daisy bush
         n 1: any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs
               of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes
               fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers
               with white or purple or blue rays [syn: {daisybush},
               {daisy-bush}, {daisy bush}]

English Dictionary: deck of cards	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
daisy-bush n any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays Synonym(s): daisybush, daisy-bush, daisy bush
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
daisybush n any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays Synonym(s): daisybush, daisy-bush, daisy bush
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dasypus n type genus of the Dasypodidae [syn: Dasypus, {genus Dasypus}]
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Dasypus novemcinctus n having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay Synonym(s): peba, nine-banded armadillo, Texas armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deck of cards n a pack of 52 playing cards [syn: pack of cards, {deck of cards}, deck]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decoupage n art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with vanish or lacquer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deossification n the loss of the mineral content of bone tissue
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desk officer n a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
despicability n unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values [syn: baseness, sordidness, contemptibility, despicableness, despicability]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
despicable adj morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" Synonym(s): despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
despicableness n unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values [syn: baseness, sordidness, contemptibility, despicableness, despicability]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
despicably adv in a despicable manner; "he acted despicably"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
despisal n a feeling of scornful hatred Synonym(s): despisal, despising
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despise v look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately" Synonym(s): contemn, despise, scorn, disdain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
despised adj treated with contempt [syn: despised, detested, hated, scorned]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
despising n a feeling of scornful hatred Synonym(s): despisal, despising
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dice box n a small container (open at one end) in which dice are shaken by hand and from which they are thrown Synonym(s): dice cup, dice box
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Dick Fosbury n United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947) Synonym(s): Fosbury, Dick Fosbury, Richard D. Fosbury
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disabuse v free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disabused adj freed of a mistaken or misguided notion; "some people are still not disabused of the old idea that the universe revolves around the Earth" Synonym(s): disabused(p), undeceived
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disaffect v arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious" Synonym(s): estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disaffected adj discontented as toward authority [syn: disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disaffection n the feeling of being alienated from other people [syn: alienation, disaffection, estrangement] disloyalty to the government or to established authority; "the widespread disaffection of the troops"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disc pack n (computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device Synonym(s): disk pack, disc pack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disc space n (computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk Synonym(s): disk space, disc space
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disco biscuit n street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine [syn: Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disfiguration n an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration" Synonym(s): disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" Synonym(s): defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disfigure v mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" Synonym(s): deface, disfigure, blemish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disfigured adj having the appearance spoiled; "a disfigured face"; "strip mining left a disfigured landscape"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disfigurement n an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration" Synonym(s): disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" Synonym(s): defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disk pack n (computer science) a portable pack of magnetic disks used in a disk storage device Synonym(s): disk pack, disc pack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disk space n (computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk Synonym(s): disk space, disc space
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispassion n objectivity and detachment; "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone" Synonym(s): dispassion, dispassionateness, dryness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispassionate adj unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice; "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact" Synonym(s): dispassionate, cold-eyed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispassionately adv in an impartially dispassionate manner; "although he was looking at the other girl, he did so dispassionately"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispassionateness n objectivity and detachment; "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone" Synonym(s): dispassion, dispassionateness, dryness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disposable adj free or available for use or disposition; "every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire"; "disposable assets" Antonym(s): nondisposable designed to be disposed of after use; "disposable paper cups" Antonym(s): nondisposable n an item that can be disposed of after it has been used
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disposable income n income (after taxes) that is available to you for saving or spending
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disposal n the power to use something or someone; "used all the resources at his disposal" a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) Synonym(s): administration, disposal the act or means of getting rid of something Synonym(s): disposal, disposition a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage Synonym(s): disposal, electric pig, garbage disposal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disposal plant n a plant for disposing of sewage [syn: {sewage disposal plant}, disposal plant]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispose v give, sell, or transfer to another; "She disposed of her parents' possessions" throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" Synonym(s): discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them" Synonym(s): dispose, incline Antonym(s): disincline, indispose place or put in a particular order; "the dots are unevenly disposed" make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job" Synonym(s): qualify, dispose Antonym(s): disqualify, indispose, unfit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispose of v deal with or settle; "He disposed of these cases quickly"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disposed adj having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" [syn: disposed(p), fain, inclined(p), prepared] (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions" Synonym(s): apt(p), disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disposition n your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" [syn: disposition, temperament] the act or means of getting rid of something Synonym(s): disposal, disposition an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" Synonym(s): inclination, disposition, tendency a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispossess v deprive of the possession of real estate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispossessed adj physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern Synonym(s): dispossessed, homeless, roofless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispossession n the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law Synonym(s): eviction, dispossession, legal ouster freeing from evil spirits Synonym(s): exorcism, dispossession
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dog biscuit n a hard biscuit for dogs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dogfight n a fiercely disputed contest; "their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them"; "a real dogfight for third place"; "a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract" disorderly fighting Synonym(s): hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble an aerial engagement between fighter planes a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling) v arrange for an illegal dogfight engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dogfighter n a fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dogfish n primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America Synonym(s): bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva any of several small sharks
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doggie bag n a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog Synonym(s): doggie bag, doggy bag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doggy bag n a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog Synonym(s): doggie bag, doggy bag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dos Passos n United States novelist remembered for his portrayal of life in the United States (1896-1970) Synonym(s): Dos Passos, John Dos Passos, John Roderigo Dos Passos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
douche bag n a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas Synonym(s): douche, douche bag
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Duke of Cumberland n English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765) Synonym(s): Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dysphagia n condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dysphasia n an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dicentra \[d8]Di*cen"tra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice       + [?] spur.] (Bot.)       A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or       heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and       the more showy Bleeding heart ({D. spectabilis}). [Corruptly       written {dielytra}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d1sophagus \[d1]*soph"a*gus\, n., d1sophageal    \[d1]`so*phag"e*al\, a., etc.       Same as {Esophagus}, {Esophageal}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d1sophagus \[d1]*soph"a*gus\, n., d1sophageal    \[d1]`so*phag"e*al\, a., etc.       Same as {Esophagus}, {Esophageal}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Esophageal \E`so*phag"e*al\, a. (Anat.)       Pertaining to the esophagus. [Written also {[d2]sophageal}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Esophagotomy \E*soph`a*got"o*my\, n. [Gr. o'isofa`gos the       esophagus + te`mnein to cut.] (Surg.)       The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for       the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs       the passage. [Written also {[d2]sophagotomy}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Esophagus \E*soph"a*gus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. o'isofa`gos; root of       o'i`sw which is used as future of fe`rein to bear, carry (cf.       Skr. v[c6] to go, drive) + fagei^n to eat.] (Anat.)       That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the       stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of {Digestive apparatus},       under {Digestive}. [Written also {[d2]sophagus}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Asaphus \[d8]As"a*phus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] indistinct,       uncertain.] (Paleon.)       A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation.       See Illust. in Append.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Asepsis \[d8]A*sep"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] priv. + sepsis.]       State of being aseptic; the methods or processes of       asepticizing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Asphyxia \[d8]As*phyx"i*a\, Asphyxy \As*phyx"y\, n. [NL.       asphyxia, fr. Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] to throb, beat.] (Med.)       Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which       results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation       or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ca8bque \[d8]Ca*[8b]que"\, n. [F., fr. Turk. q[be][c6]q boat.]       (Naut.)       A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a       Levantine vessel of larger size.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Cabas \[d8]Ca*bas"\ (k[adot]*b[aum]"), n. [F.]       A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady's flat       workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written {caba}.       --C. Bront[82].
