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d8Acipenser \[d8]Ac`i*pen"ser\, n. [L., the name of a fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See {Sturgeon}. | |
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d8Asiphonea \[d8]As`i*pho"ne*a\, d8Asiphonata \[d8]A*si`pho*na"ta\, d8Asiphonida \[d8]As`i*phon"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + [?] a tube.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. | |
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d8Asiphonea \[d8]As`i*pho"ne*a\, d8Asiphonata \[d8]A*si`pho*na"ta\, d8Asiphonida \[d8]As`i*phon"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + [?] a tube.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. | |
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d8Asiphonea \[d8]As`i*pho"ne*a\, d8Asiphonata \[d8]A*si`pho*na"ta\, d8Asiphonida \[d8]As`i*phon"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + [?] a tube.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. | |
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d8Assapan \[d8]As`sa*pan"\, d8Assapanic \[d8]As`sa*pan"ic\, n. [Prob. Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) The American flying squirrel ({Pteromys volucella}). | |
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d8Assapan \[d8]As`sa*pan"\, d8Assapanic \[d8]As`sa*pan"ic\, n. [Prob. Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) The American flying squirrel ({Pteromys volucella}). | |
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d8Chiffon \[d8]Chif`fon"\, n. [F., lit., rag. See {Chiffonier}.] 1. Any merely ornamental adjunct of a woman's dress, as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc. 2. A kind of soft gauzy material used for ruches, trimmings, etc. | |
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d8Cui bono \[d8]Cui` bo"no\ [L.] Lit., for whose benefit; incorrectly understood, it came to be used in the sense, of what good or use; and hence, (what) purpose; object; specif., the ultimate object of life. | |
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d8Cyphonautes \[d8]Cyph`o*nau"tes\ (s?f`?-n?"t?z), n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] bent + [?][?][?][?] sailor.] (Zo[94]l.) The free-swimming, bivalve larva of certain Bryozoa. | |
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d8Dysphonia \[d8]Dys*pho"ni*a\, Dysphony \Dys"pho*ny\, n. [NL. dysphonia, Gr. [?]; [?] ill, hard + [?] sound, voice: cf. F. dysphonie.] (Med.) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved voice. | |
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d8Dyspnd2a \[d8]Dysp*n[d2]"a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] short of breath; pref. [?] ill, hard + [?], [?], breathing, [?] to blow, breathe: cf. F. dyspn[82]e.] (Med.) Difficulty of breathing. | |
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d8Ecphonema \[d8]Ec`pho*ne"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a thing called out, fr. [?] to cry out; [?] out + [?] voice.] (Rhet.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle. | |
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d8Ecphonesis \[d8]Ec`pho*ne"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]. See {Ecphonema}.] (Rhet.) An animated or passionate exclamation. The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various. --Gibbs. | |
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d8Gabionnade \[d8]Ga`bion`nade"\, n. See {Gabionade}. | |
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d8Gobemouche \[d8]Gobe`mouche"\, n. [F.] Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person. | |
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d8Sapindus \[d8]Sa*pin"dus\, n. [NL., fr. L. sapo soap + Indicus Indian.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces. | |
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d8Savant \[d8]Sa`vant"\, n.; pl. {Savants} (F. [?]; E. [?]). [F., fr. savoir to know, L. sapere. See {Sage}, a.] A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements. | |
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d8Scyphomeduse \[d8]Scy`pho*me*du"se\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] cup + NL. medusa.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Acraspeda}, or {Discophora}. | |
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d8Sfumato \[d8]Sfu*ma"to\, a. [It.] (Paint.) Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting. | |
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d8Siphonata \[d8]Si`pho*na"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also {Siphoniata}. See {Siphon}, 2 (a), and {Quahaug}. | |
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d8Siphonia \[d8]Si*pho"ni*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus ({Hevea}) of South American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc. | |
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d8Siphoniata \[d8]Si*pho`ni*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Siphonata}. | |
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d8Siphonium \[d8]Si*pho"ni*um\, n.; pl. {Siphonia}. [NL., from Gr. [?][?][?][?], dim. of [?][?][?][?]. See {Siphon}.] (Anat.) A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible. | |
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d8Siphonobranchiata \[d8]Si`pho*no*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Siphon}, and {Branchia}.] (Zo[94]l.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group. | |
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d8Siphonophora \[d8]Si`pho*noph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] a siphon + [?][?][?][?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under {Physallia}, and {Porpita}. | |
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d8Siphonopoda \[d8]Si`pho*nop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Siphon}, and {-poda}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a circular disk. | |
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d8Siphonostomata \[d8]Si`pho*no*stom"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Siphon}, and {Stoma}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood. (b) An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells. | |
