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d8Drap d'82t82 \[d8]Drap` d'[82]*t[82]"\ [F., clot of summer.] A thin woolen fabric, twilled like merino. | |
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d8Eurypteroidea \[d8]Eu*ryp`te*roi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Eurypteroid}.] (Paleont.) An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks. [Written also {Eurypterida}.] | |
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d8Eurypterus \[d8]Eu*ryp"te*rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] broad + [?] a wing.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long. | |
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d8Orbitel91 \[d8]Or`bi*te"l[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. orbis an orb + tela a web.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of spiders, including those that make geometrical webs, as the garden spider, or Epeira. | |
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d8Orbitolites \[d8]Or`bi*to*li"tes\, n. [NL. See {Orbit}, and {-lite}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular disks, containing numerous small chambers. | |
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d8Orvet \[d8]Or`vet"\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) The blindworm. | |
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d8Rabat \[d8]Ra`bat"\, n. [F. Cf. {Rabato}.] (Eccl.) (a) A clerical linen collar. (b) A kind of clerical scarf fitted to a collar; as, a black silk rabat. | |
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d8Raphides \[d8]Raph"i*des\, n. pl. [F. raphide.] (Bot.) See {Rhaphides}. | |
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d8Raptores \[d8]Rap*to"res\ (r[acr]p*t[omac]"e[emac]z), n. pl. [NL. See {Raptor}.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Accipitres}. Called also {Raptatores}. | |
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d8Refait \[d8]Re*fait"\, n. [F.] (Card Playing) A drawn game; specif. (Trente et quarante), a state of the game in which the aggregate pip value of cards dealt to red equals that of those dealt to black. All bets are then off; unless the value is 31, in which case the banker wins half the stakes. | |
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d8Repetitor \[d8]Rep"e*ti`tor\ (r?p"?-t?`t?r), n. [Cf. L. repetitor a reclaimer.] (Ger.Univ.) A private instructor. | |
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d8Reptantia \[d8]Rep*tan"ti*a\ (r?p-t?n"sh?-?), n.pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A divisiom of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata. | |
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d8Reptilia \[d8]Rep*til"i*a\ (r?p-t?l"?-?), n.pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds. Note: It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The principal existing orders are Testidunata or Chelonia (turtles), Crocodilia, Lacertilla (lizards), Ophidia (serpents), and Rhynchocephala; the chief extinct orders are Dinosauria, Theremorpha, Mosasauria, Pterosauria, Plesiosauria, Ichtyosauria. | |
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d8Rhabdocd2la \[d8]Rhab`do*c[d2]"la\ (r[acr]b`d[osl]*s[emac]"l[adot]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + koi^los hollow.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine. | |
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d8Rhabdophora \[d8]Rhab*doph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + [?][?][?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) An extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes the graptolities. | |
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d8Rhabdopleura \[d8]Rhab`do*pleu"ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + [?][?][?][?] the side.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata | |
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d8Rhaphides \[d8]Rhaph"i*des\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?], a needle, F. raphides.] (Bot.) Minute transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants. [Written also {raphides}.] | |
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d8Rhipidoglossa \[d8]Rhi*pi`do*glos"sa\, n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] a fan + [?][?][?][?] a tongue.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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d8Ribaudequin \[d8]Ri*bau"de*quin\, n. [F.] 1. An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small cannon. 2. A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins. | |
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d8Robe-de-chambre \[d8]Robe`-de-cham"bre\, n. [F., lit., a chamber gown.] A dressing gown, or morning gown. | |
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Rub \Rub\, n. {Rub of the green} (Golf), anything happening to a ball in motion, such as its being deflected or stopped by any agency outside the match, or by the fore caddie. d8Rubaiyat \[d8]Ru*bai*yat"\, n. pl.; sing. {Rubai}. [Ar. rub[be]'iy[be]h quatrian, pl. of rub[be]'iy having four radicals, fr. rub[be]' four.] Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Sometimes in pl. construed as sing., a poem in such stanzas. | |
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d8Rubato \[d8]Ru*ba"to\, a. [It.] Robbed; borrowed. {[d8]Temple rubato}. [It.] (Mus.) Borrowed time; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally curtailed. | |
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d8Therapeut91 \[d8]Ther`a*peu"t[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] (pl. [?]) an attendant, servant, physician. See {Therapeutic}.] (Eccl. Hist.) A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited. | |
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d8Theropoda \[d8]The*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a beast + [?], [?], foot.] (Paleon.) An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera {Megalosaurus}, {Creosaurus}, and their allies. | |
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d8Tripe-de-roche \[d8]Tripe`-de-roche"\, n. [F.] (Bot.) Same as Rock tripe, under {Rock}. | |
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d8Tripitaka \[d8]Tri*pit"a*ka\, n. [Skr. tripi[tsdot]aka.] The three divisions, or [bd]baskets[b8] (pitakas), of buddhist scriptures, -- the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapi[tsdot]aka], or Basket of Discipline; Suttapitaka [Pali], or Basket of Discourses; and Abhidhammapitaka [Pali], or Basket of Metaphysics. | |
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Darbyite \Dar"by*ite\, n. One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren. | |
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Plymouth Brethren \Plym"outh Breth"ren\ The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called {Brethren}, {Christian Brethren}, {Plymouthists}, etc. The {Darbyites} are a division of the Brethren. | |
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Derby \Der"by\ (?; usually ? in Eng.; 85), n. 1. A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780. {Derby Day}, the day of the annual race for the Derby stakes, -- Wednesday of the week before Whitsuntide. 2. A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown. | |
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Derivate \Der"i*vate\, a. [L. derivatus, p. p. of derivare. See {Derive}.] Derived; derivative. [R.] --H. Taylor. -- n. A thing derived; a derivative. [R.] | |
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Derivate \Der"i*vate\, v. t. To derive. [Obs.] --Huloet. | |
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Derivation \Der`iva"tion\, n. The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word. | |
