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d8Amigo \[d8]A*mi"go\, n.; pl. {Amigos}. [Sp., fr. L. amicus.] A friend; -- a Spanish term applied in the Philippine Islands to friendly natives. | |
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d8Amnesia \[d8]Am*ne"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] to remember.] (Med.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. --Quian. | |
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d8Anas \[d8]A"nas\, n. [L., duck.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks. | |
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d8Ansa \[d8]An"sa\, n.; pl. {Ans[91]}. [L., a handle.] (Astron.) A name given to either of the projecting ends of Saturn's ring. | |
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d8Anus \[d8]A"nus\, n. [L., prob. for asnus: cf. Gr. [?] to sit, Skr. [be]s.] (Anat.) The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled. | |
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d8Dionysia \[d8]Di`o*ny"si*a\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Class. Antiq.) Any of the festivals held in honor of the Olympian god Dionysus. They correspond to the Roman Bacchanalia; the greater Dionysia were held at Athens in March or April, and were celebrated with elaborate performances of both tragedies and comedies. | |
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d8Donax \[d8]Do"nax\, n. [L., reed, also a sea fish, Gr. [?].] (Bot.) A canelike grass of southern Europe ({Arundo Donax}), used for fishing rods, etc. | |
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d8Ens \[d8]Ens\, n. [L., ens, entis, a thing. See {Entity}.] 1. (Metaph.) Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being; also, God, as the Being of Beings. 2. (Chem.) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence. [Obs.] | |
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d8Huanaco \[d8]Hua*na"co\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Guanaco}. | |
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d8Humus \[d8]Hu"mus\, n. [L., the earth, ground, soil.] That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. --Graham. | |
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d8Imago \[d8]I*ma"go\, n.; pl. {Imagoes}. [L. See {Image}.] 1. An image. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of {Ant-lion}, and {Army worm}. | |
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d8In esse \[d8]In` es"se\ [L.] In being; actually existing; -- distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a thing is not, but may be. | |
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d8M82nage \[d8]M[82]`nage"\, n. See {Manage}. | |
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d8M82nage \[d8]M[82]`nage"\, n. [See {Menagerie}.] A collection of animals; a menagerie. [Obs.] --Addison. | |
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d8Maasha \[d8]Ma*ash"a\, n. An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee. | |
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d8Magi \[d8]Ma"gi\, n. pl. [L., pl. of Magus, Gr. [?]; of Per. origin. Cf. {Mage}, {Magic}.] A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient Persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the East. The inspired Magi from the Orient came. --Sandys. | |
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d8Maki \[d8]Ma"ki\, n. [F., from native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A lemur. See {Lemur}. | |
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d8Mesa \[d8]Me"sa\, [?]. [Sp.] A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. [Southwestern U.S.] --Bartlett. | |
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d8Mezzo \[d8]Mez"zo\, a. [It., from L. medius middle, half. See {Mid}, a.] (Mus.) Mean; not extreme. | |
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d8Missa \[d8]Mis"sa\, n.; pl. {Miss[91]}. [LL. See 1st {Mass}.] (R.C.Ch.) The service or sacrifice of the Mass. | |
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d8Moche \[d8]Moche\, n. [F.] A bale of raw silk. | |
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d8Mus \[d8]Mus\, n.; pl. {Mures}. [L., a mouse.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat. | |
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d8Musa \[d8]Mu"sa\, n.; pl. {Mus[91]}. [NL., fr. Ar. mauz, mauza, banana.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana ({Musa sapientum}), the plantain ({M. paradisiaca} of Linn[91]us, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian ({M. Ensete}), the Philippine Island ({M. textilis}, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of {Banana} and {Plantain}. | |
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d8Musca \[d8]Mus"ca\, n.; pl. {Musc[91]}. [L., a fly.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species. Note: Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were included under the genus {Musca}. 2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole. {[d8]Musc[91] volitantes}. [L., flying flies.] (Med.) Specks or filaments apparently seen moving or glinding about in the field of vision. Their appearance is often a symptom of disease of the eye, or of disorder of the nervous system. | |
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d8Musci \[d8]Mus"ci\, n. pl. [L. muscus moss.] (Bot.) An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See {Moss}, and {Cryptogamia}. | |
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d8Musquaw \[d8]Mus"quaw\, n. [American Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) The American black bear. See {Bear}. | |
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d8Myxa \[d8]Myx"a\, n. [L., a lamp nozzle, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) The distal end of the mandibles of a bird. | |
