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d8Amassette \[d8]A`mas`sette"\, n. [F. See {Amass}.] An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding. | |
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d8Amusette \[d8]Am`u*sette"\, n. [F.] A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel. | |
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d8Amygdala \[d8]A*myg"da*la\ ([adot]*m[icr]g"d[adot]*l[adot]), n.; pl. {-l[ae]} (-l[emac]). [L., an almond, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh. See {Almond}.] 1. An almond. 2. (Anat.) (a) One of the tonsils of the pharynx. (b) One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula. | |
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d8An91sthesia \[d8]An`[91]s*the"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; 'an priv. + [?] feeling, [?] to feel: cf. F. anesth[82]sie. See {[92]sthetics}.] (Med.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an an[91]sthetic. | |
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d8An91sthesis \[d8]An`[91]s*the"sis\, n. See {An[91]sthesia}. | |
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d8Anacd2nosis \[d8]An`a*c[d2]*no"sis\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?], to communicate; [?] up + [?] to make common, [?] common.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. --Walker. | |
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d8Anastomosis \[d8]A*nas`to*mo"sis\, n.; pl. {Anastomoses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] opening, fr. [?] to furnish with a mouth or opening, to open; [?] + sto`ma mouth: cf. F. anastomose.] (Anat. & Bot.) The inosculation of vessels, or intercommunication between two or more vessels or nerves, as the cross communication between arteries or veins. | |
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d8Anastrophe \[d8]A*nas"tro*phe\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to turn up or back; [?] + [?] to turn.] (Rhet. & Gram.) An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed. | |
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d8Anesthesia \[d8]An`es*the"si*a\, n., Anesthetic \An`es*thet"ic\, a. Same as {An[91]sthesia}, {An[91]sthetic}. | |
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d8Anicut \[d8]An"i*cut\, d8Annicut \[d8]An"ni*cut\, n. [Tamil anai kattu dam building.] A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [India] --Brande & C. | |
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d8Anisette \[d8]An`i*sette"\, n. [F.] A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. --De Colange. | |
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d8Anisodactyla \[d8]An`i*so*dac"ty*la\, Anisodactyls \An`i*so*dac"tyls\, n. pl. [NL. anisodactyla, fr. Gr. 'a`nisos unequal ('an priv. + 'i`sos equal) + da`ktylos finger.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc. (b) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous. | |
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d8Anicut \[d8]An"i*cut\, d8Annicut \[d8]An"ni*cut\, n. [Tamil anai kattu dam building.] A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [India] --Brande & C. | |
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d8Dinichthys \[d8]Di*nich"thys\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] terrible + [?] fish.] (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length. | |
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d8Dynasta \[d8]Dy*nas"ta\, n. [NL. See {Dynast}.] A tyrant. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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d8Enchodus \[d8]En"cho*dus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a spear + [?], [?], a tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike ({Esox}). | |
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d8H91mocytolysis \[d8]H[91]m`o*cy*tol"y*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + [?] hollow vessel + [?] to loosen, dissolve.] (Physiol.) See {H[91]mocytotrypsis}. | |
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d8H91mocytotrypsis \[d8]H[91]m`o*cy`to*tryp"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + [?] hollow vessel+[?] to rub, grind.] (Physiol.) A breaking up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from solution of the corpuscles, or h[91]mcytolysis. | |
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d8In situ \[d8]In` si"tu\ [L.] In its natural position or place; -- said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited. | |
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d8In situ \[d8]In si"tu\ [L.] In its natural or original position or place; in position; -- said specif., in geology, of a rock, soil, or fossil, when in the situation in which it was originally formed or deposited. | |
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d8Instanter \[d8]In*stan"ter\, adv. [L., vehemently, earnestly. See {Instant}, n. & a.] Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter. | |
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d8Mac82doine \[d8]Ma`c[82]`doine"\, n. [F., apparently the same word as Mac[82]doine Macedonia.] A kind of mixed dish, as of cooked vegetables with white sauce, sweet jelly with whole fruit, etc. Also, fig., a medley. | |
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d8Machete \[d8]Ma*che"te\, n. [Sp.] A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes. --J. Stevens. | |
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d8Mactra \[d8]Mac"tra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] kneading trough, fr. [?] to knead.] (Zo[94]l.) Any marine bivalve shell of the genus {Mactra}, and allied genera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, as {Mactra stultorum}, of Europe. See {Surf clam}, under {Surf}. | |