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Derivation \Der`i*va"tion\, n. [L. derivatio: cf. F. d[82]rivation. See {Derive}.] 1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. [Obs.] --T. Burnet. 2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence. As touching traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. --Sir M. Hale. 3. The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root. 4. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted. 5. That from which a thing is derived. 6. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. From the Euphrates into an artificial derivation of that river. --Gibbon. 7. (Math.) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration. 8. (Med.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process. | |
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Derivational \Der`i*va"tion*al\, a. Relating to derivation. --Earle. | |
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Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, a. [L. derivativus: cf. F. d[82]rivatif.] Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. {Derivative circulation}, a modification of the circulation found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries empty directly into the veins without the interposition of capillaries. --Flint. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, n. 1. That which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from another. 2. (Gram.) A word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root. 3. (Mus.) A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord. 4. (Med.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense). 5. (Math.) A derived function; a function obtained from a given function by a certain algebraic process. Note: Except in the mode of derivation the derivative is the same as the differential coefficient. See {Differential coefficient}, under {Differential}. 6. (Chem.) A substance so related to another substance by modification or partial substitution as to be regarded as derived from it; thus, the amido compounds are derivatives of ammonia, and the hydrocarbons are derivatives of methane, benzene, etc. | |
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Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, a. [L. derivativus: cf. F. d[82]rivatif.] Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. {Derivative circulation}, a modification of the circulation found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries empty directly into the veins without the interposition of capillaries. --Flint. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, a. [L. derivativus: cf. F. d[82]rivatif.] Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. {Derivative circulation}, a modification of the circulation found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries empty directly into the veins without the interposition of capillaries. --Flint. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, a. [L. derivativus: cf. F. d[82]rivatif.] Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. {Derivative circulation}, a modification of the circulation found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries empty directly into the veins without the interposition of capillaries. --Flint. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Derive \De*rive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deriving}.] [F. d[82]river, L. derivare; de- + rivus stream, brook. See {Rival}.] 1. To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon. [Obs.] For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they [the workman] derive it by other drains. --Holland. Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share. --Spenser. Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from. | |
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Direption \Di*rep"tion\, n. [L. direptio, fr. diripere to tear asunder, plunder; di- = dis- + rapere to seize and carry off.] The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away. [R.] --Speed. | |
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Direptitious \Di*rep*ti"tious\, a. Characterized by direption. [R.] --Encyc. Dict. | |
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Direptitiously \Di*rep*ti"tious*ly\, adv. With plundering violence; by violent injustice. [R.] --Strype. | |
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Diruption \Di*rup"tion\, n. [L. diruptio, fr. dirumpere. See {Disrupt}, a.] Disruption. | |
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug}, {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}. | |
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Dorbeetle \Dor"bee`tle\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See 1st {Dor}. | |
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Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.] (Zo[94]l.) A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or {dorbeetle}. | |
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug}, {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}. | |
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Dorbeetle \Dor"bee`tle\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See 1st {Dor}. | |
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Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.] (Zo[94]l.) A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or {dorbeetle}. | |
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug}, {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}. | |
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Dorbeetle \Dor"bee`tle\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See 1st {Dor}. | |
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Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.] (Zo[94]l.) A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or {dorbeetle}. | |
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Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.) A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug}, {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}. | |
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Drab \Drab\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drabbing}.] To associate with strumpets; to wench. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Drabbet \Drab"bet\, n. A coarse linen fabric, or duck. | |
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Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Noting}.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See {Note}, n.] 1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. --Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak. 2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. --Maccaulay. 3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.] They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden. 4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson. 5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon. 6. To set down in musical characters. {To note a bill} [or] {draft}, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary. | |
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Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drafting}.] 1. To draw the outline of; to delineate. 2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial. 3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- Holwell. 4. To transfer by draft. All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding. | |
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Draft \Draft\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net}, {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught engine}, etc. See under {Draught}. | |