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d8Sipunculacea \[d8]Si*pun`cu*la"ce*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Sipunculus, the typical genus. See {Siphuncle}.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly. | |
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d8Sipunculoidea \[d8]Si*pun`cu*loi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Same as {Gephyrea}. (b) In a restricted sense, same as {Sipunculacea}. | |
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d8Sivan \[d8]Si"van\, n. [Heb. s[c6]v[be]n.] The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June. | |
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d8Soavemente \[d8]So*a`ve*men"te\, adv. [It.] (Mus.) Sweetly. | |
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d8Soup87on \[d8]Soup`[87]on"\, n. [F.] A suspicion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; a taste; as, coffee with a soup[87]on of brandy; a soup[87]on of coquetry. | |
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d8Soupe-maigre \[d8]Soupe`-mai"gre\, n. [F.] (Cookery) Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments. | |
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d8Span91mia \[d8]Spa*n[91]"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] scarce + [?] blood.] (Med.) A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient. | |
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d8Spina bifida \[d8]Spi"na bif"i*da\ (Med.) [L., cleft spine.] A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed. | |
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d8Spongi91 \[d8]Spon"gi*[91]\, n. pl. [See {Sponge}.] (Zo[94]l.) The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also {Spongida}, {Spongiaria}, {Spongiozoa}, and {Porifera}. Note: In the Spongi[91], the soft sarcode of the body is usually supported by a skeleton consisting of horny fibers, or of silleceous or calcareous spicules. The common sponges contain larger and smaller cavities and canals, and numerous small ampull[91] which which are lined with ciliated cells capable of taking in solid food. The outer surface usually has minute pores through which water enters, and large openings for its exit. Sponges produce eggs and spermatozoa, and the egg when fertilized undergoes segmentation to form a ciliated embryo. | |
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d8Spongida \[d8]Spon"gi*da\, n. pl. [NL.] Spongi[91]. | |
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d8Spongilla \[d8]Spon*gil"la\, n. [NL., dim. of spongia a sponge.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water. | |
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d8Spongiozoa \[d8]Spon`gi*o*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., Gr. [?] sponge + [?] an animal.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Spongl[91]}. | |
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d8Subimago \[d8]Sub`i*ma"go\, n. [NL. See {Sub-}, and {Imago}.] (Zo[94]l.) A stage in the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also {pseudimago}. | |
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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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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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Decipiency \De*cip"i*en*cy\, n. [L. decipiens, p. pr. of decipere. See {Deceive}.] State of being deceived; hallucination. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Decipium \De*cip"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. decipere to deceive.] (Chem.) A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See {Samarium}. | |
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Desipient \De*sip"i*ent\, a. [L. desipiens, p. pr. of desipere to be foolish; de- + sapere to be wise.] Foolish; silly; trifling. [R.] | |
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Despend \De*spend"\, v. t. To spend; to squander. See {Dispend}. [Obs.] Some noble men in Spain can despend [pound]50,000. --Howell. | |
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Despond \De*spond"\ n. Despondency. [Obs.] The slough of despond. --Bunyan. | |
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Despond \De*spond"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Desponded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desponding}.] [L. despond[emac]re, desponsum, to promise away, promise in marriage, give up, to lose (courage); de- + spond[emac]re to promise solemnly. See {Sponsor}.] To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view. I should despair, or at least despond. --Scott's Letters. Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty. --Locke. We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that the foundations of our national power still stand strong. --D. Webster. Syn: {Despond}, {Dispair}. Usage: Despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond does not, at least in every case; yet despondency is often more lasting than despair, or than desperation, which impels to violent action. | |
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Despond \De*spond"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Desponded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desponding}.] [L. despond[emac]re, desponsum, to promise away, promise in marriage, give up, to lose (courage); de- + spond[emac]re to promise solemnly. See {Sponsor}.] To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view. I should despair, or at least despond. --Scott's Letters. Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty. --Locke. We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that the foundations of our national power still stand strong. --D. Webster. Syn: {Despond}, {Dispair}. Usage: Despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond does not, at least in every case; yet despondency is often more lasting than despair, or than desperation, which impels to violent action. | |
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Despondence \De*spond"ence\, n. Despondency. The people, when once infected, lose their relish for happiness [and] saunter about with looks of despondence. --Goldsmith. | |