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Cabassou \[d8]Ca*bas"sou\ (k[adot]*b[acr]s"s[oomac]), n.       (Zo[94]l.)       A species of armadillo of the genus {Xenurus} ({X.       unicinctus} and {X. hispidus}); the tatouay. [Written also       {kabassou}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Cabe87a \[d8]Ca*be"[87]a\ (k[adot]*b[asl]"s[adot]), d8Cabesse    \[d8]Ca*besse"\ (k[adot]*b[ecr]s"), n. [Pg. cabe[87]a, F.       cabesse.]       The finest kind of silk received from India.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Cabochon \[d8]Ca`bo`chon"\ (k[adot]`b[osl]`sh[ocir]N"), n.       [F.] (Jewelry)       A stone of convex form, highly polished, but not faceted;       also, the style of cutting itself. Such stones are said to be       cut en cabochon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Capias \[d8]Ca"pi*as\, n. [L. thou mayst take.] (Low)       A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of       the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also       called {writ of capias}.          Note: One principal kind of capias is a writ by which actions                at law are frequently commenced; another is a writ of                execution issued after judgment to satisfy damages                recovered; a capias in criminal law is the process to                take a person charged on an indictment, when he is not                in custody. --Burrill. Wharton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Capoc \[d8]Ca*poc"\, n. [Malay k[be]poq.]       A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun,       used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make       mattresses, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Capsulitis \[d8]Cap`su*li"tis\, n. [NL.; E. capsule + -itis.]       (Med.)       Inflammation of a capsule, as that of the crystalline lens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Capuccio \[d8]Ca*puc"cio\, n. [It. cappucio. See {Capoch}.]       A capoch or hood. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Cavicornia \[d8]Cav`i*cor"ni*a\       (k[acr]v`[icr]*k[ocir]r"n[icr]*[adot]), n. pl. [NL.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a       bony process of the front, as the ox.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Chabouk \[d8]Cha*bouk"\, d8Chabuk \[d8]Cha*buk"\, n. [Hind.       ch[be]buk horsewhip.]       A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of       punishment. --Balfour.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Chabouk \[d8]Cha*bouk"\, d8Chabuk \[d8]Cha*buk"\, n. [Hind.       ch[be]buk horsewhip.]       A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of       punishment. --Balfour.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Chauffeuse \[d8]Chauf`feuse"\, n. [F., fem. of chauffeur.]       A woman chauffeur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Chevaux \[d8]Che*vaux"\ (sh[eit]*v[omac]"), n. pl.       See {Cheval}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Chibouque \[d8]Chi*bouque"\, Chibouk \Chi*bouk"\, n. [F.       chibouque, fr. Turk.]       A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem,       four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood,       and a bowl of baked clay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Cippus \[d8]Cip"pus\, n.; pl. {Cippi}. [L., stake, post.]       A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an       inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as       for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for       sepulchral inscriptions, etc. --Gwilt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Coupe-gorge \[d8]Coupe`-gorge"\ (k??p`g?rzh"), n. [F., cut       throat.] (Mil.)       Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops       occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.       --Farrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Court \Court\, n.          {Court of claims} (Law), a court for settling claims against             a state or government; specif., a court of the United             States, created by act of Congress, and holding its             sessions at Washington. It is given jurisdiction over             claims on contracts against the government, and sometimes             may advise the government as to its liabilities.    d8Couveuse \[d8]Cou`veuse"\, n. [F.] (Med.)       An incubator for sickly infants, esp. those prematurely born.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Cypsela \[d8]Cyp"se*la\ (s?p"s?-l?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.       [?][?][?][?] any hollow vessel.] (Bot.)       A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with       the calyx tube adherent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dysphagia \[d8]Dys*pha"gi*a\, Dysphagy \Dys"pha*gy\, n. [NL.       dysphagia, fr. Gr. [?] ill, hard + [?] to eat.] (Med.)       Difficulty in swallowing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ecbasis \[d8]Ec"ba*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a going out,       issue, or event; [?] out + [?] to go.] (Rhet.)       A figure in which the orator treats of things according to       their events consequences.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ecphasis \[d8]Ec"pha*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to       speak out.] (Rhet.)       An explicit declaration.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ex officio \[d8]Ex` of*fi"ci*o\; pl. {Ex officiis}. [L.]       From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office;       officially.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ex post facto \[d8]Ex" post` fac"to\, [or] d8Ex postfacto    \[d8]Ex" post`fac"to\ ([ecr]ks" p[omac]st" f[acr]k"t[osl]). [L.,       from what is done afterwards.] (Law)       From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in       consequence of a subsequent act; retrospective.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ex post facto \[d8]Ex" post` fac"to\, [or] d8Ex postfacto    \[d8]Ex" post`fac"to\ ([ecr]ks" p[omac]st" f[acr]k"t[osl]). [L.,       from what is done afterwards.] (Law)       From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in       consequence of a subsequent act; retrospective.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Expos82 \[d8]Ex`po`s[82]"\, n. [F., prop. p. p. of exposer.       See {Expose}, v. t.]       A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or       revelation, of something which some one wished to keep       concealed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Gavage \[d8]Ga`vage"\ (g[adot]`v[adot]zh"), n. [F., fr. gaver       to gorge.]       Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tube       passed through the mouth down to the stomach.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8K82pvisel94ha0z \[d8]K[82]p"vi*se*l[94]*h[a0]z`\, n. [Hung.,       fr. k[82]pvisel[94] representative + h[a0]z house.] (Hungary)       See {Legislature}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Kopje \[d8]Kop"je\, n. [South African D., dim. of kop. See       {Kop}.]       A hillock; a small kop. [South Africa]          Note: The colloqual Dutch pronunciation as here given is the                usual one in South Africa.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Sabicu \[d8]Sab"i*cu\, n.       The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree       ({Lysiloma Sabicu}), valued for shipbuilding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Sauvegarde \[d8]Sau`ve*garde"\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.)       The monitor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Scabies \[d8]Sca"bi*es\, n. (Med.)       The itch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Scapus \[d8]Sca"pus\, n. [L.]       See 1st {Scape}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Scepsis \[d8]Scep"sis\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] doubt, fr. [?]       to consider: cf. G. skepsis. See {Skeptic}.]       Skepticism; skeptical philosophy. [R.]                   Among their products were the system of Locke, the                scepsis of Hume, the critical philosophy of Kant. --J.                                                                               Martineau.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Scyphistoma \[d8]Scy*phis"to*ma\, n.; pl. {Scyphistomata},       {Scyphistom[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a cup + [?] the mouth.]       (Zo[94]l.)       The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it       resembles a hydroid, or actinian.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Seppuku \[d8]Sep*pu"ku\, n.       Same as {Hara-kiri}.                   Seppuku, or hara-kiri, also came into vogue. --W. E.                                                                               Griffis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Sepsis \[d8]Sep"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?]       putrefaction.] (Med.)       The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent       material into the blood.