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Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, [or] {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word [bd]accepted[b8] across the face of the bill. {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under {Accept}. | |
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Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Noting}.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See {Note}, n.] 1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. --Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak. 2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. --Maccaulay. 3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.] They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden. 4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson. 5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon. 6. To set down in musical characters. {To note a bill} [or] {draft}, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary. | |
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Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drafting}.] 1. To draw the outline of; to delineate. 2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial. 3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- Holwell. 4. To transfer by draft. All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding. | |
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Draft \Draft\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net}, {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught engine}, etc. See under {Draught}. | |
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Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, [or] {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word [bd]accepted[b8] across the face of the bill. {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under {Accept}. | |
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Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Noting}.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See {Note}, n.] 1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. --Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak. 2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. --Maccaulay. 3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.] They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden. 4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson. 5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon. 6. To set down in musical characters. {To note a bill} [or] {draft}, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary. | |
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Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drafting}.] 1. To draw the outline of; to delineate. 2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial. 3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- Holwell. 4. To transfer by draft. All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding. | |
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Draft \Draft\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net}, {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught engine}, etc. See under {Draught}. | |
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Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, [or] {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word [bd]accepted[b8] across the face of the bill. {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under {Accept}. | |
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Draft \Draft\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net}, {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught engine}, etc. See under {Draught}. | |
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Draft \Draft\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net}, {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught engine}, etc. See under {Draught}. | |
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Draft \Draft\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net}, {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught engine}, etc. See under {Draught}. | |
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Draft \Draft\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net}, {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught engine}, etc. See under {Draught}. | |
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Draft \Draft\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net}, {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught engine}, etc. See under {Draught}. | |
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Draft \Draft\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net}, {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught engine}, etc. See under {Draught}. | |
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Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drafting}.] 1. To draw the outline of; to delineate. 2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial. 3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- Holwell. 4. To transfer by draft. All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding. | |
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Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drafting}.] 1. To draw the outline of; to delineate. 2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial. 3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- Holwell. 4. To transfer by draft. All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding. | |
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Draftsman \Drafts"man\, n. See {Draughtsman}. | |
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Drape \Drape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Draped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Draping}.] [F. draper, fr. drap cloth. See 3d {Drab}.] 1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc. The whole people were draped professionally. --De Quincey. These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white, Soft falling, falling, through the night, Have draped the woods and mere. --Bungay. 2. To rail at; to banter. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Drapet \Dra"pet\, n. [Dim. of drap.] Cloth. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Dravida \Dra"vi*da\, n. pl. [Skr. Dr[be]vi[dsdot]a, prob. meaning, Tamil.] (Ethnol.) A race of Hindostan, believed to be the original people who occupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion. | |
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Dravidian \Dra*vid"i*an\, a. [From Skr. Dr[be]vi[dsdot]a, the name of the southern portion of the peninsula of India.] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Dravida. {Dravidian languages}, a group of languages of Southern India, which seem to have been the idioms of the natives, before the invasion of tribes speaking Sanskrit. Of these languages, the Tamil is the most important. | |
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Dravidian \Dra*vid"i*an\, a. [From Skr. Dr[be]vi[dsdot]a, the name of the southern portion of the peninsula of India.] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Dravida. {Dravidian languages}, a group of languages of Southern India, which seem to have been the idioms of the natives, before the invasion of tribes speaking Sanskrit. Of these languages, the Tamil is the most important. | |
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Drib \Drib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dribbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dribbing}.] [Cf. {Drip}.] To do by little and little; as: (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop. (b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate. He who drives their bargain dribs a part. --Dryden. (c) To lead along step by step; to entice. With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. -- Dryden. | |
