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d8Archegonium \[d8]Ar`che*go"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the first of a race.] (Bot.) The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants. | |
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d8Archeus \[d8]Ar*che"us\, n. [LL. arch[emac]us, Gr. 'archai^os ancient, primeval, fr. 'archh` beginning. See {Archi-}, pref.] The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the {anima mundi} or plastic power of the old philosophers. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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d8Argas \[d8]Ar"gas\, n. A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called {Miana bug}, is {A. Persicus}; that of Central America, called {talaje} by the natives, is {A. Talaje}. | |
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d8Argus \[d8]Ar"gus\, n. [L. Argus, Gr. [?].] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail. 2. One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species ({A. giganteus}) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species {A. Grayi} inhabits Borneo. | |
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d8Arsis \[d8]Ar"sis\ ([aum]r"s[icr]s), n. [L. arsis, Gr. 'a`rsis a raising or lifting, an elevation of the voice, fr. a'i`rein to raise or lift up. Its ordinary use is the result of am early misapprehension; originally and properly it denotes the lifting of the hand in beating time, and hence the unaccented part of the rhythm.] 1. (Pros.) (a) That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice. --Hermann. (b) That elevation of voice now called {metrical accentuation}, or the rhythmic accent. Note: It is uncertain whether the arsis originally consisted in a higher musical tone, greater volume, or longer duration of sound, or in all combined. 2. (Mus.) The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to {thesis}. --Moore. | |
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d8Dieresis \[d8]Di*er"e*sis\, n. [NL.] Same as {Di[91]resis}. | |
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d8Diuresis \[d8]Di`u*re"sis\, n. [NL. See {Diuretic}.] (Med.) Free excretion of urine. | |
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d8Drag82es \[d8]Dra`g[82]es"\, n. pl. [F. See 3d {Dredge}.] (Pharmacy) Sugar-coated medicines. | |
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d8Herzog \[d8]Her"zog\, n. [G., akin to AS. heretoga, lit., army leader. See {Harry}, and {Duke}.] A member of the highest rank of nobility in Germany and Austria, corresponding to the British duke. | |
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d8Rachis \[d8]Ra"chis\, n.; pl. E. {Rachises}, L. {Rachides}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] [?].] [Written also {rhachis}.] 1. (Anat.) The spine; the vertebral column. 2. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Same as {Rhachis}. | |
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d8Regius \[d8]Re"gi*us\ (r?l"?*?s), a. [L. regius, from rex, regis, a king.] Of or pertaining to a king; royal. {Regius professor}, an incumbent of a professorship founded by royal bounty, as in an English university. | |
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d8Reichsrath \[d8]Reichs"rath`\ (r?ks"r?t), n. [G] The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives. | |
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d8Reichsstand \[d8]Reichs"stand`\ (r?ks"st?t`), n. [G.] A free city of the former German empire. | |
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d8Reichstag \[d8]Reichs"tag`\, n. The national representative body of Hungary, consisting of a House of Magnates (including archdukes, peers, high officials of the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Protestant Churches, and certain other dignitaries) and a House of Representatives (in 1912 consisting of 453 members). See {Legislative}, {Diet}. | |
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d8Reichstag \[d8]Reichs"tag`\ (r?ks"t?g`), n. [G.] The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire, which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. See {Bundesrath}. | |
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d8Rejectamenta \[d8]Re*jec`ta*men"ta\ (r?-j?k`t?-m?n"ta), n.pl. [NL., fr. L. rejectare, v. intens. fr. rejicere. See {Reject}.] Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism. --J. Fleming. | |
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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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d8Rhachiglossa \[d8]Rhach`i*glos"sa\, n.pl. [NL. See {Rhachis}, and {Glossa}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append. | |
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d8Rhachis \[d8]Rha"chis\, n.; pl. E. {Rhachises}, L. {Rhachides}. [See {Rachis}.] [Written also {rechis}.] 1. (Anat.) The spine. 2. (Bot.) (a) The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern. (b) The principal axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis. (b) The central cord in the stem of a crinoid. (c) The median part of the radula of a mollusk. (d) A central cord of the ovary of nematodes. | |
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d8Rhesus \[d8]Rhe"sus\, n. [L. Rhesus, a proper name, Gr. [?][?][?].] (Zo[94]l.) A monkey; the bhunder. | |
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d8Rhizocephala \[d8]Rhi`zo*ceph"a*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] root + [?][?][?] head.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix. | |
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d8Rhizostomata \[d8]Rhi`zo*stom"a*ta\, n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] a root + [?][?][?], [?][?][?][?], a mouth.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of Medus[91] which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. See Illust. in Appendix. | |
