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Jerboa \Jer*bo"a\, n. [Ar. yarb[?]'.] (Zo[94]l.) Any small jumping rodent of the genus {Dipus}, esp. {D. [92]gyptius}, which is common in Egypt and the adjacent countries. The jerboas have very long hind legs and a long tail. [Written also {gerboa}.] Note: The name is also applied to other small jumping rodents, as the {Pedetes Caffer}, of the Cape of Good Hope. {Jerboa kangaroo} (Zo[94]l.), small Australian kangaroo ({Bettongia penicillata}), about the size of a common hare. | |
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Tussock \Tus"sock\, n. [From {Tuz}.] [Written also {tussuck}.] 1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge. Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts. --Latimer. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Tussock grass}, below. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also {tussock caterpillar}. See {Orgyia}. {Tussock grass}. (Bot.) (a) A tall, strong grass of the genus {Dactylis} ({D. c[91]spitosa}), valuable for fodder, introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands. (b) A tufted grass ({Aira c[91]spitosa}). (c) Any kind of sedge ({Carex}) which forms dense tufts in a wet meadow or boggy place. {Tussock moth} (Zo[94]l.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar. They belong to {Orgyia}, {Halecidota}, and allied genera. | |
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d8Durio \[d8]Du"ri*o\, n. [NL., fr. Malay d[?]ri thorn.] (Bot.) A fruit tree ({D. zibethinus}, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian. | |
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d8Accipiter \[d8]Ac*cip"i*ter\, n.; pl. E. {Accipiters}. L. {Accipitres}. [L., hawk.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores. 2. (Surg.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk. | |
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d8Accipitres \[d8]Ac*cip"i*tres\, n. pl. [L., hawks.] (Zo[94]l.) The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls. | |
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d8Aspidobranchia \[d8]As`pi*do*bran"chi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], shield + [?] gills.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets. | |
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d8Capite \[d8]Cap"i*te\, n. [L., abl. of caput head.] See under {Tenant}. | |
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d8Capitibranchiata \[d8]Cap`i*ti*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., from L. caput, capitis, head + -branchiae gills.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See {Tubicola}. | |
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d8Capitula \[d8]Ca*pit"u*la\, n. pl. See {Capitulum}. | |
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d8Capitulum \[d8]Ca*pit"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Capitula}. [L., a small head.] 1. A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat. --Gray. 2. (Anat.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. Note: [See Illust. of {Artiodactyla}.] | |
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d8Capo tasto \[d8]Ca"po tas"to\ [It. capotasto.] (Music) A sort of bar or movable nut, attached to the finger board of a guitar or other fretted instrument for the purpose of raising uniformly the pitch of all the strings. | |
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d8Caput \[d8]Ca"put\ (k[amac]"p[ucr]t), n.; pl. {Capita} (k[acr]p"[icr]*t[adot]). [L., the head.] 1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum. 2. The top or superior part of a thing. 3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. Your caputs and heads of colleges. --Lamb. {Caput mortuum}. [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue. | |
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d8Cavatina \[d8]Ca`va*ti"na\, n. [It.] (Mus.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used. | |
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d8Caveat \[d8]Ca"ve*at\, n. [L. caved let him beware, pres. subj. of cavere to be on one's guard to, beware.] 1. (Law) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc. --Bouvier. 2. (U. S. Patent Laws) A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention. Note: A caveat is operative for one year only, but may be renewed. 3. Intimation of caution; warning; protest. We think it right to enter our caveat against a conclusion. --Jeffrey. {Caveat emptor} [L.] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment. | |
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d8Cavetto \[d8]Ca*vet"to\ (k[adot]*v[ecr]t"t[osl]), n. [It. cavetto, fr. cavo hollow, L. cavus.] (Arch.) A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of {Column}. | |
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d8Chef-d'd2uvre \[d8]Chef`-d'[d2]uvre"\, n.; pl. {Chefs-d'[d2]uvre}. [F.] A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc. | |
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d8Chevet \[d8]Che*vet"\, n. [F., head of the bed, dim. fr. chef head. See {Chief}.] (Arch.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part. | |
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d8Couvade \[d8]Cou`vade"\ (k[oomac]`v[adot]d"), n. [F., fr. couver. See {Covey}.] A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill. The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days. --Tylor. | |
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d8Cuvette \[d8]Cu*vette"\ (k?-w?t"), n. [F., dim. of cuve a tub.] 1. A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table. 2. (Fort.) A cunette. | |
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d8Dasyp91des \[d8]Das`y*p[91]"des\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] hairy, shaggy + [?], [?], a child.] (Zo[94]l.) Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched. | |
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d8Decapoda \[d8]De*cap"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] ten + [?], [?], foot.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. Note: They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of legs. They are divided into two principal groups: Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third (Anomura) intermediate between the others. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See {Decacera}. | |
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d8Decubitus \[d8]De*cu"bi*tus\, n. [NL., fr. L. de- + cubare, to lie down: cf. F. d[82]cubitus.] (Med.) An attitude assumed in lying down; as, the dorsal decubitus. | |
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Escopet \Es`co*pet"\, d8Escopette \[d8]Es`co*pette"\, n. [Sp. escopeta, F. escopette.] A kind of firearm; a carbine. | |
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d8Euisopoda \[d8]Eu`i*sop"o*da\ pl. [NL. See {Eu-} and {Isopoda}.] (Zo[94]l.) A group which includes the typical Isopoda. | |
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d8Excubitorium \[d8]Ex*cu`bi*to"ri*um\, n. [LL. excubitorium; ex out + cubare, cubitum, to lie.] (Eccl. Antiq.) A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night. | |
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d8Exophthalmia \[d8]Ex`oph*thal"mi*a\, n. [Nl.,fr. Gr. [?] with prominent eyes; [?] out + [?] the eye.] (Med.) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease. | |
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d8Exophthalmos \[d8]Ex`oph*thal"mos\, d8Exophthalmus \[d8]Ex`oph*thal"mus\, n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as {Exophthalmia}. | |
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d8Exophthalmos \[d8]Ex`oph*thal"mos\, d8Exophthalmus \[d8]Ex`oph*thal"mus\, n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as {Exophthalmia}. | |
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d8Hexapoda \[d8]Hex*ap"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "e`x six + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.) The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids. Note: The Hexapoda have the head, thorax, and abdomen differentiated, and are mostly winged. They have three pairs of mouth organs, viz., mandibles, maxill[91], and the second maxill[91] or labial palpi; three pairs of thoracic legs; and abdominal legs, which are present only in some of the lowest forms, and in the larval state of some of the higher ones. Many (the Metabola) undergo a complete metamorphosis, having larv[91] (known as maggots, grubs, caterpillars) very unlike the adult, and pass through a quiescent pupa state in which no food is taken; others (the Hemimetabola) have larv[91] much like the adult, expert in lacking wings, and an active pupa, in which rudimentary wings appear. See {Insecta}. The Hexapoda are divided into several orders. | |
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d8Hospitium \[d8]Hos*pi"ti*um\, n. [L. See {Hospice}.] 1. An inn; a lodging; a hospice. [Obs.] 2. (Law) An inn of court. | |
