data structure
         n 1: (computer science) the organization of data (and its
               storage allocations in a computer)

English Dictionary: data-storage medium	by the DICT Development Group
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data-storage medium n a medium for storing information [syn: storage medium, data-storage medium]
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date stamp v stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" [syn: date, date stamp]
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dead set adj fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" Synonym(s): bent, bent on(p), dead set(p), out to(p)
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dead weight n an oppressive encumbrance a heavy motionless weight
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death seat n the car seat beside the driver of an automobile; believed to be the most dangerous place to sit in a car in case of an accident
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death squad n a clandestine military or paramilitary team who murder political dissidents or petty criminals (usually with the government's tacit approval)
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death's head n a human skull (or a representation of a human skull) used as a symbol of death
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death's-head moth n European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull Synonym(s): death's-head moth, Acherontia atropos
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dedicate v give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" Synonym(s): give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes" inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents" set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
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dedicated adj devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose; "a dedicated dancer"; "dedicated teachers"; "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"- A.Lincoln Antonym(s): undedicated solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II" Synonym(s): consecrated, consecrate, dedicated Antonym(s): desecrated
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dedicated file server n (computer science) a file server that can be used only as a file server Antonym(s): non-dedicated file server
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dedication n complete and wholehearted fidelity a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose a message that makes a pledge Synonym(s): commitment, dedication a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something Synonym(s): dedication, inscription the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" Synonym(s): commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication
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deduct v make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" Synonym(s): subtract, deduct, take off Antonym(s): add, add together retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" Synonym(s): withhold, deduct, recoup reason by deduction; establish by deduction Synonym(s): deduce, infer, deduct, derive
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deductible adj acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction) Antonym(s): nondeductible n (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax) a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount
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deduction n a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket Synonym(s): tax write-off, tax deduction, deduction an amount or percentage deducted Synonym(s): deduction, discount something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications" Synonym(s): deduction, entailment, implication reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) Synonym(s): deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks" Synonym(s): subtraction, deduction Antonym(s): addition the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise Synonym(s): discount, price reduction, deduction
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deductive adj relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning" involving inferences from general principles Antonym(s): inductive
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deductive reasoning n reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) Synonym(s): deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis
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detached adj showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander" Synonym(s): degage, detached, uninvolved being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling" Synonym(s): detached, isolated, separated, set- apart no longer connected or joined; "a detached part"; "on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached"; "the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases" Synonym(s): detached, separated used of buildings; standing apart from others; "detached houses"; "a detached garage" Antonym(s): attached lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person" Synonym(s): detached, unaffectionate, uncaring not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran" Synonym(s): detached, free
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detached house n a house that stands alone [syn: detached house, {single dwelling}]
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detached retina n visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation Synonym(s): retinal detachment, detachment of the retina, detached retina
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detect v discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" Synonym(s): detect, observe, find, discover, notice
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detectable adj capable of being detected; "after a noticeable pause the lecturer continued" Synonym(s): detectable, noticeable easily seen or detected; "a detectable note of sarcasm"; "he continued after a perceptible pause" Synonym(s): detectable, perceptible
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detected adj perceived or discerned; "the detected micrometeoritic material" Antonym(s): undetected perceived with the mind; "he winced at the detected flicker of irony in her voice"
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detecting n a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet" Synonym(s): detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing
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detection n the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure" Synonym(s): detection, sensing the act of detecting something; catching sight of something Synonym(s): detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting the detection that a signal is being received Synonym(s): signal detection, detection a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet" Synonym(s): detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing
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detective n a police officer who investigates crimes [syn: detective, investigator, tec, police detective] an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
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detective agency n an agency that makes inquiries for its clients
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detective novel n novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end Synonym(s): detective novel, mystery novel
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detective story n a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution
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detective work n a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet" Synonym(s): detection, detecting, detective work, sleuthing
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detector n any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner Synonym(s): detector, sensor, sensing element rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave Synonym(s): detector, demodulator electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
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detest v dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians" Synonym(s): hate, detest Antonym(s): love
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detestable adj offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" Synonym(s): abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke Synonym(s): abominable, detestable, execrable, odious
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detestably adv in an offensive and hateful manner; "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably" Synonym(s): detestably, repulsively, abominably, odiously
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detestation n hate coupled with disgust [syn: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, loathing, odium]
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detested adj treated with contempt [syn: despised, detested, hated, scorned]
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didactic adj instructive (especially excessively) [syn: didactic, didactical]
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didactical adj instructive (especially excessively) [syn: didactic, didactical]
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didactically adv in a didactic manner; "this is a didactically sound method" Synonym(s): didactically, pedagogically
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didacticism n communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive; "the didacticism expected in books for the young"; "the didacticism of the 19th century gave birth to many great museums"
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didactics n the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" Synonym(s): education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
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ditch digger n a laborer who digs ditches [syn: ditch digger, {mud digger}]
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dodecahedron n any polyhedron having twelve plane faces
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Dutch door n an exterior door divided in two horizontally; either half can be closed or open independently Synonym(s): Dutch door, half door
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Dutch treat n a dinner where each person pays for his own
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Dytiscidae n water beetles Synonym(s): Dytiscidae, family Dytiscidae
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d8Athecata \[d8]Ath`e*ca"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. +       [?] chest, box.] (Zo[94]l.)       A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not       inclosed in a capsule. See {Tubularian}.
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d8Deductor \[d8]De*duc"tor\, n. [L., a guide. See {Deduce}.]       (Zo[94]l.)       The pilot whale or blackfish.
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d8Et cetera \[d8]Et` cet"e*ra\, d8Et c91tera \[d8]Et`    c[91]t"e*ra\ . [L. et and + caetera other things.]       Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to       point out that other things which could be mentioned are to       be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c).       --Shak.
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d8Et cetera \[d8]Et` cet"e*ra\, d8Et c91tera \[d8]Et`    c[91]t"e*ra\ . [L. et and + caetera other things.]       Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to       point out that other things which could be mentioned are to       be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c).       --Shak.
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d8Hautgo96t \[d8]Haut`go[96]t"\, n. [F.]       High relish or flavor; high seasoning.
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{Dead plate} (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire             grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.                      {Dead pledge}, a mortgage. See {Mortgage}.          {Dead point}. (Mach.) See {Dead center}.          {Dead reckoning} (Naut.), the method of determining the place             of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as             given by compass, and the distance made on each course as             found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the             aid of celestial observations.          {Dead rise}, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's             floor.          {Dead rising}, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to             determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the             ship's length.          {Dead-Sea apple}. See under {Apple}.          {Dead set}. See under {Set}.          {Dead shot}.             (a) An unerring marksman.             (b) A shot certain to be made.          {Dead smooth}, the finest cut made; -- said of files.          {Dead wall} (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or             other openings.          {Dead water} (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a             ship's stern when sailing.          {Dead weight}.             (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.             (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy                   goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.             (c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live                   weight being the load. --Knight.          {Dead wind} (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the             ship's course.          {To be dead}, to die. [Obs.]                         I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.          Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See {Lifeless}.
