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   Dalmatia
         n 1: a historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea;
               mountainous with many islands

English Dictionary: dalmatian by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dalmatia pyrethrum
n
  1. white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
    Synonym(s): pyrethrum, Dalmatian pyrethrum, Dalmatia pyrethrum, Tanacetum cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dalmatian
adj
  1. of or relating to Dalmatia or its inhabitants
n
  1. a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia
  2. a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia
    Synonym(s): dalmatian, coach dog, carriage dog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dalmatian iris
n
  1. European iris having soft lilac-blue flowers [syn: Dalmatian iris, Iris pallida]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dalmatian laburnum
n
  1. erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus
    Synonym(s): Dalmatian laburnum, Petteria ramentacea, Cytisus ramentaceus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dalmatian pyrethrum
n
  1. white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
    Synonym(s): pyrethrum, Dalmatian pyrethrum, Dalmatia pyrethrum, Tanacetum cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delimit
v
  1. determine the essential quality of [syn: specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate]
  2. be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
    Synonym(s): subtend, delimit
  3. set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
    Synonym(s): demarcate, delimit, delimitate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delimitate
v
  1. determine the essential quality of [syn: specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate]
  2. set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
    Synonym(s): demarcate, delimit, delimitate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delimitation
n
  1. a line that indicates a boundary [syn: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delimited
adj
  1. having the limits or boundaries established; "a delimited frontier through the disputed region"
    Synonym(s): bounded, delimited
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delineate
adj
  1. represented accurately or precisely [syn: delineated, represented, delineate]
    Antonym(s): undelineated
v
  1. show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
    Synonym(s): define, delineate
  2. determine the essential quality of
    Synonym(s): specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
  3. trace the shape of
    Synonym(s): delineate, limn, outline
  4. make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
    Synonym(s): trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
  5. describe in vivid detail
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delineated
adj
  1. represented accurately or precisely [syn: delineated, represented, delineate]
    Antonym(s): undelineated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delineation
n
  1. a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
    Synonym(s): word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation
  2. a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
    Synonym(s): delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing
  3. representation by drawing or painting etc
    Synonym(s): depiction, delineation, portrayal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delineative
adj
  1. depicted in a recognizable manner [syn: delineative, depictive]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dilantin
n
  1. an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative
    Synonym(s): diphenylhydantoin, phenytoin, Dilantin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilleniid dicot family
n
  1. family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilleniid dicot genus
n
  1. genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dilleniidae
n
  1. a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
    Synonym(s): Dilleniidae, subclass Dilleniidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diluent
n
  1. a diluting agent
    Synonym(s): dilutant, diluent, thinner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dolomite
n
  1. a kind of sedimentary rock resembling marble or limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate
  2. a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer
    Synonym(s): dolomite, bitter spar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dolomite Alps
n
  1. an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dolomitic
adj
  1. relating to or consisting of dolomite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dowland
n
  1. English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626)
    Synonym(s): Dowland, John Dowland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dylan Thomas
n
  1. Welsh poet (1914-1953) [syn: Thomas, Dylan Thomas, Dylan Marlais Thomas]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Aliunde \[d8]A`li*un"de\, adv. & a. [L.] (Law)
      From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved
      aliunde; evidence aliunde.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Allantoidea \[d8]Al`lan*toid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an
      allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Allantois \[d8]Al*lan"to*is\, Allantoid \Al*lan"toid\, ] n..
      (Anat.)
      A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and
      reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the
      parent; the urinary vesicle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Allumette \[d8]Al`lu`mette\, n. [F., from allumer to light.]
      A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Almadia \[d8]Al`ma*di"a\, d8Almadie \[d8]Al"ma*die\, n. [F.
      almadie (cf. Sp. & Pg. almadia), fr. Ar. alma'd[c6]yah a
      raft, float.] (Naut.)
      (a) A bark canoe used by the Africans.
      (b) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long,
            and six or seven broad.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Almadia \[d8]Al`ma*di"a\, d8Almadie \[d8]Al"ma*die\, n. [F.
      almadie (cf. Sp. & Pg. almadia), fr. Ar. alma'd[c6]yah a
      raft, float.] (Naut.)
      (a) A bark canoe used by the Africans.
      (b) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long,
            and six or seven broad.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Almude \[d8]Al*mude"\, n. [Pg. almude, or Sp. almud, a measure
      of grain or dry fruit, fr. Ar. al-mudd a dry measure.]
      A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the
      Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6,
      gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the [bd]almud[b8] is about
      1.4 gallons.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Delenda \[d8]De*len"da\, n. pl. [L., fr. delere to destroy.]
      Things to be erased or blotted out.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Delundung \[d8]De*lun"dung\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An East Indian carnivorous mammal ({Prionodon gracilis}),
      resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is
      handsomely spotted.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Dolente \[d8]Do*len"te\, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.)
      Plaintively. See {Doloroso}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Helianthoidea \[d8]He`li*an"thoi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L.
      helianthes sunflower + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Holometabola \[d8]Hol`o*me*tab"o*la\, n. pl. [NL. See {Holo-},
      and {Metabola}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8L91modipoda \[d8]L[91]`mo*dip"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?]
      throat + [?] twice + [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is
      small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five
      pairs. The whale louse, or {Cyamus}, and {Caprella} are
      examples.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lametta \[d8]La*met"ta\, n. [Cf. It. lametta, dim. of lama a
      thin plate.]
      Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass. --De Colange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Landdrost \[d8]Land"drost`\, n.; pl. {-drosten} . Sometimes
      incorrectly Landtrost \Landtrost\ [D., fr. land land + drost
      a kind of official; akin to G. truchsess.] In Cape Colony:
      (a) A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in
            1827 by [bd]resident magistrates.[b8]
      (b) The president of the Heemraad.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Landsthing \[d8]Lands"thing`\, n. [Dan. landsthing, landsting,
      fr. land land + thing, ting, parliament. See {Land};
      {Thing}.] (Denmark.)
      See {Legislature}, below.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Landstorm \[d8]Land"storm`\, n. [Sw.]
      See {Varnpligtige}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Landsturm \[d8]Land"sturm`\, n. [G. See {Land}, and {Storm}.]
      That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called out
      last.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Landsturm \[d8]Land"sturm`\, n. [G. See {Land}; {Storm}.]
      In Germany and other European nations, and Japan:
      (a) A general levy in time of war.
      (b) The forces called out on such levy, composed of all men
            liable to service who are not in the army, navy, or
            Landwehr; the last line of defense, supposed to be called
            out only in case of invasion or other grave emergency.
            See {Army organization}, above.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Landtag \[d8]Land"tag`\, n. [G. See {Land}, and {Day}.]
      The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Landtag \[d8]Land"tag`\, n. [G. See {Land}; {Day}.] (Prussia.)
      See {Legislasture}, below.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Landwehr \[d8]Land"wehr`\, n. [G., fr. land land, country +
      wehr defense.]
      That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has
      completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty
      in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally
      for drill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lentamente \[d8]Len`ta*men"te\
      (l[asl]n`t[adot]*m[asl]n"t[asl]; E.
      l[ecr]n`t[adot]*m[ecr]n"t[esl]), adv. [It.] (Mus.)
      Slowly; in slow time.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lentando \[d8]Len*tan"do\ (l[asl]n*t[aum]n"d[osl]; E.
      l[ecr]n*t[acr]n"d[osl]), a. [It., p. pr. of lentare to make
      slow. See {Lent}, a.] (Mus.)
      Slackening; retarding. Same as {Rallentando}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lenticula \[d8]Len*tic"u*la\ (l[ecr]n*t[icr]k"[usl]*l[adot]),
      n.; pl. E. {Lenticulas} (-l[adot]z), L. {Lenticul[91]}
      (-l[emac]). [L. See {Lenticel}.]
      1. (Med.) A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.
  
