a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See {Drag sail} (below). (b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel. (c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment. My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no drag. --J. D. Forbes. 7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged. [bd]Had a drag in his walk.[b8] -- Hazlitt. 8. (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope. 9. (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone. 10. (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under {Drag}, v. i., 3. {Drag sail} (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting; -- called also {drift sail}, {drag sheet}, {drag anchor}, {sea anchor}, {floating anchor}, etc. {Drag twist} (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for cleaning drilled holes. | |
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Drake \Drake\, n. [Akin to LG. drake, OHG. antrache, anetrecho, G. enterich, Icel. andriki, Dan. andrik, OSw. andrak, andrage, masc., and fr. AS. ened, fem., duck; akin to D. eend, G. ente, Icel. [94]nd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis, L. anas, Gr. [?] (for [?]), and perh. Skr. [be]ti a water fowl. [?][?][?][?]. In English the first part of the word was lost. The ending is akin to E. rich. Cf. {Gulaund}.] 1. The male of the duck kind. 2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under {Dragon}.] The drake fly. The drake will mount steeple height into the air. --Walton. {Drake fly}, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling. The dark drake fly, good in August. --Walton. | |
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Drake \Drake\, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See {Dragon}.] 1. A dragon. [Obs.] Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. --J. A. Harrison (Beowulf). 2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.] Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. --Clarendon. | |
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Drake \Drake\, n. [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle, etc.] Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also {drawk}, {dravick}, and {drank}. [Prov. Eng.] --Dr. Prior. | |
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Draugh \Draugh\, n. See {Draft}. [Obs.] | |
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Drake \Drake\, n. [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle, etc.] Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also {drawk}, {dravick}, and {drank}. [Prov. Eng.] --Dr. Prior. | |
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Drayage \Dray"age\, n. 1. Use of a dray. 2. The charge, or sum paid, for the use of a dray. | |
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Drecche \Drec"che\, v. t. [AS. dreccan, dreccean.] 1. To vex; to torment; to trouble. [Obs.] As man that in his dream is drecched sore. --Chaucer. | |
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Drecche \Drec"che\, v. i. To delay. [Obs.] --Gower. | |
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Dreg \Dreg\, n. [Prob. from Icel. dregg; akin to Sw. dr[84]gg, cf. Icel. & Sw. draga to draw. Cf. {Draw}.] Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society. We, the dregs and rubbish of mankind. --Dryden. Note: Used formerly (rarely) in the singular, as by Spenser and Shakespeare, but now chiefly in the plural. | |
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Dreggy \Dreg"gy\, a. Containing dregs or lees; muddy; foul; feculent. --Boyle. | |
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Dress \Dress\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dressed}or {Drest}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dressing}.] [OF. drecier to make straight, raise, set up, prepare, arrange, F. dresser. (assumed) LL. directiare, fr. L. dirigere, directum, to direct; dis- + regere to rule. See {Right}, and cf. {Address}, {Adroit}, {Direct}, {Dirge}.] 1. To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order. [Obs.] At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to dress thy ways. --Chaucer. Note: Dress is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of [bd]to direct one's step; to address one's self.[b8] To Grisild again will I me dresse. --Chaucer. 2. (Mil.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks. 3. (Med.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part. 4. To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them. | |
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Dress \Dress\, v. i. 1. (Mil.) To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress! 2. To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly. [bd]To dress for a ball.[b8] --Latham. To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum. --Tennyson . {To dress to the right}, {To dress to the left}, {To dress on the center} (Mil.), to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the rank, who serves as a guide. | |
