English Dictionary: dwarf cape gooseberry | by the DICT Development Group |
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d8Arpeggio \[d8]Ar*peg"gio\, n. [It., fr. arpeggiare to play on the harp, fr. arpa harp.] (Mus.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played. | |
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d8Hierapicra \[d8]Hi"e*ra*pi"cra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] sacred + [?] bitter.] (med.) A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark. --Dunglison. | |
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d8Orabassu \[d8]O`ra*bas"su\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South American monkey of the genus {Callithrix}, esp. --C. Moloch. | |
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d8Orbicula \[d8]Or*bic"u*la\, n. [NL. See {Orbicle}.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Discina}. | |
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d8Orohippus \[d8]Or`o*hip"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'o`ros, mountain (referring to the Rocky Mountain region) + "i`ppos horse.] (Paleon.) A genus of American Eocene mammals allied to the horse, but having four toes in front and three behind. | |
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d8Rabies \[d8]Ra"bi*es\, n. [L. See {Rage}, n.] Same as {Hydrophobia} (b); canine madness. | |
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d8Rapaces \[d8]Ra*pa"ces\, n. pl. [NL. See {Rapacious}.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Accipitres}. | |
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d8Rebozo \[d8]Re*bo"zo\, n. [Sp. rebozo.] A kind of mantilla worn by women over the head and shoulders, and sometimes over part of the face. [Mexico & Sp. Amer.] | |
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d8Repkie \[d8]Rep"kie\ (r?p"k?), n. [From the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) Any edible sea urchin. [Alaska] | |
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d8Repouss82 \[d8]Re*pous`s[82]"\ (re -p??`s?"), a. [F., p. p. of repousser to thrust back; pref re- + pousser to push. See {Push}.] (a) Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal. (b) Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal. -- n. Repouss[82] work. {Repouss[82] work}, ornamentation of metal in relief by pressing or hammering on the reverse side. | |
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d8Repoussage \[d8]Re*pous`sage"\, n. [F. See {Repouss[82]}.] (Art) Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side: (1) in producing repouss[82] work; (2) in leveling up any part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression. | |
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d8Ribes \[d8]Ri"bes\, n.[NL.; cf. Dan. ribs, and Ar. r[c6]b[be]s a plant with an acid juice.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds. | |
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d8Rifacimento \[d8]Ri*fa`ci*men"to\, n.; pl. {Rifacimenti}. [It.] A remaking or recasting; an adaptation, esp. of a literary work or musical composition. | |
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d8Rubigo \[d8]Ru*bi"go\, n. [L. rubigo, robigo, rust of metals, rust, blight.] (bot.) same as {Rust}, n., 2. | |
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d8Rubus \[d8]Ru"bus\, n. [L.] (Bot.) A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry. | |
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d8Rupicola \[d8]Ru*pic"o*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. rupes, gen. rupis, a rock + colere to inhabit.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock. Note: The species are remarkable for having an elevated fan-shaped crest of feathers on the head, and for the beautiful color of their plumage, which is mostly some delicate shade of yellow or orange. | |
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d8Thrips \[d8]Thrips\, n. [L., a woodworm, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips ({Thrips cerealium}). Note: The term is also popularly applied to various other small injurious insects. | |
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d8Trabecula \[d8]Tra*bec"u*la\, n.; pl. {Trabecul[91]} (-l[emac]). [L., a little beam.] (Anat.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part. | |
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d8Travois \[d8]Tra`vois"\, n. [Cf. {Travail}.] 1. A primitive vehicle, common among the North American Indians, usually two trailing poles serving as shafts and bearing a platform or net for a load. On the plains they will have horses dragging travoises; dogs with travoises, women and children loaded with impediments. --Julian Ralph. 2. A logging sled. [Northern U. S. & Canada] | |
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d8Tripsis \[d8]Trip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to rub.] (Med.) (a) Trituration. [R.] (b) Shampoo. [R.] | |
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d8Urbicol91 \[d8]Ur*bic"o*l[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. urbs, urbis, a city + colere to inhabit.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive family of butterflies, including those known as skippers ({Hesperiad[91]}). | |
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d8Uropygium \[d8]U`ro*pyg"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], (corrupted form) [?]; [?] the end of the os sacrum + [?] rump.] (Anat.) The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimes called pope's nose. | |