      2. (Opt.) A lens of small size.
  
      3. (Bot.) A lenticel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lentigo \[d8]Len*ti"go\ (l[ecr]n*t[imac]"g[osl]), n. [L., fr.
      lens, lentis, lentil.] (Med.)
      A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lento \[d8]Len"to\ (l[asl]n"t[osl]; E. l[ecr]n"t[osl]), a. &
      adv. [It.] (Mus.)
      Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written {lente}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lentor \[d8]Len"tor\ (-t[ocr]r), n. [L., fr. lentus pliant,
      tough, slow. See {Lent}, a.]
      1. Tenacity; viscidity, as of fluids.
  
      2. Slowness; delay; sluggishness. --Arbuthnot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lindia \[d8]Lin"di*a\ (l[icr]n"d[icr]*[adot]), n. [NL.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of
      ciliated disks. By some zo[94]logists it is thought to be
      like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tillandsia \[d8]Til*land"si*a\, n. [NL., after Prof. Tillands,
      of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)
      An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined
      to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a
      rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves, which often hold
      a considerable quantity of water. The spicate or paniculate
      flowers have free perianth segments, and are often subtended
      by colored bracts. Also, a plant of this genus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tillandsia \[d8]Til*land"si*a\, n. [NL. So named after Prof.
      Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)
      A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern
      United States and in tropical America. {Tillandsia
      usneoides}, called {long moss}, {black moss}, {Spanish moss},
      and {Florida moss}, has a very slender pendulous branching
      stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees.
      It is often used for stuffing mattresses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ulonata \[d8]U`lo*na"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true
      Orthoptera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dalmatian \Dal*ma"tian\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Dalmatia.
  
      {Dalmatian dog} (Zo[94]l.), a carriage dog, shaped like a
            pointer, and having black or bluish spots on a white
            ground; the coach dog.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dalmatian \Dal*ma"tian\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Dalmatia.
  
      {Dalmatian dog} (Zo[94]l.), a carriage dog, shaped like a
            pointer, and having black or bluish spots on a white
            ground; the coach dog.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dalmatica \Dal*mat"i*ca\, n., Dalmatic \Dal*mat"ic\, n.[LL.
      dalmatica: cf. F. dalmatique.]
      1. (R. C. Ch.) A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two
            stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at
            pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn
            in Dalmatia.
  
      2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at
            their coronation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dalmatica \Dal*mat"i*ca\, n., Dalmatic \Dal*mat"ic\, n.[LL.
      dalmatica: cf. F. dalmatique.]
      1. (R. C. Ch.) A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two
            stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at
            pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn
            in Dalmatia.
  
      2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at
            their coronation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delimit \De*lim"it\, v. t. [L. delimitare: cf. F. d[82]limiter.]
      To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delimitation \De*lim`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. delimitatio: cf. F.
      d[82]limitation.]
      The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries;
      limitation. --Gladstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delineate \De*lin"e*ate\, a. [L. delineatus, p. p. of delineare
      to delineate; de- + lineare to draw, fr. linea line. See
      {Line}.]
      Delineated; portrayed. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delineate \De*lin"e*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delineated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Delineating}.]
      1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to
            represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to
            portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to
            represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver;
            hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See
            {Delineation}.
  
                     Adventurous to delineate nature's form. --Akenside.
  
      2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set
            forth; to describe.
  
                     Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy.
                                                                              --Walpole.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delineate \De*lin"e*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delineated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Delineating}.]
      1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to
            represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to
            portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to
            represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver;
            hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See
            {Delineation}.
  
                     Adventurous to delineate nature's form. --Akenside.
  
      2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set
            forth; to describe.
  
                     Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy.
                                                                              --Walpole.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delineate \De*lin"e*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delineated}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Delineating}.]
      1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to
            represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to
            portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to
            represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver;
            hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See
            {Delineation}.
  
                     Adventurous to delineate nature's form. --Akenside.
  
      2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set
            forth; to describe.
  
                     Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy.
                                                                              --Walpole.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delineation \De*lin`e*a"tion\, n. [L. delineatio: cf. F.
      d[82]lin[82]ation.]
      1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by
            lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as,
            the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and
            engraving, representation by means of lines, as
            distinguished from representation by means of tints and
            shades; accurate and minute representation, as
            distinguished from art that is careless of details, or
            subordinates them excessively.
  
      2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description
            in words.
  
                     Their softest delineations of female beauty. --W.
                                                                              Irving.
  
      Syn: Sketch; portrait; outline. See {Sketch}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delineator \De*lin"e*a`tor\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher.
  
      2. (Surv.) A perambulator which records distances and
            delineates a profile, as of a road.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delineatory \De*lin"e*a*to*ry\, a.
      That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline;
      delineating.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delineature \De*lin"e*a*ture\ (?; 135), n.
      Delineation. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delinition \Del`i*ni"tion\, n. [L. delinere to smear. See
      {Liniment}.]
      A smearing. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dilaniate \Di*la"ni*ate\, v. t. [L. dilaniatus, p. p. of
      dilaniare to dilacerate; di- = dis- + laniare to tear to
      pieces.]
      To rend in pieces; to tear. [R.] --Howell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dilaniation \Di*la`ni*a"tion\, n.
      A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diluent \Dil"u*ent\, a. [L. diluens, p. pr. diluere. See
      {Dilute}.]
      Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of
      water. --Arbuthnot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diluent \Dil"u*ent\, n.
      1. That which dilutes.
  
