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English Dictionary: Dowding	by the DICT Development Group
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dating n use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens Synonym(s): dating, geological dating
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Dayton ax n an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side Synonym(s): common ax, common axe, Dayton ax, Dayton axe
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Dayton axe n an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side Synonym(s): common ax, common axe, Dayton ax, Dayton axe
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de-iodinase n an enzyme that removes the iodine radical
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deadness n the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away" Synonym(s): unresponsiveness, deadness Antonym(s): responsiveness the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity; "he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls" the inanimate property of something that has died
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death angel n extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills Synonym(s): death cap, death cup, death angel, destroying angel, Amanita phalloides
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death instinct n (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die [syn: {death instinct}, death wish, Thanatos]
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death mask n a cast taken from the face of a dead person
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detumescence n diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen
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diatomaceous earth n a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material Synonym(s): diatomaceous earth, diatomite, kieselguhr
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diatomic adj of or relating to a molecule made up of two atoms; "a diatomic molecule"
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diatonic adj based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals Antonym(s): chromatic based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music
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diatonic scale n a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones
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didanosine n an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection [syn: dideoxyinosine, ddI, DDI, didanosine]
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dieting n the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) Synonym(s): diet, dieting
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Diodon hystrix n spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters Synonym(s): porcupinefish, porcupine fish, Diodon hystrix
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doting adj extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother" Synonym(s): adoring, doting, fond
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dowdiness n having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance Synonym(s): dowdiness, drabness, homeliness
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Dowding n British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) Synonym(s): Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy
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d890tat Major \[d8][90]`tat" Ma`jor"\ [F., fr. [82]tat state + L. major greater.] (Mil.) The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.
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d8Adansonia \[d8]Ad`anso"nia\, n. [From Adanson, a French botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, {A. digitata}, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and {A. Gregorii}, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. --D. C. Eaton.
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d8Adenosclerosis \[d8]Ad"enoscle*ro"sis\, n. [NL.; adeno- + sclerosis.] (Med.) The hardening of a gland.
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d8Adonis \[d8]Ado"nis\ ([adot]d[omac]"n[icr]s), n. [L., gr. Gr. 'A`dwnis.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar. 2. A pre[89]minently beautiful young man; a dandy. 3. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family {Ranunculace[91]}, containing the pheasant's eye ({Adonis autumnalis}); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.
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d8Athanasia \[d8]Ath`ana"sia\, Athanasy \Athan"asy\, n. [NL. athanasia, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] priv. + [?] death.] The quality of being deathless; immortality. Is not a scholiastic athanasy better than none? --Lowell.
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d8Dedans \[d8]De*dans"\, n. [F.] (Court Tennis) A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.
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d8Dedimus \[d8]Ded"i*mus\, n. [L. dedimus we have given, fr. dare to give. So called because the writ began, Dedimus potestatem, etc.] (Law) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc. --Bouvier.
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d8Tetanus \[d8]Tet"a*nus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] stretched, [?] to stretch.] 1. (Med.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called {locked-jaw}, or {lickjaw}, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm.
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d8Tout-ensemble \[d8]Tout`-en`sem"ble\, n. [F.] All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts.
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Date \Date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dating}.] [Cf. F. dater. See 2d {Date}.] 1. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter. 2. To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids. Note: We may say dated at or from a place. The letter is dated at Philadephia. --G. T. Curtis. You will be suprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois. --Addison. In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them. --M. Arnold.
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Dead \Dead\ (d[ecr]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[a0]d; akin to OS. d[omac]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[edh]r, Sw. & Dan. d[94]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.] 1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to {alive} and {living}; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. [bd]The queen, my lord, is dead.[b8] --Shak. The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger. --Arbuthnot. Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living. --Shak. 2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. 3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep. 4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight. 5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor. 6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade. 7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc. 8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. [bd]The ground is a dead flat.[b8] --C. Reade. 9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty. I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith. 10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak. 11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works. [bd]Dead in trespasses.[b8] --Eph. ii. 1. 12. (Paint.) (a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect. (b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson. 13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead. 14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See {Spindle}. {Dead ahead} (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point toward which a vessel would go. {Dead angle} (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen or defended from behind the parapet. {Dead block}, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car. {Dead calm} (Naut.), no wind at all. {Dead center}, [or] {Dead point} (Mach.), either of two points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and connecting rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the end of a stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by, the lever L. {Dead color} (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it. {Dead coloring} (Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this is usually in monochrome. {Dead door} (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door. {Dead flat} (Naut.), the widest or midship frame. {Dead freight} (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity. --Abbott. {Dead ground} (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there is no ore. {Dead hand}, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person civilly dead. [bd]Serfs held in dead hand.[b8] --Morley. See {Mortmain}. {Dead head} (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor buoy. {Dead heat}, a heat or course between two or more race horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal, so that neither wins. {Dead horse}, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid in advance. [Law] {Dead language}, a language which is no longer spoken or in common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
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Lagging \Lag"ging\, n. 1. (Mach.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also {deading} and {cleading}. 2. Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.