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d8Maestoso \[d8]Ma`es*to"so\, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner. | |
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d8Maestro \[d8]Ma*es"tro\, n. [It., fr. L. magister. See {Master}.] A master in any art, especially in music; a composer. | |
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d8Mastax \[d8]Mas"tax\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] mouth, jaws.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food. (b) The lore of a bird. | |
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d8Mastigopoda \[d8]Mas`ti*gop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a whip + [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.) The Infusoria. | |
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d8Mastitis \[d8]Mas*ti"tis\, n. [Gr. [?] breast + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the breast. | |
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d8Mastodonsaurus \[d8]Mas`to*don*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. E. Mastodon + Gr. [?] a lizard.] (Paleon.) A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks. | |
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d8Mastodynia \[d8]Mas`to*dyn"i*a\, Mastodyny \Mas*tod"y*ny\, n. [NL. mastodynia, fr. Gr. [?] the breast + [?] pain.] (Med.) Pain occuring in the mamma or female breast, -- a form of neuralgia. | |
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d8Mecate \[d8]Me*ca"te\, n. [Sp.] A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying horses, etc. [Southwestern U. S.] | |
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Megathere \Meg"a*there\, d8Megatherium \[d8]Meg`a*the"ri*um\, n. [NL. megatherium, fr. Gr. me`gas great + thyri`on beast.] (Paleon.) An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America. | |
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d8Meistersinger \[d8]Meis"ter*sing`er\, n. [G.] See {Mastersinger}. | |
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d8Mesdames \[d8]Mes`dames"\ (F. ?, E. ?), n., pl. of {Madame} and {Madam}. | |
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d8Mesotheca \[d8]Mes`o*the"ca\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + [?] box.] (Zo[94]l.) The middle layer of the gonophore in the Hydrozoa. | |
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d8Mesothelium \[d8]Mes`o*the"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + E. epithelium.] (Biol.) Epithelial mesoderm; a layer of cuboidal epithelium cells, formed from a portion of the mesoderm during the differetiation of the germ layers. It constitutes the boundary of the c[oe]lum. | |
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d8Mesothorium \[d8]Mes`o*tho"ri*um\, n. [NL.; meso- + thorium.] (Chem.) A radioactive product intermediate between thorium and radiothorium, with a period of 5.5 years. | |
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d8Messidor \[d8]Mes`si`dor"\ (F. ?; E. ?), n. [F., fr. L. messis harvest.] The tenth month of the French republican calendar dating from September 22, 1792. It began June 19, and ended July 18. See {Vend[90]miaire}. | |
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d8Mezquita \[d8]Mez*qui"ta\, n. [Sp.] A mosque. | |
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d8Mistigris \[d8]Mis`ti`gris"\, d8Mistigri \[d8]Mis`ti`gri"\, n. [F. mistigri.] A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri. | |
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d8Mistigris \[d8]Mis`ti`gris"\, d8Mistigri \[d8]Mis`ti`gri"\, n. [F. mistigri.] A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri. | |
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d8Mistonusk \[d8]Mis"to*nusk\, n. [From the Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) The American badger. | |
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d8Mistura \[d8]Mis*tu"ra\, n. [L. See {Mixture}.] (Med.) (a) A mingled compound in which different ingredients are contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See {Mixture}, n., 4. (b) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops. --Dunglison. | |
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d8Moquette \[d8]Mo*quette"\, n. [F.] A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile. | |
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d8Mostra \[d8]Mos"tra\, n. [It.] (Mus.) See {Direct}, n. | |
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d8Mousquetaire \[d8]Mous`que*taire"\, n. [F.] 1. A musketeer, esp. one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, conspicuous both for their daring and their fine dress. 2. A mosquetaire cuff or glove, or other article of dress fancied to resemble those worn by the French mosquetaires. | |
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d8Mycetes \[d8]My*ce"tes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. mykhth`s a bellower, fr. myka^sqai to bellow.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of South American monkeys, including the howlers. See {Howler}, 2, and Illust. | |
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d8Mycetozoa \[d8]My*ce`to*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL.; Gr. [?], [?], fungus + [?] pl. of [?] an animal.] (Zo[94]l.) The Myxomycetes; -- so called by those who regard them as a class of animals. -- {My*ce`to*zo"an}, a. | |
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d8Mycoderma \[d8]My`co*der"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. my`khs a fungus + de`rma skin.] 1. (Biol.) One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a more or less thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by the bacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they are developed. This production differs from the zo[94]l[d2]a stage of bacteria by not having the intermediary mucous substance. 2. A genus of micro[94]rganisms of which the acetic ferment ({Mycoderma aceti}), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a representative. Cf. {Mother}. | |