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d8Hospodar \[d8]Hos"po*dar`\, n. [A Slav. word; cf. Russ. gospodare lord, master.] A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania. | |
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d8Isopoda \[d8]I*sop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Iso-}, and {-poda}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure. Note: The body is usually depressed, with the abdominal segments short, and often consolidated in part. The branchi[91] are on the abdominal appendages. The group includes the terrestrial pill bugs and sow bugs, with numerous marine forms. See {Arthrostrata}, {Gribble}. | |
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d8Jabot \[d8]Jab"ot\, n. [F.] 1. Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt. 2. An arrangement of lace or tulle, looped ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress. | |
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d8Kibitka \[d8]Ki*bit"ka\, n.; pl. {Kibitkas}. [Russ.] 1. A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars. 2. A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation. | |
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d8Koftgari \[d8]Koft`ga*ri"\, a. [Hind. koft gar[8b] goldbeating. fr. Per. koft beating + gar[8b] trade.] Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold, -- a variety of damascening much used in the arts of India. | |
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d8Sabot \[d8]Sa`bot"\ (s[adot]`b[omac]"), n. [F.] 1. A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries. 2. (Mil.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling. | |
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d8Sabotage \[d8]Sa`bo`tage"\, n. [F.] (a) Scamped work. (b) Malicious waste or destruction of an employer's property or injury to his interests by workmen during labor troubles. | |
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d8Saboti8are \[d8]Sa`bo"ti[8a]re\, n. [F.] A kind of freezer for ices. | |
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d8Sept91mia \[d8]Sep*t[91]"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] putrid + [?][?][?] blood.] (Med.) Septic[91]mia. | |
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d8Septarium \[d8]Sep*ta"ri*um\, n.;pl. {Septaria}. [NL., fr. L. septum, saeptum, an inclosure, a partition, fr. sepire, saepire, to inclose.] (Geol.) A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals. | |
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d8Septemvir \[d8]Sep*tem"vir\, n.; pl. E. {Septemvirs}, L. {Septemviri}. [L. septemviri, pl.; septem seven + viri, pl. of vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office. | |
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d8Septentrio \[d8]Sep*ten"tri*o\, n. [L. See {Septentrion}.] (Astron.) The constellation Ursa Major. | |
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d8Septic91mia \[d8]Sep`ti*c[91]"mi*a\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?][?][?] putrefactive + [?][?][?] blood.] (Med.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs. | |
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d8Septuagesima \[d8]Sep`tu*a*ges"i*ma\, n. [NL., fr. L. septuagesimus the seventieth, fr. septuaginta seventy.] (Eccl.) The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter. | |
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d8Septulum \[d8]Sep"tu*lum\, n.; pl. {Septula}. [NL., dim. of L. septum septum.] (Anat.) A little septum; a division between small cavities or parts. | |
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d8Septum \[d8]Sep"tum\, n.; pl. {Septa}. [L. septum, saeptum, an inclosure, hedge, fence, fr. sepire, saepire, to hedge in, inclose.] 1. A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum. 2. (Bot.) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral. (b) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. See Illust. under {Nautilus}. (c) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid. | |
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d8Sivatherium \[d8]Siv`a*the"ri*um\, n. [NL., from E. Siva + Gr. [?][?][?][?] a beast, an animal.] (Paleon.) A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species. | |
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d8Skoptsy \[d8]Skop*tsy"\, n. pl. See {Raskolnik}. | |
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d8Soubahdar \[d8]Sou"bah*dar\, n. See {Subahdar}. | |
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d8Spadassin \[d8]Spa`das`sin"\, n. [F., fr. It. spadaccino a swordsman, from spada a sword.] A bravo; a bully; a duelist. --Ld. Lytton. | |
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d8Spado \[d8]Spa"do\, n.; pl. {Spadones}. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] 1. Same as {Spade}, 2. 2. (Law) An impotent person. | |
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d8Spatangoidea \[d8]Spat`an*goi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Spatangus}, and {-oid}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side. | |
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d8Spatangus \[d8]Spa*tan"gus\, n. [NL., fr. L. spatangius a kind of sea urchin, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea. | |
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d8Spatha \[d8]Spa"tha\, n.; pl. {Spath[91]}. [L.] (Bot.) A spathe. | |
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d8Spiodea \[d8]Spi*o"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Spio the typical genus.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of marine Annelida, including those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes. | |
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d8Sputum \[d8]Spu"tum\, n.; pl. {Sputa}. [L., from spuere, sputum, to spit.] That which is expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle; saliva. | |
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d8Subito \[d8]Su"bi*to\, adv. [It. & L.] (Mus.) In haste; quickly; rapidly. | |
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Subpd2na \Sub*p[d2]"na\, n. [NL., fr. L. sub under + poena punishment. See {Pain}.] (Law) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. [Written also {subpena}.] {[d8]Subp[d2]na ad testificandum}. [NL.] A writ used to procure the attendance of a witness for the purpose of testifying. {[d8]Subp[d2]na duces tecum}. [NL.] A writ which requires a witness to attend and bring certain documents. | |
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Subpd2na \Sub*p[d2]"na\, n. [NL., fr. L. sub under + poena punishment. See {Pain}.] (Law) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. [Written also {subpena}.] {[d8]Subp[d2]na ad testificandum}. [NL.] A writ used to procure the attendance of a witness for the purpose of testifying. {[d8]Subp[d2]na duces tecum}. [NL.] A writ which requires a witness to attend and bring certain documents. | |
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d8Taxeopoda \[d8]Tax`e*op"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] (?) + -poda.] (Paleon.) An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations. | |
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d8Xiphidium \[d8]Xi*phid"i*um\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?], dim. of xi`fos sword.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the order {H[91]modrace[91]}, having two-ranked, sword-shaped leaves. | |
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d8Zo94phyta \[d8]Zo*[94]ph"y*ta\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. zw^,on an animal + fyto`n a plant.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive artificial and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many zo[94]logists. It included the c[oe]lenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa, Protozoa, etc. Note: Sometimes the name is restricted to the C[oe]lentera, or to the Anthozoa. | |
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Dak \Dak\ (d[add]k or d[aum]k), n. [Hind. [dsdot][be]k.] Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also {dawk}, and {dauk}. [India] {Dak boat}, a mail boat. --Percy Smith. {Dak bungalow}, a traveler's rest-house at the end of a dak stage. {To travel by dak}, to travel by relays of palanquins or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road. | |
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Cataract \Cat"a*ract\, n. [L. cataracta, catarracles, a waterfall, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] to break down; in the passive, to fall or rush down (of tumors) to burst; kata` down + [?] to break.] 1. A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall. 2. (Surg.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight. 3. (Mach.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called {dashpot}. | |
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Dashpot \Dash"pot`\, n. (Mach.) A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock. | |