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d8Naik \[d8]Na"ik\, n. [Hind. n[be]yak.] A chief; a leader; a Sepoy corporal. --Balfour (Cyc. of India). | |
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d8Nais \[d8]Na"is\, n. [L., a naiad.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Naiad}. | |
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d8Nakoo \[d8]Na"koo\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The gavial. [Written also {nako}.] | |
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d8Naos \[d8]Na"os\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] a temple, the cella.] (Arch.) A term used by modern arch[91]ologists instead of cella. See {Cella}. | |
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d8Nigua \[d8]Ni"gua\, n. [Sp.] (Zo[94]l.) The chigoe. | |
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d8Nisi \[d8]Ni"si\, conj. [L.] Unless; if not. | |
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d8Nous \[d8]Nous\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] mind.] Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously. | |
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d8Nous \[d8]Nous\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] mind.] (Philos.) The reason; the highest intellect; God regarded as the World Reason. | |
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d8Nucha \[d8]Nu"cha\, n.; pl. {Nuch[?]}. [LL.] (Zo[94]l.) The back or upper part of the neck; the nape. | |
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d8Nug91 \[d8]Nu"g[91]\, n. pl. [L.] Trifles; jests. | |
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d8Onus \[d8]O"nus\, n. [L.] A burden; an obligation. {[d8]Onus probandi}[L.], obligation to furnish evidence to prove a thing; the burden of proof. | |
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d8Onychia \[d8]O*nych"i*a\, n. [NL. See {Onyx}.] (Med.) (a) A whitlow. (b) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail. | |
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d8Tamias \[d8]Ta"mi*as\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a distributer.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk. | |
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d8Tenuis \[d8]Ten"u*is\, n.; pl. {Tenues}. [NL., fr. L. tenuis fine, thin. See {Tenuous}.] (Gr. Gram.) One of the three surd mutes [kappa], [pi], [tau]; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, [gamma], [beta], [delta], and their aspirates, [chi], [phi], [theta]. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages. | |
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d8Thymus \[d8]Thy"mus\, a. [NL., fr. Gr. qy`mos.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland. -- n. The thymus gland. {Thymus gland}, [or] {Thymus body}, a ductless gland in the throat, or in the neighboring region, of nearly all vertebrates. In man and other mammals it is the throat, or neck, sweetbread, which lies in the upper part of the thorax and lower part of the throat. It is largest in fetal and early life, and disappears or becomes rudimentary in the adult. | |
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Thing \Thing\, d8Ting \[d8]Ting\, n. [Dan. thing, ting, Norw. ting, or Sw. ting.] In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly; -- used, esp. in composition, in titles of such bodies. See {Legislature}, Norway. | |
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d8Ting \[d8]Ting\, n. The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept. | |
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d8Tonus \[d8]To"nus\, n. [L. a sound, tone. See {Tone}.] (Physiol.) Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus. | |
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d8Uncia \[d8]Un"ci*a\, n.; pl. {Unci[91]}. [L. See {Ounce} a measure of weight.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce. 2. (Alg.) A numerical coefficient in any particular case of the binomial theorem. [Obs.] | |
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d8Unke \[d8]Un"ke\, n. [G. unke.] (Zo[94]l.) A European aquatic toad ({Bombinator igneus}). Its back is dark; its belly is marked with crimson. Called also {feuerkr[94]te}. | |
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d8Yunx \[d8]Yunx\ (y[ucr][nsm]ks), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'i`ygx the wryneck.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks. | |
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Daimio \Dai"mi*o\, n.; pl. {Daimios}. [Jap., fr. Chin. tai ming great name.] The title of the feudal nobles of Japan. | |
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Damage \Dam"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Damages}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Damaging}.] [Cf. OF. damagier, domagier. See {Damage}, n.] To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair. He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. --Clarendon. | |
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Damage \Dam"age\, v. i. To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as. some colors in [?]oth damage in sunlight. | |
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Damage \Dam"age\, n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See {Damn}.] 1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief. He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. --Prov. xxvi. 6. Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune. --Bacon. 2. pl. (Law) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another. Note: In common-law action, the jury are the proper judges of damages. {Consequential damage}. See under {Consequential}. {Exemplary damages} (Law), damages imposed by way of example to others. {Nominal damages} (Law), those given for a violation of a right where no actual loss has accrued. {Vindictive damages}, those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer. Syn: Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See {Mischief}. | |