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d8Mycothrix \[d8]Myc"o*thrix\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (spurious) [?] mucus (L. mucus) + [?], [?], hair.] (Biol.) The chain of micrococci formed by the division of the micrococci in multiplication. | |
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d8Myositis \[d8]My`o*si"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], muscle + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the muscles. | |
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d8Myosotis \[d8]My`o*so"tis\, n. [NL.; Gr. [?], lit., mouse ear.] (Bot.) A genus of plants. See {Mouse-ear}. | |
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d8Myxd2dema \[d8]Myx`[d2]*de"ma\, n. [NL. fr. Gr. [?] mucus + [d2]dema.] (Med.) A disease producing a peculiar cretinoid appearance of the face, slow speech, and dullness of intellect, and due to failure of the functions of the thyroid gland. -- {Myx`[d2]*dem"a*tous}, a., {Myx`[d2]*dem"ic}, a. | |
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d8Ne exeat \[d8]Ne` ex"e*at\ [L. ne exeat regno let him not go out of the kingdom.] (Law) A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree. --Kent. | |
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d8Nectocalyx \[d8]Nec`to*ca"lyx\, n.; pl. {Nectocalyces}. [NL., fr. gr. [?] swimming + [?] a calyx.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa. (b) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ. | |
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d8Neishout \[d8]Neis"hout\, n. [From D. niezen to sneeze + hout wood.] (Bot.) The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence the name). Also called sneezewood. | |
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d8Nicotiana \[d8]Ni*co`ti*a"na\, n. [NL. See {Nicotian}.] (Bot.) A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See {Tobacco}. | |
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d8Noctiluca \[d8]Noc`ti*lu"ca\, n.; pl. {Noctiluc[92]}. [L. noctiluca something that shines by night, fr. nox, noctis, night + lucere to shine, lux light.] 1. (Old Chem.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of marine flagellate Infusoria, remarkable for their unusually large size and complex structure, as well as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctiluc[91]. | |
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d8Nougat \[d8]Nou`gat"\, n. [F.] A cake, sweetmeat, or confecti[a2]n made with almonds or other nuts. | |
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d8Nyctalopia \[d8]Nyc`ta*lo"pi*a\, n. [L. nyctalopia, fr. nyctalops a nyctalops, Gr. [?]. Gr. [?] meant, a person affected either with day blindness or with night blindness, and in the former case was derived fr. [?], [?], night + [?], [?], the eye; in the latter, fr. [?] + [?] blind + [?].] (Med.) (a) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness. (b) See {Moonblink}. Note: Some writers (as Quain) use the word in the opposite sense, night blindness. See {Hemeralopia}. | |
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d8Nystagmus \[d8]Nys*tag"mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] drowsiness, fr. [?] to nod in sleep, to slumber.] (Med.) A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs. | |
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d8Oncidium \[d8]On*cid"i*um\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one species of which ({O. Papilio}) resembles a butterfly. | |
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d8Tanystomata \[d8]Tan`y*stom"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] to stretch + [?], [?], mouth.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxill[91]. The horseflies and robber flies are examples. | |
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d8Tenositis \[d8]Ten`o*si"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. te`nwn tendon + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a tendon. | |
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d8Tunicata \[d8]Tu`ni*ca"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tunicate}.] (Zo[94]l.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and serves as a gill. Note: Most of the species when mature are firmly attached to foreign substances, but have free-swimming larv[91] which are furnished with an elongated tail and somewhat resemble a tadpole. In this state the larva has a urochord and certain other structures resembling some embryonic vertebrates. See {Ascidian}, {Doliolum}, {Salpa}, {Urochord}, and Illust. of {Social ascidian}, under {Social}. | |
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d8Unciatim \[d8]Un`ci*a"tim\, adv. [L.] Ounce by ounce. | |
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Damask \Dam"ask\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus. 2. Having the color of the damask rose. But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. --Shak. {Damask color}, a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose. {Damask plum}, a small dark-colored plum, generally called damson. {Damask rose} (Bot.), a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose ({Rosa damascena}) from Damascus. [bd]Damask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years.[b8] --Bacon. {Damask steel}, [or] {Damascus steel}, steel of the kind originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines; especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; -- formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great flexibility and tenacity. | |