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Dress \Dress\, n. 1. That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel. [bd]In your soldier's dress.[b8] --Shak. 2. A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress. 3. Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it. Men of pleasure, dress, and gallantry. -- Pope. 4. (Milling) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone. --Knight. {Dress circle}. See under {Circle}. {Dress parade} (Mil.), a parade in full uniform for review. | |
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Dressy \Dress"y\, a. Showy in dress; attentive to dress. A dressy flaunting maidservant. --T. Hook. A neat, dressy gentleman in black. --W. Irving. | |
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Drock \Drock\, n. A water course. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Drogue \Drogue\, n. (Naut.) See {Drag}, n., 6, and {Drag sail}, under {Drag}, n. | |
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Drosky \Dros"ky\, n.; pl. {Droskies}. [Russ. drojki, dim. of drogi a kind of carriage, prop. pl. of droga shaft or pole of a carriage.] A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a saddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities. [Written also {droitzschka}, and {droschke}.] | |
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Dross \Dross\, n. [AS. dros, fr. dre[a2]san to fall. See {Dreary}.] 1. The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement. 2. Rust of metals. [R.] --Addison. 3. Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse. All world's glory is but dross unclean. --Spenser. At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross coats its ounce of gold. --Lowell. | |
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Drossy \Dross"y\, a. [Compar. {Drossier}; superl. {Drossiest}.] Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless. [bd] Drossy gold.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]Drossy rhymes.[b8] --Donne. -- {Dross"i*ness}, n. | |
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Drough \Drough\, imp. of {Draw}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Drowse \Drowse\, v. t. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. --Milton. | |
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Drowse \Drowse\, n. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze. But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Drowse \Drowse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drowsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drowsing}.] [AS. dr[?]sian, dr[?]san, to sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG. dr[?]sen, druusken, to slumber, fall down with a noise; prob, akin to AS. dre[a2]san to fall. See {Dreary}.] To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. [bd]He drowsed upon his couch.[b8] --South. In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. --Lowell. | |
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Drowsy \Drow"sy\, a. [Compar. {Drowsier}; superl. {Drowsiest}.] 1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. [bd]When I am drowsy.[b8] --Shak. Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. --Shak. To our age's drowsy blood Still shouts the inspiring sea. --Lowell. 2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific. The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good. --Tennyson. 3. Dull; stupid. [bd] Drowsy reasoning.[b8] --Atterbury. Syn: Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid. | |
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Drug \Drug\, v. t. 1. To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig. The laboring masses . . . [were] drugged into brutish good humor by a vast system of public spectacles. --C. Kingsley. Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it. --Tennyson. 2. To tincture with something offensive or injurious. Drugged as oft, With hatefullest disrelish writhed their jaws. --Milton. 3. To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs. With pleasure drugged, he almost longed for woe. --Byron. | |
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Drug \Drug\, v. i. [See 1st {Drudge}.] To drudge; to toil laboriously. [Obs.] [bd]To drugge and draw.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Drug \Drug\, n. A drudge (?). --Shak. (Timon iv. 3, 253). | |
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Drug \Drug\, n. [F. drogue, prob. fr. D. droog; akin to E. dry; thus orig., dry substance, hers, plants, or wares. See {Dry}.] 1. Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines; any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations. Whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs. --Milton. 2. Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand. [bd]But sermons are mere drugs.[b8] --Fielding. And virtue shall a drug become. --Dryden. | |
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Drug \Drug\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drugging}.] [Cf. F. droguer.] To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines. --B. Jonson. | |