      2. (Med.) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood;
            a weak drink.
  
                     There is no real diluent but water.   --Arbuthnot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.
  
                     So sure the dole, so ready at their call, They stood
                     prepared to see the manna fall.         --Dryden.
  
                     Heaven has in store a precious dole.   --Keble.
  
      4. A boundary; a landmark. --Halliwell.
  
      5. A void space left in tillage. --[Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Dole beer}, beer bestowed as alms. [Obs.]
  
      {Dole bread}, bread bestowed as alms. [Obs.]
  
      {Dole meadow}, a meadow in which several persons have a
            common right or share.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dolent \Do"lent\, a. [L. dolens, p. pr. of dolere: cf. F.
      dolent. See {Dole} sorrow.]
      Sorrowful. [Obs.] --Ford.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Water spider \Wa"ter spi"der\ (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) An aquatic European spider ({Argyoneta aquatica}) which
            constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on
            water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of
            silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with
            air which the spider carries down in the form of small
            bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind
            feet. Called also {diving spider}.
      (b) A water mite.
      (c) Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water,
            especially the large American species ({Dolomedes
            lanceolatus}) which runs rapidly on the surface of water;
            -- called also {raft spider}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dolomite \Dol"o*mite\, n. [After the French geologist Dolomieu.]
      (Geol. & Min.)
      A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in
      varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in
      extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline
      granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the
      common white marble. Also called {bitter spar}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dolomitic \Dol`o*mit"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to dolomite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Limestone \Lime"stone`\ (l[imac]m"st[omac]n`), n.
      A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate
      of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and
      is then called magnesian or {dolomitic limestone}.
      Crystalline limestone is called {marble}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dalmatia, PA
      Zip code(s): 17017

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   De Land, FL (city, FIPS 16875)
      Location: 29.03604 N, 81.29752 W
      Population (1990): 16491 (7724 housing units)
      Area: 25.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   De Land, IL (village, FIPS 19200)
      Location: 40.12159 N, 88.64383 W
      Population (1990): 458 (196 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61839

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   De Land Southwest, FL (CDP, FIPS 16937)
      Location: 29.00690 N, 81.31096 W
      Population (1990): 1249 (524 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Deland, FL
      Zip code(s): 32720, 32724

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Delmita, TX
      Zip code(s): 78536

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Doland, SD (city, FIPS 16820)
      Location: 44.89443 N, 98.09915 W
      Population (1990): 306 (158 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57436

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dolomite, AL
      Zip code(s): 35061

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   delint /dee-lint/ v. obs.   To modify code to remove problems
   detected when {lint}ing.   Confusingly, this process is also referred
   to as `linting' code.   This term is no longer in general use because
   ANSI C compilers typically issue compile-time warnings almost as
   detailed as lint warnings.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Delaunay triangulation
  
      (After B. Delaunay) For a {set} S of
      points in the {Euclidean plane}, the unique {triangulation}
      DT(S) of S such that no point in S is inside the circumcircle
      of any triangle in DT(S).   DT(S) is the dual of the {voronoi
      diagram} of S.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   delimiter
  
      A {character} or {string} used to separate, or
      mark the start and end of, items of data in, e.g., a
      {database}, {source code}, or {text file}.
  
      See also: {record}.
  
      (2001-03-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   delint
  
      /dee-lint/ To modify code to remove problems detected when
      {lint}ing.   Confusingly, this process is also referred to as
      "linting" code.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   dual-homed
  
      A kind of connection to a {FDDI} network where a
      {host} is simultaneously connected to two separate devices in
      the same FDDI ring.   One of the connections becomes active
      while the other one is automatically blocked.   If the first
      connection fails, the backup link takes over with no
      perceptible delay.
  
      A dual-homed device can tolerate a fault in one of its "homes"
      whereas a {dual-attached} device can tolerate a fault in one
      of the rings.
  
      (1994-12-13)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Dalmatia
      a mountainous country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, a
      part of the Roman province of Illyricum. It still bears its
      ancient name. During Paul's second imprisonment at Rome, Titus
      left him to visit Dalmatia (2 Tim. 4:10) for some unknown
      purpose. Paul had himself formerly preached in that region (Rom.
      15:19).
     
         The present Emperor of Austria bears, among his other titles,
      that of "King of Dalmatia."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Dalmatia, deceitful lamps; vain brightness
  
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