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d8Rugosa \[d8]Ru*go"sa\, n. pl. [NL. See {Rugose}.] (Paleon.) An extinct tribe of fossil corals, including numerous species, many of them of large size. They are characteristic of the Paleozoic formations. The radiating septs, when present, are usually in multiples of four. See {Cyathophylloid}. | |
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d8Tarsius \[d8]Tar"si*us\, n. [NL. See {Tarsus}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also {malmag}, {spectral lemur}, {podji}, and {tarsier}. | |
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d8Thoracica \[d8]Tho*rac"i*ca\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples. | |
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d8Thoracostraca \[d8]Tho`ra*cos"tra*ca\, n. pl. [NL. See {Thorax}, and {Ostracoid}, a.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec[?] [?][?]niting all, or nearly all, of the thoracic somites to the head. It includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and similar species. | |
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d8Thyrsus \[d8]Thyr"sus\, n.; pl. {Thyrsi}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]. Cf. {Torso}.] 1. A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites. A good to grow on graves As twist about a thyrsus. --Mrs. Browning. In my hand I bear The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine. --Longfellow. 2. (Bot.) A species of inflorescence; a dense panicle, as in the lilac and horse-chestnut. | |
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d8Torques \[d8]Tor"ques\, n. [L., a necklace. See {Torque}, 1.] (Zo[94]l.) A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar. | |
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d8Trachystomata \[d8]Tra`chy*stom"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] rough + stoma.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including {Siren} and {Pseudobranchus}. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life. | |
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d8Tragus \[d8]Tra"gus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a part of the inner ear.] (Anat.) The prominence in front of the external opening of the ear. See Illust. under {Ear}. | |
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d8Trichiasis \[d8]Tri*chi"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. tri`x, tricho`s, hair.] (Med.) A disease of the eye, in which the eyelashes, being turned in upon the eyeball, produce constant irritation by the motion of the lids. | |
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d8Trichoscolices \[d8]Trich`o*scol"i*ces\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. tri`x, tricho`s, hair + skw`lhx a worm.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive group of wormlike animals characterized by being more or less covered with cilia. | |
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d8Trisagion \[d8]Tris*ag"i*on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] thrice holy; [?] thrice + [?] holy.] (Eccl.) An ancient anthem, -- usually known by its Latin name tersanctus.See {Tersanctus}. | |
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d8Trochiscus \[d8]Tro*chis"cus\, n.; pl. {Trochisci}. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a small ball, dim. of [?] a wheel. See {Troche}.] (Pharm.) A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche. | |
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d8Trochus \[d8]Tro"chus\, n.; pl. {Trochi}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a wheel.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to {Trochus} and many allied genera of the family {Trochid[91]}. Some of the species are called also {topshells}. | |
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d8Urachus \[d8]U"ra*chus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] urine + [?] to hold.] (Anat.) A cord or band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder to the umbilicus. | |
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d8Ursus \[d8]Ur"sus\, n. [L., a bear.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of Carnivora including the common bears. | |
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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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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\ (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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Darkish \Dark"ish\, a. Somewhat dark; dusky. | |
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Di91resis \Di*[91]r"e*sis\, Dieresis \Di*er"e*sis\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Di[91]reses} [or] {Diereses}. [L. diaeresis, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to divide; dia` through, asunder + [?] to take. See {Heresy}.] 1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of syn[91]resis. 2. A mark consisting of two dots [[umlaut]], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co[94]perate, a[89]rial. | |
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Di91resis \Di*[91]r"e*sis\, Dieresis \Di*er"e*sis\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Di[91]reses} [or] {Diereses}. [L. diaeresis, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to divide; dia` through, asunder + [?] to take. See {Heresy}.] 1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of syn[91]resis. 2. A mark consisting of two dots [[umlaut]], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co[94]perate, a[89]rial. | |
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Di91resis \Di*[91]r"e*sis\, Dieresis \Di*er"e*sis\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Di[91]reses} [or] {Diereses}. [L. diaeresis, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to divide; dia` through, asunder + [?] to take. See {Heresy}.] 1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of syn[91]resis. 2. A mark consisting of two dots [[umlaut]], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co[94]perate, a[89]rial. | |
