English Dictionary: durative aspect | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Aard-vark \[d8]Aard"-vark`\ ([aum]rd"v[aum]rk`), n. [D., earth-pig.] (Zo[94]l.) An edentate mammal, of the genus {Orycteropus}, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue. | |
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Droit \Droit\, n. [F. See {Direct}.] A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also, in old law, the writ of right. -- Abbott. {[d8]Droit d'aubaine}. See under {Aubaine}. {Droits of the Admiralty} (Eng. Law), rights or perquisites of the Admiralty, arising from seizure of an enemy's ships in port on the breaking out of war, or those coming into port in ignorance of hostilities existing, or from such ships as are taken by noncommissioned captors; also, the proceeds of wrecks, and derelict property at sea. The droits of admiralty are now paid into the Exchequer for the public benefit. | |
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d8Orthopnoea \[d8]Or`thop*n[oe]"a\, Orthopny \Or*thop"ny\, n. [L. orthopnoea, Gr. [?]; 'orqo`sstraight, right + pnei^n to breathe: cf. F. orthopn[82]e.] (Med.) Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing. | |
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d8Orthopoda \[d8]Or*thop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ortho-}, and {-poda}.] (Zo[94]l.) An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts. | |
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d8Orthoptera \[d8]Or*thop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s straight + [?] feather, wing.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under {Insect}. Note: The anterior wings are usually thickened and protect the posterior wings, which are larger and fold longitudinally like a fan. The Orthoptera undergo no metamorphosis. | |
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d8Radio-flagellata \[d8]Ra`di*o-flag`el*la"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Radiate}, and {Flagellata}.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia. | |
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d8Rataplan \[d8]Ra`ta`plan"\, n. [F.] The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse. | |
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d8Redif \[d8]Re*dif"\, n. [Turk. red[c6]f, fr. rad[c6]f, orig., he who rides behind another on the same beast, fr. radaf to follow.] A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve. See {Army organization}, above. | |
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d8Redivivus \[d8]Red`i*vi"vus\, a. [L., fr. pref. red-, re-, re- + vivus alive.] Living again; revived; restored. | |
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d8Rotifera \[d8]Ro*tif"e*ra\, n.; pl. [NL., from L. rota [?] wheel + ferre to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits. | |
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d8Rudbeckia \[d8]Rud*beck"i*a\, n. [NL. So named after Olaf Rudebeck, a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, the coneflowers, consisting of perennial herbs with showy pedunculate heads, having a hemispherical involucre, sterile ray flowers, and a conical chaffy receptacle. There are about thirty species, exclusively North American. {Rudbeckia hirta}, the black-eyed Susan, is a common weed in meadows. | |
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d8Tritovum \[d8]Tri*to"vum\, n.; pl. {Tritova}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] third + L. ovum egg.] (Zo[94]l.) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg. | |
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d8Turdiformes \[d8]Tur`di*for"mes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. turdus a thrush + forma form.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of singing birds including the thrushes and allied kinds. | |
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Dare-devil \Dare"-dev`il\, n. A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement. A humorous dare-devil -- the very man To suit my prpose. --Ld. Lytton. | |
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Dare-deviltry \Dare"-dev`il*try\, n; pl. {Dare-deviltries}. Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil. | |
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Dare-deviltry \Dare"-dev`il*try\, n; pl. {Dare-deviltries}. Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil. | |
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Furzeling \Furze"ling\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An English warbler ({Melizophilus provincialis}); -- called also {furze wren}, and {Dartford warbler}. | |
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Dewar vessel \Dew"ar ves`sel\ (d[umac]"[etil]r). [After Sir James Dewar, British physicist.] A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted so as to prevent conduction of heat, and sometimes having the glass silvered to prevent absorption of radiant heat; -- called also, according to the particular shape, {Dewar bulb}, {Dewar tube}, etc. | |