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Damask \Dam"ask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Damasked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Damasking}.] To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or [bd]water,[b8] as metal. See {Damaskeen}. Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold. --Dryde[?]. On the soft, downy bank, damasked with flowers. --Milton. | |
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Damask \Dam"ask\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus. 2. Having the color of the damask rose. But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. --Shak. {Damask color}, a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose. {Damask plum}, a small dark-colored plum, generally called damson. {Damask rose} (Bot.), a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose ({Rosa damascena}) from Damascus. [bd]Damask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years.[b8] --Bacon. {Damask steel}, [or] {Damascus steel}, steel of the kind originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines; especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; -- formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great flexibility and tenacity. | |
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Damask \Dam"ask\ (d[acr]m"[ait]sk), n. [From the city Damascus, L. Damascus, Gr. Damasko`s, Heb. Dammesq, Ar. Daemeshq; cf. Heb. d'meseq damask; cf. It. damasco, Sp. damasco, F. damas. Cf. {Damascene}, {Damass[90]}.] 1. Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like. [bd]A bed of ancient damask.[b8] --W. Irving. 2. Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color. 3. A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings. 4. Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or [bd]water[b8] of such steel. 5. A deep pink or rose color. --Fairfax. | |
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Damass82 \Da*mas*s[82]"\, a. [F. damass[82], fr. damas. See {Damask}.] Woven like damask. -- n. A damass[82] fabric, esp. one of linen. | |
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Dance \Dance\, n. [F. danse, of German origin. See {Dance}, v. i.] 1. The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music. 2. (Mus.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc. Note: The word dance was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing. Of remedies of love she knew parchance For of that art she couth the olde dance. --Chaucer. {Dance of Death} (Art), an allegorical representation of the power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high, and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton. {Morris dance}. See {Morris}. {To lead one a dance}, to cause one to go through a series of movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a dance not understood. | |
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Dance \Dance\ (d[adot]ns), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Danced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dancing}.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans[omac]n to draw; akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See {Thin}.] 1. To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically. Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. --Wither. Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with your daughter? --Shak. 2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about. Then, 'tis time to dance off. --Thackeray. More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. --Shak. Shadows in the glassy waters dance. --Byron. Where rivulets dance their wayward round. --Wordsworth. {To dance on a rope}, [or] {To dance on nothing}, to be hanged. | |
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Dance \Dance\, v. t. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle. To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. --Shak. Thy grandsire loved thee well; Many a time he danced thee on his knee. --Shak. {To dance attendance}, to come and go obsequiously; to be or remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to please or gain favor. A man of his place, and so near our favor, To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure. --Shak. | |
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Dancy \Dan"cy\, a. (Her.) Same as {Dancett[82]}. | |
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Ding \Ding\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dinged}, {Dang} (Obs.), or {Dung} (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dinging}.] [OE. dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to beat, hammer, Sw. d[84]nga, G. dengeln.] 1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.] To ding the book a coit's distance from him. --Milton. 2. To cause to sound or ring. {To ding (anything) in one's ears}, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering. | |
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Dang \Dang\, imp. of {Ding}. [Obs.] | |
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Dang \Dang\, v. t. [Cf. {Ding}.] To dash. [Obs.] Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage, Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage. --Marlowe. | |
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Danish \Dan"ish\, a. [See {Dane}.] Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country. -- n. The language of the Danes. {Danish dog} (Zo[94]l.), one of a large and powerful breed of dogs reared in Denmark; -- called also {great Dane}. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Dank \Dank\, a. [Cf. dial, Sw. dank a moist place in a field, Icel. d[94]kk pit, pool; possibly akin to E. damp or to daggle dew.] Damp; moist; humid; wet. Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire. --Milton. Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground. --Trench. | |