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Darbies \Dar"bies\, n. pl. Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant] Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. --Sir W. Scott. Note: In [bd]The Steel Glass[b8] by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line [bd]To binde such babes in father Derbies bands.[b8] | |
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Dear-bought \Dear"-bought`\, a. Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience. | |
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Derbyshire spar \Der"by*shire spar"\ (Min.) A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work. | |
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Dervish \Der"vish\, Dervise \Der"vise\, Dervis \Der"vis\, n. [Per. derw[emac]sch, fr. OPer. derew to beg, ask alms: cf. F. derviche.] A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life. | |
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Dervish \Der"vish\, Dervise \Der"vise\, Dervis \Der"vis\, n. [Per. derw[emac]sch, fr. OPer. derew to beg, ask alms: cf. F. derviche.] A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life. | |
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Dervish \Der"vish\, Dervise \Der"vise\, Dervis \Der"vis\, n. [Per. derw[emac]sch, fr. OPer. derew to beg, ask alms: cf. F. derviche.] A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life. | |
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Dervish \Der"vish\, n. One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan. | |
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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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Doorpost \Door"post`\, n. The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway. | |
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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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Drabbish \Drab"bish\, a. Somewhat drab in color. | |
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Drabbish \Drab"bish\, a. Having the character of a drab or low wench. [bd]The drabbish sorceress.[b8] --Drant. | |
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Drab \Drab\, n. [F. drap cloth: LL. drappus, trapus, perh. orig., a firm, solid stuff, cf. F. draper to drape, also to full cloth; prob. of German origin; cf. Icel. drepa to beat, strike, AS. drepan, G. treffen; perh. akin to E. drub. Cf. {Drape}, {Trappings}.] 1. A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also {drabcloth}. 2. A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color. | |
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Draffish \Draff"ish\, a. Worthless; draffy. --Bale. | |
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Drake \Drake\, n. [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle, etc.] Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also {drawk}, {dravick}, and {drank}. [Prov. Eng.] --Dr. Prior. | |
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Drawback \Draw"back`\, n. 1. A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature. The avarice of Henry VII . . . . must be deemed a drawback from the wisdom ascribed to him. --Hallam. 2. (Com.) Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the commodities on which they were levied. --M[lsquo]Culloch. | |
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Dripstone \Drip"stone`\, n. (Arch.) A drip, when made of stone. See {Drip}, 2. | |
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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\, 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\, 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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Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sl[omac]h a hollow place; cf. MHG. sl[umac]ch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] to hiccough, to sob.] 1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. --Chaucer. He's here stuck in a slough. --Milton. 2. [Pronounced sl[oomac].] A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river. Note: [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt {sloo}, and {slue}.] {Slough grass} (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus {Muhlenbergia}; -- called also {drop seed}, and {nimble Will}. | |
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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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Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sl[omac]h a hollow place; cf. MHG. sl[umac]ch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] to hiccough, to sob.] 1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. --Chaucer. He's here stuck in a slough. --Milton. 2. [Pronounced sl[oomac].] A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river. Note: [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt {sloo}, and {slue}.] {Slough grass} (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus {Muhlenbergia}; -- called also {drop seed}, and {nimble Will}. | |
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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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Serene \Se*rene"\, a. [L. serenus to grow dry, Gr. [?][?][?] hot, scorching.] 1. Bright; clear; unabscured; as, a serene sky. The moon serene in glory mounts the sky. --Pope. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear. --Gray. 2. Calm; placid; undisturbed; unruffled; as, a serene aspect; a serene soul. --Milton. Note: In several countries of Europe, Serene is given as a tittle to princes and the members of their families; as, His Serene Highness. {Drop serene}. (Med.) See {Amaurosis}. --Milton. | |