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Despondency \De*spond"en*cy\, n. The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind. The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk in despondency. --Macaulay. | |
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Despondent \De*spond"ent\, a. [L. despondens, -entis, p. pr. of despond[?]re.] Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. -- {De*spond"ent*ly}, adv. | |
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Despondent \De*spond"ent\, a. [L. despondens, -entis, p. pr. of despond[?]re.] Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. -- {De*spond"ent*ly}, adv. | |
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Desponder \De*spond"er\, n. One who desponds. | |
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Despond \De*spond"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Desponded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desponding}.] [L. despond[emac]re, desponsum, to promise away, promise in marriage, give up, to lose (courage); de- + spond[emac]re to promise solemnly. See {Sponsor}.] To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view. I should despair, or at least despond. --Scott's Letters. Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty. --Locke. We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that the foundations of our national power still stand strong. --D. Webster. Syn: {Despond}, {Dispair}. Usage: Despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond does not, at least in every case; yet despondency is often more lasting than despair, or than desperation, which impels to violent action. | |
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Despondingly \De*spond"ing*ly\, adv. In a desponding manner. | |
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Desponsage \De*spon"sage\, n. [From L. desponsus, p. p. See {Despond}.] Betrothal. [Obs.] Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage of Athilrid, his daughter. --Foxe. | |
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Desponsate \De*spon"sate\, v. t. [L. desponsatus, p. p. of desponsare, intens. of despondere to betroth. See {Despond}.] To betroth. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Desponsation \Des`pon*sa"tion\, n. [L. desponsatio: cf. OF. desponsation.] A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.] For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Desponsory \De*spon"so*ry\, n.; pl. {Desponsories}. A written pledge of marriage. --Clarendon. | |
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Desponsory \De*spon"so*ry\, n.; pl. {Desponsories}. A written pledge of marriage. --Clarendon. | |
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Despumate \Des"pu*mate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Despumated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despumating}.] [L. despumatus, p. p. of despumare to despume; de- + spumare to foam, froth, spuma froth, scum.] To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam. | |
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Despumate \Des"pu*mate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Despumated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despumating}.] [L. despumatus, p. p. of despumare to despume; de- + spumare to foam, froth, spuma froth, scum.] To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam. | |
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Despumate \Des"pu*mate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Despumated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despumating}.] [L. despumatus, p. p. of despumare to despume; de- + spumare to foam, froth, spuma froth, scum.] To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam. | |
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Despumation \Des`pu*ma"tion\, n. [L. despumatio: cf. F. despumation.] The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification. | |
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Despume \De*spume"\, v. t. [Cf. F. despumer. See {Despumate}.] To free from spume or scum. [Obs.] If honey be despumed. --Holland. | |
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Disappoint \Dis`ap*point"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disapointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappointing}.] [OF. desapointier, F. d[82]sappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See {Appoint}.] 1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil. I was disappointed, but very agreeably. --Macaulay. Note: Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a thing obtained. 2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result. His retiring foe Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. --Addison. Syn: To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See {Tantalize}. | |
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Disappendency \Dis`ap*pend"en*cy\, n. A detachment or separation from a former connection. [R.] | |
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Disappendent \Dis`ap*pend"ent\, a. Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected. [R.] | |
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Disappoint \Dis`ap*point"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disapointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappointing}.] [OF. desapointier, F. d[82]sappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See {Appoint}.] 1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil. I was disappointed, but very agreeably. --Macaulay. Note: Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a thing obtained. 2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result. His retiring foe Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. --Addison. Syn: To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See {Tantalize}. | |
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Disappointed \Dis`ap*point"ed\, a. 1. Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope. 2. Unprepared; unequipped. [Obs.] Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled. --Shak. | |