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Druse \Druse\, n. [Cf. G. druse bonny, crystallized piece of ore, Bohem. druza. Cf. {Dross}.] (Min.) A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode. | |
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Druse \Druse\, n. One of a people and religious sect dwelling chiefly in the Lebanon mountains of Syria. The Druses separated from the Mohammedan Arabs in the 9th century. Their characteristic dogma is the unity of God. -- Am. Cyc. | |
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Drusy \Dru"sy\, Drused \Drused\, a. (Min.) Covered with a large number of minute crystals. | |
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Druxey \Drux"ey\, Druxy \Drux"y\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish color; -- said of timber. --Weale. | |
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Druxey \Drux"ey\, Druxy \Drux"y\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish color; -- said of timber. --Weale. | |
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Wash \Wash\, n. 1. [Western U. S.] (Geol.) (a) Gravel and other rock d[82]bris transported and deposited by running water; coarse alluvium. (b) An alluvial cone formed by a stream at the base of a mountain. 2. The dry bed of an intermittent stream, sometimes at the bottom of a ca[a4]on; as, the Amargosa wash, Diamond wash; -- called also {dry wash}. [Western U. S.] 3. (Arch.) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water. Hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water, as a carriage wash in a stable. | |
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Duarchy \Du"ar*chy\, n. [Gr. [?] two + -archy.] Government by two persons. | |
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Duress \Du*ress"\, v. t. To subject to duress. [bd]The party duressed.[b8] --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Duress \Du"ress\, n. [OF. duresse, du[?], hardship, severity, L. duritia, durities, fr. durus hard. See {Dure}.] 1. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty. The agreements . . . made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force. --Burke. 2. (Law) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Durous \Du"rous\, a. [L. durus.] Hard. [Obs. & R.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Darragh, PA Zip code(s): 15625 | |
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Dewy Rose, GA Zip code(s): 30634 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dierks, AR (city, FIPS 18970) Location: 34.12058 N, 94.01877 W Population (1990): 1263 (529 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71833 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dorris, CA (city, FIPS 19584) Location: 41.96519 N, 121.91995 W Population (1990): 892 (377 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dorsey, IL Zip code(s): 62021 | |
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Drake, CO Zip code(s): 80515 Drake, ND (city, FIPS 20300) Location: 47.92194 N, 100.37586 W Population (1990): 361 (228 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58736 | |
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Drasco, AR Zip code(s): 72530 | |
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Drewsey, OR Zip code(s): 97904 | |
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
de-rezz /dee-rez'/ [from `de-resolve' via the movie "Tron"] (also `derez') 1. vi. To disappear or dissolve; the image that goes with it is of an object breaking up into raster lines and static and then dissolving. Occasionally used of a person who seems to have suddenly `fuzzed out' mentally rather than physically. Usage: extremely silly, also rare. This verb was actually invented as _fictional_ hacker jargon, and adopted in a spirit of irony by real hackers years after the fact. 2. vt. The Macintosh resource decompiler. On a Macintosh, many program structures (including the code itself) are managed in small segments of the program file known as `resources'; `Rez' and `DeRez' are a pair of utilities for compiling and decompiling resource files. Thus, decompiling a resource is `derezzing'. Usage: very common. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Dress Casual, vaguely post-hippie; T-shirts, jeans, running shoes, Birkenstocks (or bare feet). Long hair, beards, and moustaches are common. High incidence of tie-dye and intellectual or humorous `slogan' T-shirts (only rarely computer related; that would be too obvious). A substantial minority prefers `outdoorsy' clothing -- hiking boots ("in case a mountain should suddenly spring up in the machine room", as one famous parody put it), khakis, lumberjack or chamois shirts, and the like. Very few actually fit the "National Lampoon" Nerd stereotype, though it lingers on at MIT and may have been more common before 1975. At least since the late Seventies backpacks have been more common than briefcases, and the hacker `look' has been more whole-earth than whole-polyester. Hackers dress for comfort, function, and minimal maintenance hassles rather than for appearance (some, perhaps unfortunately, take this to extremes and neglect personal hygiene). They have a very low tolerance of suits and other `business' attire; in fact, it is not uncommon for hackers to quit a job rather than conform to a dress code. Female hackers almost never wear visible makeup, and many use none at all. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