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Adit \Ad"it\, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, [?]aitum, to go to; ad + ire to go.] 1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also {drift} and {tunnel}. 2. Admission; approach; access. [R.] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson. | |
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Drift \Drift\, n. 1. (Phys. Geog.) One of the slower movements of oceanic circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind; as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific. 2. (A[89]ronautics) The horizontal component of the pressure of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine. The lift is the corresponding vertical component, which sustains the machine in the air. | |
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Drift \Drift\, n. [From {drive}; akin to LG. & D. drift a driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove, herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See {Drive}.] 1. A driving; a violent movement. The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings. --King Alisaunder (1332). 2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse. A bad man, being under the drift of any passion, will follow the impulse of it till something interpose. --South. 3. Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting. [bd]Our drift was south.[b8] --Hakluyt. 4. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim. He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment on his country in general. -- Addison. Now thou knowest my drift. --Sir W. Scott. 5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as: (a) Anything driven at random. [bd]Some log . . . a useless drift.[b8] --Dryden. (b) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like. Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope. We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift [of ice]. --Kane. (c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.] Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great drift doing much damage to the high ways). -- Fuller. 6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight. 7. (Geol.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice. 8. In South Africa, a ford in a river. 9. (Mech.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach. 10. (Mil.) (a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework. (b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles. 11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel. 12. (Naut.) (a) The distance through which a current flows in a given time. (b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting. (c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes. (d) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece. (e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle. 13. The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven. Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first part of a compound. See {Drift}, a. {Drift of the forest} (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are, whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill. | |
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Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drifting}.] 1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east. We drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- Coleridge. 2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts. 3. (mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.] | |
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Drift \Drift\, v. t. 1. To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. --J. H. Newman. 2. To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand. 3. (Mach.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift. | |
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Drift \Drift\, a. That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane. {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under {Drag}, n. {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch. {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net. {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n. | |
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Adit \Ad"it\, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, [?]aitum, to go to; ad + ire to go.] 1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also {drift} and {tunnel}. 2. Admission; approach; access. [R.] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson. | |
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Drift \Drift\, n. 1. (Phys. Geog.) One of the slower movements of oceanic circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind; as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific. 2. (A[89]ronautics) The horizontal component of the pressure of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine. The lift is the corresponding vertical component, which sustains the machine in the air. | |
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Drift \Drift\, n. [From {drive}; akin to LG. & D. drift a driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove, herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See {Drive}.] 1. A driving; a violent movement. The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings. --King Alisaunder (1332). 2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse. A bad man, being under the drift of any passion, will follow the impulse of it till something interpose. --South. 3. Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting. [bd]Our drift was south.[b8] --Hakluyt. 4. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim. He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment on his country in general. -- Addison. Now thou knowest my drift. --Sir W. Scott. 5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as: (a) Anything driven at random. [bd]Some log . . . a useless drift.[b8] --Dryden. (b) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like. Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope. We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift [of ice]. --Kane. (c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.] Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great drift doing much damage to the high ways). -- Fuller. 6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight. 7. (Geol.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice. 8. In South Africa, a ford in a river. 9. (Mech.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach. 10. (Mil.) (a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework. (b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles. 11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel. 12. (Naut.) (a) The distance through which a current flows in a given time. (b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting. (c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes. (d) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece. (e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle. 13. The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven. Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first part of a compound. See {Drift}, a. {Drift of the forest} (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are, whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill. | |
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Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drifting}.] 1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east. We drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- Coleridge. 2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts. 3. (mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.] | |