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Deadness \Dead"ness\, n. The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.
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Mask \Mask\, n. 1. A person wearing a mask; a masker. The mask that has the arm of the Indian queen. --G. W. Cable. 2. (Sporting) The head or face of a fox. {Death mask}, a cast of the face of a dead person.
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Detonization \Det`oniza"tion\ (d[ecr]t`[osl]n[icr]z[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. The act of detonizing; detonation.
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Detonize \Det"onize\ (d[ecr]t"[osl]n[imac]z), v. t. & i. [See {Detonate}.] [imp. & p. p.{Detonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detonizing}.] To explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to detonate.
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Detonize \Det"onize\ (d[ecr]t"[osl]n[imac]z), v. t. & i. [See {Detonate}.] [imp. & p. p.{Detonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detonizing}.] To explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to detonate.
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Detonize \Det"onize\ (d[ecr]t"[osl]n[imac]z), v. t. & i. [See {Detonate}.] [imp. & p. p.{Detonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detonizing}.] To explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to detonate.
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Detumescence \De`tu*mes"cence\, n. [L. detumescere to cease swelling; de + tumescere, tumere, to swell.] Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [R.] --Cudworth.
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Detuncate \De*tun"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detruncated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detruncating}.] [L. detruncatus, p. p. of detruncare to cut off; de + truncare to maim, shorten, cut off. See {Truncate}.] To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off.
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Diadem \Di"a*dem\, n. [F. diad[8a]me, L. diadema, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to bind round; dia` through, across + [?] to bind; cf. Skr. d[be] to bind.] 1. Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general. [bd]The regal diadem.[b8] --Milton. 2. Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown. 3. (Her.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center. {Diadem lemur}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Indri}. {Diadem spider} (Zo[94]l.), the garden spider.
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Animalcule \An`i*mal"cule\, n. [As if fr. a L. animalculum, dim. of animal.] 1. A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. [Obs.] --Ray. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See {Infusoria}. Note: Many of the so-called animalcules have been shown to be plants, having locomotive powers something like those of animals. Among these are {Volvox}, the {Desmidiac[91]}, and the siliceous {Diatomace[91]}. {Spermatic animalcules}. See {Spermatozoa}.
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Diatomic \Di`a*tom"ic\, a. [Pref. di- + atomic.] (Chem.) (a) Containing two atoms. (b) Having two replaceable atoms or radicals.
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Diatomous \Diat"omous\, a. [Gr. dia`tomos cut through, fr. diate`mnein to cut through; dia` through + te`mnein to cut. Cf. {Diatom}.] (Min.) Having a single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; -- said of crystals. --Mohs.
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Diatonic \Di`a*ton"ic\, a. [L. diatonicus, diatonus, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] to stretch out; dia` through + [?] to stretch: cf. F. diatonique. See {Tone}.] (Mus.) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first. {Diatonic scale} (Mus.), a scale consisting of eight sounds with seven intervals, of which two are semitones and five are whole tones; a modern major or minor scale, as distinguished from the {chromatic} scale.
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Diatonic \Di`a*ton"ic\, a. [L. diatonicus, diatonus, Gr. [?], [?], fr. [?] to stretch out; dia` through + [?] to stretch: cf. F. diatonique. See {Tone}.] (Mus.) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first. {Diatonic scale} (Mus.), a scale consisting of eight sounds with seven intervals, of which two are semitones and five are whole tones; a modern major or minor scale, as distinguished from the {chromatic} scale.
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Diatonically \Di`aton"ical*ly\, adv. In a diatonic manner.
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Toothbill \Tooth"bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon ({Didunculus strigiostris}) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also {toothbilled pigeon}, and {manu-mea}.