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Damask \Dam"ask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Damasked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Damasking}.] To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or [bd]water,[b8] as metal. See {Damaskeen}. Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold. --Dryde[?]. On the soft, downy bank, damasked with flowers. --Milton. | |
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Fiddle \Fid"dle\, n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[?]ele; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[?]la, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.] 1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit. 2. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex pulcher}) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also {fiddle dock}. 3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Fiddle beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese carabid beetle ({Damaster blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the body. {Fiddle block} (Naut.), a long tackle block having two sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight. {Fiddle bow}, fiddlestick. {Fiddle fish} (Zo[94]l.), the angel fish. {Fiddle head}, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the volute or scroll at the head of a violin. {Fiddle pattern}, a form of the handles of spoons, forks, etc., somewhat like a violin. {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. (Low) {To play} {first, [or] second}, {fiddle}, to take a leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.] | |
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Dance \Dance\ (d[adot]ns), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Danced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dancing}.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans[omac]n to draw; akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See {Thin}.] 1. To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically. Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. --Wither. Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with your daughter? --Shak. 2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about. Then, 'tis time to dance off. --Thackeray. More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. --Shak. Shadows in the glassy waters dance. --Byron. Where rivulets dance their wayward round. --Wordsworth. {To dance on a rope}, [or] {To dance on nothing}, to be hanged. | |
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Dancett82 \Dan`cet`t[82]"\, a. [Cf. F. danch[82] dancett[82], dent tooth.] (Her.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancett[82] has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon. | |
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Danewort \Dane"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A fetid European species of elder ({Sambucus Ebulus}); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also {Daneweed}, {Dane's weed}, and {Dane's-blood}. Note: [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.] | |
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Danish \Dan"ish\, a. [See {Dane}.] Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country. -- n. The language of the Danes. {Danish dog} (Zo[94]l.), one of a large and powerful breed of dogs reared in Denmark; -- called also {great Dane}. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Dean \Dean\, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See {Ten}, and cf. {Decemvir}.] 1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. {Dean of cathedral church}, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. {Dean of peculiars}, a dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.] {Rural dean}, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese. 2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. --Shipley. 3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities. 4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.] 5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. {Cardinal dean}, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. --Shipley. {Dean and chapter}, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries. {Dean of arches}, the lay judge of the court of arches. {Dean of faculty}, the president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh. {Dean of guild}, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law. {Dean of a monastery}, {Monastic dean}, a monastic superior over ten monks. {Dean's stall}. See {Decanal stall}, under {Decanal}. | |
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Deemster \Deem"ster\ (d[emac]m"st[etil]r), n. [Deem + -ster; i. e., doomster. Cf. {Dempster}.] A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process. --Cowell. | |
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Dehonestate \De`ho*nes"tate\, v. t. [L. dehonestatus, p. p. of dehonestare to dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. {Dishonest}, and see {Honest}.] To disparage. [Obs.] | |
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Dehonestation \De*hon`es*ta"tion\, n. [L. dehonestatio.] A dishonoring; disgracing. [Obs.] --Gauden. | |
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Demicadence \Dem"i*ca`dence\n. (Mus.) An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note. | |
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Demigod \Dem"i*god\, n. A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal. | |
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Demigoddess \Dem"i*god`dess\, n. A female demigod. | |
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Demise \De*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demising}.] 1. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. [bd]Power to demise my lands.[b8] --Swift. What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine? --Shak. 2. To convey; to give. [R.] His soul is at his conception demised to him. --Hammond. 3. (Law) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease. | |