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Dank \Dank\, n. Moisture; humidity; water. [Obs.] | |
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Dank \Dank\, n. A small silver coin current in Persia. | |
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Dansk \Dansk\, a. [Dan.] Danish. [Obs.] | |
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Demy \De*my"\, n.; pl. {Demies}. [See {Demi-}.] 1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under {Paper}. 2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also {demi}.] He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called [bd]scholars,[b8] young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. --Johnson. | |
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Demise \De*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demising}.] 1. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. [bd]Power to demise my lands.[b8] --Swift. What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine? --Shak. 2. To convey; to give. [R.] His soul is at his conception demised to him. --Hammond. 3. (Law) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease. | |
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Demise \De*mise"\, n. [F. d[82]mettre, p. p. d[82]mis, d[82]mise, to put away, lay down; pref. d[82]- (L. de or dis-) + mettre to put, place, lay, fr. L. mittere to send. See {Mission}, and cf. {Dismiss}, {Demit}.] 1. Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor. 2. The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person. After the demise of the Queen [of George II.], in 1737, they [drawing- rooms] were held but twice a week. --P. Cunningham. 3. (Law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. --Bouvier. Note: The demise of the crown is a transfer of the crown, royal authority, or kingdom, to a successor. Thus, when Edward IV. was driven from his throne for a few months by the house of Lancaster, this temporary transfer of his dignity was called a demise. Thus the natural death of a king or queen came to be denominated a demise, as by that event the crown is transferred to a successor. --Blackstone. {Demise and redemise}, a conveyance where there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it. Syn: Death; decease; departure. See {Death}. | |
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Demiss \De*miss"\, a. [L. demissus, p. p. of demittere.] Cast down; humble; submissive. [Obs.] He down descended like a most demiss And abject thrall. --Spenser. | |
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Dengue \Den"gue\ (d[ecr][nsm]"g[asl]), n. [See Note, below.] (Med.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also {breakbone fever}. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal. Note: This disease, when it first appeared in the British West India Islands, was called the dandy fever, from the stiffness and constraint which it grave to the limbs and body. The Spaniards of the neighboring islands mistook the term for their word dengue, denoting prudery, which might also well express stiffness, and hence the term dengue became, as last, the name of the disease. --Tully. | |
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Denize \De*nize"\ (d[esl]*n[imac]z"), v. t. To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize. [Obs.] There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard Hills. --Strype. | |
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Dense \Dense\, a. [L. densus; akin to Gr. [?] thick with hair or leaves: cf. F. dense.] 1. Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog. All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare. --Ray. To replace the cloudy barrier dense. --Cowper. 2. Stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance. | |
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Dewiness \Dew"i*ness\, n. State of being dewy. | |
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Dew \Dew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dewing}.] To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew. The grasses grew A little ranker since they dewed them so. --A. B. Saxton. | |
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Dimish \Dim"ish\, a. See {Dimmish}. | |
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Dimmish \Dim"mish\, Dimmy \Dim"my\, a. Somewhat dim; as, dimmish eyes. [bd]Dimmy clouds.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Dimness \Dim"ness\, n. [AS. dimness.] 1. The state or quality [?] being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity. 2. Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception. --Dr. H. More. Syn: Darkness; obscurity; gloom. See {Darkness}. | |
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Ding \Ding\, v. i. 1. To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.] Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. --Piers Plowman. 2. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang. The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes. --W. Irving. 3. To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low] | |
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Ding \Ding\, n. A thump or stroke, especially of a bell. | |
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Ding \Ding\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dinged}, {Dang} (Obs.), or {Dung} (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dinging}.] [OE. dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to beat, hammer, Sw. d[84]nga, G. dengeln.] 1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.] To ding the book a coit's distance from him. --Milton. 2. To cause to sound or ring. {To ding (anything) in one's ears}, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering. | |
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Dingey \Din"gey\, Dingy \Din"gy\, Dinghy \Din"ghy\, n. [Bengalee dingi.] 1. A kind of boat used in the East Indies. [Written also {dinghey}.] --Malcom. 2. A ship's smallest boat. | |