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d8Soubise \[d8]Sou`bise"\ (s[oomac]`b[emac]z"), n.       1. [F.] A sauce made of white onions and melted butter mixed             with velout[82] sauce.          2. A kind of cravat worn by men in the late 18th century.
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d8Spaghetti \[d8]Spa*ghet"ti\, n. [It.]       A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.
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d8Specie \[d8]Spe"ci*e\,       abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie,       that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.                   [bd][The king] expects a return in specie from them[b8]                [i. e., kindness for kindness].               --Dryden.          {In specie} (Law), in precise or definite form; specifically;             according to the exact terms; of the very thing.
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d8Specollum \[d8]Spe*col"lum\, n. [L.] (Med.)       See {Stylet}, 2.
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d8Sphacelus \[d8]Sphac"e*lus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?].]       (Med.)       Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.
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d8Sphagnum \[d8]Sphag"num\, n. [NL., fr/ Gr. [?][?][?] a kind of       moss.] (Bot.)       A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with       red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss;       peat moss.
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d8Spica \[d8]Spi"ca\, n.; pl. {Spic[91]}. [L., an ear, as of       corn.]       1. (Med.) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and             crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from             its resemblance to a spike of a barley.          2. (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the             constellation Virgo.
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d8Spiccato \[d8]Spic*ca"to\, a. [It., p. p. of spicare to       detach, to separate.] (Mus.)       Detached; separated; -- a term indicating that every note is       to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.
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d8Spicula \[d8]Spic"u*la\, n.; pl. {Spicul[91]}. [NL., dim. of       L. spica a spike, ear.] (Bot.)       (a) A little spike; a spikelet.       (b) A pointed fleshy appendage.
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d8Spiculispongi91 \[d8]Spic`u*li*spon"gi*[91]\, n. pl. [NL.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A division of sponges including those which have independent       siliceous spicules.
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d8Spiculum \[d8]Spic"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Spicula}. [L., a little       point.] (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Spicule}.
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d8Spiegeleisen \[d8]Spie"gel*ei`sen\, n. [G. spiegel mirror +       eisen iron.]       See {Spiegel iron}.
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d8Sub judice \[d8]Sub ju"di*ce\ [L.]       Before the judge, or court; not yet decided; under judicial       consideration.
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d8Subash \[d8]Su"bash\, n. [Per. & Hinf. s[?]bah.]       A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar.       [India]
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d8Subsellium \[d8]Sub*sel"li*um\, n.; pl. {Subsellia}. [L.]       (Eccl. Arch.)       One of the stalls of the lower range where there are two       ranges. See Illust. of {Stall}.
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d8Subsultus \[d8]Sub*sul"tus\, n. [NL. See {Subsultory}.] (Med.)       A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion.
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d8Xiphias \[d8]Xiph"i*as\, n. [L., a swordfish, a sword-shaped       comet, fr. Gr. xifi`as, fr. xi`fos a sword.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of fishes comprising the common             swordfish.          2. (Anat.)             (a) The constellation Dorado.             (b) A comet shaped like a sword
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d8Xiphisternum \[d8]Xiph"i*ster"num\, n.; pl. {Xiphisterna}.       [NL., fr. Gr. xi`fos a sword + sternum.] (Anat.)       (a) The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; --             sometimes called {metasternum}, {ensiform cartilage},             {ensiform process}, or {xiphoid process}.       (b) The xiphiplastron. -- {Xiph"i*ster"nal}a.
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d8Xiphius \[d8]Xiph"i*us\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. xi`fos a sword.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of cetaceans having a long, pointed, bony beak,       usually two tusklike teeth in the lower jaw, but no teeth in       the upper jaw.
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d8Xiphosura \[d8]Xiph`o*su"ra\, n. pl.       See {Xiphura}.
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d8Zapas \[d8]Za*pas"\, n. [Russ.]       See {Army organization}, above.
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d8Zo94phaga \[d8]Zo*[94]ph"a*ga\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]       animal + [?] to eat.] (Zo[94]l.)       An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and       insectivorous animals.
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d8Zwieback \[d8]Zwie"back`\, n. [G., fr. zwie- two, twice (see       {Twice}) + backen to bake.]       A kind of biscuit or rusk first baked in a loaf and       afterwards cut and toasted.
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Pichey \Pi"chey\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)       A Brazilian armadillo ({Dasypus minutus}); the little       armadillo. [Written also {pichiy}.]
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Poyou \Poy"ou\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A South American armadillo ({Dasypus sexcinctus}). Called       also {sixbanded armadillo}.
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d8Peludo \[d8]Pe*lu"do\, n. [Sp. peludo hairy.] (Zo[94]l.)       The South American hairy armadillo ({Dasypus villosus}).
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6. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness;             commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.                         Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and                      secures them longer, than any thing else. --Hazlitt.                         I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and                      the grace of the gift.                        --Longfellow.          7. pl. (Myth.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister             goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the             attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They             were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely,             Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the             inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to             wisdom, love, and social intercourse.                         The Graces love to weave the rose.      --Moore.                         The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. --Prior.          8. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and             formerly of the king of England.                         How fares your Grace !                        --Shak.          9. (Commonly pl.) Thanks. [Obs.]                         Yielding graces and thankings to their lord                      Melibeus.                                          --Chaucer.          10. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks             rendered, before or after a meal.          11. pl. (Mus.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either             introduced by the performer, or indicated by the             composer, in which case the notation signs are called             grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.          12. (Eng. Universities) An act, vote, or decree of the             government of the institution; a degree or privilege             conferred by such vote or decree. --Walton.          13. pl. A play designed to promote or display grace of             motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one             player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of             each. Called also {grace hoop} or {hoops}.          {Act of grace}. See under {Act}.          {Day of grace} (Theol.), the time of probation, when the             offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted.                         That day of grace fleets fast away.   --I. Watts.          {Days of grace} (Com.), the days immediately following the             day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are             allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In             Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are             three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants             being different.          {Good graces}, favor; friendship.          {Grace cup}.             (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after                   grace.             (b) A health drunk after grace has been said.                               The grace cup follows to his sovereign's                            health.                                       --Hing.          {Grace drink}, a drink taken on rising from the table; a             grace cup.                         To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the                      custom of the grace drink, she having established it                      as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till                      grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. --Encyc.                                                                               Brit.          {Grace hoop}, a hoop used in playing graces. See {Grace}, n.,             13.          {Grace note} (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See {Appoggiatura}, and             def. 11 above.          {Grace stroke}, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace.                      {Means of grace}, means of securing knowledge of God, or             favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc.          {To do grace}, to reflect credit upon.                         Content to do the profession some grace. --Shak.          {To say grace}, to render thanks before or after a meal.          {With a good grace}, in a fit and proper manner grace fully;             graciously.          {With a bad grace}, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory             manner; ungraciously.                         What might have been done with a good grace would at                      least be done with a bad grace.         --Macaulay.          Syn: Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy.          Usage: {Grace}, {Mercy}. These words, though often                   interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar                   meaning. Grace, in the strict sense of the term, is                   spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy                   is kindness or compassion to the suffering or                   condemned. It was the grace of God that opened a way                   for the exercise of mercy toward men. See {Elegance}.