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Cataract \Cat"a*ract\, n. [L. cataracta, catarracles, a waterfall, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] to break down; in the passive, to fall or rush down (of tumors) to burst; kata` down + [?] to break.] 1. A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall. 2. (Surg.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight. 3. (Mach.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called {dashpot}. | |
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Dashpot \Dash"pot`\, n. (Mach.) A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock. | |
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Whipparee \Whip`pa*ree"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large sting ray ({Dasybatis, [or] Trygon, Sayi}) native of the Southern United States. It is destitute of large spines on the body and tail. (b) A large sting ray ({Rhinoptera bonasus}, or {R. quadriloba}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. Its snout appears to be four-lobed when viewed in front, whence it is also called {cow-nosed ray}. | |
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Dasyp91dal \Das`y*p[91]"dal\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Dasyp[91]dic. | |
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Dasyp91dic \Das`y*p[91]"dic\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the Dasyp[91]des; ptilop[91]dic. | |
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Devotion \De*vo"tion\, n. [F. d[82]votion, L. devotio.] 1. The act of devoting; consecration. 2. The state of being devoted; addiction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship; devoutness. Genius animated by a fervent spirit of devotion. --Macaulay. 3. Act of devotedness or devoutness; manifestation of strong attachment; act of worship; prayer. [bd]The love of public devotion.[b8] --Hooker. 4. Disposal; power of disposal. [Obs.] They are entirely at our devotion, and may be turned backward and forward, as we please. --Godwin. 5. A thing consecrated; an object of devotion. [R.] Churches and altars, priests and all devotions, Tumbled together into rude chaos. --Beau. & Fl. {Days of devotion}. See under {Day}. Syn: Consecration; devoutness; religiousness; piety; attachment; devotedness; ardor; earnestness. | |
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{Anniversary day}. See {Anniversary}, n. {Astronomical day}, a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. {Born days}. See under {Born}. {Canicular days}. See {Dog day}. {Civil day}, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. {Day blindness}. (Med.) See {Nyctalopia}. {Day by day}, or {Day after day}, daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under {By}. [bd]Day by day we magnify thee.[b8] --Book of Common Prayer. {Days in bank} (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill. {Day in court}, a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. {Days of devotion} (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley. {Days of grace}. See {Grace}. {Days of obligation} (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley. {Day owl}, (Zo[94]l.), an owl that flies by day. See {Hawk owl}. {Day rule} (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. {Day school}, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. {Day sight}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}. {Day's work} (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. {From day to day}, as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day. {Jewish day}, the time between sunset and sunset. {Mean solar day} (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. {One day}, {One of these days}, at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. [bd]Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.[b8] --Shak. {Only from day to day}, without certainty of continuance; temporarily. --Bacon. {Sidereal day}, the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. {To win the day}, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S. Butler. {Week day}, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. {Working day}. (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay. | |
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Decapitate \De*cap"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decapitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decapitating}.] [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See {Chief}.] 1. To cut off the head of; to behead. 2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.] | |
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Decapitate \De*cap"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decapitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decapitating}.] [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See {Chief}.] 1. To cut off the head of; to behead. 2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.] | |
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Decapitate \De*cap"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decapitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decapitating}.] [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See {Chief}.] 1. To cut off the head of; to behead. 2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.] | |
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Decapitation \De*cap`i*ta"tion\, n. [LL. decapitatio: cf. F. d[82]capitation.] The act of beheading; beheading. | |
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Decapod \Dec"a*pod\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]capode.] (Zo[94]l.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively. | |
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d8Decacerata \[d8]De*cac`e*ra"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + ke`ras a horn.] (Zo[94]l.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also {Decapoda}. [Written also {Decacera}.] See {Dibranchiata}. | |
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d8Podophthalmia \[d8]Pod`oph*thal"mi*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Podophthalmic}.] (Zo[94]l.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also {Podophthalmata}, and {Decapoda}. | |
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Cigar \Ci*gar"\, n. [Sp. cigarro, orig., a kind of tobacco in the island of Cuba: cf. F. cigare.] A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking. {Cigar fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Decapterus punctatus}), allied to the mackerel, found on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. | |
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Deccapodal \Dec*cap"o*dal\, Deccapodous \Dec*cap"o*dous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed. | |
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Deccapodal \Dec*cap"o*dal\, Deccapodous \Dec*cap"o*dous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed. | |
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Deceive \De*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deceived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deceiving}.] [OE. deceveir, F. d[82]cevoir, fr. L. decipere to catch, insnare, deceive; de- + capere to take, catch. See {Capable}, and cf. {Deceit}, {Deception}.] 1. To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare. Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. --2 Tim. iii. 13. Nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. --Shak. What can 'scape the eye Of God all-seeing, or deceive his heart? --Milton. 2. To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception. These occupations oftentimes deceived The listless hour. --Wordsworth. 3. To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud. [Obs.] Plant fruit trees in large borders, and set therein fine flowers, but thin and sparingly, lest they deceive the trees. --Bacon. Syn: {Deceive}, {Delude}, {Mislead}. Usage: Deceive is a general word applicable to any kind of misrepresentation affecting faith or life. To delude, primarily, is to make sport of, by deceiving, and is accomplished by playing upon one's imagination or credulity, as by exciting false hopes, causing him to undertake or expect what is impracticable, and making his failure ridiculous. It implies some infirmity of judgment in the victim, and intention to deceive in the deluder. But it is often used reflexively, indicating that a person's own weakness has made him the sport of others or of fortune; as, he deluded himself with a belief that luck would always favor him. To mislead is to lead, guide, or direct in a wrong way, either willfully or ignorantly. | |
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Deceptible \De*cep"ti*ble\, a. Capable of being deceived; deceivable. --Sir T. Browne. -- {De*cep`ti*bil"i*ty}, n. | |
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Deceptible \De*cep"ti*ble\, a. Capable of being deceived; deceivable. --Sir T. Browne. -- {De*cep`ti*bil"i*ty}, n. | |