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Demisuit \Dem"i*suit`\, n. (Mil. Antiq.) A suit of light armor covering less than the whole body, as having no protection for the legs below the thighs, no vizor to the helmet, and the like. | |
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Demosthenic \Dem`os*then"ic\, a. [L. Demosthenicus: cf. F. D[82]mosth[82]nique.] Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator. | |
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Dempster \Demp"ster\ (?; 215), Demster \Dem"ster\, n. [See {Deemster}.] 1. A deemster. 2. (O. Scots Law) An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court. | |
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Denegate \Den"e*gate\, v. t. [L. denegatus, p. p. of denegare. See {Deny}.] To deny. [Obs.] | |
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Denegation \Den`e*ga"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]n[82]gation.] Denial. [Obs.] | |
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Denization \Den`i*za"tion\, n. The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization. --Hallam. | |
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Density \Den"si*ty\, n. [L. densitas; cf. F. densit[82].] 1. The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity. 2. (Physics) The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard. Note: For gases the standard substance is hydrogen, at a temperature of 0[deg] Centigrade and a pressure of 760 millimeters. For liquids and solids the standard is water at a temperature of 4[deg] Centigrade. The density of solids and liquids is usually called specific gravity, and the same is true of gases when referred to air as a standard. 3. (Photog.) Depth of shade. --Abney. | |
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Newt \Newt\, n. [OE. ewt, evete, AS. efete, with n prefixed, an ewt being understood as a newt. Cf. {Eft}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt ({Triton cristatus}) and the smooth newt ({Lophinus punctatus}). In America, {Diemictylus viridescens} is one of the most abundant species. | |
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d8Triton \[d8]Tri"ton\, n. [L., fr. Gr.[?].] (Gr. Myth.) A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell. Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. --Wordsworth. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to {Triton} and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are among the largest of all gastropods. Called also {trumpet shell}, and {sea trumpet}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are {Hemisalamandra cristata}, {Molge palmata}, and {M. alpestris}, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is {Diemyctylus viridescens}. See Illust. under {Salamander}. | |
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Dimication \Dim`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. dimicatio, fr. dimicare to fight.] A fight; contest. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Dim \Dim\, a. [Compar. {Dimmer}; superl. {Dimmest}.] [AS. dim; akin to OFries. dim, Icel. dimmr: cf. MHG. timmer, timber; of uncertain origin.] 1. Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished. The dim magnificence of poetry. --Whewell. How is the gold become dim! --Lam. iv. 1. I never saw The heavens so dim by day. --Shak. Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. --Wordsworth. 2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse. Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. --Job xvii. 7. The understanding is dim. --Rogers. Note: Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc. Syn: Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished. | |
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Dingdong \Ding"dong`\, n. [See {Ding}.] 1. The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound. 2. (Horol.) An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones. | |
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Dingdong theory \Ding"dong` the"o*ry\ (Philol.) The theory which maintains that the primitive elements of language are reflex expressions induced by sensory impressions; that is, as stated by Max M[81]ller, the creative faculty gave to each general conception as it thrilled for the first time through the brain a phonetic expression; -- jocosely so called from the analogy of the sound of a bell induced by the stroke of the clapper. | |
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Ding \Ding\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dinged}, {Dang} (Obs.), or {Dung} (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dinging}.] [OE. dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to beat, hammer, Sw. d[84]nga, G. dengeln.] 1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.] To ding the book a coit's distance from him. --Milton. 2. To cause to sound or ring. {To ding (anything) in one's ears}, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering. | |
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Dingthrift \Ding"thrift`\, n. A spendthrift. [Obs.] Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, A dingthrift and a knave? --Drant. | |
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Dinoxide \Din*ox"ide\, n. (Chem.) Same as {Dioxide}. | |
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Domesday \Domes"day`\, n. A day of judgment. See {Doomsday}. [Obs.] {Domesday Book}, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also {Doomsday Book}.] | |
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Domesday \Domes"day`\, n. A day of judgment. See {Doomsday}. [Obs.] {Domesday Book}, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also {Doomsday Book}.] | |