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{Anniversary day}. See {Anniversary}, n.          {Astronomical day}, a period equal to the mean solar day, but             beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four             hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day,             as that most used by astronomers.          {Born days}. See under {Born}.          {Canicular days}. See {Dog day}.          {Civil day}, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary             reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning             at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two             series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized             by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and             Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews             at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight.                      {Day blindness}. (Med.) See {Nyctalopia}.          {Day by day}, or {Day after day}, daily; every day;             continually; without intermission of a day. See under             {By}. [bd]Day by day we magnify thee.[b8] --Book of Common             Prayer.          {Days in bank} (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return             of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called             because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench,             or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill.          {Day in court}, a day for the appearance of parties in a             suit.          {Days of devotion} (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which             devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley.          {Days of grace}. See {Grace}.          {Days of obligation} (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is             obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley.          {Day owl}, (Zo[94]l.), an owl that flies by day. See {Hawk             owl}.          {Day rule} (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished)             allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go             beyond the prison limits for a single day.          {Day school}, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in             distinction from a boarding school.          {Day sight}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}.          {Day's work} (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's             course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon.          {From day to day}, as time passes; in the course of time; as,             he improves from day to day.          {Jewish day}, the time between sunset and sunset.          {Mean solar day} (Astron.), the mean or average of all the             apparent solar days of the year.          {One day}, {One of these days}, at an uncertain time, usually             of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later.             [bd]Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a             husband.[b8] --Shak.          {Only from day to day}, without certainty of continuance;             temporarily. --Bacon.          {Sidereal day}, the interval between two successive transits             of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The             Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time.          {To win the day}, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S.             Butler.          {Week day}, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day.                      {Working day}.             (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction                   from Sundays and legal holidays.             (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom,                   during which a workman, hired at a stated price per                   day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.
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Desophisticate \De`so*phis"ti*cate\, v. t.       To clear from sophism or error. [R.] --Hare.
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Despecfication \De*spec`fi*ca"tion\, n.       Discrimination.
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Despecificate \De`spe*cif"i*cate\, v. t. [Pref. de- (intens.) +       specificate.]       To discriminate; to separate according to specific       signification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize.       [R.]                   Inaptitude and ineptitude have been usefully                despecificated.                                       --Fitzed.                                                                               Hall.
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Despect \De*spect"\, n. [L. despectus, fr. despicere. See       {Despite}, n.]       Contempt. [R.] --Coleridge.
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Despection \De*spec"tion\, n. [L. despectio.]       A looking down; a despising. [R.] --W. Montagu.
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Despicability \Des`pi*ca*bil"i*ty\, n.       Despicableness. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Despicable \Des"pi*ca*ble\, a. [L. despicabilis, fr. despicari       to despise; akin to despicere. See {Despise}.]       Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile;       worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a       despicable gift.          Syn: Contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; pitiful; paltry;                sordid; low; base. See {Contemptible}.
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Despicableness \Des"pi*ca*ble*ness\, n.       The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness;       worthlessness.
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Despicably \Des"pi*ca*bly\, adv.       In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly; as, despicably       stingy.
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Despiciency \Des*pi"cien*cy\, n. [L. despicientia. See       {Despise}.]       A looking down; despection. [Obs.]
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Despisable \De*spis"a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. despisable.]       Despicable; contemptible. [R.]
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Despisal \De*spis"al\, n.       A despising; contempt. [R.]                   A despisal of religion.                           --South.
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Despise \De*spise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Despised}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Despising}.] [OF. despis-, in some forms of despire       to despise, fr. L. despicere, despectum, to look down upon,       despise; de- + spicere, specere, to look. See {Spy}, and cf.       {Despicable}, {Despite}.]       To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to       scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous       dislike of.                   Fools despise wisdom and instruction.      --Prov. i. 7.                   Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect                those who do not give way to them.         --Jowett                                                                               (Thucyd. ).          Syn: To contemn; scorn; disdain; slight; undervalue. See                {Contemn}.
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Despise \De*spise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Despised}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Despising}.] [OF. despis-, in some forms of despire       to despise, fr. L. despicere, despectum, to look down upon,       despise; de- + spicere, specere, to look. See {Spy}, and cf.       {Despicable}, {Despite}.]       To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to       scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous       dislike of.                   Fools despise wisdom and instruction.      --Prov. i. 7.                   Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect                those who do not give way to them.         --Jowett                                                                               (Thucyd. ).          Syn: To contemn; scorn; disdain; slight; undervalue. See                {Contemn}.
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Despisedness \De*spis"ed*ness\, n.       The state of being despised.
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Despisement \De*spise"ment\, n.       A despising. [R.] --Holland.
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Despiser \De*spis"er\, n.       One who despises; a contemner; a scorner.
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Despise \De*spise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Despised}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Despising}.] [OF. despis-, in some forms of despire       to despise, fr. L. despicere, despectum, to look down upon,       despise; de- + spicere, specere, to look. See {Spy}, and cf.       {Despicable}, {Despite}.]       To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to       scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous       dislike of.                   Fools despise wisdom and instruction.      --Prov. i. 7.                   Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect                those who do not give way to them.         --Jowett                                                                               (Thucyd. ).          Syn: To contemn; scorn; disdain; slight; undervalue. See                {Contemn}.
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Despisingly \De*spis"ing*ly\, adv.       Contemptuously.
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Dicebox \Dice"box`\, n.       A box from which dice are thrown in gaming. --Thackeray.
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2. One of various animals; specif.:             (a) A donkey.             (b) Any small bird; -- called also          {dickey bird}. [Colloq.]             (c) The hedge sparrow. [Dial. Eng.]             (d) The haddock.          3. In a carriage:             (a) A seat for the driver; -- called also          {dickey box}.             (b) A seat at the back for servants.
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Disabuse \Dis`a*buse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disabused}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Disabusing}.] [Pref. dis- + abuse; cf. F.       d[82]sabuser.]       To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from       fallacy or deception; to set right.                   To undeceive and disabuse the people.      --South.                   If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse                themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition,                they will consider this event as an era in their                history.                                                --J. Adams.