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Set \Set\, n.       1. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body;             descent; hence, the close; termination. [bd]Locking at the             set of day.[b8] --Tennyson.                         The weary sun hath made a golden set. --Shak.          2. That which is set, placed, or fixed. Specifically:             (a) A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.             (b) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake;                   hence, a game at venture. [Obs. or R.]                               We will in France, by God's grace, play a set                            Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard.                                                                               --Shak.                               That was but civil war, an equal set. --Dryden.             (c) (Mech.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of                   excessive strain, as from compression, tension,                   bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.             (d) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving                   shape to, metal; as, a saw set.             (e) (Pile Driving) A piece placed temporarily upon the                   head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by                   the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an                   intervening piece. [Often incorrectly written {sett}.]             (f) (Carp.) A short steel spike used for driving the head                   of a nail below the surface.          3. [Perhaps due to confusion with sect, sept.] A number of             things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed             together; a collection of articles which naturally             complement each other, and usually go together; an             assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of             surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc. [In             this sense, sometimes incorrectly written {sett}.]          4. A number of persons associated by custom, office, common             opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a             clique. [bd]Others of our set.[b8] --Tennyson.                         This falls into different divisions, or sets, of                      nations connected under particular religions. --R.                                                                               P. Ward.          5. Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a             current.          6. In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a             quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements             executed.          7. The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw,             which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an             opening, wider than the blade.          8.             (a) A young oyster when first attached.             (b) Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any                   locality.          9. (Tennis) A series of as many games as may be necessary to             enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth             game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce             set, and decided by an application of the rules for             playing off deuce in a game. See {Deuce}.          10. (Type Founding) That dimension of the body of a type             called by printers the width.          {Dead set}.             (a) The act of a setter dog when it discovers the game,                   and remains intently fixed in pointing it out.             (b) A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle                   or hindrance; a deadlock; as, to be at a dead set.             (c) A concerted scheme to defraud by gaming; a determined                   onset.          {To make a dead set}, to make a determined onset, literally             or figuratively.          Syn: Collection; series; group. See {Pair}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Dead plate} (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire             grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.                      {Dead pledge}, a mortgage. See {Mortgage}.          {Dead point}. (Mach.) See {Dead center}.          {Dead reckoning} (Naut.), the method of determining the place             of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as             given by compass, and the distance made on each course as             found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the             aid of celestial observations.          {Dead rise}, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's             floor.          {Dead rising}, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to             determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the             ship's length.          {Dead-Sea apple}. See under {Apple}.          {Dead set}. See under {Set}.          {Dead shot}.             (a) An unerring marksman.             (b) A shot certain to be made.          {Dead smooth}, the finest cut made; -- said of files.          {Dead wall} (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or             other openings.          {Dead water} (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a             ship's stern when sailing.          {Dead weight}.             (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.             (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy                   goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.             (c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live                   weight being the load. --Knight.          {Dead wind} (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the             ship's course.          {To be dead}, to die. [Obs.]                         I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.          Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See {Lifeless}.
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Stock \Stock\ (st[ocr]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick;       akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw.       stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to       urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.]       1. The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed,             strong, firm part; the trunk.                         Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and                      the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the                      scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs                      like a plant.                                    --Job xiv.                                                                               8,9.          2. The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.                         The scion overruleth the stock quite. --Bacon.          3. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a             firm support; a post.                         All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.                                                                               --Milton.                         Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven                      shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or                      metal, and in no case of brick.         --Fuller.          4. Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or             post; one who has little sense.                         Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks.      --Shak.          5. The principal supporting part; the part in which others             are inserted, or to which they are attached. Specifically:                         (a) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket                   or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular                   piece of wood, which is an important part of several                   forms of gun carriage.             (b) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in                   boring; a bitstock; a brace.             (c) (Joinery) The block of wood or metal frame which                   constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the                   plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.             (d) (Naut.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the                   shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of                   {Anchor}.             (e) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed,                   or of the anvil itself.             (f) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for                   cutting screws; a diestock.             (g) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer,                   which was delivered to the person who had lent the                   king money on account, as the evidence of                   indebtedness. See {Counterfoil}. [Eng.]          6. The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a             family; the progenitor of a family and his direct             descendants; lineage; family.                         And stand betwixt them made, when, severally, All                      told their stock.                              --Chapman.                         Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stock From                      Dardanus.                                          --Denham.          7. Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in             business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a             bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares,             each of a certain amount; money funded in government             securities, called also {the public funds}; in the plural,             property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or             in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; --             so in the United States, but in England the latter only             are called {stocks}, and the former {shares}.          8. (Bookkeeping) Same as {Stock account}, below.          9. Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a             merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in             a stock of provisions.                         Add to that stock which justly we bestow. --Dryden.          10. (Agric.) Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or             raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep,             etc.; -- called also {live stock}.          11. (Card Playing) That portion of a pack of cards not             distributed to the players at the beginning of certain             games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from             afterward as occasion required; a bank.                         I must buy the stock; send me good cardings.                                                                               --Beau. & Fl.          12. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. [Obs.]          13. [Cf. {Stocking}.] A covering for the leg, or leg and             foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks             (stockings). [Obs.]                         With a linen stock on one leg.         --Shak.          14. A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a             silk stock.          15. pl. A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or             the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined             by way of punishment.                         He shall rest in my stocks.               --Piers                                                                               Plowman.          16. pl. (Shipbuilding) The frame or timbers on which a ship             rests while building.          17. pl. Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls             and the front of buildings. [Eng.]          18. (Bot.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus {Matthiola};             as, common stock ({Matthiola incana}) (see             {Gilly-flower}); ten-weeks stock ({M. annua}).          19. (Geol.) An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large             cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore             deposited in limestone.          20. A race or variety in a species.          21. (Biol.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons             (see {Person}), as trees, chains of salp[91], etc.          22. The beater of a fulling mill. --Knight.          23. (Cookery) A liquid or jelly containing the juices and             soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc.,             extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc.          {Bit stock}. See {Bitstock}.          {Dead stock} (Agric.), the implements of husbandry, and             produce stored up for use; -- in distinction from live             stock, or the domestic animals on the farm. See def. 10,             above.          {Head stock}. See {Headstock}.          {Paper stock}, rags and other material of which paper is             made.          {Stock account} (Bookkeeping), an account on a merchant's             ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or             stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or             contribution, the other side showing the amounts             withdrawn.          {Stock car}, a railway car for carrying cattle.          {Stock company} (Com.), an incorporated company the capital             of which is represented by marketable shares having a             certain equal par value.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Dead plate} (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire             grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.                      {Dead pledge}, a mortgage. See {Mortgage}.          {Dead point}. (Mach.) See {Dead center}.          {Dead reckoning} (Naut.), the method of determining the place             of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as             given by compass, and the distance made on each course as             found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the             aid of celestial observations.          {Dead rise}, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's             floor.          {Dead rising}, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to             determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the             ship's length.          {Dead-Sea apple}. See under {Apple}.          {Dead set}. See under {Set}.          {Dead shot}.             (a) An unerring marksman.             (b) A shot certain to be made.          {Dead smooth}, the finest cut made; -- said of files.          {Dead wall} (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or             other openings.          {Dead water} (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a             ship's stern when sailing.          {Dead weight}.             (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.             (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy                   goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.             (c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live                   weight being the load. --Knight.          {Dead wind} (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the             ship's course.          {To be dead}, to die. [Obs.]                         I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.          Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See {Lifeless}.