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Deception \De*cep"tion\, n. [F. d[82]ception, L. deceptio, fr. decipere, deceptum. See {Deceive}.] 1. The act of deceiving or misleading. --South. 2. The state of being deceived or misled. There is one thing relating either to the action or enjoyments of man in which he is not liable to deception. --South. 3. That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud. There was of course room for vast deception. --Motley. Syn: {Deception}, {Deceit}, {Fraud}, {Imposition}. Usage: Deception usually refers to the act, and deceit to the habit of the mind; hence we speak of a person as skilled in deception and addicted to deceit. The practice of deceit springs altogether from design, and that of the worst kind; but a deception does not always imply aim and intention. It may be undesigned or accidental. An imposition is an act of deception practiced upon some one to his annoyance or injury; a fraud implies the use of stratagem, with a view to some unlawful gain or advantage. | |
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Deceptious \De*cep"tious\, a. [LL. deceptiosus.] Tending deceive; delusive. [R.] As if those organs had deceptious functions. --Shak. | |
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Deceptive \De*cep"tive\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]ceptif. See {Deceive}.] Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes. --Trench. {Deceptive cadence} (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or in some foreign key, postponing the final close. | |
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Deceptive \De*cep"tive\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]ceptif. See {Deceive}.] Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes. --Trench. {Deceptive cadence} (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or in some foreign key, postponing the final close. | |
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Deceptively \De*cep"tive*ly\, adv. In a manner to deceive. | |
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Deceptiveness \De*cep"tive*ness\, n. The power or habit of deceiving; tendency or aptness to deceive. | |
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Deceptivity \De`cep*tiv"i*ty\, n. Deceptiveness; a deception; a sham. [R.] --Carlyle. | |
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Deceptory \De*cep"to*ry\, a. [L. deceptorius, from decipere.] Deceptive. [R.] | |
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Decubation \Dec`u*ba"tion\, n. [From L. decubare; de- + cubare. See {Decumbent}.] Act of lying down; decumbence. [Obs.] --Evelyn. | |
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Despatch \De*spatch"\, n. & v. Same as {Dispatch}. | |
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Dispatch \Dis*patch"\ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispatched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispatching}.] [OF. despeechier, F. d[82]p[88]cher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Impeach}, {Despatch}.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. --Shak. [The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 2. To rid; to free. [Obs.] I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. --Udall. 3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily. Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. --Walpole. 4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste. Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou[?][?]. --Shak. 5. To send out of the world; to put to death. The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. --Ezek. xxiii. 47. Syn: To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill. | |
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Dispatch \Dis*patch"\, n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d[82]p[88]che. See {Dispatch}, v. t.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business. 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. --Milton. 3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste. Serious business, craving quick dispatch. --Shak. To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. --Paley. 4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches. 5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern] {Dispatch boat}, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. {Dispatch box}, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling. Syn: Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See {Haste}. | |
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Despatch \De*spatch"\, n. & v. Same as {Dispatch}. | |
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Dispatch \Dis*patch"\ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispatched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispatching}.] [OF. despeechier, F. d[82]p[88]cher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Impeach}, {Despatch}.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. --Shak. [The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 2. To rid; to free. [Obs.] I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. --Udall. 3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily. Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. --Walpole. 4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste. Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou[?][?]. --Shak. 5. To send out of the world; to put to death. The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. --Ezek. xxiii. 47. Syn: To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill. | |
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Dispatch \Dis*patch"\, n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d[82]p[88]che. See {Dispatch}, v. t.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business. 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. --Milton. 3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste. Serious business, craving quick dispatch. --Shak. To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. --Paley. 4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches. 5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern] {Dispatch boat}, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. {Dispatch box}, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling. Syn: Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See {Haste}. | |
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Despeed \De*speed"\, v. t. To send hastily. [Obs.] Despeeded certain of their crew. --Speed. | |
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Despite \De*spite"\, n. [OF. despit, F. d[82]pit, fr. L. despectus contempt, fr. despicere. See {Despise}, and cf. {Spite}, {Despect}.] 1. Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate. With all thy despite against the land of Israel. --Ezek. xxv. 6. 2. An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt. A despite done against the Most High. --Milton. {In despite}, in defiance of another's power or inclination. {In despite of}, in defiance of; in spite of. See under {Spite}. [bd]Seized my hand in despite of my efforts to the contrary.[b8] --W. Irving. {In your despite}, in defiance or contempt of you; in spite of you. [Obs.] | |
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Despite \De*spite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Despited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despiting}.] [OF. despitier, fr. L. despectare, intens. of despicere. See {Despite}, n.] To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. | |
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Despite \De*spite"\, prep. In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices. Syn: See {Notwithstanding}. | |
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Despite \De*spite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Despited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despiting}.] [OF. despitier, fr. L. despectare, intens. of despicere. See {Despite}, n.] To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. | |
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Despiteful \De*spite"ful\, a. [See {Despite}, and cf. {Spiteful}.] Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious. -- {De*spite"ful*ly}, adv. -- {De*spite"ful*ness}, n. Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. --Rom. i. 30. Pray for them which despitefully use you. --Matt. v. 44. Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune. --Book of Wisdom ii. 19. | |
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Despiteful \De*spite"ful\, a. [See {Despite}, and cf. {Spiteful}.] Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious. -- {De*spite"ful*ly}, adv. -- {De*spite"ful*ness}, n. Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. --Rom. i. 30. Pray for them which despitefully use you. --Matt. v. 44. Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune. --Book of Wisdom ii. 19. | |