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Disabuse \Dis`a*buse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disabused}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Disabusing}.] [Pref. dis- + abuse; cf. F.       d[82]sabuser.]       To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from       fallacy or deception; to set right.                   To undeceive and disabuse the people.      --South.                   If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse                themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition,                they will consider this event as an era in their                history.                                                --J. Adams.
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Disabuse \Dis`a*buse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disabused}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Disabusing}.] [Pref. dis- + abuse; cf. F.       d[82]sabuser.]       To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from       fallacy or deception; to set right.                   To undeceive and disabuse the people.      --South.                   If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse                themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition,                they will consider this event as an era in their                history.                                                --J. Adams.
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Disaffect \Dis`af*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disaffected}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Disaffecting}.]       1. To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make             unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and             unfriendliness.                         They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his                      majesty's late army.                           --Clarendon.          2. To disturb the functions of; to disorder.                         It disaffects the bowels.                  --Hammond.          3. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed             toward; to dislike. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Disaffected \Dis`af*fect"ed\, a.       Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. --J. H. Newman. --       {Dis`af*fect"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`af*fect"ed*ness}, n.
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Disaffect \Dis`af*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disaffected}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Disaffecting}.]       1. To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make             unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and             unfriendliness.                         They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his                      majesty's late army.                           --Clarendon.          2. To disturb the functions of; to disorder.                         It disaffects the bowels.                  --Hammond.          3. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed             toward; to dislike. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Disaffected \Dis`af*fect"ed\, a.       Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. --J. H. Newman. --       {Dis`af*fect"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`af*fect"ed*ness}, n.
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Disaffected \Dis`af*fect"ed\, a.       Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. --J. H. Newman. --       {Dis`af*fect"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`af*fect"ed*ness}, n.
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Disaffect \Dis`af*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disaffected}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Disaffecting}.]       1. To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make             unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and             unfriendliness.                         They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his                      majesty's late army.                           --Clarendon.          2. To disturb the functions of; to disorder.                         It disaffects the bowels.                  --Hammond.          3. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed             toward; to dislike. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Disaffection \Dis`af*fec"tion\, n.       1. State of being disaffected; alienation or want of             affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority;             unfriendliness; dislike.                         In the making laws, princes must have regard to . .                      . the affections and disaffections of the people.                                                                               --Jer. Taylor.          2. Disorder; bad constitution. [R.] --Wiseman.          Syn: Dislike; disgust; discontent; unfriendliness;                alienation; disloyalty; hostility.
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Disaffectionate \Dis`af*fec"tion*ate\, a.       Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected. [R.]       --Blount.
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Disavouch \Dis`a*vouch"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + avouch. Cf.       {Disavow}.]       To disavow. [R.] --Daniel.
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Disbase \Dis*base"\, v. t. [Cf. {Debase}.]       To debase or degrade. [Obs.]                   Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before                I disbased myself.                                 --B. Jonson.
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Disbecome \Dis`be*come"\, v. t.       To misbecome. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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Disboscation \Dis`bos*ca"tion\, n. [Pref. dis- + F. bosquet       grove.]       Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal       of a forest. --Sir W. Scott.
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Discapacitate \Dis*ca*pac"i*tate\, v. t.       To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate. [R.]
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Disfashion \Dis*fash"ion\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + fashion. See       {Fashion}, and cf. {Defeat}.]       To disfigure. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
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Disfiguration \Dis*fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [See {Disfigure}, and cf.       {Defiguration}.]       The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured;       defacement; deformity; disfigurement. --Gauden.
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Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Disfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfiguring}.] [OF.       desfigurer, F. d[82]figurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer       to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See       {Figure}, and cf. {Defiguration}.]       To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or       beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.                   Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own.                                                                               --Milton.          Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure.
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Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\, n.       Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Disfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfiguring}.] [OF.       desfigurer, F. d[82]figurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer       to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See       {Figure}, and cf. {Defiguration}.]       To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or       beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.                   Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own.                                                                               --Milton.          Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure.
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Disfigurement \Dis*fig"ure*ment\, n.       1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured;             deformity. --Milton.          2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.                         Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement                      rather than any embellishment of discourse. --Hume.
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Disfigurer \Dis*fig"ur*er\, n.       One who disfigures.
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Disfigure \Dis*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Disfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfiguring}.] [OF.       desfigurer, F. d[82]figurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer       to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See       {Figure}, and cf. {Defiguration}.]       To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or       beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.                   Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own.                                                                               --Milton.          Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure.
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Disobeisance \Dis`o*bei"sance\, n. [F. d[82]sob[82]issance.]       Disobedience. [Obs.] --E. Hall.
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Disobeisant \Dis`o*bei"sant\, a. [F. d[82]sob[82]issant.]       Disobedient. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Dispace \Dis*pace"\, v. i. [Pref. dis- asunder, different ways,       to and fro + pace.]       To roam. [Obs.]                   In this fair plot dispacing to and fro.   --Spenser.
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Dispassion \Dis*pas"sion\, n.       Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy. --Sir W.       Temple.
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Dispassionate \Dis*pas"sion*ate\, a.       1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or             carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm;             composed.                         Wise and dispassionate men.               --Clarendon.          2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or             bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a             dispassionate view.          Syn: Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate;                moderate; impartial; unruffled. --                {Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness},                n.
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Dispassionate \Dis*pas"sion*ate\, a.       1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or             carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm;             composed.                         Wise and dispassionate men.               --Clarendon.          2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or             bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a             dispassionate view.          Syn: Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate;                moderate; impartial; unruffled. --                {Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness},                n.
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Dispassionate \Dis*pas"sion*ate\, a.       1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or             carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm;             composed.                         Wise and dispassionate men.               --Clarendon.          2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or             bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a             dispassionate view.          Syn: Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate;                moderate; impartial; unruffled. --                {Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness},                n.
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Dispassioned \Dis*pas"sioned\, a.       Free from passion; dispassionate. [R.] [bd]Dispassioned       men.[b8] --Donne.
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Disposable \Dis*pos"a*ble\, a. [From {Dispose}.]       Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion       may require; not assigned to any service or use.                   The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a                disposable surplus.                                 --Burke.
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Disposal \Dis*pos"al\, n. [From {Dispose}.]       1. The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything;             arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as,             the disposal of the troops in two lines.          2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government;             direction.                         The execution leave to high disposal. --Milton.          3. Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of             anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a             new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a             disposal of property.                         A domestic affair of great importance, which is no                      less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life.                                                                               --Tatler.          4. Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition             of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the             disposal of.                         The sole and absolute disposal of him an his                      concerns.                                          --South.          Syn: Disposition; dispensation; management; conduct;                government; distribution; arrangement; regulation;                control.