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d8Amaurosis \[d8]Am`au*ro"sis\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] dark, dim.] (Med.) A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also {gutta serena}, the [bd]{drop serene}[b8] of Milton. | |
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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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Serene \Se*rene"\, a. [L. serenus to grow dry, Gr. [?][?][?] hot, scorching.] 1. Bright; clear; unabscured; as, a serene sky. The moon serene in glory mounts the sky. --Pope. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear. --Gray. 2. Calm; placid; undisturbed; unruffled; as, a serene aspect; a serene soul. --Milton. Note: In several countries of Europe, Serene is given as a tittle to princes and the members of their families; as, His Serene Highness. {Drop serene}. (Med.) See {Amaurosis}. --Milton. | |
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d8Amaurosis \[d8]Am`au*ro"sis\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] dark, dim.] (Med.) A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also {gutta serena}, the [bd]{drop serene}[b8] of Milton. | |
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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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Serene \Se*rene"\, a. [L. serenus to grow dry, Gr. [?][?][?] hot, scorching.] 1. Bright; clear; unabscured; as, a serene sky. The moon serene in glory mounts the sky. --Pope. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear. --Gray. 2. Calm; placid; undisturbed; unruffled; as, a serene aspect; a serene soul. --Milton. Note: In several countries of Europe, Serene is given as a tittle to princes and the members of their families; as, His Serene Highness. {Drop serene}. (Med.) See {Amaurosis}. --Milton. | |
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d8Amaurosis \[d8]Am`au*ro"sis\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] dark, dim.] (Med.) A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also {gutta serena}, the [bd]{drop serene}[b8] of Milton. | |
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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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Dropsical \Drop"si*cal\, a. [From {Dropsy}.] 1. Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient. 2. Of or pertaining to dropsy. | |
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Dropsicalness \Drop"si*cal*ness\, n. State of being dropsical. | |
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Dropsied \Drop"sied\, a. Diseased with drops. --Shak. | |
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Dropsy \Drop"sy\, n.; pl. {Dropsies}. [OE. dropsie, dropesie, OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. [?] dropsy, fr. [?] water. See {Water}, and cf. {Hydropsy}.] (Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. --Dunglison. | |
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Dropsy \Drop"sy\, n.; pl. {Dropsies}. [OE. dropsie, dropesie, OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. [?] dropsy, fr. [?] water. See {Water}, and cf. {Hydropsy}.] (Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. --Dunglison. | |
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Dropwise \Drop"wise`\, adv. After the manner of a drop; in the form of drops. Trickling dropwise from the cleft. --Tennyson. | |
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Drove \Drove\, n. [AS. dr[be]f, fr. dr[c6]fan to drive. See {Drive}.] 1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body. 2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove. --Milton. 3. A crowd of people in motion. Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. --Dryden. 4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.] 5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. --Simmonds. 6. (Masonry) (a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also {drove chisel}. (b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also {drove work}. | |
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Drupaceous \Dru*pa"ceous\, a. [Cf. F. drupac[82].] (Bot.) Producing, or pertaining to, drupes; having the form of drupes; as, drupaceous trees or fruits. | |
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Pack \Pack\, n. 1. (Med.) In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called {dry pack}, {wet pack}, {cold pack}, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated. 2. (Rugby Football) The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage. {Pack and prime} {road [or] way}, a pack road or bridle way. | |
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Dry-fisted \Dry"-fist`ed\, a. Niggardly. | |