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Weight \Weight\, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D.       gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[91]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[91]gt.       See {Weigh}, v. t.]       1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by             which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect             of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain             units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.          Note: Weight differs from gravity in being the effect of                gravity, or the downward pressure of a body under the                influence of gravity; hence, it constitutes a measure                of the force of gravity, and being the resultant of all                the forces exerted by gravity upon the different                particles of the body, it is proportional to the                quantity of matter in the body.          2. The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the             center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated             by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to             some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight             of five hundred pounds.                         For sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell, Once set on                      ringing, with his own weight goes.      --Shak.          3. Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or             business. [bd]The weight of this said time.[b8] --Shak.                         For the public all this weight he bears. --Milton.                         [He] who singly bore the world's sad weight.                                                                               --Keble.          4. Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence;             moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast             weight.                         In such a point of weight, so near mine honor.                                                                               --Shak.          5. A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of             estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight;             apothecaries' weight.          6. A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a             paper weight.                         A man leapeth better with weights in his hands.                                                                               --Bacon.          7. A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to             be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as,             an ounce weight.          8. (Mech.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as             opposed to the power which moves it. [Obs.]          {Atomic weight}. (Chem.) See under {Atomic}, and cf.             {Element}.          {Dead weight}, {Feather weight}, {Heavy weight}, {Light       weight}, etc. See under {Dead}, {Feather}, etc.          {Weight of observation} (Astron. & Physics), a number             expressing the most probable relative value of each             observation in determining the result of a series of             observations of the same kind.          Syn: Ponderousness; gravity; heaviness; pressure; burden;                load; importance; power; influence; efficacy;                consequence; moment; impressiveness.
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Dead-stroke \Dead"-stroke`\, a. (Mech.)       Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.          {Dead-stroke hammer} (Mach.), a power hammer having a spring             interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer             head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and             reduce the shock upon the mechanism.
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Dead-stroke \Dead"-stroke`\, a. (Mech.)       Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.          {Dead-stroke hammer} (Mach.), a power hammer having a spring             interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer             head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and             reduce the shock upon the mechanism.
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Death \Death\, n. [OE. deth, dea[?], AS. de[a0][?]; akin to OS.       d[?][?], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[?]i, Sw. & Dan. d[94]d,       Goth. daupus; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i.,       and cf. {Dead}.]       1. The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of             resuscitation, either in animals or plants.          Note: Local death is going on at times and in all parts of                the living body, in which individual cells and elements                are being cast off and replaced by new; a process                essential to life. General death is of two kinds; death                of the body as a whole (somatic or systemic death), and                death of the tissues. By the former is implied the                absolute cessation of the functions of the brain, the                circulatory and the respiratory organs; by the latter                the entire disappearance of the vital actions of the                ultimate structural constituents of the body. When                death takes place, the body as a whole dies first, the                death of the tissues sometimes not occurring until                after a considerable interval. --Huxley.          2. Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the             death of memory.                         The death of a language can not be exactly compared                      with the death of a plant.                  --J. Peile.          3. Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life.                         A death that I abhor.                        --Shak.                         Let me die the death of the righteous. --Num. xxiii.                                                                               10.          4. Cause of loss of life.                         Swiftly flies the feathered death.      --Dryden.                         He caught his death the last county sessions.                                                                               --Addison.          5. Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally             represented as a skeleton with a scythe.                         Death! great proprietor of all.         --Young.                         And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name                      that at on him was Death.                  --Rev. vi. 8.          6. Danger of death. [bd]In deaths oft.[b8] --2 Cor. xi. 23.          7. Murder; murderous character.                         Not to suffer a man of death to live. --Bacon.          8. (Theol.) Loss of spiritual life.                         To be [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] m[?][?][?][?][?] is                      death.                                                --Rom. viii.                                                                               6.          9. Anything so dreadful as to be like death.                         It was death to them to think of entertaining such                      doctrines.                                          --Atterbury.                         And urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto                      death.                                                --Judg. xvi.                                                                               16.          Note: Death is much used adjectively and as the first part of                a compound, meaning, in general, of or pertaining to                death, causing or presaging death; as, deathbed or                death bed; deathblow or death blow, etc.          {Black death}. See {Black death}, in the Vocabulary.          {Civil death}, the separation of a man from civil society, or             the debarring him from the enjoyment of civil rights, as             by banishment, attainder, abjuration of the realm,             entering a monastery, etc. --Blackstone.          {Death adder}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A kind of viper found in South Africa ({Acanthophis                   tortor}); -- so called from the virulence of its                   venom.             (b) A venomous Australian snake of the family                   {Elapid[91]}, of several species, as the                   {Hoplocephalus superbus} and {Acanthopis antarctica}.                            {Death bell}, a bell that announces a death.                         The death bell thrice was heard to ring. --Mickle.          {Death candle}, a light like that of a candle, viewed by the             superstitious as presaging death.          {Death damp}, a cold sweat at the coming on of death.          {Death fire}, a kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode             death.                         And round about in reel and rout, The death fires                      danced at night.                                 --Coleridge.          {Death grapple}, a grapple or struggle for life.          {Death in life}, a condition but little removed from death; a             living death. [Poetic] [bd]Lay lingering out a five years'             death in life.[b8] --Tennyson.          {Death knell}, a stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a             death.          {Death rate}, the relation or ratio of the number of deaths             to the population.                         At all ages the death rate is higher in towns than                      in rural districts.                           --Darwin.          {Death rattle}, a rattling or gurgling in the throat of a             dying person.          {Death's door}, the boundary of life; the partition dividing             life from death.          {Death stroke}, a stroke causing death.          {Death throe}, the spasm of death.          {Death token}, the signal of approaching death.          {Death warrant}.             (a) (Law) An order from the proper authority for the                   execution of a criminal.             (b) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy.                            {Death wound}.             (a) A fatal wound or injury.             (b) (Naut.) The springing of a fatal leak.          {Spiritual death} (Scripture), the corruption and perversion             of the soul by sin, with the loss of the favor of God.          {The gates of death}, the grave.                         Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? --Job                                                                               xxxviii. 17.          {The second death}, condemnation to eternal separation from             God. --Rev. ii. 11.          {To be the death of}, to be the cause of death to; to make             die. [bd]It was one who should be the death of both his             parents.[b8] --Milton.          Syn: {Death}, {Decease}, {Demise}, {Departure}, {Release}.          Usage: Death applies to the termination of every form of                   existence, both animal and vegetable; the other words                   only to the human race. Decease is the term used in                   law for the removal of a human being out of life in                   the ordinary course of nature. Demise was formerly                   confined to decease of princes, but is now sometimes                   used of distinguished men in general; as, the demise                   of Mr. Pitt. Departure and release are peculiarly                   terms of Christian affection and hope. A violent death                   is not usually called a decease. Departure implies a                   friendly taking leave of life. Release implies a                   deliverance from a life of suffering or sorrow.