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Dispose \Dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disposed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Disposing}.] [F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to       place. See {Pose}.]       1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in             order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.                         Who hath disposed the whole world?      --Job xxxiv.                                                                               13.                         All ranged in order and disposed with grace. --Pope.                         The rest themselves in troops did else dispose.                                                                               --Spenser.          2. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.                         The knightly forms of combat to dispose. --Dryden.          3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object             or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.                         Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on                      her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor.                                                                               --Evelyn.          4. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause             to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a             bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; --             usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the             indirect object.                         Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose To future                      good our past and present woes.         --Dryden.                         Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to                      jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and                      melancholy.                                       --Bacon.          {To dispose of}.             (a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of                   control over; to fix the condition, application,                   employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use.                               Freedom to order their actions and dispose of                            their possessions and persons.      --Locke.             (b) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to                   pass over into the control of some one else, as by                   selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to                   get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of                   one's time.                               More water . . . than can be disposed of. --T.                                                                               Burnet.                               I have disposed of her to a man of business.                                                                               --Tatler.                               A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize.                                                                               --Waller.          Syn: To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate;                adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give.
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Dispose \Dis*pose"\, v. i.       To bargain; to make terms. [Obs.]                   She had disposed with C[91]sar.               --Shak.
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Dispose \Dis*pose"\, n.       1. Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control.             [Obs.]                         But such is the dispose of the sole Disposer of                      empires.                                             --Speed.          2. Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior;             demeanor. [Obs.]                         He hath a person, and a smooth dispose To be                      suspected.                                          --Shak.
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Disposed \Dis*posed"\, p. a.       1. Inclined; minded.                         When he was disposed to pass into Achaia. --Acts                                                                               xviii. 27.          2. Inclined to mirth; jolly. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.          {Well disposed}, in good condition; in good health. [Obs.]             --Chaucer.
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Dispose \Dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disposed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Disposing}.] [F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to       place. See {Pose}.]       1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in             order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.                         Who hath disposed the whole world?      --Job xxxiv.                                                                               13.                         All ranged in order and disposed with grace. --Pope.                         The rest themselves in troops did else dispose.                                                                               --Spenser.          2. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.                         The knightly forms of combat to dispose. --Dryden.          3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object             or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.                         Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on                      her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor.                                                                               --Evelyn.          4. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause             to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a             bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; --             usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the             indirect object.                         Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose To future                      good our past and present woes.         --Dryden.                         Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to                      jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and                      melancholy.                                       --Bacon.          {To dispose of}.             (a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of                   control over; to fix the condition, application,                   employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use.                               Freedom to order their actions and dispose of                            their possessions and persons.      --Locke.             (b) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to                   pass over into the control of some one else, as by                   selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to                   get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of                   one's time.                               More water . . . than can be disposed of. --T.                                                                               Burnet.                               I have disposed of her to a man of business.                                                                               --Tatler.                               A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize.                                                                               --Waller.          Syn: To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate;                adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give.
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Disposedness \Dis*pos"ed*ness\, n.       The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination;       propensity. [R.]
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Disposement \Dis*pose"ment\, n.       Disposal. [Obs.] --Goodwin.
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Disposer \Dis*pos"er\, n.       One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a       bestower.                   Absolute lord and disposer of all things. --Barrow.
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Dispose \Dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disposed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Disposing}.] [F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to       place. See {Pose}.]       1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in             order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.                         Who hath disposed the whole world?      --Job xxxiv.                                                                               13.                         All ranged in order and disposed with grace. --Pope.                         The rest themselves in troops did else dispose.                                                                               --Spenser.          2. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.                         The knightly forms of combat to dispose. --Dryden.          3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object             or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.                         Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on                      her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor.                                                                               --Evelyn.          4. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause             to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a             bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; --             usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the             indirect object.                         Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose To future                      good our past and present woes.         --Dryden.                         Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to                      jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and                      melancholy.                                       --Bacon.          {To dispose of}.             (a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of                   control over; to fix the condition, application,                   employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use.                               Freedom to order their actions and dispose of                            their possessions and persons.      --Locke.             (b) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to                   pass over into the control of some one else, as by                   selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to                   get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of                   one's time.                               More water . . . than can be disposed of. --T.                                                                               Burnet.                               I have disposed of her to a man of business.                                                                               --Tatler.                               A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize.                                                                               --Waller.          Syn: To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate;                adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give.
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Disposingly \Dis*pos"ing*ly\, adv.       In a manner to dispose.
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Disposited \Dis*pos"it*ed\, a. [See {Disposition}.]       Disposed. [Obs.] --Glanvill.
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Disposition \Dis`po*si"tion\, n. [F. disposition, dispositio,       fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. See       {Position}, and cf. {Dispone}.]       1. The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or             transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition             of a man's property by will.                         Who have received the law by the disposition of                      angels.                                             --Acts vii.                                                                               53.                         The disposition of the work, to put all things in a                      beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be                      of a piece.                                       --Dryden.          2. The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged;             distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of             the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several             parts of an edifice.          3. Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural             constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants             to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to             putrefaction.          4. Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.                         How stands your disposition to be married? --Shak.          5. Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind,             especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men;             temper of mind. [bd]A man of turbulent disposition.[b8]             --Hallam. [bd]He is of a very melancholy disposition.[b8]             --Shak.                         His disposition led him to do things agreeable to                      his quality and condition wherein God had placed                      him.                                                   --Strype.          6. Mood; humor.                         As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an                      antic disposition on.                        --Shak.          Syn: Disposal; adjustment; regulation; arrangement;                distribution; order; method; adaptation; inclination;                propensity; bestowment; alienation; character; temper;                mood. -- {Disposition}, {Character}, {Temper}.                Disposition is the natural humor of a person, the                predominating quality of his character, the                constitutional habit of his mind. Character is this                disposition influenced by motive, training, and will.                Temper is a quality of the fiber of character, and is                displayed chiefly when the emotions, especially the                passions, are aroused.
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Dispositional \Dis`po*si"tion*al\, a.       Pertaining to disposition.
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Dispositioned \Dis`po*si"tioned\, a.       Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as,       well-dispositioned.
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Dispositive \Dis*pos"i*tive\, a. [Cf. F. dispositif.]       1. Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive. [Obs.]                         His dispositive wisdom and power.      --Bates.          2. Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency. [Obs.]             [bd]Dispositive holiness.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.
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Dispositively \Dis*pos"i*tive*ly\, adv.       In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.       [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.                   Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done                literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at                once.                                                      --Boyle.
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Dispositor \Dis*pos"it*or\, n. [L. See {Disposition}.]       1. A disposer.          2. (Astrol.) The planet which is lord of the sign where             another planet is. [Obs.] --Crabb.
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Dispossess \Dis`pos*sess"\ (?; see {Possess}), v. t. [imp. & p.       p. {Dispossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispossessing}.] [Pref.       dis- + possess: cf. F. d[82]poss[82]der.]       To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy       of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to       eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away;       as, to dispossess a king of his crown.                   Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. --Goldsmith.