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Despiteful \De*spite"ful\, a. [See {Despite}, and cf. {Spiteful}.] Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious. -- {De*spite"ful*ly}, adv. -- {De*spite"ful*ness}, n. Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. --Rom. i. 30. Pray for them which despitefully use you. --Matt. v. 44. Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune. --Book of Wisdom ii. 19. | |
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Despiteous \Des*pit"e*ous\, a. [OE. despitous, OF. despiteus, fr. despit; affected in form by E. piteous. See {Despite}.] Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous. [Obs.] [bd]Despiteous reproaches.[b8] --Holland. | |
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Despiteously \Des*pit"e*ous*ly\, adv. Despitefully. [Obs.] | |
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Despite \De*spite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Despited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despiting}.] [OF. despitier, fr. L. despectare, intens. of despicere. See {Despite}, n.] To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. | |
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Despitous \De*spit"ous\, a. Despiteous; very angry; cruel. [Obs.] He was to sinful man not despitous. --Chaucer. - {De*spit"ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Despitous \De*spit"ous\, a. Despiteous; very angry; cruel. [Obs.] He was to sinful man not despitous. --Chaucer. - {De*spit"ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Despot \Des"pot\, n. [F. despote, LL. despotus, fr. Gr. despo`ths master, lord, the second part of which is akin to po`sis husband, and L. potens. See {Potent}.] 1. A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign. Irresponsible power in human hands so naturally leads to it, that cruelty has become associated with despot and tyrant. --C. J. Smith. 2. One who rules regardless of a constitution or laws; a tyrant. | |
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Despotat \Des"po*tat\, n. [Cf. F. despotat.] The station or government of a despot; also, the domain of a despot. --Freeman. | |
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Despotic \Des*pot"ic\, Despotical \Des*pot"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. despotique.] Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary. -- {Des*pot"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Des*pot"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Despotic \Des*pot"ic\, Despotical \Des*pot"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. despotique.] Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary. -- {Des*pot"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Des*pot"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Despotic \Des*pot"ic\, Despotical \Des*pot"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. despotique.] Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary. -- {Des*pot"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Des*pot"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Despotic \Des*pot"ic\, Despotical \Des*pot"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. despotique.] Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary. -- {Des*pot"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Des*pot"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Despotism \Des"po*tism\, n. [Cf. F. despotisme.] 1. The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny. [bd]The despotism of vice.[b8] --Byron. 2. A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic monarchy; absolutism; autocracy. Despotism . . . is the only form of government which may with safety to itself neglect the education of its infant poor. --Bp. Horsley. | |
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Despotist \Des"po*tist\, n. A supporter of despotism. [R.] | |
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Despotize \Des"po*tize\, v. t. To act the despot. | |
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Disavow \Dis`a*vow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disavowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disavowing}.] [F. d[82]savouer; pref. d[82]s- (L. dis-) + avouer to avow. See {Avow}, and cf. {Disavouch}.] 1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime. A solemn promise made and disavowed. --Dryden. 2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove. Yet can they never Toss into air the freedom of my birth, Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. --Ford. | |
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Disbodied \Dis*bod"ied\, a. Disembodied. [R.] | |
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Disbud \Dis*bud"\, v. t. [See {Bud}, v.] (Hort.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree. | |
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Discept \Dis*cept"\, v. i. [L. disceptare.] To debate; to discuss. [R.] One dissertates, he is candid; Two must discept, -- has distinguished. --R. Browning. | |
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Disceptation \Dis`cep*ta"tion\, n. [L. disceptatio.] Controversy; disputation; discussion. [Archaic] Verbose janglings and endless disceptations. --Strype. | |
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Disceptator \Dis`cep*ta"tor\, n. [L.] One who arbitrates or decides. [R.] --Cowley. | |
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Discubitory \Dis*cu"bi*to*ry\, a. [L. discumbere, discubitum, to lie down, recline at table; dis- + cumbere (in comp.) to lie down.] Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Disfeature \Dis*fea"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [Cf. {Defeature}.] To deprive of features; to mar the features of. [R.] | |
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Dishabit \Dis*hab"it\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + habit to inhabit.] To dislodge. [Obs.] Those sleeping stones . . . from their fixed beds of lime Had been dishabited. --Shak. | |
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Dishabited \Dis*hab"it*ed\, p. a. Rendered uninhabited. [bd]Dishabited towns.[b8] --R. Carew. | |
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Dishabituate \Dis`ha*bit"u*ate\ (?; 135), v. t. To render unaccustomed. | |
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Disobedience \Dis`o*be"di*ence\, n. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition. He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience. --Tillotson. | |
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Disobediency \Dis`o*be"di*en*cy\, n. Disobedience. | |
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Disobedient \Dis`o*be"di*ent\, a. [Pref. dis- + obedient. See {Disobey}, {Obedient}.] 1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts. This disobedient spirit in the colonies. --Burke. Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. --1 Kings xiii. 26. 2. Not yielding. Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli. --E. Darwin. | |
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Disobediently \Dis`o*be"di*ent*ly\, adv. In a disobedient manner. | |
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Disobey \Dis`o*bey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disobeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disobeying}.] [F. d[82]sob[82]ir; pref. d[82]s- (L. dis-) + ob[82]ir. See {Obey}, and cf. {Disobedient}.] Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws. Not to disobey her lord's behest. --Tennyson. | |
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Dispatch \Dis*patch"\ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispatched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispatching}.] [OF. despeechier, F. d[82]p[88]cher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Impeach}, {Despatch}.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. --Shak. [The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 2. To rid; to free. [Obs.] I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. --Udall. 3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily. Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. --Walpole. 4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste. Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou[?][?]. --Shak. 5. To send out of the world; to put to death. The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. --Ezek. xxiii. 47. Syn: To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill. | |
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Dispatch \Dis*patch"\, v. i. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business. They have dispatched with Pompey. --Shak. | |