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Death \Death\, n. [OE. deth, dea[?], AS. de[a0][?]; akin to OS.       d[?][?], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[?]i, Sw. & Dan. d[94]d,       Goth. daupus; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i.,       and cf. {Dead}.]       1. The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of             resuscitation, either in animals or plants.          Note: Local death is going on at times and in all parts of                the living body, in which individual cells and elements                are being cast off and replaced by new; a process                essential to life. General death is of two kinds; death                of the body as a whole (somatic or systemic death), and                death of the tissues. By the former is implied the                absolute cessation of the functions of the brain, the                circulatory and the respiratory organs; by the latter                the entire disappearance of the vital actions of the                ultimate structural constituents of the body. When                death takes place, the body as a whole dies first, the                death of the tissues sometimes not occurring until                after a considerable interval. --Huxley.          2. Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the             death of memory.                         The death of a language can not be exactly compared                      with the death of a plant.                  --J. Peile.          3. Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life.                         A death that I abhor.                        --Shak.                         Let me die the death of the righteous. --Num. xxiii.                                                                               10.          4. Cause of loss of life.                         Swiftly flies the feathered death.      --Dryden.                         He caught his death the last county sessions.                                                                               --Addison.          5. Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally             represented as a skeleton with a scythe.                         Death! great proprietor of all.         --Young.                         And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name                      that at on him was Death.                  --Rev. vi. 8.          6. Danger of death. [bd]In deaths oft.[b8] --2 Cor. xi. 23.          7. Murder; murderous character.                         Not to suffer a man of death to live. --Bacon.          8. (Theol.) Loss of spiritual life.                         To be [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] m[?][?][?][?][?] is                      death.                                                --Rom. viii.                                                                               6.          9. Anything so dreadful as to be like death.                         It was death to them to think of entertaining such                      doctrines.                                          --Atterbury.                         And urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto                      death.                                                --Judg. xvi.                                                                               16.          Note: Death is much used adjectively and as the first part of                a compound, meaning, in general, of or pertaining to                death, causing or presaging death; as, deathbed or                death bed; deathblow or death blow, etc.          {Black death}. See {Black death}, in the Vocabulary.          {Civil death}, the separation of a man from civil society, or             the debarring him from the enjoyment of civil rights, as             by banishment, attainder, abjuration of the realm,             entering a monastery, etc. --Blackstone.          {Death adder}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A kind of viper found in South Africa ({Acanthophis                   tortor}); -- so called from the virulence of its                   venom.             (b) A venomous Australian snake of the family                   {Elapid[91]}, of several species, as the                   {Hoplocephalus superbus} and {Acanthopis antarctica}.                            {Death bell}, a bell that announces a death.                         The death bell thrice was heard to ring. --Mickle.          {Death candle}, a light like that of a candle, viewed by the             superstitious as presaging death.          {Death damp}, a cold sweat at the coming on of death.          {Death fire}, a kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode             death.                         And round about in reel and rout, The death fires                      danced at night.                                 --Coleridge.          {Death grapple}, a grapple or struggle for life.          {Death in life}, a condition but little removed from death; a             living death. [Poetic] [bd]Lay lingering out a five years'             death in life.[b8] --Tennyson.          {Death knell}, a stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a             death.          {Death rate}, the relation or ratio of the number of deaths             to the population.                         At all ages the death rate is higher in towns than                      in rural districts.                           --Darwin.          {Death rattle}, a rattling or gurgling in the throat of a             dying person.          {Death's door}, the boundary of life; the partition dividing             life from death.          {Death stroke}, a stroke causing death.          {Death throe}, the spasm of death.          {Death token}, the signal of approaching death.          {Death warrant}.             (a) (Law) An order from the proper authority for the                   execution of a criminal.             (b) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy.                            {Death wound}.             (a) A fatal wound or injury.             (b) (Naut.) The springing of a fatal leak.          {Spiritual death} (Scripture), the corruption and perversion             of the soul by sin, with the loss of the favor of God.          {The gates of death}, the grave.                         Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? --Job                                                                               xxxviii. 17.          {The second death}, condemnation to eternal separation from             God. --Rev. ii. 11.          {To be the death of}, to be the cause of death to; to make             die. [bd]It was one who should be the death of both his             parents.[b8] --Milton.          Syn: {Death}, {Decease}, {Demise}, {Departure}, {Release}.          Usage: Death applies to the termination of every form of                   existence, both animal and vegetable; the other words                   only to the human race. Decease is the term used in                   law for the removal of a human being out of life in                   the ordinary course of nature. Demise was formerly                   confined to decease of princes, but is now sometimes                   used of distinguished men in general; as, the demise                   of Mr. Pitt. Departure and release are peculiarly                   terms of Christian affection and hope. A violent death                   is not usually called a decease. Departure implies a                   friendly taking leave of life. Release implies a                   deliverance from a life of suffering or sorrow.
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Death's-head \Death's"-head`\, n.       A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the       conventional personification of death.                   I had rather be married to a death's-head with a bone                in his mouth.                                          --Shak.          {Death's-head moth} (Zo[94]l.), a very large European moth             ({Acherontia atropos}), so called from a figure resembling             a human skull on the back of the thorax; -- called also             {death's-head sphinx}.
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Death's-head \Death's"-head`\, n.       A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the       conventional personification of death.                   I had rather be married to a death's-head with a bone                in his mouth.                                          --Shak.          {Death's-head moth} (Zo[94]l.), a very large European moth             ({Acherontia atropos}), so called from a figure resembling             a human skull on the back of the thorax; -- called also             {death's-head sphinx}.
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Death's-head \Death's"-head`\, n.       A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the       conventional personification of death.                   I had rather be married to a death's-head with a bone                in his mouth.                                          --Shak.          {Death's-head moth} (Zo[94]l.), a very large European moth             ({Acherontia atropos}), so called from a figure resembling             a human skull on the back of the thorax; -- called also             {death's-head sphinx}.
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Dedicate \Ded"i*cate\, p. a. [L. dedicatus, p. p. of dedicare to       affirm, to dedicate; de- + dicare to declare, dedicate; akin       to dicere to say. See {Diction}.]       Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. [bd]Dedicate to       nothing temporal.[b8] --Shak.          Syn: Devoted; consecrated; addicted.