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Disappoint \Dis`ap*point"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disapointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappointing}.] [OF. desapointier, F. d[82]sappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See {Appoint}.] 1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil. I was disappointed, but very agreeably. --Macaulay. Note: Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a thing obtained. 2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result. His retiring foe Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. --Addison. Syn: To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See {Tantalize}. | |
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Disappointment \Dis`ap*point"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]sappointement.] 1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater our pleasure in the fruition of them. --Addison. In disappointment thou canst bless. --Keble. 2. That which disappoints. Syn: Miscarriage; frustration; balk. | |
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Disavaunce \Dis`a*vaunce"\, v. t. [Cf. {Disadvance}.] To retard; to repel; to do damage to. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Disaventure \Dis`a*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [See {Disadventure}, {Adventure}.] Misfortune. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Disaventurous \Dis`a*ven"tur*ous\, a. Misadventurous; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Disavowance \Dis`a*vow"ance\, n. Disavowal. [Obs.] --South. | |
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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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Disavowment \Dis`a*vow"ment\, n. Disavowal. [R.] --Wotton. | |
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Disband \Dis*band"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbanding}.] [Pref. dis- + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. d[82]bander, to unbind, unbend. See {Band}, and cf. {Disbend}, {Disbind}.] 1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army. They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. --Knolles. 2. To divorce. [Obs.] And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded. --Milton. | |
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Disband \Dis*band"\, v. i. To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization. | |
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Disband \Dis*band"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbanding}.] [Pref. dis- + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. d[82]bander, to unbind, unbend. See {Band}, and cf. {Disbend}, {Disbind}.] 1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army. They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. --Knolles. 2. To divorce. [Obs.] And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded. --Milton. | |
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Disband \Dis*band"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbanding}.] [Pref. dis- + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. d[82]bander, to unbind, unbend. See {Band}, and cf. {Disbend}, {Disbind}.] 1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army. They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. --Knolles. 2. To divorce. [Obs.] And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded. --Milton. | |
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Disbandment \Dis*band"ment\, n. The act of disbanding. | |
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Disbench \Dis*bench"\, v. t. 1. To drive from a bench or seat. [R.] --Shak. 2. (Eng. Law) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges. --Mozley & W. | |
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Disbend \Dis*bend\, v. t. To unbend. [Obs.] --Stirling. | |
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Disbind \Dis*bind"\, v. t. [Cf. {Disband}.] To unbind; to loosen. [Obs.] --Mede. | |
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Discovenant \Dis*cov"e*nant\, v. t. To dissolve covenant with. | |
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Disfame \Dis*fame"\, n. Disrepute. [R.] --Tennyson. | |
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Disfancy \Dis*fan"cy\, v. t. To dislike. [Obs.] | |
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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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Disopinion \Dis`o*pin"ion\, n. Want or difference of belief; disbelief. [Obs.] --Bp. Reynolds. | |
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Dispand \Dis*pand"\, v. t. [L. dispandere to spread out; pref. dis- + pandere, pansum, to spread out.] To spread out; to expand. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Dispansion \Dis*pan"sion\, n. [See {Dispand}.] Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded. [Obs.] | |
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Dispence \Dis*pence"\, v. i. & n. See {Dispense}. [Obs.] | |
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Dispend \Dis*pend"\, v. t. [OF. despendre, L. dispendere to weigh out, dispense; dis- + pendere to weigh. See {Pension}, {Spend}, and cf. {Dispense}.] To spend; to lay out; to expend. [Obs.] --Spenser. Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above. --Fuller. | |
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Dispender \Dis*pend"er\, n. One who dispends or expends; a steward. [Obs.] --Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 1). | |
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Dispensable \Dis*pen"sa*ble\, a. [LL. dispensabilis. See {Dispense}.] 1. Capable of being dispensed or administered. 2. Capable of being dispensed with. --Coleridge. | |
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Dispensableness \Dis*pen"sa*ble*ness\, n. Quality of being dispensable. | |
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Dispensary \Dis*pen"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Dispensaries}. [Cf. F. dispensaire.] 1. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price. 2. A dispensatory. --Pope. | |