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Drift \Drift\, v. t. 1. To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. --J. H. Newman. 2. To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand. 3. (Mach.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift. | |
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Drift \Drift\, a. That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane. {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under {Drag}, n. {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch. {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net. {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n. | |
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Drift \Drift\, a. That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane. {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under {Drag}, n. {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch. {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net. {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n. | |
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Drift \Drift\, a. That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane. {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under {Drag}, n. {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch. {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net. {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n. | |
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Drift \Drift\, a. That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane. {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under {Drag}, n. {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch. {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net. {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n. | |
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Drift \Drift\, n. [From {drive}; akin to LG. & D. drift a driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove, herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See {Drive}.] 1. A driving; a violent movement. The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings. --King Alisaunder (1332). 2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse. A bad man, being under the drift of any passion, will follow the impulse of it till something interpose. --South. 3. Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting. [bd]Our drift was south.[b8] --Hakluyt. 4. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim. He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment on his country in general. -- Addison. Now thou knowest my drift. --Sir W. Scott. 5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as: (a) Anything driven at random. [bd]Some log . . . a useless drift.[b8] --Dryden. (b) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like. Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope. We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift [of ice]. --Kane. (c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.] Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great drift doing much damage to the high ways). -- Fuller. 6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight. 7. (Geol.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice. 8. In South Africa, a ford in a river. 9. (Mech.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach. 10. (Mil.) (a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework. (b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles. 11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel. 12. (Naut.) (a) The distance through which a current flows in a given time. (b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting. (c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes. (d) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece. (e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle. 13. The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven. Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first part of a compound. See {Drift}, a. {Drift of the forest} (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are, whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill. | |
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Drag \Drag\, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {Dray} a cart, and 1st {Dredge}.] 1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged. 2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc. 3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag. 4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage. [Collog.] --Thackeray. 5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground. 6. (a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See {Drag sail} (below). (b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel. (c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment. My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no drag. --J. D. Forbes. 7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged. [bd]Had a drag in his walk.[b8] -- Hazlitt. 8. (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope. 9. (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone. 10. (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under {Drag}, v. i., 3. {Drag sail} (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting; -- called also {drift sail}, {drag sheet}, {drag anchor}, {sea anchor}, {floating anchor}, etc. {Drag twist} (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for cleaning drilled holes. | |
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Drift \Drift\, a. That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane. {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under {Drag}, n. {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch. {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net. {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n. | |
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Drag \Drag\, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {Dray} a cart, and 1st {Dredge}.] 1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged. 2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc. 3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag. 4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage. [Collog.] --Thackeray. 5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground. 6. (a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See {Drag sail} (below). (b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel. (c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment. My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no drag. --J. D. Forbes. 7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged. [bd]Had a drag in his walk.[b8] -- Hazlitt. 8. (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope. 9. (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone. 10. (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under {Drag}, v. i., 3. {Drag sail} (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting; -- called also {drift sail}, {drag sheet}, {drag anchor}, {sea anchor}, {floating anchor}, etc. {Drag twist} (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for cleaning drilled holes. | |
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Drift \Drift\, a. That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane. {Drift anchor}. See {Sea anchor}, and also {Drag sail}, under {Drag}, n. {Drift epoch} (Geol.), the glacial epoch. {Drift net}, a kind of fishing net. {Drift sail}. Same as {Drag sail}. See under {Drag}, n. | |
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Driftage \Drift"age\, n. 1. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway. 2. Anything that drifts. | |