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Dedicate \Ded"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dedicated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Dedicating}.]       1. To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for             sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to             dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a             religious use.                         Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which                      also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. --2 Sam.                                                                               viii. 10, 11.                         We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as                      a final resting place for those who here gave their                      lives that that nation might live. . . . But in a                      larger sense we can not dedicate, we can not                      consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. --A.                                                                               Lincoln.          2. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty             or service.                         The profession of a soldier, to which he had                      dedicated himself.                              --Clarendon.          3. To inscribe or address, as to a patron.                         He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to                      the Lord Burghley.                              --Peacham.          Syn: See {Addict}.
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Dedicate \Ded"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dedicated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Dedicating}.]       1. To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for             sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to             dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a             religious use.                         Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which                      also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. --2 Sam.                                                                               viii. 10, 11.                         We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as                      a final resting place for those who here gave their                      lives that that nation might live. . . . But in a                      larger sense we can not dedicate, we can not                      consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. --A.                                                                               Lincoln.          2. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty             or service.                         The profession of a soldier, to which he had                      dedicated himself.                              --Clarendon.          3. To inscribe or address, as to a patron.                         He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to                      the Lord Burghley.                              --Peacham.          Syn: See {Addict}.
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Dedicatee \Ded`i*ca*tee"\, n.       One to whom a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to       dedicator.
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Dedicate \Ded"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dedicated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Dedicating}.]       1. To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for             sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to             dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a             religious use.                         Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which                      also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. --2 Sam.                                                                               viii. 10, 11.                         We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as                      a final resting place for those who here gave their                      lives that that nation might live. . . . But in a                      larger sense we can not dedicate, we can not                      consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. --A.                                                                               Lincoln.          2. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty             or service.                         The profession of a soldier, to which he had                      dedicated himself.                              --Clarendon.          3. To inscribe or address, as to a patron.                         He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to                      the Lord Burghley.                              --Peacham.          Syn: See {Addict}.
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Dedication \Ded`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. dedicatio.]       1. The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine             Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious             solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of             Solomon's temple.          2. A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose;             as, a dedication of lands to public use.          3. An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book,             testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his             special protection and favor.
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Dedicator \Ded"i*ca`tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. d[82]dicateur.]       One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book       to the favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to       compliment.
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Dedicatorial \Ded`i*ca*to"ri*al\, a.       Dedicatory.
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Dedicatory \Ded"i*ca*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]dicatoire.]       Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental. [bd]An       epistle dedicatory.[b8] --Dryden.
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Dedicatory \Ded"i*ca*to*ry\, n.       Dedication. [R.] --Milton.
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Deduce \De*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deduced}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Deducing}.] [L. deducere; de- + ducere to lead, draw. See       {Duke}, and cf. {Deduct}.]       1. To lead forth. [A Latinism]                         He should hither deduce a colony.      --Selden.          2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part             from the whole. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.          3. To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain             or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a             truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to             infer; -- with from or out of.                         O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes From the                      dire nation in its early times?         --Pope.                         Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing                      unknown truths from principles already known.                                                                               --Locke.                         See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which                      deduces your descent from kings and conquerors.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Deduct \De*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deducted}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Deducting}.] [L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct.       See {Deduce}.]       1. To lead forth or out. [Obs.]                         A people deducted out of the city of Philippos.                                                                               --Udall.          2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering,             estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with             from or out of.                         Deduct what is but vanity, or dress.   --Pope.                         Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of                      the pay of the foreign troops.            --Bp. Burnet.                         We deduct from the computation of our years that                      part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy.             --Norris.          3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] [bd]Do not deduct it to             days.[b8] --Massinger.
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Deduct \De*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deducted}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Deducting}.] [L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct.       See {Deduce}.]       1. To lead forth or out. [Obs.]                         A people deducted out of the city of Philippos.                                                                               --Udall.          2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering,             estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with             from or out of.                         Deduct what is but vanity, or dress.   --Pope.                         Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of                      the pay of the foreign troops.            --Bp. Burnet.                         We deduct from the computation of our years that                      part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy.             --Norris.          3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] [bd]Do not deduct it to             days.[b8] --Massinger.
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Deductible \De*duct"i*ble\, a.       1. Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn.                         Not one found honestly deductible From any use that                      pleased him.                                       --Mrs.                                                                               Browning.          2. Deducible; consequential.
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Deduct \De*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deducted}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Deducting}.] [L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct.       See {Deduce}.]       1. To lead forth or out. [Obs.]                         A people deducted out of the city of Philippos.                                                                               --Udall.          2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering,             estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with             from or out of.                         Deduct what is but vanity, or dress.   --Pope.                         Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of                      the pay of the foreign troops.            --Bp. Burnet.                         We deduct from the computation of our years that                      part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy.             --Norris.          3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] [bd]Do not deduct it to             days.[b8] --Massinger.
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Deduction \De*duc"tion\, n. [L. deductio: cf. F. d[82]duction.]       1. Act or process of deducing or inferring.                         The deduction of one language from another.                                                                               --Johnson.                         This process, by which from two statements we deduce                      a third, is called deduction.            --J. R. Seely.          2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the             deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.          3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process             of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.                         Make fair deductions; see to what they mount.                                                                               --Pope.          4. That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement;             as, a deduction from the yearly rent.          Syn: See {Induction}.
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Deductive \De*duct"ive\, a. [Cf. L. deductivus derivative.]       Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from       premises; deducible.                   All knowledge of causes is deductive.      --Glanvill.                   Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process.                                                                               --Whewell.
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Deductively \De*duct"ive*ly\, adv.       By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. --Sir T.       Browne.
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Detach \De*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detached}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Detaching}.] [F. d[82]tacher (cf. It. distaccare,       staccare); pref. d[82] (L. dis) + the root found also in E.       attach. See {Attach}, and cf. {Staccato}.]       1. To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the             opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous             root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or             from a party.          2. To separate for a special object or use; -- used             especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from             a fleet, or a company from a regiment.          Syn: To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin;                withdraw; draw off. See {Detail}.
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Detached \De*tached"\, a.       Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached       parcels. [bd]Extensive and detached empire.[b8] --Burke.          {Detached escapement}. See {Escapement}.
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Detached \De*tached"\, a.       Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached       parcels. [bd]Extensive and detached empire.[b8] --Burke.          {Detached escapement}. See {Escapement}.
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Detect \De*tect"\ (d[esl]*t[ecr]kt"), a. [L. detectus, p. p. of       detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere to cover. See       {Tegument}.]       Detected. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
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Detect \De*tect"\ (d[esl]*t[ecr]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Detected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detecting}.]       1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light;             as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake             in an account.                         Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered                      at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at                      last.                                                --Burke.                         Like following life through creatures you dissect,                      You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.          2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]                         He was untruly judged to have preached such articles                      as he was detected of.                        --Sir T. More.          Syn: To discover; find out; lay bare; expose.
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Detectable \De*tect"a*ble\ (-[adot]*b'l), Detectible    \De*tect"i*ble\, a.       Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not       detectable. [bd]Errors detectible at a glance.[b8] --Latham.