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Dispossess \Dis`pos*sess"\ (?; see {Possess}), v. t. [imp. & p.       p. {Dispossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispossessing}.] [Pref.       dis- + possess: cf. F. d[82]poss[82]der.]       To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy       of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to       eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away;       as, to dispossess a king of his crown.                   Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. --Goldsmith.
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Dispossess \Dis`pos*sess"\ (?; see {Possess}), v. t. [imp. & p.       p. {Dispossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispossessing}.] [Pref.       dis- + possess: cf. F. d[82]poss[82]der.]       To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy       of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to       eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away;       as, to dispossess a king of his crown.                   Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. --Goldsmith.
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Dispossession \Dis`pos*ses"sion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]possession.]       1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being             dispossessed. --Bp. Hall.          2. (Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or             otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no             matter in what title; -- called also {ouster}.
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Dispossessor \Dis`pos*sess"or\, n.       One who dispossesses. --Cowley.
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Dispost \Dis*post"\, v. t.       To eject from a post; to displace. [R.] --Davies (Holy       Roode).
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Disposure \Dis*po"sure\, n. [From {Dispose}.]       1. The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal;             direction.                         Give up My estate to his disposure.   --Massinger.          2. Disposition; arrangement; position; posture. [Obs.]                         In a kind of warlike disposure.         --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.
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Disvouch \Dis*vouch"\, v. t.       To discredit; to contradict. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Dog \Dog\ (d[ocr]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan.       dogge, Sw. dogg.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the             domestic dog ({C. familiaris}).          Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the                inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and                attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred                varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog,                coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound,                mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel,                spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed                breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well                as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these                names in the Vocabulary.)          2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.                         What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he                      should do this great thing?               -- 2 Kings                                                                               viii. 13 (Rev.                                                                               Ver. )          3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly             dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.]          4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and             Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis             Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).          5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an             andiron.          6. (Mech.)             (a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening                   into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of                   raising or moving them.             (b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on                   the carriage of a sawmill.             (c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch;                   especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an                   adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine                   tool.          Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in                the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog.                It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox,                a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; --                also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as,                dog Latin.          {A dead dog}, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14.          {A dog in the manger}, an ugly-natured person who prevents             others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them             but is none to him.          {Dog ape} (Zo[94]l.), a male ape.          {Dog cabbage}, [or] {Dog's cabbage} (Bot.), a succulent herb,             native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum             Cynocrambe}).          {Dog cheap}, very cheap. See under {Cheap}.          {Dog ear} (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.]          {Dog flea} (Zo[94]l.), a species of flea ({Pulex canis})             which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to             man. In America it is the common flea. See {Flea}, and             {Aphaniptera}.          {Dog grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Triticum caninum}) of the same             genus as wheat.          {Dog Latin}, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy.                      {Dog lichen} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Peltigera canina})             growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed             expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous             veins beneath.          {Dog louse} (Zo[94]l.), a louse that infests the dog, esp.             {H[91]matopinus piliferus}; another species is             {Trichodectes latus}.          {Dog power}, a machine operated by the weight of a dog             traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for             churning.          {Dog salmon} (Zo[94]l.), a salmon of northwest America and             northern Asia; -- the {gorbuscha}; -- called also {holia},             and {hone}.          {Dog shark}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dogfish}.          {Dog's meat}, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal.          {Dog Star}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Dog wheat} (Bot.), Dog grass.          {Dog whelk} (Zo[94]l.), any species of univalve shells of the             family {Nassid[91]}, esp. the {Nassa reticulata} of             England.          {To give, [or] throw}, {to the dogs}, to throw away as             useless. [bd]Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of             it.[b8] --Shak.          {To go to the dogs}, to go to ruin; to be ruined.
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Dog-faced \Dog"-faced`\, a.       Having a face resembling that of a dog.          {Dog-faced baboon} (Zo[94]l.), any baboon of the genus             {Cynocephalus}. See {Drill}.
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Dog-faced \Dog"-faced`\, a.       Having a face resembling that of a dog.          {Dog-faced baboon} (Zo[94]l.), any baboon of the genus             {Cynocephalus}. See {Drill}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roussette \Rous*sette"\, n. [F.; -- so called in allusion to the       color. See {Russet}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A fruit bat, especially the large species             ({Pieropus vulgaris}) inhabiting the islands of the Indian             ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any small shark of the genus {Scyllium}; --             called also {dogfish}. See {Dogfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Amia \[d8]Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a kind of tunny.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to       North America; called {bowfin} in Lake Champlain, {dogfish}       in Lake Erie, and {mudfish} in South Carolina, etc. See       {Bowfin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogfish \Dog"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera {Mustelus},             {Scyllium}, {Spinax}, etc.          Note: The European spotted dogfishes ({Scyllium catudus}, and                {S. canicula}) are very abundant; the American smooth,                or blue dogfish is {Mustelus canis}; the common picked,                or horned dogfish ({Squalus acanthias}) abundant on                both sides of the Atlantic.          2. The bowfin ({Amia calva}). See {Bowfin}.          3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowfin \Bow"fin`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A voracious ganoid fish ({Amia calva}) found in the fresh       waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also       {Johnny Grindle}, and {dogfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Houndfish \Hound"fish\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any small shark of the genus {Galeus} or {Mustelus}, of which       there are several species, as the smooth houndfish ({G.       canis}), of Europe and America; -- called also {houndshark},       and {dogfish}.          Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is                {Scyllium canicula}; the rough houndfish, or                large-spotted dogfish, is {S. catulus}. The name has                also sometimes been applied to the bluefish ({Pomatomus                saltatrix}), and to the silver gar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roussette \Rous*sette"\, n. [F.; -- so called in allusion to the       color. See {Russet}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A fruit bat, especially the large species             ({Pieropus vulgaris}) inhabiting the islands of the Indian             ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any small shark of the genus {Scyllium}; --             called also {dogfish}. See {Dogfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Amia \[d8]Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a kind of tunny.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to       North America; called {bowfin} in Lake Champlain, {dogfish}       in Lake Erie, and {mudfish} in South Carolina, etc. See       {Bowfin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogfish \Dog"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera {Mustelus},             {Scyllium}, {Spinax}, etc.          Note: The European spotted dogfishes ({Scyllium catudus}, and                {S. canicula}) are very abundant; the American smooth,                or blue dogfish is {Mustelus canis}; the common picked,                or horned dogfish ({Squalus acanthias}) abundant on                both sides of the Atlantic.          2. The bowfin ({Amia calva}). See {Bowfin}.          3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowfin \Bow"fin`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A voracious ganoid fish ({Amia calva}) found in the fresh       waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also       {Johnny Grindle}, and {dogfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Houndfish \Hound"fish\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any small shark of the genus {Galeus} or {Mustelus}, of which       there are several species, as the smooth houndfish ({G.       canis}), of Europe and America; -- called also {houndshark},       and {dogfish}.          Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is                {Scyllium canicula}; the rough houndfish, or                large-spotted dogfish, is {S. catulus}. The name has                also sometimes been applied to the bluefish ({Pomatomus                saltatrix}), and to the silver gar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roussette \Rous*sette"\, n. [F.; -- so called in allusion to the       color. See {Russet}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A fruit bat, especially the large species             ({Pieropus vulgaris}) inhabiting the islands of the Indian             ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any small shark of the genus {Scyllium}; --             called also {dogfish}. See {Dogfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Amia \[d8]Am"i*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a kind of tunny.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to       North America; called {bowfin} in Lake Champlain, {dogfish}       in Lake Erie, and {mudfish} in South Carolina, etc. See       {Bowfin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogfish \Dog"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera {Mustelus},             {Scyllium}, {Spinax}, etc.          Note: The European spotted dogfishes ({Scyllium catudus}, and                {S. canicula}) are very abundant; the American smooth,                or blue dogfish is {Mustelus canis}; the common picked,                or horned dogfish ({Squalus acanthias}) abundant on                both sides of the Atlantic.          2. The bowfin ({Amia calva}). See {Bowfin}.          