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French \French\ (fr[ecr]nch), a. [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois, fran[cced]ois, F. fran[cced]ais. See {Frank}, a., and cf. {Frankish}.] Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. {French bean} (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus vulgaris}). {French berry} (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn ({Rhamnus catharticus}), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment. {French casement} (Arch.) See {French window}, under {Window}. {French chalk} (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under {Chalk}. {French cowslip} (Bot.) The {Primula Auricula}. See {Bear's-ear}. {French fake} (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely. {French honeysuckle} (Bot.) a plant of the genus {Hedysarum} ({H. coronarium}); -- called also {garland honeysuckle}. {French horn}, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the sound issues; -- called in France {cor de chasse}. {French leave}, an informal, hasty, or secret departure; esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts. {French pie} [French (here used in sense of [bd]foreign[b8]) + pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)] (Zo[94]l.), the European great spotted woodpecker ({Dryobstes major}); -- called also {wood pie}. {French polish}. (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or shellac with other gums added. (b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the above. {French purple}, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of mordants. --Ure. {French red} rouge. {French rice}, amelcorn. {French roof} (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope. {French tub}, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and logwood; -- called also {plum tub}. --Ure. {French window}. See under {Window}. | |
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Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes, and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in the way of their progress. The common salmon has been known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds; more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and grilse. Among the true salmons are: {Black salmon}, or {Lake salmon}, the namaycush. {Dog salmon}, a salmon of Western North America ({Oncorhynchus keta}). {Humpbacked salmon}, a Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha}). {King salmon}, the quinnat. {Landlocked salmon}, a variety of the common salmon (var. {Sebago}), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea. This last is called also {dwarf salmon}. Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called {jack salmon}; the spotted, or southern, squeteague; the cabrilla, called {kelp salmon}; young pollock, called {sea salmon}; and the California yellowtail. 2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon. {Salmon berry} (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from Alaska to California, the fruit of the {Rubus Nutkanus}. {Salmon killer} (Zo[94]l.), a stickleback ({Gasterosteus cataphractus}) of Western North America and Northern Asia. {Salmon ladder}, {Salmon stair}. See {Fish ladder}, under {Fish}. {Salmon peel}, a young salmon. {Salmon pipe}, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb. {Salmon trout}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European sea trout ({Salmo trutta}). It resembles the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more numerous scales. (b) The American namaycush. (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black spotted trout ({Salmo purpuratus}), and to the steel head and other large trout of the Pacific coast. | |
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Dwarfish \Dwarf"ish\, a. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub. -- {Dwarf"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dwarf"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Dwarfish \Dwarf"ish\, a. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub. -- {Dwarf"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dwarf"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Dwarfish \Dwarf"ish\, a. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub. -- {Dwarf"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dwarf"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Dwarf \Dwarf\, n.; pl. {Dwarfs}. [OE. dwergh, dwerf, dwarf, AS. dweorg, dweorh; akin to D. dwerg, MHG. twerc, G. zwerg, Icel. dvergr, Sw. & Dan. dverg; of unknown origin.] An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being. Note: During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared the favor of courts and the nobility. Note: Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much below the usual or normal size; as, dwarf tree; dwarf honeysuckle. {Dwarf elder} (Bot.), danewort. {Dwarf wall} (Arch.), a low wall, not as high as the story of a building, often used as a garden wall or fence. --Gwilt. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Derby Center, VT (village, FIPS 17425) Location: 44.95583 N, 72.13226 W Population (1990): 684 (272 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dravosburg, PA (borough, FIPS 19856) Location: 40.35210 N, 79.88865 W Population (1990): 2377 (1114 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15034 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dreyfus, KY Zip code(s): 40426 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
drop cable Wiring between a computer and its {Ethernet transceiver}. Maximum length if full-spec is 47m. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Dwarf Storage Unit (1996-06-24) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Door-posts The Jews were commanded to write the divine name on the posts (mezuzoth') of their doors (Deut. 6:9). The Jews, misunderstanding this injunction, adopted the custom of writing on a slip of parchment these verses (Deut. 6:4-9, and 11:13-21), which they enclosed in a reed or cylinder and fixed on the right-hand door-post of every room in the house. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dropsy mentioned only in Luke 14:2. The man afflicted with it was cured by Christ on the Sabbath. |