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Detect \De*tect"\ (d[esl]*t[ecr]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Detected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detecting}.]       1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light;             as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake             in an account.                         Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered                      at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at                      last.                                                --Burke.                         Like following life through creatures you dissect,                      You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.          2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]                         He was untruly judged to have preached such articles                      as he was detected of.                        --Sir T. More.          Syn: To discover; find out; lay bare; expose.
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Detecter \De*tect"er\, n.       One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who       finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector.
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Detectable \De*tect"a*ble\ (-[adot]*b'l), Detectible    \De*tect"i*ble\, a.       Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not       detectable. [bd]Errors detectible at a glance.[b8] --Latham.
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Detect \De*tect"\ (d[esl]*t[ecr]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Detected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detecting}.]       1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light;             as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake             in an account.                         Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered                      at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at                      last.                                                --Burke.                         Like following life through creatures you dissect,                      You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope.          2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]                         He was untruly judged to have preached such articles                      as he was detected of.                        --Sir T. More.          Syn: To discover; find out; lay bare; expose.
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Detection \De*tec"tion\, n. [L. detectio an uncovering,       revealing.]       The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or       hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the       detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot.                   Such secrets of guilt are never from detection. --D.                                                                               Webster.
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Detective \De*tect"ive\, a.       Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting       crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
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Detective \De*tect"ive\, n.       One who business it is so detect criminals or discover       matters of secrecy.
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Detector \De*tect"or\, n. Specifically:       (a) An indicator showing the depth of the water in a boiler.       (b) (Elec.) A galvanometer, usually portable, for indicating             the direction of a current.       (c) (Elec.) Any of various devices for detecting the presence             of electric waves.
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Detector \De*tect"or\, n. [L., a revealer.]       One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. --Shak.                   A deathbed's detector of the heart.         --Young.          {Bank-note detector}, a publication containing a description             of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable             persons to discriminate between them.          {Detector lock}. See under {Lock}.
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Detector bar \De*tect"or bar\ (Railroads)       A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance       between any two consecutive wheels of a train (45 to 50       feet), laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that       the switch cannot be thrown until all the train is past the       switch.
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Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the       fastening of a door, fr. l[umac]can to lock, fasten; akin to       OS. l[umac]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[umac]hhan, Icel.       l[?]ka, Goth. l[umac]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break.       Cf. {Locket}.]       1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a             door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a             bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the             thing fastened.          2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one             thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.                         Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De                                                                               Quincey.          3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.             --Dryden.          4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream             or canal.          5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in             raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to             another; -- called also {lift lock}.          6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is             exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock,             etc.          7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.          8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton.          {Detector lock}, a lock containing a contrivance for showing             whether it as has been tampered with.          {Lock bay} (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.          {Lock chamber}, the inclosed space between the gates of a             canal lock.          {Lock nut}. See {Check nut}, under {Check}.          {Lock plate}, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is             attached.          {Lock rail} (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail             nearest the lock.          {Lock rand} (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.          {Mortise lock}, a door lock inserted in a mortise.          {Rim lock}, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus             differing from a {mortise lock}.
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Detector \De*tect"or\, n. [L., a revealer.]       One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. --Shak.                   A deathbed's detector of the heart.         --Young.          {Bank-note detector}, a publication containing a description             of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable             persons to discriminate between them.          {Detector lock}. See under {Lock}.
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Detest \De*test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detested}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Detesting}.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to       curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest;       de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf.       F. d[82]tester. See {Testify}.]       1. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. [Obs.]                         The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the                      Eastern churches.                              --Fuller.                         God hath detested them with his own mouth. --Bale.          2. To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as,             we detest what is contemptible or evil.                         Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My                      heart detests him as the gates of hell. --Pope.          Syn: To abhor; abominate; execrate. See {Hate}.
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Detestability \De*test`a*bil"i*ty\, n.       Capacity of being odious. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Detestable \De*test"a*ble\, a. [L. detestabilis: cf. F.       d[82]testable.]       Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very       odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.                   Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable                things, and with all thine abominations. --Ezek. v. 11.          Syn: Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.
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Detestableness \De*test"a*ble*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being detestable.
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Detestably \De*test"a*bly\, adv.       In a detestable manner.
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Detestation \Det`es*ta"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. detestatio: cf. F.       d[82]testation.]       The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence;       loathing.                   We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war.                                                                               --Burke.
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Detest \De*test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detested}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Detesting}.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to       curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest;       de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf.       F. d[82]tester. See {Testify}.]       1. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. [Obs.]                         The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the                      Eastern churches.                              --Fuller.                         God hath detested them with his own mouth. --Bale.          2. To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as,             we detest what is contemptible or evil.                         Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My                      heart detests him as the gates of hell. --Pope.          Syn: To abhor; abominate; execrate. See {Hate}.
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Detester \De*test"er\, n.       One who detes[?][?]
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Detest \De*test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detested}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Detesting}.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to       curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest;       de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf.       F. d[82]tester. See {Testify}.]       1. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. [Obs.]                         The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the                      Eastern churches.                              --Fuller.                         God hath detested them with his own mouth. --Bale.          2. To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as,             we detest what is contemptible or evil.                         Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My                      heart detests him as the gates of hell. --Pope.          Syn: To abhor; abominate; execrate. See {Hate}.
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Detesttate \De*test"tate\, v. t.       To detest. [Obs.] --Udall.
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Deutoxide \Deu*tox"ide\ (?; 104), n. [Pref. deut- + oxide.]       (Chem.)       A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen       united with some other element or radical; -- usually called       dioxide, or less frequently, binoxide.
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Didactic \Di*dac"tic\, Didactical \Di*dac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?],       fr. [?] to teach; akin to L. docere to teach: cf. F.       didactique. See {Docile}.]       Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction;       preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as,       didactic essays. [bd]Didactical writings.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.                   The finest didactic poem in any language. --Macaulay.
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Didactic \Di*dac"tic\, n.       A treatise on teaching or education. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Didactic \Di*dac"tic\, Didactical \Di*dac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?],       fr. [?] to teach; akin to L. docere to teach: cf. F.       didactique. See {Docile}.]       Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction;       preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as,       didactic essays. [bd]Didactical writings.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.                   The finest didactic poem in any language. --Macaulay.
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Didactically \Di*dac"tic*al*ly\, adv.       In a didactic manner.
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Didacticism \Di*dac"ti*cism\, n.       The didactic method or system.
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Didacticity \Di`dac*tic"i*ty\, n.       Aptitude for teaching. --Hare.
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Didactics \Di*dac"tics\, n.       The art or science of teaching.
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Didactyl \Di*dac"tyl\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] finger,       toe: cf. F. didactyle.] (Zo[94]l.)       An animal having only two digits.
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Didactylous \Di*dac"tyl*ous\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having only two digits; two-toed.
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Didst \Didst\,       the 2d pers. sing. imp. of {Do}.