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Dispensary \Dis*pen"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Dispensaries}. [Cf. F. dispensaire.] 1. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price. 2. A dispensatory. --Pope. | |
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Dispensation \Dis`pen*sa"tion\, n. [F. dispensation, L. dispensatio.] 1. The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration. To respect the dispensations of Providence. --Burke. 2. That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed; especially (Theol.), A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations. Neither are God's methods or intentions different in his dispensations to each private man. --Rogers. 3. The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.). A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry. --Ward. | |
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Dispensative \Dis*pen"sa*tive\, a. [Cf. F. dispensatif.] Granting dispensation. | |
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Dispensatively \Dis*pen"sa*tive*ly\, adv. By dispensation. --Wotton. | |
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Dispensator \Dis"pen*sa`tor\, n. [L.] A distributer; a dispenser. --Bacon. | |
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Dispensatory \Dis*pen"sa*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Dispensatories}. A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop[oe]ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government. | |
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Dispensatorily \Dis*pen"sa*to*ri*ly\, adv. In the way of dispensation; dispensatively. | |
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Dispensatory \Dis*pen"sa*to*ry\, a. [L. dispensatorius relating to management. See {Dispense}, v. t.] Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. [bd]Dispensatory power.[b8] --Bp. Rainbow. | |
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Dispensatory \Dis*pen"sa*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Dispensatories}. A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop[oe]ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government. | |
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Dispense \Dis*pense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispensing}.] [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens. of dispendere. See {Dispend}.] 1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct. While you dispense the laws, and guide the state. --Dryden. 3. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] His sin was dispensed With gold, whereof it was compensed. --Gower. 4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from. It was resolved that all members of the House who held commissions, should be dispensed from parliamentary attendance. --Macaulay. He appeared to think himself born to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself. --Johnson. | |
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Dispense \Dis*pense"\, n. [Cf. F. dispense dispensation. See {Dispense}, v. t.] Dispensation; exemption. [Obs.] | |
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Dispense \Dis*pense"\, n. [OF. despense, F. d[82]pense.] Expense; profusion; outlay. [Obs.] It was a vault built for great dispense. --Spenser. | |
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Dispense \Dis*pense"\, v. i. 1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [Obs.] One loving hour For many years of sorrow can dispense. --Spenser. 2. To give dispensation. He [the pope] can also dispense in all matters of ecclesiastical law. --Addis & Arnold (Cath. Dict. ) {To dispense with}. (a) To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a law; to give up, release, or do without, as services, attention, etc.; to forego; to part with. (b) To allow by dispensation; to excuse; to exempt; to grant dispensation to or for. [Obs.] [bd]Conniving and dispensing with open and common adultery.[b8] --Milton. (c) To break or go back from, as one's word. [Obs.] --Richardson. | |
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Dispense \Dis*pense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispensing}.] [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens. of dispendere. See {Dispend}.] 1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct. While you dispense the laws, and guide the state. --Dryden. 3. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] His sin was dispensed With gold, whereof it was compensed. --Gower. 4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from. It was resolved that all members of the House who held commissions, should be dispensed from parliamentary attendance. --Macaulay. He appeared to think himself born to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself. --Johnson. | |
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Dispenser \Dis*pens"er\, n. One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors. | |
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Dispense \Dis*pense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispensing}.] [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens. of dispendere. See {Dispend}.] 1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct. While you dispense the laws, and guide the state. --Dryden. 3. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] His sin was dispensed With gold, whereof it was compensed. --Gower. 4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from. It was resolved that all members of the House who held commissions, should be dispensed from parliamentary attendance. --Macaulay. He appeared to think himself born to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself. --Johnson. | |
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Dispond \Dis*pond"\, n. See {Despond}. | |
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Dispondee \Di*spon"dee\, n. [L. dispondeus, Gr. [?]; di- = di`s- twice + [?] spondee.] (Gr. [?] Lat. Pros.) A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables. | |