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Dirt \Dirt\, n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[c6]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[c6]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt. Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. --Is. lvii. 20. 2. Meanness; sordidness. Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy. --Melmoth. 3. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. {Dirt bed} (Geom.), a layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation. Dirt beds are common among the coal measures. {Dirt eating}. (a) The use of certain kinds of clay for food, existing among some tribes of Indians; geophagism. --Humboldt. (b) (Med.) Same as {Chthonophagia}. {Dirt pie}, clay or mud molded by children in imitation of pastry. --Otway (1684). {To eat dirt}, to submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie. | |
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Dirt \Dirt\, n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr[c6]ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr[c6]tan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt. Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. --Is. lvii. 20. 2. Meanness; sordidness. Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy. --Melmoth. 3. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. {Dirt bed} (Geom.), a layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation. Dirt beds are common among the coal measures. {Dirt eating}. (a) The use of certain kinds of clay for food, existing among some tribes of Indians; geophagism. --Humboldt. (b) (Med.) Same as {Chthonophagia}. {Dirt pie}, clay or mud molded by children in imitation of pastry. --Otway (1684). {To eat dirt}, to submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie. | |
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Sting \Sting\, n. [AS. sting a sting. See {Sting}, v. t.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of {Scorpion}. 2. (Bot.) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it. 3. Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach. The sting of death is sin. --1 Cor. xv. 56. 4. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging. [bd]The lurking serpent's mortal sting.[b8] --Shak. 5. A goad; incitement. --Shak. 6. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying. {Sting moth} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian moth ({Doratifera vulnerans}) whose larva is armed, at each end of the body, with four tubercles bearing powerful stinging organs. {Sting ray}. (Zo[94]l.) See under 6th {Ray}. {Sting winkle} (Zo[94]l.), a spinose marine univalve shell of the genus Murex, as the European species ({Murex erinaceus}). See Illust. of {Murex}. | |
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Dreadable \Dread"a*ble\, a. Worthy of being dreaded. | |
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Dread-bolted \Dread"-bolt`ed\, a. Armed with dreaded bolts. [bd]Dread-bolted thunder.[b8] [Poetic] --Shak. | |
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Dreadful \Dread"ful\, a. 1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. [Obs.] [bd]With dreadful heart.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. [bd] Dreadful gloom.[b8] --Milton. For all things are less dreadful than they seem. --Wordsworth. 3. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. [Obs.] [bd]God's dreadful law.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See {Frightful}. | |
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Dreadfully \Dread"ful*ly\, adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. --Dryden. | |
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Dreadfulness \Dread"ful*ness\, n. The quality of being dreadful. | |
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d8Aubaine \[d8]Au`baine"\, n. [F., fr. aubain an alien, fr. L. alibi elsewhere.] Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized. --Littr[82]. {Droit d'aubaine}, the right, formerly possessed by the king of France, to all the personal property of which an alien died possessed. It was abolished in 1819. --Bouvier. | |
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Durative \Dur"a*tive\, a. Continuing; not completed; implying duration. Its durative tense, which expresses the thought of it as going on. --J. Byrne. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dirtball n. [XEROX PARC] A small, perhaps struggling outsider; not in the major or even the minor leagues. For example, "Xerox is not a dirtball company". [Outsiders often observe in the PARC culture an institutional arrogance which usage of this term exemplifies. The brilliance and scope of PARC's contributions to computer science have been such that this superior attitude is not much resented. --ESR] | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dirty power n. Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, {drop-outs}, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as {power hit}s). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dirtball ({XEROX PARC}) A small, perhaps struggling outsider; not in the major or even the minor leagues. For example, "Xerox is not a dirtball company". Outsiders often observe in the PARC culture an institutional arrogance which usage of this term exemplifies. The brilliance and scope of PARC's contributions to computer science have been such that this superior attitude is not much resented. - ESR [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dirty power Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, {drop-outs}, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as {power hit}s). [{Jargon File}] |