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Dispatch \Dis*patch"\, n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d[82]p[88]che. See {Dispatch}, v. t.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business. 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. --Milton. 3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste. Serious business, craving quick dispatch. --Shak. To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. --Paley. 4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches. 5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern] {Dispatch boat}, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. {Dispatch box}, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling. Syn: Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See {Haste}. | |
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Dispatch \Dis*patch"\, n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d[82]p[88]che. See {Dispatch}, v. t.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business. 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. --Milton. 3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste. Serious business, craving quick dispatch. --Shak. To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. --Paley. 4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches. 5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern] {Dispatch boat}, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. {Dispatch box}, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling. Syn: Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See {Haste}. | |
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Dispatch \Dis*patch"\, n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d[82]p[88]che. See {Dispatch}, v. t.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business. 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. --Milton. 3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste. Serious business, craving quick dispatch. --Shak. To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. --Paley. 4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches. 5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern] {Dispatch boat}, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. {Dispatch box}, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling. Syn: Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See {Haste}. | |
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Dispatch \Dis*patch"\ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispatched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispatching}.] [OF. despeechier, F. d[82]p[88]cher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Impeach}, {Despatch}.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. --Shak. [The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 2. To rid; to free. [Obs.] I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. --Udall. 3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily. Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. --Walpole. 4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste. Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou[?][?]. --Shak. 5. To send out of the world; to put to death. The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. --Ezek. xxiii. 47. Syn: To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill. | |
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Dispatcher \Dis*patch"er\, n. One who dispatches. | |
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Dispatchful \Dis*patch"ful\, a. Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks. --Milton. | |
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Dispatch \Dis*patch"\ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispatched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispatching}.] [OF. despeechier, F. d[82]p[88]cher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Impeach}, {Despatch}.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. --Shak. [The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 2. To rid; to free. [Obs.] I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. --Udall. 3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily. Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. --Walpole. 4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste. Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou[?][?]. --Shak. 5. To send out of the world; to put to death. The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. --Ezek. xxiii. 47. Syn: To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill. | |
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Dispatchment \Dis*patch"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. despechement.] The act of dispatching. [Obs.] --State Trials (1529). | |
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Dispathy \Dis"pa*thy\, n.; pl. {Dispathies}. [Pref. dis- + Gr. [?] passion. See {Pathos}.] Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy. [R.] Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us. --Southey. | |
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Dispathy \Dis"pa*thy\, n.; pl. {Dispathies}. [Pref. dis- + Gr. [?] passion. See {Pathos}.] Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy. [R.] Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us. --Southey. | |
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Dispeed \Dis*peed"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + speed.] To send off with speed; to dispatch. [Obs.] --Knolles. Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law, Do[?]a Ximena. --Southey. | |
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Dispiteous \Dis*pit"e*ous\, a. [Pref. dis- + piteous. Cf. {Despiteous}.] Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless. --Spenser. -- {Dis*pit"e*ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Dispiteous \Dis*pit"e*ous\, a. [Pref. dis- + piteous. Cf. {Despiteous}.] Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless. --Spenser. -- {Dis*pit"e*ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Disputable \Dis`pu*ta*ble\ (?; 277), a. [L. disputabilis: cf. F. disputable. See {Dispute}, v. i.] 1. Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions. Actions, every one of which is very disputable. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Disputatious; contentious. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Disputableness \Dis`pu*ta*ble*ness\, n. State of being disputable. | |
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Disputacity \Dis`pu*tac"i*ty\, n. [See {Dispute}, v. i.] Proneness to dispute. [Obs.] --Bp. Ward. | |
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Disputant \Dis"pu*tant\, a. [L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare: cf. F. disputant. See {Dispute}, v. i.] Disputing; engaged in controversy. --Milton. | |
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Disputant \Dis"pu*tant\, n. One who disputes; one who argues [?][?] opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition. A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant. --Macaulay. | |
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Disputation \Dis`pu*ta"tion\, n. [OE. desputeson, disputacion, OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See {Dispute}, v. i.] 1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument. 2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed. | |
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Disputatious \Dis`pu*ta"tious\, a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper. The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. --Buckminster. -- {Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Disputatious \Dis`pu*ta"tious\, a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper. The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. --Buckminster. -- {Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Disputatious \Dis`pu*ta"tious\, a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper. The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. --Buckminster. -- {Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Disputative \Dis*put"a*tive\, a. [L. disputativus.] Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper. --I. Watts. | |
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Dispute \Dis*pute"\, n. [Cf. F. dispute. See {Dispute}, v. i.] 1. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate. Addicted more To contemplation and profound dispute. --Milton. 2. Contest; struggle; quarrel. --De Foe. {Beyond dispute}, {Without dispute}, indisputably; incontrovertibly. Syn: Altercation; controversy; argumentation; debate; discussion; quarrel; disagreement; difference; contention; wrangling. See {Altercation}. | |
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Dispute \Dis*pute"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disputed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disputing}.] [OE. desputen, disputen, OF. desputer, disputer, F. disputer, from L. disputare, disputatum; dis- + putare to clean; hence, fig., to clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See {Putative}, {Pure}.] To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle. Therefore disputed [reasoned, --Rev. Ver.] he in synagogue with the Jews. --Acts xvii. 17. | |