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Driftbolt \Drift"bolt`\, n. A bolt for driving out other bolts. | |
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Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drifting}.] 1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east. We drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- Coleridge. 2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts. 3. (mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.] | |
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Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drifting}.] 1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east. We drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- Coleridge. 2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts. 3. (mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.] | |
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Driftless \Drift"less\, a. Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless. | |
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Driftpiece \Drift"piece"\, n. (Shipbuilding) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail. | |
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Driftpin \Drift"pin`\, n. (Mech.) A smooth drift. See {Drift}, n., 9. | |
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Driftway \Drift"way`\, n. 1. A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle. --Cowell. Burrill. 2. (Mining) Same as {Drift}, {11}. | |
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Driftweed \Drift"weed`\, n. Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. --Darwin. | |
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Driftwind \Drift"wind`\, n. A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Driftwood \Drift"wood`\, n. 1. Wood drifted or floated by water. 2. Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water. The current of humanity, with its heavy proportion of very useless driftwood. -- New Your Times. | |
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Drifty \Drift"y\, a. Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like. | |
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Drip \Drip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dripped}or {Dript}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dripping}.] [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a noun. See {Drop}.] 1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves. 2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips. The dark round of the dripping wheel. --Tennyson. | |
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Drip \Drip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dripped}or {Dript}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dripping}.] [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a noun. See {Drop}.] 1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves. 2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips. The dark round of the dripping wheel. --Tennyson. | |
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Droop \Droop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drooping}.] [Icel. dr[?]pa; akin to E. drop. See {Drop}.] 1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like. [bd]The purple flowers droop.[b8] [bd]Above her drooped a lamp.[b8] --Tennyson. I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. --Swift. 2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped. I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage. --Addison. 3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. [bd]Then day drooped.[b8] --Tennyson. | |
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Drop \Drop\, n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and Fr. AS. dre[a2]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D. druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel. drj[?]pa. Cf. {Drip}, {Droop}.] 1. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water. With minute drops from off the eaves. --Milton. As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart. -- Shak. That drop of peace divine. --Keble. 2. That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug. 3. (Arch.) (a) Same as {Gutta}. (b) Any small pendent ornament. 4. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something; as: (a) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself. (b) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck. (c) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet. (d) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc. (e) A drop press or drop hammer. (f) (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger. 5. pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops. 6. (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent. {Ague drop}, {Black drop}. See under {Ague}, {Black}. {Drop by drop}, in small successive quantities; in repeated portions. [bd]Made to taste drop by drop more than the bitterness of death.[b8] --Burke. {Drop curtain}. See {Drop}, n., 4. (d) . {Drop forging}. (Mech.) (a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer. (b) The process of making drop forgings. {Drop hammer} (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on an anvil or die. {Drop kick} (Football), a kick given to the ball as it rebounds after having been dropped from the hands. {Drop lake}, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. --Mollett. {Drop letter}, a letter to be delivered from the same office where posted. {Drop press} (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke hammer; -- also called drop. {Drop scene}, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See {Drop}, n., 4. (d) . {Drop seed}. (Bot.) See the List under {Glass}. {Drop serene}. (Med.) See {Amaurosis}. | |
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Drop \Drop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dropped}or {Dropt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dropping}.] [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See {Drop}, n.] 1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. [bd]The trees drop balsam.[b8] --Creech. The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever. --Sterne. 2. To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy. 3. To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit. They suddenly drop't the pursuit. --S. Sharp. That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again. --Thackeray. The connection had been dropped many years. -- Sir W. Scott. Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven. --Tennyson. 4. To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc. 5. To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc. 6. To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word. 7. To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb. 8. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop. Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold. --Milton. {To drop a vessel} (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a chase; to outsail it. | |
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Drop \Drop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dropped}or {Dropt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dropping}.] [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See {Drop}, n.] 1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. [bd]The trees drop balsam.[b8] --Creech. The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever. --Sterne. 2. To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy. 3. To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit. They suddenly drop't the pursuit. --S. Sharp. That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again. --Thackeray. The connection had been dropped many years. -- Sir W. Scott. Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven. --Tennyson. 4. To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc. 5. To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc. 6. To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word. 7. To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb. 8. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop. Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold. --Milton. {To drop a vessel} (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a chase; to outsail it. | |