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Dingey \Din"gey\, Dingy \Din"gy\, Dinghy \Din"ghy\, n. [Bengalee dingi.] 1. A kind of boat used in the East Indies. [Written also {dinghey}.] --Malcom. 2. A ship's smallest boat. | |
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Dingey \Din"gey\, Dingy \Din"gy\, Dinghy \Din"ghy\, n. [Bengalee dingi.] 1. A kind of boat used in the East Indies. [Written also {dinghey}.] --Malcom. 2. A ship's smallest boat. | |
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Dingo \Din"go\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color. | |
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Dingy \Din"gy\, a. [Compar. {Dingier}; superl. {Dingiest}.] [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. {Dungy}.] Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. [bd]Scraps of dingy paper.[b8] --Macaulay. | |
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Dingey \Din"gey\, Dingy \Din"gy\, Dinghy \Din"ghy\, n. [Bengalee dingi.] 1. A kind of boat used in the East Indies. [Written also {dinghey}.] --Malcom. 2. A ship's smallest boat. | |
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Dink \Dink\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Trim; neat. [Scot.] --Burns. -- {Dink"ly}, adv. | |
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Dink \Dink\, v. t. To deck; -- often with out or up. [Scot.] | |
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Do \Do\, v. t. [or] auxiliary. [imp. {Din}; p. p. {Done}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doing}. This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus: I do, thou doest ([?]) or dost [?], he does ([?]), doeth ([?]), or doth ([?]); when auxiliary, the second person is, thou dost. As an independent verb, dost is obsolete or rare, except in poetry. [bd]What dost thou in this world?[b8] --Milton. The form doeth is a verb unlimited, doth, formerly so used, now being the auxiliary form. The second pers, sing., imperfect tense, is didst ([?]), formerly didest ([?]).] [AS. d[?]n; akin to D. doen, OS. duan, OHG. tuon, G. thun, Lith. deti, OSlav. d[?]ti, OIr. d[82]nim I do, Gr. [?] to put, Skr. dh[be], and to E. suffix -dom, and prob. to L. facere to do, E. fact, and perh. to L. -dere in some compounfds, as addere to add, credere to trust. [?][?][?] Cf. {Deed}, {Deem}, {Doom}, {Fact}, {Creed}, {Theme}.] 1. To place; to put. [Obs.] --Tale of a Usurer (about 1330). 2. To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive. [Obs.] My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences. --W. Caxton. I shall . . . your cloister do make. --Piers Plowman. A fatal plague which many did to die. --Spenser. We do you to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. --2 Cor. viii. 1. Note: We have lost the idiom shown by the citations (do used like the French faire or laisser), in which the verb in the infinitive apparently, but not really, has a passive signification, i. e., cause . . . to be made. 3. To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve. The neglecting it may do much danger. --Shak. He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good not harm. --Shak. 4. To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work. --Ex. xx. 9. We did not do these things. --Ld. Lytton. You can not do wrong without suffering wrong. --Emerson. Hence: To do homage, honor, favor, justice, etc., to render homage, honor, etc. 5. To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done. [bd]Ere summer half be done.[b8] [bd]I have done weeping.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Doing \Do"ing\, n.; pl. {Doings}. Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See {Do}. To render an account of his doings. -- Barrow. | |
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Doing \Do"ing\, n.; pl. {Doings}. Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See {Do}. To render an account of his doings. -- Barrow. | |
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Domage \Dom"age\, n. [See {Damage}.] 1. Damage; hurt. [Obs.] --Chapman. 2. Subjugation. [Obs.] --Hobbes. | |
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Donkey \Don"key\, n.; pl. {Donkeys}. [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.] 1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule. 2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass. {Donkey engine}, a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes. {Donkey pump}, a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; -- usually an auxiliary. {Donkey's eye} (Bot.), the large round seed of the {Mucuna pruriens}, a tropical leguminous plant. | |
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Doomage \Doom"age\, n. A penalty or fine for neglect. [Local, New England] | |
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Downweigh \Down`weigh"\ (-w[amac]"), v. t. To weigh or press down. A different sin downweighs them to the bottom. --Longfellow. | |
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Dueness \Due"ness\, n. Quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming. --T. Goodwin. | |
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Duenna \Du*en"na\, n.; pl. {Duennas}. [Sp. due[a4]a, do[a4]a, fr. L. domina. See {Dame}.] 1. The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain. --Brande. 2. An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family. --Brande & C. 3. Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Dummy \Dum"my\, n.; pl. {Dummies}. 1. One who is dumb. --H. Smith. 2. A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates. 3. An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc. 4. (Drama) One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character. 5. A thick-witted person; a dolt. [Colloq.] 6. (Railroad) A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car. 7. (Card Playing) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards. 8. A floating barge connected with a pier. --Knight. {To play dummy}, to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it. | |