de-rezz "Tron". 1. To disappear or dissolve; the image that goes with it is of an object breaking up into raster lines and static and then dissolving. Occasionally used of a person who seems to have suddenly "fuzzed out" mentally rather than physically. Usage: extremely silly, also rare. This verb was actually invented as *fictional* hacker jargon, and adopted in a spirit of irony by real hackers years after the fact. 2. The Macintosh resource decompiler. On a Macintosh, many program structures (including the code itself) are managed in small segments of the program file known as "resources"; "Rez" and "DeRez" are a pair of utilities for compiling and decompiling resource files. Thus, decompiling a resource is "derezzing". Usage: very common. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DOORS {Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
draco A blend of {Pascal}, {C} and {ALGOL 68} developed by Chris Gray in 1987. It has been implemented for {CP/M-80} and {Amiga}. (1994-11-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DRUCO I Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Daric in the Revised Version of 1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 2:69; 8:27; Neh. 7:70-72, where the Authorized Version has "dram." It is the rendering of the Hebrew darkemon and the Greek dareikos. It was a gold coin, bearing the figure of a Persian King with his crown and armed with bow and arrow. It was current among the Jews after their return from Babylon, i.e., while under the Persian domination. It weighed about 128 grains troy, and was of the value of about one guinea or rather more of our money. It is the first coin mentioned in Scripture, and is the oldest that history makes known to us. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Darius the holder or supporter, the name of several Persian kings. (1.) Darius the Mede (Dan. 11:1), "the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes" (9:1). On the death of Belshazzar the Chaldean he "received the kingdom" of Babylon as viceroy from Cyrus. During his brief reign (B.C. 538-536) Daniel was promoted to the highest dignity (Dan. 6:1, 2); but on account of the malice of his enemies he was cast into the den of lions. After his miraculous escape, a decree was issued by Darius enjoining "reverence for the God of Daniel" (6:26). This king was probably the "Astyages" of the Greek historians. Nothing can, however, be with certainty affirmed regarding him. Some are of opinion that the name "Darius" is simply a name of office, equivalent to "governor," and that the "Gobryas" of the inscriptions was the person intended by the name. (2.) Darius, king of Persia, was the son of Hystaspes, of the royal family of the Achaemenidae. He did not immediately succeed Cyrus on the throne. There were two intermediate kings, viz., Cambyses (the Ahasuerus of Ezra), the son of Cyrus, who reigned from B.C. 529-522, and was succeeded by a usurper named Smerdis, who occupied the throne only ten months, and was succeeded by this Darius (B.C. 521-486). Smerdis was a Margian, and therefore had no sympathy with Cyrus and Cambyses in the manner in which they had treated the Jews. He issued a decree prohibiting the restoration of the temple and of Jerusalem (Ezra 4:17-22). But soon after his death and the accession of Darius, the Jews resumed their work, thinking that the edict of Smerdis would be now null and void, as Darius was in known harmony with the religious policy of Cyrus. The enemies of the Jews lost no time in bringing the matter under the notice of Darius, who caused search to be made for the decree of Cyrus (q.v.). It was not found at Babylon, but at Achmetha (Ezra 6:2); and Darius forthwith issued a new decree, giving the Jews full liberty to prosecute their work, at the same time requiring the Syrian satrap and his subordinates to give them all needed help. It was with the army of this king that the Greeks fought the famous battle of Marathon (B.C. 490). During his reign the Jews enjoyed much peace and prosperity. He was succeeded by Ahasuerus, known to the Greeks as Xerxes, who reigned for twenty-one years. (3.) Darius the Persian (Neh. 12:22) was probably the Darius II. (Ochus or Nothus) of profane history, the son of Artaxerxes Longimanus, who was the son and successor of Ahasuerus (Xerxes). There are some, however, who think that the king here meant was Darius III. (Codomannus), the antagonist of Alexander the Great (B.C. 336-331). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Doors moved on pivots of wood fastened in sockets above and below (Prov. 26:14). They were fastened by a lock (Judg. 3:23, 25; Cant. 5:5) or by a bar (Judg. 16:3; Job 38:10). In the interior of Oriental houses, curtains were frequently used instead of doors. The entrances of the tabernacle had curtains (Ex. 26:31-33, 36). The "valley of Achor" is called a "door of hope," because immediately after the execution of Achan the Lord said to Joshua, "Fear not," and from that time Joshua went forward in a career of uninterrupted conquest. Paul speaks of a "door opened" for the spread of the gospel (1 Cor. 16:9; 2 Cor. 2:12; Col. 4:3). Our Lord says of himself, "I am the door" (John 10:9). John (Rev. 4:1) speaks of a "door opened in heaven." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dregs (Ps. 75:8; Isa. 51:17, 22), the lees of wine which settle at the bottom of the vessel. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dress (1.) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). Elijah's dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2 Kings 1:8). The Hebrews were early acquainted with the art of weaving hair into cloth (Ex. 26:7; 35:6), which formed the sackcloth of mourners. This was the material of John the Baptist's robe (Matt. 3:4). Wool was also woven into garments (Lev. 13:47; Deut. 22:11; Ezek. 34:3; Job 31:20; Prov. 27:26). The Israelites probably learned the art of weaving linen when they were in Egypt (1 Chr. 4:21). Fine linen was used in the vestments of the high priest (Ex. 28:5), as well as by the rich (Gen. 41:42; Prov. 31:22; Luke 16:19). The use of mixed material, as wool and flax, was forbidden (Lev. 19:19; Deut. 22:11). (2.) Colour. The prevailing colour was the natural white of the material used, which was sometimes rendered purer by the fuller's art (Ps. 104:1, 2; Isa. 63:3; Mark 9:3). The Hebrews were acquainted with the art of dyeing (Gen. 37:3, 23). Various modes of ornamentation were adopted in the process of weaving (Ex. 28:6; 26:1, 31; 35:25), and by needle-work (Judg. 5:30; Ps. 45:13). Dyed robes were imported from foreign countries, particularly from Phoenicia (Zeph. 1:8). Purple and scarlet robes were the marks of the wealthy (Luke 16:19; 2 Sam. 1:24). (3.) Form. The robes of men and women were not very much different in form from each other. (a) The "coat" (kethoneth), of wool, cotton, or linen, was worn by both sexes. It was a closely-fitting garment, resembling in use and form our shirt (John 19:23). It was kept close to the body by a girdle (John 21:7). A person wearing this "coat" alone was described as naked (1 Sam. 19:24; Isa. 20:2; 2 Kings 6:30; John 21:7); deprived of it he would be absolutely naked. (b) A linen cloth or wrapper (sadin) of fine linen, used somewhat as a night-shirt (Mark 14:51). It is mentioned in Judg. 14:12, 13, and rendered there "sheets." (c) An upper tunic (meil), longer than the "coat" (1 Sam. 2:19; 24:4; 28:14). In 1 Sam. 28:14 it is the mantle in which Samuel was enveloped; in 1 Sam. 24:4 it is the "robe" under which Saul slept. The disciples were forbidden to wear two "coats" (Matt. 10:10; Luke 9:3). (d) The usual outer garment consisted of a piece of woollen cloth like a Scotch plaid, either wrapped round the body or thrown over the shoulders like a shawl, with the ends hanging down in front, or it might be thrown over the head so as to conceal the face (2 Sam. 15:30; Esther 6:12). It was confined to the waist by a girdle, and the fold formed by the overlapping of the robe served as a pocket (2 Kings 4:39; Ps. 79:12; Hag. 2:12; Prov. 17:23; 21:14). Female dress. The "coat" was common to both sexes (Cant. 5:3). But peculiar to females were (1) the "veil" or "wimple," a kind of shawl (Ruth 3:15; rendered "mantle," R.V., Isa. 3:22); (2) the "mantle," also a species of shawl (Isa. 3:22); (3) a "veil," probably a light summer dress (Gen. 24:65); (4) a "stomacher," a holiday dress (Isa. 3:24). The outer garment terminated in an ample fringe or border, which concealed the feet (Isa. 47:2; Jer. 13:22). The dress of the Persians is described in Dan. 3:21. The reference to the art of sewing are few, inasmuch as the garments generally came forth from the loom ready for being worn, and all that was required in the making of clothes devolved on the women of a family (Prov. 31:22; Acts 9:39). Extravagance in dress is referred to in Jer. 4:30; Ezek. 16:10; Zeph. 1:8 (R.V., "foreign apparel"); 1 Tim. 2:9; 1 Pet. 3:3. Rending the robes was expressive of grief (Gen. 37:29, 34), fear (1 Kings 21:27), indignation (2 Kings 5:7), or despair (Judg. 11:35; Esther 4:1). Shaking the garments, or shaking the dust from off them, was a sign of renunciation (Acts 18:6); wrapping them round the head, of awe (1 Kings 19:13) or grief (2 Sam. 15:30; casting them off, of excitement (Acts 22:23); laying hold of them, of supplication (1 Sam. 15:27). In the case of travelling, the outer garments were girded up (1 Kings 18:46). They were thrown aside also when they would impede action (Mark 10:50; John 13:4; Acts 7:58). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dross the impurities of silver separated from the one in the process of melting (Prov. 25:4; 26:23; Ps. 119:119). It is also used to denote the base metal itself, probably before it is smelted, in Isa. 1:22, 25. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Darius, he that informs himself |