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Dispone \Dis*pone"\, v. t. [L. disponere. See {Disposition}.] 1. (Her.) To dispose. 2. To dispose of. --Chaucer. 3. (Scots Law) To make over, or convey, legally. He has disponed . . . the whole estate. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Disponee \Dis`po*nee"\, n. (Scots Law) The person to whom any property is legally conveyed. | |
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Disponer \Dis*pon"er\, n. (Scots Law) One who legally transfers property from himself to another. | |
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Disponge \Dis*ponge"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + sponge.] To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [Poetic & Rare] [Written also {dispunge}.] O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. --Shak. | |
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Dispunct \Dis*punct"\, a. Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous. [Obs.] That were dispunct to the ladies. --B. Jonson. | |
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Dispunct \Dis*punct"\, v. t. [See 1st {Dispunge}.] To expunge. [Obs.] --Foxe. | |
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Disponge \Dis*ponge"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + sponge.] To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [Poetic & Rare] [Written also {dispunge}.] O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. --Shak. | |
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Dispunge \Dis*punge"\, v. t. [L. dispungere to prick apart, i. e., check off the debts and credits of an account; dis- + pungere to prick.] To expunge; to erase. [Obs.] | |
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Dispunge \Dis*punge"\, v. t. See {Disponge}. [Obs.] | |
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Disponge \Dis*ponge"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + sponge.] To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [Poetic & Rare] [Written also {dispunge}.] O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. --Shak. | |
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Dispunge \Dis*punge"\, v. t. [L. dispungere to prick apart, i. e., check off the debts and credits of an account; dis- + pungere to prick.] To expunge; to erase. [Obs.] | |
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Dispunge \Dis*punge"\, v. t. See {Disponge}. [Obs.] | |
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Dispunishable \Dis*pun"ish*a*ble\, a. Without penal restraint; not punishable. [R.] --Swift. | |
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Dissepiment \Dis*sep"i*ment\, n. [L. dissaepimentum, fr. dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose.] 1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum. 2. (Bot.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells. 3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral. | |
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Disvantageous \Dis`van*ta"geous\, a. [Pref. dis- + vantage.] Disadvantageous. [Obs.] [bd]Disadvantageous ground.[b8] --Drayton. | |
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Disventure \Dis*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. A disadventure. [Obs.] --Shelton. | |
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Dog fancier \Dog" fan`cier\ One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs. | |
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Dogbane \Dog"bane`\, n. [Said to be poisonous to dogs. Cf. {Apocynaceous}.] (Bot.) A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs. | |
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Fennel \Fen"nel\ (f[ecr]n"n[ecr]l), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from L. feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F. fenouil. Cf. {Fenugreek}. {Finochio}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus {F[91]niculum} ({F. vulgare}), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds. Smell of sweetest fennel. --Milton. A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling bottle of the tender sex. --S. G. Goodrich. {Azorean, [or] Sweet}, {fennel}, ({F[91]niculum dulce}). It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb. {Dog's fennel} ({Anthemis Cotula}), a foul-smelling European weed; -- called also {mayweed}. {Fennel flower} (Bot.), an herb ({Nigella}) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. {N. Damascena} is common in gardens. {N. sativa} furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the [bd]fitches[b8] mentioned in Isaiah (xxviii. 25). {Fennel water} (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It is stimulant and carminative. {Giant fennel} ({Ferula communis}), has stems full of pith, which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus. {Hog's fennel}, a European plant ({Peucedanum officinale}) looking something like fennel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dog's-bane \Dog's"-bane`\, n. (Bot.) See {Dogbane}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dogvane \Dog"vane`\, n. (Naut.) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind. --Totten. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Dysphonia \[d8]Dys*pho"ni*a\, Dysphony \Dys"pho*ny\, n. [NL. dysphonia, Gr. [?]; [?] ill, hard + [?] sound, voice: cf. F. dysphonie.] (Med.) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved voice. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dyspnoic \Dysp*no"ic\, a. (Med.) Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspn[d2]a. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dispensation (Gr. oikonomia, "management," "economy"). (1.) The method or scheme according to which God carries out his purposes towards men is called a dispensation. There are usually reckoned three dispensations, the Patriarchal, the Mosaic or Jewish, and the Christian. (See {COVENANT}, Administration of.) These were so many stages in God's unfolding of his purpose of grace toward men. The word is not found with this meaning in Scripture. (2.) A commission to preach the gospel (1 Cor. 9:17; Eph. 1:10; 3:2; Col. 1:25). Dispensations of Providence are providential events which affect men either in the way of mercy or of judgement. |