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Dumose \Du`mose"\, Dumous \Du"mous\, a. [L. dumosus, fr. dumus a thornbush, a bramble.] 1. Abounding with bushes and briers. 2. (Bot.) Having a compact, bushy form. | |
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Dumose \Du`mose"\, Dumous \Du"mous\, a. [L. dumosus, fr. dumus a thornbush, a bramble.] 1. Abounding with bushes and briers. 2. (Bot.) Having a compact, bushy form. | |
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Dunce \Dunce\, n. [From Joannes Duns Scotus, a schoolman called the Subtle Doctor, who died in 1308. Originally in the phrase [bd]a Duns man[b8]. See Note below.] One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt. I never knew this town without dunces of figure. --Swift. Note: The schoolmen were often called, after their great leader Duns Scotus, Dunsmen or Duncemen. In the revival of learning they were violently opposed to classical studies; hence, the name of Dunce was applied with scorn and contempt to an opposer of learning, or to one slow at learning, a dullard. | |
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Ding \Ding\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dinged}, {Dang} (Obs.), or {Dung} (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dinging}.] [OE. dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to beat, hammer, Sw. d[84]nga, G. dengeln.] 1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.] To ding the book a coit's distance from him. --Milton. 2. To cause to sound or ring. {To ding (anything) in one's ears}, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering. | |
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Dung \Dung\, n. [AS. dung; akin to G. dung, d[81]nger, OHG. tunga, Sw. dynga; cf. Icel. dyngja heap, Dan. dynge, MHG. tunc underground dwelling place, orig., covered with dung. Cf. {Dingy}.] The excrement of an animal. --Bacon. | |
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Dung \Dung\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dunged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dunging}.] 1. To manure with dung. --Dryden. 2. (Calico Print.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant. | |
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Dung \Dung\, v. i. To void excrement. --Swift. | |
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Dungy \Dung"y\, a. Full of dung; filthy; vile; low. --Shak. | |
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Dunnage \Dun"nage\, n. [Cf. {Dun} a mound.] (Naut.) Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion. | |
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Dunnish \Dun"nish\, a. Inclined to a dun color. --Ray. | |
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Dunnock \Dun"nock\, n. [Cf. {Dun},a.] (Zo[94]l.) The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor. [Local, Eng.] | |
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Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden. The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --Shak. Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. --Thomson. Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc. {Hedge bells}, {Hedge bindweed} (Bot.), a climbing plant related to the morning-glory ({Convolvulus sepium}). {Hedge bill}, a long-handled billhook. {Hedge garlic} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alliaria}. See {Garlic mustard}, under {Garlic}. {Hedge hyssop} (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus {Gratiola}, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative. {Hedge marriage}, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.] {Hedge mustard} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Sisymbrium}, belonging to the Mustard family. {Hedge nettle} (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus {Stachys}, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless. {Hedge note}. (a) The note of a hedge bird. (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden. {Hedge priest}, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak. {Hedge school}, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics. {Hedge sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a European warbler ({Accentor modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also {chanter}, {hedge warbler}, {dunnock}, and {doney}. {Hedge writer}, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift. {To breast up a hedge}. See under {Breast}. {To hang in the hedge}, to be at a standstill. [bd]While the business of money hangs in the hedge.[b8] --Pepys. | |
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Dunnock \Dun"nock\, n. [Cf. {Dun},a.] (Zo[94]l.) The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor. [Local, Eng.] | |
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Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden. The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --Shak. Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. --Thomson. Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc. {Hedge bells}, {Hedge bindweed} (Bot.), a climbing plant related to the morning-glory ({Convolvulus sepium}). {Hedge bill}, a long-handled billhook. {Hedge garlic} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alliaria}. See {Garlic mustard}, under {Garlic}. {Hedge hyssop} (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus {Gratiola}, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative. {Hedge marriage}, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.] {Hedge mustard} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Sisymbrium}, belonging to the Mustard family. {Hedge nettle} (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus {Stachys}, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless. {Hedge note}. (a) The note of a hedge bird. (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden. {Hedge priest}, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak. {Hedge school}, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics. {Hedge sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a European warbler ({Accentor modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also {chanter}, {hedge warbler}, {dunnock}, and {doney}. {Hedge writer}, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift. {To breast up a hedge}. See under {Breast}. {To hang in the hedge}, to be at a standstill. [bd]While the business of money hangs in the hedge.[b8] --Pepys. | |