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{Ground furze} (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous shrub ({Ononis arvensis}) of Europe and Central Asia,; -- called also {rest-harrow}. {Ground game}, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from winged game. {Ground hele} (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe and America, formerly thought to have curative properties. {Ground of the heavens} (Astron.), the surface of any part of the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded as projected. {Ground hemlock} (Bot.), the yew ({Taxus baccata} var. Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from that of Europe by its low, straggling stems. {Ground hog}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The woodchuck or American marmot ({Arctomys monax}). See {Woodchuck}. (b) The aardvark. {Ground hold} (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser. {Ground ice}, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water before it forms on the surface. {Ground ivy}. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See {Gill}. {Ground joist}, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a. sleeper. {Ground lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European pipit. See {Pipit}. {Ground laurel} (Bot.). See {Trailing arbutus}, under {Arbutus}. {Ground line} (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection. {Ground liverwort} (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and radiated receptacles ({Marchantia polymorpha}). {Ground mail}, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a churchyard. {Ground mass} (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are embedded. {Ground parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), one of several Australian parrakeets, of the genera {Callipsittacus} and {Geopsittacus}, which live mainly upon the ground. {Ground pearl} (Zo[94]l.), an insect of the family {Coccid[91]} ({Margarodes formicarum}), found in ants' nests in the Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They are strung like beads, and made into necklaces by the natives. {Ground pig} (Zo[94]l.), a large, burrowing, African rodent ({Aulacodus Swinderianus}) about two feet long, allied to the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no spines; -- called also {ground rat}. {Ground pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of pigeons which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed pigeon ({Didunculus strigirostris}), of the Samoan Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See {Goura}, and {Ground dove} (above). {Ground pine}. (Bot.) (a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus {Ajuga} ({A. Cham[91]pitys}), formerly included in the genus {Teucrium} or germander, and named from its resinous smell. --Sir J. Hill. (b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus {Lycopodium} ({L. clavatum}); -- called also {club moss}. (c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in height, of the same genus ({L. dendroideum}) found in moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United States. --Gray. {Ground plan} (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an elevation or perpendicular section. {Ground plane}, the horizontal plane of projection in perspective drawing. {Ground plate}. (a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or groundsel. (b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a mudsill. (c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities. --Knight. {Ground plot}, the ground upon which any structure is erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground plan. {Ground plum} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas, and having a succulent plum-shaped pod. {Ground rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ground pig} (above). {Ground rent}, rent paid for the privilege of building on another man's land. {Ground robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chewink}. {Ground room}, a room on the ground floor; a lower room. --Tatler. {Ground sea}, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean, which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause, breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called also {rollers}, and in Jamaica, {the North sea}. {Ground sill}. See {Ground plate} (a) (above). {Ground snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small burrowing American snake ({Celuta am[d2]na}). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt tail. {Ground squirrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the genera {Tamias} and {Spermophilus}, having cheek pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied Western species. See {Chipmunk}, and {Gopher}. (b) Any species of the African genus {Xerus}, allied to {Tamias}. {Ground story}. Same as {Ground floor} (above). {Ground substance} (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or matrix, of tissues. {Ground swell}. (a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] --Holland. (b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean, caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a remote distance after the gale has ceased. {Ground table}. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth. {Ground tackle} (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a vessel at anchor. --Totten. {Ground thrush} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of bright-colored Oriental birds of the family {Pittid[91]}. See {Pitta}. {Ground tier}. (a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold. --Totten. (b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a vessel's hold. (c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater. {Ground timbers} (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers. --Knight. {Ground tit}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ground wren} (below). {Ground wheel}, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine, etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism. {Ground wren} (Zo[94]l.), a small California bird ({Cham[91]a fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits the arid plains. Called also {ground tit}, and {wren tit}. {To bite the ground}, {To break ground}. See under {Bite}, {Break}. {To come to the ground}, {To fall to the ground}, to come to nothing; to fail; to miscarry. {To gain ground}. (a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an army in battle gains ground. (b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the army gains ground on the enemy. (c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or influential. {To get, [or] To gather}, {ground}, to gain ground. [R.] [bd]Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast.[b8] --Milton. There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground of them, but by bidding higher. --South. {To give ground}, to recede; to yield advantage. These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak. {To lose ground}, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit or reputation; to decline. {To stand one's ground}, to stand firm; to resist attack or encroachment. --Atterbury. {To take the ground} to touch bottom or become stranded; -- said of a ship.