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Diduction \Di*duc"tion\, n. [L. diductio, fr. diducere,       diductum, to draw apart; di- = dis- + ducere to lead, draw.]       The act of drawing apart; separation.
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Diet \Di"et\, n. [F. di[8a]te, L. diaeta, fr. Gr. [?] manner of       living.]       1. Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk             habitually; food; victuals; fare. [bd]No inconvenient             diet.[b8] --Milton.          2. A course of food selected with reference to a particular             state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen             prescribed.                         To fast like one that takes diet.      --Shak.          {Diet kitchen}, a kitchen in which diet is prepared for             invalids; a charitable establishment that provides proper             food for the sick poor.
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Dietist \Di"et*ist\, Dietitian \Di`e*ti"tian\, n.       One skilled in dietetics. [R.]
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Ditch \Ditch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ditched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ditching}.]       1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or             ditches; as, to ditch moist land.          2. To surround with a ditch. --Shak.          3. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and             turned on its side.
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Ditheist \Di"the*ist\, n.       One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist.       --Cudworth.
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Ditheistic \Di`the*is"tic\, Ditheistical \Di`the*is"tic*al\, a.       Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.
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Ditheistic \Di`the*is"tic\, Ditheistical \Di`the*is"tic*al\, a.       Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.
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Dodecahedral \Do*dec`a*he"dral\, a.       Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve       equal sides.          {Dodecahedral cleavage}. See under {Cleavage}.
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Dodecahedral \Do*dec`a*he"dral\, a.       Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve       equal sides.          {Dodecahedral cleavage}. See under {Cleavage}.
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Dodecahedron \Do*dec`a*he"dron\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] twelve + [?]       seat, bottom, base: cf. F. dod[82]ca[8a]dre.] (Geom. &       Crystallog.)       A solid having twelve faces.          Note: The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and                regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see                {Pyritohedron}) is related to it; the rhombic                dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces.
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Dodecatemory \Do*dec`a*tem"o*ry\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] twelve + [?],       dim. of [?] part: cf. F. dod[82]cat[82]morie.] (Astron.)       A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac       of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve       signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
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{Shooting iron}, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.]          {Shooting star}.       (a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing             suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky,             and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a             few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also {falling             star}.          Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which                encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which                become visible by coming with planetary velocity into                the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain                periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August,                they appear for a few hours in great numbers,                apparently diverging from some point in the heavens,                such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star                showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth,                were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of                comets. See {Leonids}, {Perseids}.       (b) (Bot.) The American cowslip ({Dodecatheon Meadia}). See             under {Cowslip}.          {Shooting stick} (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron,             used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.             --Hansard.
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Cowslip \Cow"slip`\ (-sl[icr]p`), n. [AS. c[umac]slyppe,       c[umac]sloppe, prob. orig., cow's droppings. Cf. {Slop}, n.]       (Bot.)       1. A common flower in England ({Primula veris}) having yellow             blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often             cultivated in the United States.          2. In the United States, the marsh marigold ({Caltha             palustris}), appearing in wet places in early spring and             often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than             to a true cowslip. See Illust. of {Marsh marigold}.          {American cowslip} (Bot.), a pretty flower of the West             ({Dodecatheon Meadia}), belonging to the same order             ({Primulace[91]}) with the English cowslip.          {French cowslip} (Bot.), bear's-ear ({Primula Auricula}).
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Dodge \Dodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dodged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dodging}.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle,       dade, or dog, v. t.]       1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile;             to shift place by a sudden start. --Milton.          2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to             use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.                         Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity.                                                                               --Milton.
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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"di*ly}, adv. -- {Dow"di*ness},       n.
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Duodecahedral \Du`o*dec`a*he"dral\, a., Duodecahedron    \Du`o*dec`a*he"dron\, n.       See {Dodecahedral}, and {Dodecahedron}.
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Duodecahedral \Du`o*dec`a*he"dral\, a., Duodecahedron    \Du`o*dec`a*he"dron\, n.       See {Dodecahedral}, and {Dodecahedron}.
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touto. The English have applied the name especially to the    Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.    {Derrick}, {Teutonic}.]       Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.          {Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}.          {Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim             milk.          {Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is             yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.          {Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium             repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into             England from Holland.          {Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers             sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]          {Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]             --Marryat.          {Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so             arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,             while the upper part remains open.          {Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, [or] {Dutch gold}, a kind of             brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets,             used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also             {Dutch mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze             leaf}.          {Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,             {C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal             odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or             olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called             because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four             Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Dutch oven}, a tin screen for baking before an open fire or             kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron             kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals.          {Dutch pink}, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in             distemper, and for paper staining. etc. --Weale.          {Dutch rush} (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or Equisetum             ({E. hyemale}) having a rough, siliceous surface, and used             for scouring and polishing; -- called also {scouring             rush}, and {shave grass}. See {Equisetum}.          {Dutch tile}, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly             much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the             like.          Note: Dutch was formerly used for German.                            Germany is slandered to have sent none to this                         war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that                         other pilgrims, passing through that country,                         were mocked by the Dutch, and called fools for                         their pains.                                 --Fuller.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dade City, FL (city, FIPS 16125)       Location: 28.36154 N, 82.19552 W       Population (1990): 5633 (2330 housing units)       Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dade City North, FL (CDP, FIPS 16175)       Location: 28.38326 N, 82.19311 W       Population (1990): 3058 (1063 housing units)       Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dodd City, TX (town, FIPS 20680)       Location: 33.57576 N, 96.07466 W       Population (1990): 350 (157 housing units)       Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 75438
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
dead code n.   Routines that can never be accessed because all    calls to them have been removed, or code that cannot be reached    because it is guarded by a control structure that provably must    always transfer control somewhere else.   The presence of dead code    may reveal either logical errors due to alterations in the program    or significant changes in the assumptions and environment of the    program (see also {software rot}); a good compiler should report    dead code so a maintainer can think about what it means.   (Sometimes    it simply means that an _extremely_ defensive programmer has    inserted {can't happen} tests which really can't happen -- yet.)    Syn. {grunge}.   See also {dead}, and {The Story of Mel}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
death code n.   A routine whose job is to set everything in the    computer -- registers, memory, flags, everything -- to zero,    including that portion of memory where it is running; its last act    is to stomp on its own "store zero" instruction.   Death code isn't    very useful, but writing it is an interesting hacking challenge on    architectures where the instruction set makes it possible, such as    the PDP-8 (it has also been done on the DG Nova).          Perhaps the ultimate death code is on the TI 990 series, where all    registers are actually in RAM, and the instruction "store immediate    0" has the opcode "0". The PC will immediately wrap around core as    many times as it can until a user hits HALT.   Any empty memory    location is death code.   Worse, the manufacturer recommended use of    this instruction in startup code (which would be in ROM and    therefore survive).