3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bowfin \Bow"fin`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A voracious ganoid fish ({Amia calva}) found in the fresh       waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also       {Johnny Grindle}, and {dogfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Houndfish \Hound"fish\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any small shark of the genus {Galeus} or {Mustelus}, of which       there are several species, as the smooth houndfish ({G.       canis}), of Europe and America; -- called also {houndshark},       and {dogfish}.          Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is                {Scyllium canicula}; the rough houndfish, or                large-spotted dogfish, is {S. catulus}. The name has                also sometimes been applied to the bluefish ({Pomatomus                saltatrix}), and to the silver gar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old             World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and             resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock             grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to             the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P.             exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the             painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand             grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust.             under {Pterocletes}.          {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune.          {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus             Mexicana}).          {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian.          {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp.          {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India.             (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the                   sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.             (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus                   ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}.          {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce.          {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta             agilis}).          {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow.          {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat.          {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor             arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.          {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]          {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}.          {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic             partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long             and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji})             inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A.             Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee             partridge}, and {teehoo}.          {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different             colors on an adhesive surface.          {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The sauger.             (b) The lizard fish.          {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a             whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like             those of the Sahara and Mongolia.          {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to             several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous             rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called             also {sand gall}.          {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now             considered to be the young of larger species; -- called             also {sand prey}.          {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket             with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.                      {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher.          {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand.          {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone.          {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or             o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and             allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer,             and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand             collar}.          {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean             ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy             seabeaches of Europe and America.          {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis             littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern             United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish             shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}.          {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the             ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern             Europe.          {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian.          {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside.          {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing                   snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe,                   Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and                   {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers.             (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus                   {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}.          {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper.          {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on             sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star.          {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.                      {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker.          {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under             {Bank}.          {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially:             (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of                   lightning; a fulgurite.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand.             (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous                   particles in its wall, which connects the oral water                   tube with the madreporic plate.          {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}.          {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             hymenopterous insects belonging to the families             {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in             sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or             spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve             as food for her young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dog-fox \Dog"-fox`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A male fox. See the Note under {Dog}, n., 6. --Sir W.                   Scott.             (b) The Arctic or blue fox; -- a name also applied to                   species of the genus {Cynalopex}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dog \Dog\ (d[ocr]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan.       dogge, Sw. dogg.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the             domestic dog ({C. familiaris}).          Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the                inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and                attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred                varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog,                coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound,                mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel,                spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed                breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well                as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these                names in the Vocabulary.)          2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.                         What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he                      should do this great thing?               -- 2 Kings                                                                               viii. 13 (Rev.                                                                               Ver. )          3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly             dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.]          4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and             Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis             Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).          5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an             andiron.          6. (Mech.)             (a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening                   into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of                   raising or moving them.             (b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on                   the carriage of a sawmill.             (c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch;                   especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an                   adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine                   tool.          Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in                the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog.                It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox,                a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; --                also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as,                dog Latin.          {A dead dog}, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14.          {A dog in the manger}, an ugly-natured person who prevents             others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them             but is none to him.          {Dog ape} (Zo[94]l.), a male ape.          {Dog cabbage}, [or] {Dog's cabbage} (Bot.), a succulent herb,             native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum             Cynocrambe}).          {Dog cheap}, very cheap. See under {Cheap}.          {Dog ear} (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.]          {Dog flea} (Zo[94]l.), a species of flea ({Pulex canis})             which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to             man. In America it is the common flea. See {Flea}, and             {Aphaniptera}.          {Dog grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Triticum caninum}) of the same             genus as wheat.          {Dog Latin}, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy.                      {Dog lichen} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Peltigera canina})             growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed             expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous             veins beneath.          {Dog louse} (Zo[94]l.), a louse that infests the dog, esp.             {H[91]matopinus piliferus}; another species is             {Trichodectes latus}.          {Dog power}, a machine operated by the weight of a dog             traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for             churning.          {Dog salmon} (Zo[94]l.), a salmon of northwest America and             northern Asia; -- the {gorbuscha}; -- called also {holia},             and {hone}.          {Dog shark}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dogfish}.          {Dog's meat}, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal.          {Dog Star}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Dog wheat} (Bot.), Dog grass.          {Dog whelk} (Zo[94]l.), any species of univalve shells of the             family {Nassid[91]}, esp. the {Nassa reticulata} of             England.          {To give, [or] throw}, {to the dogs}, to throw away as             useless. [bd]Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of             it.[b8] --Shak.          {To go to the dogs}, to go to ruin; to be ruined.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dough-baked \Dough"-baked`\, a.       Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection;       unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding. [Colloq.]       --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doughface \Dough"face`\, n.       A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or       one who is easily molded. [Political cant, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dough-faced \Dough"-faced`\, a.       Easily molded; pliable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doughfaceism \Dough"face`ism\, n.       The character of a doughface; truckling pliability.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dysphagia \[d8]Dys*pha"gi*a\, Dysphagy \Dys"pha*gy\, n. [NL.       dysphagia, fr. Gr. [?] ill, hard + [?] to eat.] (Med.)       Difficulty in swallowing.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DSP32 Assembly Language          A high-level assembly language for the DSP32       Programmable DSP Chip.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dsp56165-gcc          A port of {gcc} version 1.40 to the {Motorola} {DSP56156} and       {DSP56000} by Andrew Sterian .          {alt.sources}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dsp56k-gcc          {Motorola}'s port of {gcc} version 1.37.1 to the {Motorola}       {DSP56000}.          {Finland       (ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/ham/dsp/dsp56k-tools/dsp56k-gcc.tar.Z)}.       {Australia       (ftp://evans.ee.adfa.oz.au/pub/micros/56k/g56k.tar.Z)}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DSP/C          Numerical extension to C, for DSP applications.          ["DSP/C: A Standard High Level Language for DSP and Numeric       Processing", K. Leary & W.   Waddington, Proc ICASSP 90, Apr       1990, pp.1065-1068].