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Dispute \Dis*pute"\, v. t. 1. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss. The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein. --Milton. 2. To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments. To seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance. --Bancroft. 3. To strive or contend about; to contest. To dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards. --Prescott. 4. To struggle against; to resist. [Obs.] Dispute it [grief] like a man. --Shak. Syn: To controvert; contest; gainsay; doubt; question; argue; debate; discuss; impugn. See {Argue}. | |
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Dispute \Dis*pute"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disputed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disputing}.] [OE. desputen, disputen, OF. desputer, disputer, F. disputer, from L. disputare, disputatum; dis- + putare to clean; hence, fig., to clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See {Putative}, {Pure}.] To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle. Therefore disputed [reasoned, --Rev. Ver.] he in synagogue with the Jews. --Acts xvii. 17. | |
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Disputeless \Dis*pute"less\, a. Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible. --Bailey. | |
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Disputer \Dis*put"er\, n. One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist. Where is the disputer of this world? --1 Cor. i. 20. | |
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Dispute \Dis*pute"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disputed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disputing}.] [OE. desputen, disputen, OF. desputer, disputer, F. disputer, from L. disputare, disputatum; dis- + putare to clean; hence, fig., to clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See {Putative}, {Pure}.] To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle. Therefore disputed [reasoned, --Rev. Ver.] he in synagogue with the Jews. --Acts xvii. 17. | |
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Disputison \Dis*pu"ti*son\, n. [See {Disputation}.] Dispute; discussion. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Dissipate \Dis"si*pate\, v. i. 1. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates. 2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation. | |
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Dissipate \Dis"si*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissipated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissipating}.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.] 1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. Dissipated those foggy mists of error. --Selden. I soon dissipated his fears. --Cook. The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. --Hazlitt. 2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. --Bp. Burnet. Syn: To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish. | |
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Dissipate \Dis"si*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissipated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissipating}.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.] 1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. Dissipated those foggy mists of error. --Selden. I soon dissipated his fears. --Cook. The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. --Hazlitt. 2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. --Bp. Burnet. Syn: To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dissipated \Dis"si*pa`ted\, a. 1. Squandered; scattered. [bd]Dissipated wealth.[b8] --Johnson. 2. Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate. A life irregular and dissipated. --Johnson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dissipate \Dis"si*pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissipated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissipating}.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.] 1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. Dissipated those foggy mists of error. --Selden. I soon dissipated his fears. --Cook. The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. --Hazlitt. 2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. --Bp. Burnet. Syn: To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dissipation \Dis`si*pa"tion\, n. [L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation.] 1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. Without loss or dissipation of the matter. --Bacon. The famous dissipation of mankind. --Sir M. Hale. 2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness. To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance. --P. Henry. 3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations. --Swift. {Dissipation of energy}. Same as {Degradation of energy}, under {Degradation}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Degradation \Deg`ra*da"tion\, n. [LL. degradatio, from degradare: cf. F. d[82]gradation. See {Degrade}.] 1. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop. He saw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed. --Clarendon. 2. The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement. The . . . degradation of a needy man of letters. --Macaulay. Deplorable is the degradation of our nature. --South. Moments there frequently must be, when a sinner is sensible of the degradation of his state. --Blair. 3. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration. The development and degradation of the alphabetic forms can be traced. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). 4. (Geol.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc. 5. (Biol.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration. The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties. --Dana. 6. (Physiol.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole. {Degradation of energy}, [or] {Dissipation of energy} (Physics), the transformation of energy into some form in which it is less available for doing work. Syn: Abasement; debasement; reduction; decline. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dissipation \Dis`si*pa"tion\, n. [L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation.] 1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. Without loss or dissipation of the matter. --Bacon. The famous dissipation of mankind. --Sir M. Hale. 2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness. To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance. --P. Henry. 3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations. --Swift. {Dissipation of energy}. Same as {Degradation of energy}, under {Degradation}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dissipative \Dis"si*pa*tive\, a. Tending to dissipate. {Dissipative system} (Mech.), an assumed system of matter and motions in which forces of friction and resistances of other kinds are introduced without regard to the heat or other molecular actions which they generate; -- opposed to {conservative system}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dissipative \Dis"si*pa*tive\, a. Tending to dissipate. {Dissipative system} (Mech.), an assumed system of matter and motions in which forces of friction and resistances of other kinds are introduced without regard to the heat or other molecular actions which they generate; -- opposed to {conservative system}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dissipativity \Dis`si*pa*tiv"i*ty\, n. The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bath \Bath\ (b[adot]th; 61), n.; pl. {Baths} (b[adot]thz). [AS. b[91][edh]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[edh], Sw., Dan., D., & G. bad, and perh. to G. b[84]hen to foment.] 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath. 2. Water or other liquid for bathing. 3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water. 4. A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing. Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence. --Gwilt. 5. (Chem.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body. 6. (Photog.