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Di91resis \Di*[91]r"e*sis\, Dieresis \Di*er"e*sis\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Di[91]reses} [or] {Diereses}. [L. diaeresis, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to divide; dia` through, asunder + [?] to take. See {Heresy}.] 1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of syn[91]resis. 2. A mark consisting of two dots [[umlaut]], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co[94]perate, a[89]rial. | |
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Doorcase \Door"case`\, n. The surrounding frame into which a door shuts. | |
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Doorcheek \Door"cheek`\, n. The jamb or sidepiece of a door. --Ex. xii. 22 (Douay version). | |
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Doricism \Dor"i*cism\, n. A Doric phrase or idiom. | |
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Balm \Balm\, n. [OE. baume, OF. bausme, basme, F. baume, L. balsamum balsam, from Gr. [?]; perhaps of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. b[be]s[be]m. Cf. {Balsam}.] 1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus {Melissa}. 2. The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs. --Dryden. 3. Any fragrant ointment. --Shak. 4. Anything that heals or that mitigates pain. [bd]Balm for each ill.[b8] --Mrs. Hemans. {Balm cricket} (Zo[94]l.), the European cicada. --Tennyson. {Balm of Gilead} (Bot.), a small evergreen African and Asiatic tree of the terebinthine family ({Balsamodendron Gileadense}). Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent; and from this tree is obtained the balm of Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca. This has a yellowish or greenish color, a warm, bitterish, aromatic taste, and a fragrant smell. It is valued as an unguent and cosmetic by the Turks. The fragrant herb {Dracocephalum Canariense} is familiarly called balm of Gilead, and so are the American trees, {Populus balsamifera}, variety candicans (balsam poplar), and {Abies balsamea} (balsam fir). | |
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Drakestone \Drake"stone\, n. A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called {ducks and drakes}. Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is called drakestone. --De Quincey. | |
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Dreggish \Dreg"gish\, a. Foul with lees; feculent. --Harvey. | |
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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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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}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Druggist \Drug"gist\, n. [F. droguiste, fr. drogue. See 3d {Drug}.] One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary. Note: The same person often carries on the business of the druggist and the apothecary. See the Note under {Apothecary}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. {Dry blow}. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also {parchment beaver}. {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}. {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}. {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below). {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}. {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry plates. {Dry point}. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}. --Hebert. {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the saccharine matter is in excess. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Darke County, OH (county, FIPS 37) Location: 40.13420 N, 84.62227 W Population (1990): 53619 (20338 housing units) Area: 1553.8 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dorcas, WV Zip code(s): 26847 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dorchester, IA Zip code(s): 52140 Dorchester, IL (village, FIPS 20370) Location: 39.08617 N, 89.88816 W Population (1990): 145 (64 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62033 Dorchester, MA Zip code(s): 02121, 02122, 02124, 02125 Dorchester, NE (village, FIPS 13435) Location: 40.64759 N, 97.11485 W Population (1990): 614 (252 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68343 Dorchester, SC Zip code(s): 29437 Dorchester, TX (town, FIPS 20932) Location: 33.53009 N, 96.69194 W Population (1990): 137 (57 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Dorchester, WI (village, FIPS 20450) Location: 45.00230 N, 90.33334 W Population (1990): 697 (283 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54425 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dorchester County, MD (county, FIPS 19) Location: 38.41874 N, 76.08148 W Population (1990): 30236 (14269 housing units) Area: 1444.1 sq km (land), 1101.8 sq km (water) Dorchester County, SC (county, FIPS 35) Location: 33.08131 N, 80.40448 W Population (1990): 83060 (30632 housing units) Area: 1488.7 sq km (land), 5.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Drakes Branch, VA (town, FIPS 23376) Location: 36.99275 N, 78.60104 W Population (1990): 565 (245 housing units) Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23937 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Drakesboro, KY (city, FIPS 22348) Location: 37.21650 N, 87.04975 W Population (1990): 565 (255 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42337 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Drakesville, IA (city, FIPS 22350) Location: 40.79799 N, 92.48092 W Population (1990): 172 (85 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52552 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dorcas a female antelope, or gazelle, a pious Christian widow at Joppa whom Peter restored to life (Acts 9:36-41). She was a Hellenistic Jewess, called Tabitha by the Jews and Dorcas by the Greeks. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dorcas, a female roe-deer |