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Didymous \Did"y*mous\, a. [Gr. [?] twofold, twin.] (Bot.) Growing in pairs or twins.
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Diet \Di"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dieted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dieting}.] 1. To cause to take food; to feed. [R.] --Shak. 2. To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of. She diets him with fasting every day. --Spenser.
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Dithionic \Di`thi*on"ic\, a. [Pref. di- + -thionic.] (Chem.) Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid. {Dithionic acid} (Chem.), an unstable substance, {H2S2O6}, known only in its solutions, and in certain well-defined salts.
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Dithionic \Di`thi*on"ic\, a. [Pref. di- + -thionic.] (Chem.) Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid. {Dithionic acid} (Chem.), an unstable substance, {H2S2O6}, known only in its solutions, and in certain well-defined salts.
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Hyposulphuric \Hy`posulphur"ic\, a. [Pref. hypo- + sulphuric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid. {Hyposulphuric acid}, an acid, {H2S2O6}, obtained by the action of manganese dioxide on sulphur dioxide, and known only in a watery solution and in its salts; -- called also {dithionic acid}. See {Dithionic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dithionic \Di`thi*on"ic\, a. [Pref. di- + -thionic.] (Chem.) Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid. {Dithionic acid} (Chem.), an unstable substance, {H2S2O6}, known only in its solutions, and in certain well-defined salts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hyposulphuric \Hy`posulphur"ic\, a. [Pref. hypo- + sulphuric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid. {Hyposulphuric acid}, an acid, {H2S2O6}, obtained by the action of manganese dioxide on sulphur dioxide, and known only in a watery solution and in its salts; -- called also {dithionic acid}. See {Dithionic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doting \Dot"ing\, a. That dotes; silly; excessively fond. -- {Dot"ingly}, adv. -- {Dot"ingness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dote \Dote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Doted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doting}.] [OE. doten; akin to OD. doten, D. dutten, to doze, Icel. dotta to nod from sleep, MHG. t[?]zen to keep still: cf. F. doter, OF. radoter (to dote, rave, talk idly or senselessly), which are from the same source.] [Written also {doat}.] 1. To act foolishly. [Obs.] He wol make him doten anon right. --Chaucer. 2. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel. Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. --Dryden. He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. --South. 3. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child. Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote. --Shak. What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love. -- Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doting \Dot"ing\, a. That dotes; silly; excessively fond. -- {Dot"ingly}, adv. -- {Dot"ingness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doting \Dot"ing\, a. That dotes; silly; excessively fond. -- {Dot"ingly}, adv. -- {Dot"ingness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dot \Dot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dotting}.] 1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line. 2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Bow pen}. See {Bow-pen}. {Dotting pen}, a pen for drawing dotted lines. {Drawing}, [or] {Ruling}, {pen}, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. {Fountain pen}, {Geometric pen}. See under {Fountain}, and {Geometric}. {Music pen}, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. {Pen and ink}, [or] {pen-and-ink}, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. {Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.] {Pen name}. See under {Name}. {Sea pen} (Zo[94]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dotting pen \Dot"ting pen`\ See under {Pun}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dowdy \Dow"dy\, a. [Compar. {Dowdier}; superl. {Dowdiest}.] [Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw, da sluggard, drab, Prov. E. dowd flat, dead.] Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking. -- {Dow"dily}, adv. -- {Dow"diness}, n.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Data Encryption Algorithm (DEA) An {ANSI} {standard} defined in ANSI X3.92-1981. It is identical to the {Data Encryption Standard} (DES). (1994-12-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Data Encryption Key (DEK) Used for the {encryption} of message text and for the computation of message integrity checks (signatures). See {cryptography}. (1994-12-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Data Encryption Standard (DES) The {NBS}'s popular, standard {encryption} algorithm. It is a {product cipher} that operates on 64-bit blocks of data, using a 56-bit key. It is defined in {FIPS} 46-1 (1988) (which supersedes FIPS 46 (1977)). DES is identical to the {ANSI} standard {Data Encryption Algorithm} (DEA) defined in ANSI X3.92-1981. DES has been implemented in {VLSI}. {SunOS} provides a des command which can make use of DES hardware if fitted. Neither the software nor the hardware are supposed to be distributed outside the USA. {Unix manual pages}: des(1), des(3), des(4). (1994-12-06)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Didymus (Gr. twin = Heb. Thomas, q.v.), John 11:16; 20:24; 21:2.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Didymus, a twin; double