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Domestic \Do*mes"tic\, n. 1. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant. The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic. --V. Knox. 2. pl. (Com.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. [U. S.] | |
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Domestic \Do*mes"tic\, a. [L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st {Dome}.] 1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants. His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. --Macaulay. 4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions. --Shak. 3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman. 4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals. 5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc. | |
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Domestical \Do*mes"tic*al\, a. Domestic. [Obs.] Our private and domestical matter. --Sir. P. Sidney. | |
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Domestical \Do*mes"tic*al\, n. A family; a household. [Obs.] | |
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Domestically \Do*mes"tic*al*ly\, adv. In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs. | |
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Domesticant \Do*mes"ti*cant\, a. Forming part of the same family. [Obs.] --Sir E. Dering. | |
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Domesticate \Do*mes"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Domesticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Domesticating.}] [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See {Domestic}, a.] 1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. 2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word. 3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. | |
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Domesticate \Do*mes"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Domesticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Domesticating.}] [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See {Domestic}, a.] 1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. 2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word. 3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. | |
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Domesticate \Do*mes"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Domesticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Domesticating.}] [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See {Domestic}, a.] 1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. 2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word. 3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. | |
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Domestication \Do*mes`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. domestication.] The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals. | |
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Domesticator \Do*mes"ti*ca`tor\, n. One who domesticates. | |
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Domesticity \Do`mes*tic"i*ty\, n. [LL. domesticitas: cf. F. domesticit[82].] The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life. | |
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Domeykite \Do"mey*kite\, n. [Named after Domeyko, a mineralogist of Chili.] (Min.) A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper. | |
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Do-naught \Do"-naught`\, n. [Do + naught.] A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow. | |
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Doomsday \Dooms"day`\, n. [AS. d[?]mes d[be]g. See {Doom}, and {Day}.] 1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. [bd]My body's doomsday.[b8] --Shak. 2. The day of the final judgment. I could not tell till doomsday. --Chaucer. {Doomsday Book}. See {Domesday Book}. | |
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Domesday \Domes"day`\, n. A day of judgment. See {Doomsday}. [Obs.] {Domesday Book}, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also {Doomsday Book}.] | |
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Doomsday \Dooms"day`\, n. [AS. d[?]mes d[be]g. See {Doom}, and {Day}.] 1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. [bd]My body's doomsday.[b8] --Shak. 2. The day of the final judgment. I could not tell till doomsday. --Chaucer. {Doomsday Book}. See {Domesday Book}. | |
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Doomster \Doom"ster\, n. Same as {Dempster}. [Scot.] | |
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Downsitting \Down"sit`ting\, n. The act of sitting down; repose; a resting. Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising. --Ps. cxxxix. 2. | |
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Downstairs \Down"stairs\, adv. Down the stairs; to a lower floor. -- a. Below stairs; as, a downstairs room. | |
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Downsteepy \Down"steep`y\, a. Very steep. [Obs.] --Florio. | |
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Downstream \Down"stream`\, adv. Down the stream; as, floating downstream. | |
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Downstroke \Down"stroke`\, n. (Penmanship) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil. | |
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Duncedom \Dunce"dom\, n. The realm or domain of dunces. [Jocose] --Carlyle. | |
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Dung \Dung\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dunged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dunging}.] 1. To manure with dung. --Dryden. 2. (Calico Print.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant. | |