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Dugong \Du*gong"\, n. [Malayan d[?]y[?]ng, or Javan. duyung.] (Zo[94]l.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal ({Halicore dugong}), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. [Written also {duyong}.] | |
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Duyoung \Du*young"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dugong}. | |
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Dwang \Dwang\, n. [Cf. D. dwingen to force, compel.] 1. (Carp.) A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them. 2. (Mech.) (a) A kind of crowbar. (b) A large wrench. --Knight. | |
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Dye \Dye\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dyeing}.] [OE. deyan, dyen, AS. de[a0]gian.] To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs. Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. --Trench. The soul is dyed by its thoughts. --Lubbock. {To dye in the grain}, {To dye in the wool} (Fig.), to dye firmly; to imbue thoroughly. He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system dyed in the wool. --Hawthorne. Syn: See {Stain}. | |
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Dyeing \Dye"ing\, n. The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently and uniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc. | |
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Die \Die\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Died}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dying}.] [OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deyja; akin to Dan. d[94]e, Sw. d[94], Goth. diwan (cf. Goth. afd[?]jan to harass), OFries. d[?]ia to kill, OS. doian to die, OHG. touwen, OSlav. daviti to choke, Lith. dovyti to torment. Cf. {Dead}, {Death}.] 1. To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought. To die by the roadside of grief and hunger. --Macaulay. She will die from want of care. --Tennyson. 2. To suffer death; to lose life. In due time Christ died for the ungodly. --Rom. v. 6. 3. To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished. Letting the secret die within his own breast. --Spectator. Great deeds can not die. --Tennyson. 4. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc. His heart died within, and he became as a stone. --1 Sam. xxv. 37. The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that they died for Rebecca. --Tatler. 5. To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin. 6. To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away. Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the brightness. --Spectator. 7. (Arch.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face. 8. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor. {To die in the last ditch}, to fight till death; to die rather than surrender. [bd]There is one certain way,[b8] replied the Prince [William of Orange] [bd] by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin, -- I will die in the last ditch.[b8] --Hume (Hist. of Eng. ). {To die out}, to cease gradually; as, the prejudice has died out. Syn: To expire; decease; perish; depart; vanish. | |
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Dying \Dy"ing\, a. 1. In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies. 2. Of or pertaining to dying or death; as, dying bed; dying day; dying words; also, simulating a dying state. | |
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Dying \Dy"ing\, n. The act of expiring; passage from life to death; loss of life. | |
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D Hanis, TX Zip code(s): 78850 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dennis, KS Zip code(s): 67341 Dennis, MA (CDP, FIPS 16740) Location: 41.73165 N, 70.20194 W Population (1990): 2633 (2272 housing units) Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02638 Dennis, MS Zip code(s): 38838 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dimock, SD (town, FIPS 16620) Location: 43.47599 N, 97.98771 W Population (1990): 157 (65 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57331 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dooms, VA (CDP, FIPS 22976) Location: 38.10347 N, 78.84835 W Population (1990): 1307 (489 housing units) Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Downs, IL (village, FIPS 20643) Location: 40.39589 N, 88.87173 W Population (1990): 620 (229 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Downs, KS (city, FIPS 18500) Location: 39.50332 N, 98.54680 W Population (1990): 1119 (575 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67437 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Duenweg, MO (city, FIPS 20314) Location: 37.07898 N, 94.41051 W Population (1990): 940 (395 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dumas, AR (city, FIPS 19990) Location: 33.88316 N, 91.48592 W Population (1990): 5520 (2049 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71639 Dumas, MS (town, FIPS 20340) Location: 34.63534 N, 88.83697 W Population (1990): 407 (159 housing units) Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38625 Dumas, TX (city, FIPS 21556) Location: 35.86323 N, 101.96450 W Population (1990): 12871 (4890 housing units) Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79029 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