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Dropt \Dropt\, imp. & p. p. of {Drop}, v. --G. Eliot. | |
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Drove \Drove\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Droved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Droving}.] [Cf. {Drove}, n., and {Drover}.] 1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover. He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh. --Paterson. 2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel. | |
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Drub \Drub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drubbing}.] [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw. drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dr[91]be to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.] To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel. Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. --L'Estrange. | |
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Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. {Dry blow}. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also {parchment beaver}. {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}. {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}. {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below). {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}. {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry plates. {Dry point}. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}. --Hebert. {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the saccharine matter is in excess. | |
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Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. {Dry blow}. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also {parchment beaver}. {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}. {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}. {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below). {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}. {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry plates. {Dry point}. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}. --Hebert. {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the saccharine matter is in excess. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dry-beat \Dry"-beat`\, v. t. To beat severely. -- Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dryfoot \Dry"foot\, n. The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wallhick \Wall"hick`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dryobates minor}). [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Woodpecker \Wood"peck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to {Picus} and many allied genera of the family {Picid[91]}. Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike bill with which they are able to drill holes in the bark and wood of trees in search of insect larv[91] upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed partly upon the sap of trees (see {Sap sucker}, under {Sap}), others spend a portion of their time on the ground in search of ants and other insects. The most common European species are the greater spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus major}), the lesser spotted woodpecker ({D. minor}), and the green woodpecker, or yaffle (see {Yaffle}). The best-known American species are the pileated woodpecker (see under {Pileated}), the ivory-billed woodpecker ({Campephilus principalis}), which is one of the largest known species, the red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ({Melanerpes erythrocephalus}), the red-bellied woodpecker ({M. Carolinus}) (see {Chab}), the superciliary woodpecker ({M. superciliaris}), the hairy woodpecker ({Dryobates villosus}), the downy woodpecker ({D. pubescens}), the three-toed, woodpecker ({Picoides Americanus}), the golden-winged woodpecker (see {Flicker}), and the sap suckers. See also {Carpintero}. {Woodpecker hornbill} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white Asiatic hornbill ({Buceros pica}) which resembles a woodpecker in color. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dwarf \Dwarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dwarfed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwarfing}.] To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt. --Addison. Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . . would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background. --J. C. Shairp. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Darby Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 18164) Location: 39.89970 N, 75.27323 W Population (1990): 10955 (3941 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Driftwood, PA (borough, FIPS 19976) Location: 41.34323 N, 78.13539 W Population (1990): 116 (89 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15832 Driftwood, TX Zip code(s): 78619 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
drop-outs n. 1. A variety of `power glitch' (see {glitch}); momentary 0 voltage on the electrical mains. 2. Missing characters in typed input due to software malfunction or system saturation (one cause of such behavior under Unix when a bad connection to a modem swamps the processor with spurious character interrupts; see {screaming tty}). 3. Mental glitches; used as a way of describing those occasions when the mind just seems to shut down for a couple of beats. See {glitch}, {fried}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
derived class programming, a {class} that is derived from a {base class} by {inheritance}. The derived class contains all the features of the base class, but may have new features added or redefine existing features. The synonym "subclass" is possibly confusing since the derived class has a superset of the base class's features. Compare {derived type}. (2001-09-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
derived type other derived types using a {type constructor function}. This term is usually applied to {procedural languages} such as {C} or {Ada}. C's derived types are the {array}, {function}, {pointer}, {structure}, and {union}. Compare {derived class}. (2001-09-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Draft Once ReUse Many of an entirely new document. The term normally refers to text documents but the practise is equally common in programming. (1998-05-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
drop-down list {pull-down list} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
drop-down menu {pull-down menu} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
drop-outs 1. A variety of "power glitch" (see {glitch}); momentary 0 voltage on the electrical mains. 2. Missing characters in typed input due to software malfunction or system saturation (one cause of such behaviour under {Unix} when a bad connection to a modem swamps the processor with spurious character interrupts; see {screaming tty}). 3. Mental glitches; used as a way of describing those occasions when the mind just seems to shut down for a couple of beats. See {glitch}, {fried}. [{Jargon File}] (2001-02-22) |