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Death Star n.   [from the movie "Star Wars"] 1. The AT&T    corporate logo, which appears on computers sold by AT&T and bears an    uncanny resemblance to the Death Star in the movie.   This usage is    particularly common among partisans of {BSD} Unix, who tend to    regard the AT&T versions as inferior and AT&T as a bad guy.   Copies    still circulate of a poster printed by Mt. Xinu showing a starscape    with a space fighter labeled 4.2 BSD streaking away from a broken    AT&T logo wreathed in flames.   2. AT&T's internal magazine, "Focus",    uses `death star' to describe an incorrectly done AT&T logo in which    the inner circle in the top left is dark instead of light -- a    frequent result of dark-on-light logo images.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
data set          An {IBM} term for a {file}.          (1997-04-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
data set organization          An {IBM} term for the way a {file}       is structured.   Examples are {partitioned}, {sequential} or       {VSAM}.          (1997-04-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
data striping          Segmentation of logically {sequential} data, such as       a single file, so that segments can be written to multiple       physical devices (usually {disk drives}) in a {round-robin}       fashion.   This technique is useful if the processor is capable       of reading or writing data faster than a single disk can       supply or accept it.   While data is being transferred from the       first disk, the second disk can locate the next segment.          Data striping is used in some modern {databases}, such as       {Sybase}, and in certain {RAID} devices under hardware       control, such as {IBM}'s {RAMAC} array subsystem (9304/9395).          Data striping is different from, and may be used in       conjunction with, {mirroring}.          (1996-10-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
data structure          Any method of organising a collection of       {data} to allow it to be manipulated effectively.   It may       include {meta} data to describe the properties of the       structure.          Examples data structures are: {array}, {dictionary}, {graph},       {hash}, {heap}, {linked list}, {matrix}, {object}, {queue},       {ring}, {stack}, {tree}, {vector}.          (2003-09-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Data Structures Language          A dialect of {MAD} with extensions for lists and       graphics, on {Philco 212}.          ["A Compiler Language for Data Structures", N. Laurance, Proc       ACM 23rd Natl Conf 36 (1968)].          (1995-02-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DATACODE I          An early system used on the {Datatron 200} series.          [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].          (1994-12-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Datakit          A {circuit-switched} digital network, similar to       {X.25}.   Datakit supports {host-to-host} connections and       {EIA-232} connections for {terminals}, {printers}, and {hosts}.          Most of {Bell Laboratories} is {trunk}ed together on Datakit.       On top of DK transport service, people run {UUCP} for       {electronic mail} and {dkcu} for {remote login}.          ISN is the version of Datakit supported by {AT&T} Information       Systems.   Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey, uses ISN       for internal data communication.          {(http://www.fc.net:80/phrack/files/p18/p18-9.html)}.          ["Towards a universal data transport system", A. G. Fraser,       IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, SAC-1(5)       pp. 803-16, 1983].          (1996-10-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Datastorm Technologies, Inc.          Suppliers of {Procomm}.          Address: Columbia MO, USA.          (1995-04-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dead code          (Or "infeasible path", "{grunge}") Any part of a       program that can never be accessed because all calls to it       have been removed, or because it is guarded by a control       structure that provably must always transfer control somewhere       else.   The presence of dead code may reveal either logical       errors due to alterations in the program or significant       changes in the assumptions and environment of the program (see       also {software rot}); a good compiler should report dead code       so a maintainer can think about what it means.   Sometimes it       simply means that an *extremely* defensive programmer has       inserted {can't happen} tests which really can't happen - yet.          Synonym {grunge}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1996-05-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
death code          A routine whose job is to set everything in the computer -       {register}s, memory, flags - to zero, including that portion       of memory where it is running; its last act is to stomp on its       own "store zero" instruction.   Death code isn't very useful,       but writing it is an interesting hacking challenge on       architectures where the instruction set makes it possible,       such as the {PDP-8} or the {Data General} {Nova}.          Perhaps the ultimate death code is on the {TI 990} series,       where all {register}s are actually in {RAM}, and the       instruction "store immediate 0" has the {opcode} 0.   The       {program counter} will immediately wrap around core as many       times as it can until a user hits HALT.   Any empty memory       location is death code.   Worse, the manufacturer recommended       use of this instruction in startup code (which would be in       {ROM} and therefore survive).          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Death Star          ["Star Wars" film] 1. The AT&T corporate logo, which appears       on computers sold by AT&T and bears an uncanny resemblance to       the Death Star in the movie.   This usage is particularly       common among partisans of {BSD} Unix, who tend to regard the       AT&T versions as inferior and AT&T as a bad guy.   Copies still       circulate of a poster printed by Mt. Xinu showing a starscape       with a space fighter labelled {4.2BSD} streaking away from a       broken AT&T logo wreathed in flames.          2. AT&T's internal magazine, "Focus", uses "death star" to       describe an incorrectly done AT&T logo in which the inner       circle in the top left is dark instead of light - a frequent       result of dark-on-light logo images.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dedicated line          A telephone line leased expressly for the       purpose of connecting two users more-or-less permenantly..       Such lines may be "voice grade" which provides the {bandwidth}       and {signal to noise ratio} of ordinary {public switched       telephone network} circuits, or specified in ways which allow       transport of suitably encoded digital signals at faster rates.          In some cases, lines may be physical wires between the       communicating parties.   Over longer distances, it is common       for the connection to be virtual, which means that although       the two users can communicate only with each other, their       signals and others are multiplexed, amplified, switched,       scrambled, demultiplexed and so on in complex ways between the       end points.          This contrasts with a {dial-up} connection which is only       opened when one end requires it.          (1996-08-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
deductive database          A combination of a conventional {database}       containing {fact}s, a {knowledge base} containing {rule}s, and       an {inference engine} which allows the derivation of       {information} implied by the facts and rules.          Commonly, the knowledge base is expressed in a subset of       {first-order logic} and either a {SLDNF} or {Datalog}       inference engine is used.          (1995-04-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
deductive tableau          A theorem proof system consisting of a table whose rows       contain assertions or goals.   Variables in assertions are       implicitly universally quantified and variables in goals are       implicitly existentially quantified.   The declarative meaning       of a tableau is that if every instance of every assertion is       true then some instance of at least one of the goals is true.          (1994-12-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DOD-STD-2167A          A {DoD} {standard} specifying the overall process       for the development and documentation of mission-critical       software systems.          (1996-05-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DoD-STD-2168          A {DoD} {standard} for software quality assurance       procedures.          (1996-05-29)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dedication, Feast of the       (John 10:22, 42), i.e., the feast of the renewing. It was       instituted B.C. 164 to commemorate the purging of the temple       after its pollution by Antiochus Epiphanes (B.C. 167), and the       rebuilding of the altar after the Syrian invaders had been       driven out by Judas Maccabaeus. It lasted for eight days,       beginning on the 25th of the month Chisleu (December), which was       often a period of heavy rains (Ezra 10:9, 13). It was an       occasion of much rejoicing and festivity.                But there were other dedications of the temple. (1) That of       Solomon's temple (1 Kings 8:2; 2 Chr. 5:3); (2) the dedication       in the days of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29); and (3) the dedication of       the temple after the Captivity (Ezra 6:16).