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Dynactinometer \Dy*nac`ti*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] power + E. actinometer.] An instrument for measuring the intensity of the photogenic (light-producing) rays, and computing the power of object glasses. | |
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Dynast \Dy"nast\, n. [L. dynastes, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be able or strong: cf. F. dynaste. See {Dynamic}.] 1. A ruler; a governor; a prince. 2. A dynasty; a government. [Obs.] | |
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Dynastic \Dy*nas"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] of a dynast, fr. [?]: cf. F. dunastique.] Of or relating to a dynasty or line of kings. --Motley. | |
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Dynastical \Dy*nas"tic*al\, a. Dynastic. | |
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Dynastidan \Dy*nas"ti*dan\, n. [Gr. [?], fem. of [?]. See {Dynast}. The name alludes to the immense size of some species.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including {Dynastus Neptunus}, and the Hercules beetle ({D. Hercules}) of tropical America, which grow to be six inches in length. | |
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Dynasty \Dy"nas*ty\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Dynasties}. [Gr. [?] lordship, fr. [?] to hold power or lordship, fr. [?]: cf. F. dynastie dynasty. See {Dynast}.] 1. Sovereignty; lordship; dominion. --Johnson. 2. A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dynastidan \Dy*nas"ti*dan\, n. [Gr. [?], fem. of [?]. See {Dynast}. The name alludes to the immense size of some species.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including {Dynastus Neptunus}, and the Hercules beetle ({D. Hercules}) of tropical America, which grow to be six inches in length. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dynasty \Dy"nas*ty\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Dynasties}. [Gr. [?] lordship, fr. [?] to hold power or lordship, fr. [?]: cf. F. dynastie dynasty. See {Dynast}.] 1. Sovereignty; lordship; dominion. --Johnson. 2. A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Deemston, PA (borough, FIPS 18496) Location: 40.03210 N, 80.02673 W Population (1990): 770 (311 housing units) Area: 24.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Denniston, KY Zip code(s): 40316 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dunes City, OR (city, FIPS 21150) Location: 43.90810 N, 124.09506 W Population (1990): 1081 (559 housing units) Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dunnstown, PA (CDP, FIPS 20416) Location: 41.14686 N, 77.42115 W Population (1990): 1486 (611 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dunseith, ND (city, FIPS 21020) Location: 48.81256 N, 100.06129 W Population (1990): 723 (267 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dunstable, MA Zip code(s): 01827 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
demigod n. A hacker with years of experience, a world-wide reputation, and a major role in the development of at least one design, tool, or game used by or known to more than half of the hacker community. To qualify as a genuine demigod, the person must recognizably identify with the hacker community and have helped shape it. Major demigods include Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie (co-inventors of {{Unix}} and {C}), Richard M. Stallman (inventor of {EMACS}), Larry Wall (inventor of {Perl}), Linus Torvalds (inventor of Linux), and most recently James Gosling (inventor of Java). In their hearts of hearts, most hackers dream of someday becoming demigods themselves, and more than one major software project has been driven to completion by the author's veiled hopes of apotheosis. See also {net.god}, {true-hacker}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
demigod reputation, and a major role in the development of at least one design, tool, or game used by or known to more than half of the hacker community. To qualify as a genuine demigod, the person must recognisably identify with the hacker community and have helped shape it. Major demigods include {Ken Thompson} and {Dennis Ritchie} (co-inventors of {Unix} and {C}) and {Richard Stallman} (inventor of {Emacs}). In their hearts of hearts, most hackers dream of someday becoming demigods themselves, and more than one major software project has been driven to completion by the author's veiled hopes of apotheosis. See also {net.god}, {true-hacker}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-10-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DIM statement of the {BASIC} programming language that declares the size of an {array}. E.g. DIM A(100) declares a one-dimensional array with 101 numeric elements (including A(0)). {Visual Basic} uses the DIM (or "Dim") statement for any variable declaration, even {scalars}, e.g. Dim DepartmentNumber As Integer which declares a single (scalar) variable of type Integer. (1999-03-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
downstream {upstream} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Dynix Automated Library Systems systems with European offices in France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK. Dynix sell two library management systems - Horizon ({client/server}) and, Dynix ({host-based}). Both have {GUI} or {terminal interface}s. Dynix also sell other products and services for {database} enrichment, interconnectivity, and on-line and {CD-ROM} databases. {Home (http://www.uk.dynix.com/dynix.html)}. (1995-04-28) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dung-gate (Neh. 2:13), a gate of ancient Jerusalem, on the south-west quarter. "The gate outside of which lay the piles of sweepings and offscourings of the streets," in the valley of Tophet. |