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution. Note: Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom, bath tub, bath keeper. {Douche bath}. See {Douche}. {Order of the Bath}, a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, viz., knights grand cross, knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B. {Russian bath}, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings. {Turkish bath}, a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed. {Bath house}, a house used for the purpose of bathing; -- also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Duck's-foot \Duck's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.) The May apple ({Podophyllum peltatum}). | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Disputanta, VA Zip code(s): 23842 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dogpatch, AR Zip code(s): 72648 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dogfood n. [Microsoft, Netscape] Interim software used internally for testing. "To eat one's own dogfood" (from which the slang noun derives) means to use the software one is developing, as part of one's everyday development environment (the phrase is used outside Microsoft and Netscape). The practice is normal in the Linux community and elsewhere, but the term `dogfood' is seldom used as open-source betas tend to be quite tasty and nourishing. The idea is that developers who are using their own software will quickly learn what's missing or broken. Dogfood is typically not even of {beta} quality. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DSVD {Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data} | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Djibouti Djibouti:Geography Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia Map references: Africa Area: total area: 22,000 sq km land area: 21,980 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than Massachusetts Land boundaries: total 508 km, Eritrea 113 km, Ethiopia 337 km, Somalia 58 km Coastline: 314 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: desert; torrid, dry Terrain: coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains Natural resources: geothermal areas Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 9% forest and woodland: 0% other: 91% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification natural hazards: earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ship Pollution; signed, but not ratified - Climate Change, Desertification Note: strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; a vast wasteland Djibouti:People Population: 421,320 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 43% (female 90,070; male 90,631) 15-64 years: 55% (female 108,824; male 121,715) 65 years and over: 2% (female 4,900; male 5,180) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 1.48% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 42.79 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 15.51 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -12.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 108.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 49.7 years male: 47.83 years female: 51.62 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.15 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Djiboutian(s) adjective: Djiboutian Ethnic divisions: Somali 60%, Afar 35%, French, Arab, Ethiopian, and Italian 5% Religions: Muslim 94%, Christian 6% Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 48% male: 63% female: 34% Djibouti:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Djibouti conventional short form: Djibouti former: French Territory of the Afars and Issas French Somaliland Digraph: DJ Type: republic Capital: Djibouti Administrative divisions: 5 districts (cercles, singular - cercle); 'Ali Sabih, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjoura Independence: 27 June 1977 (from France) National holiday: Independence Day, 27 June (1977) Constitution: multiparty constitution approved in referendum 4 September 1992 Legal system: based on French civil law system, traditional practices, and Islamic law Suffrage: universal adult at age NA Executive branch: chief of state: President HASSAN GOULED Aptidon (since 24 June 1977); election last held 7 May 1993 (next to be held NA 1999); results - President Hassan GOULED Aptidon was reelected head of government: Prime Minister BARKAT Gourad Hamadou (since 30 September 1978) cabinet: Council of Ministers; responsible to the president Legislative branch: unicameral Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Deputes): elections last held 18 December 1992; results - RPP (the ruling party) dominated; seats - (65 total) RPP 65 Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme) Political parties and leaders: ruling party: People's Progress Assembly (RPP), Hassan GOULED Aptidon other parties: Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), Mohamed Jama ELABE; Democratic National Party (PND), ADEN Robleh Awaleh Other political or pressure groups: Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) and affiliates; Movement for Unity and Democracy (MUD) Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AL, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGADD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Roble OLHAYE chancery: Suite 515, 1156 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005 telephone: [1] (202) 331-0270 FAX: [1] (202) 331-0302 US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Martin L. CHESHES embassy: Plateau du Serpent, Boulevard Marechal Joffre, Djibouti mailing address: B. P. 185, Djibouti telephone: [253] 35 39 95 FAX: [253] 35 39 40 Flag: two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the center Economy Overview: The economy is based on service activities connected with the country's strategic location and status as a free trade zone in northeast Africa. Two-thirds of the inhabitants live in the capital city, the remainder being mostly nomadic herders. Scanty rainfall limits crop production to fruits and vegetables, and most food must be imported. Djibouti provides services as both a transit port for the region and an international transshipment and refueling center. It has few natural resources and little industry. The nation is, therefore, heavily dependent on foreign assistance (an important supplement to GDP) to help support its balance of payments and to finance development projects. An unemployment rate of over 30% continues to be a major problem. Per capita consumption dropped an estimated 35% over the last six years because of recession, civil war, and a high population growth rate (including immigrants and refugees). National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $500 million (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: -3% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $1,200 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6% (1993 est.) Unemployment rate: over 30% (1994 est.) Budget: revenues: $164 million expenditures: $201 million, including capital expenditures of $16 million (1993 est.) Exports: $184 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: hides and skins, coffee (in transit) partners: Somalia 48%, Yemen 42% Imports: $384 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products partners: France, UK, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, South Korea External debt: $227 million (1993 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 3% (1991 est.); accounts for 14% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 90,000 kW production: 170 million kWh consumption per capita: 398 kWh (1993) Industries: limited to a few small-scale enterprises, such as dairy products and mineral-water bottling Agriculture: mostly fruit and vegetables; herding of goats, sheep, and camels Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY78-89), $39 million; Western (non-US) countries, including ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $1.1 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $149 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $35 million Currency: 1 Djiboutian franc (DF) = 100 centimes Exchange rates: Djiboutian francs (DF) per US$1 - 177.721 (fixed rate since 1973) Fiscal year: calendar year Djibouti:Transportation Railroads: total: 97 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad) narrow gauge: 97 km 1.000-m gauge Highways: total: 2,900 km paved: 280 km unpaved: improved, unimproved earth 2,620 km (1982) Ports: Djibouti Merchant marine: total: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,369 GRT/3,030 DWT Airports: total: 13 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 3 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 2 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 6 Djibouti:Communications Telephone system: NA telephones; telephone facilities in the city of Djibouti are adequate as are the microwave radio relay connections to outlying areas of the country local: NA intercity: microwave radio relay network international: international connections via submarine cable to Saudi Arabia and by satellite link to other countries; 1 INTELSAT (Indian Ocean) and 1 ARABSAT earth station Radio: broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 1 televisions: NA Djibouti:Defense Forces Branches: Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force), National Security Force (Force Nationale de Securite), National Police Force Manpower availability: males age 15-49 101,385; males fit for military service 59,337 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $26 million, NA% of GDP (1989) |