ding n.,vi. 1. Synonym for {feep}. Usage: rare among hackers, but commoner in the {Real World}. 2. `dinged': What happens when someone in authority gives you a minor bitching about something, esp. something trivial. "I was dinged for having a messy desk." | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dink /dink/ adj. Said of a machine that has the {bitty box} nature; a machine too small to be worth bothering with -- sometimes the system you're currently forced to work on. First heard from an MIT hacker working on a CP/M system with 64K, in reference to any 6502 system, then from fans of 32-bit architectures about 16-bit machines. "GNUMACS will never work on that dink machine." Probably derived from mainstream `dinky', which isn't sufficiently pejorative. See {macdink}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Denis Howe Dictionary of Computing}. (2000-05-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DIAMAG An interactive extension of {ALGOL}. [Sammet 1969, p.195]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ding 1. Synonym for {feep}. Usage: rare among hackers, but commoner in the {Real World}. 2. "dinged": What happens when someone in authority gives you a minor bitching about something, especially something trivial. "I was dinged for having a messy desk." [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dink /dink/ Said of a machine that has the {bitty box} nature; a machine too small to be worth bothering with - sometimes the system you're currently forced to work on. First heard from an {MIT} hacker working on a {CP/M} system with 64K, in reference to any {6502} system, then from fans of 32 bit architectures about 16-bit machines. "GNUMACS will never work on that dink machine." Probably derived from mainstream "dinky", which isn't sufficiently pejorative. See {macdink}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-10-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dmake Required by {uC++}. {(ftp://plg.uwaterloo.ca/pub/dmake/dmake38.tar.Z)}. [What is it?] (1994-11-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DMZ {De-Militarised Zone} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DNIS {Dialled Number Identification Service} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DNIX {Olivetti} and {Wang Global}. [Details? Reference?] (2000-12-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DNOS {Distributed Network Operating System} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DNS 1. {Domain Name System}. 2. Distributed Name Service. See {DECdns}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Dynix Automated Library Systems}. First installed in 1993, it is now used in over 2000 libraries worldwide. Dynix runs on {Unix} using the {UniVerse} post relational database. The software is configurable using tables of parameters. It includes modules for cataloguing, circulation, OPAC, acquisitions, serials, reserve book room, advance bookings, homebound, BiblioBus, Pac Plus for Windows, Kids Catalog, Dynix Online Catalog, media bookings, and community information. {(http://www.uk.dynix.com/classic.html)}. (1995-04-28) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dance found in Judg. 21:21, 23; Ps. 30:11; 149:3; 150:4; Jer. 31:4, 13, etc., as the translation of _hul_, which points to the whirling motion of Oriental sacred dances. It is the rendering of a word (rakad') which means to skip or leap for joy, in Eccl. 3:4; Job 21:11; Isa. 13:21, etc. In the New Testament it is in like manner the translation of different Greek words, circular motion (Luke 15:25); leaping up and down in concert (Matt. 11:17), and by a single person (Matt. 14:6). It is spoken of as symbolical of rejoicing (Eccl. 3:4. Comp. Ps. 30:11; Matt. 11: 17). The Hebrews had their sacred dances expressive of joy and thanksgiving, when the performers were usually females (Ex. 15:20; 1 Sam. 18:6). The ancient dance was very different from that common among Western nations. It was usually the part of the women only (Ex. 15:20; Judg. 11:34; comp. 5:1). Hence the peculiarity of David's conduct in dancing before the ark of the Lord (2 Sam. 6:14). The women took part in it with their timbrels. Michal should, in accordance with the example of Miriam and others, have herself led the female choir, instead of keeping aloof on the occasion and "looking through the window." David led the choir "uncovered", i.e., wearing only the ephod or linen tunic. He thought only of the honour of God, and forgot himself. From being reserved for occasions of religious worship and festivity, it came gradually to be practised in common life on occasions of rejoicing (Jer. 31:4). The sexes among the Jews always danced separately. The daughter of Herodias danced alone (Matt. 14:6). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Demas a companion and fellow-labourer of Paul during his first imprisonment at Rome (Philemon 1:24; Col. 4:14). It appears, however, that the love of the world afterwards mastered him, and he deserted the apostle (2 Tim. 4:10). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dung (1.) Used as manure (Luke 13:8); collected outside the city walls (Neh. 2:13). Of sacrifices, burned outside the camp (Ex. 29:14; Lev. 4:11; 8:17; Num. 19:5). To be "cast out as dung," a figurative expression (1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 9:37; Jer. 8:2; Ps. 18:42), meaning to be rejected as unprofitable. (2.) Used as fuel, a substitute for firewood, which was with difficulty procured in Syria, Arabia, and Egypt (Ezek. 4:12-15), where cows' and camels' dung is used to the present day for this purpose. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Demas, popular |