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   demerara
         n 1: a light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana
         2: a river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the
            Atlantic
         3: a former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana
         4: dark rum from Guyana [syn: {demerara}, {demerara rum}]
         5: light brown cane sugar; originally from Guyana [syn:
            {demerara}, {demerara sugar}]

English Dictionary: demurrer by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demerara rum
n
  1. dark rum from Guyana
    Synonym(s): demerara, demerara rum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demerara sugar
n
  1. light brown cane sugar; originally from Guyana [syn: demerara, demerara sugar]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demurrer
n
  1. (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings [syn: demur, demurral, demurrer]
  2. (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings
  3. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
    Synonym(s): defense, defence, denial, demurrer
    Antonym(s): criminal prosecution, prosecution
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dinnerware
n
  1. the tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
du Maurier
n
  1. English writer of melodramatic novels (1907-1989) [syn: {du Maurier}, Daphne du Maurier, Dame Daphne du Maurier]
  2. English writer and illustrator; grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834-1896)
    Synonym(s): du Maurier, George du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Honorarium \[d8]Hon`o*ra"ri*um\, Honorary \Hon"or*a*ry\, n.
      [L. honorarium (sc. donum), fr. honorarius. See {Honorary},
      a.]
      1. A fee offered to professional men for their services; as,
            an honorarium of one thousand dollars. --S. Longfellow.
  
      2. (Law) An honorary payment, usually in recognition of
            services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign
            a fixed business price. --Heumann.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demurrer \De*mur"rer\, n.
      1. One who demurs.
  
      2. (Law) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the
            judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming
            the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it
            is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and
            hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or
            proceed further.
  
      {Demurrer to evidence}, an exception taken by a party to the
            evidence offered by the opposite party, and an objecting
            to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence
            is not sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a
            reference to the court to determine the point. --Bouvier.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demurrer \De*mur"rer\, n.
      1. One who demurs.
  
      2. (Law) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the
            judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming
            the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it
            is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and
            hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or
            proceed further.
  
      {Demurrer to evidence}, an exception taken by a party to the
            evidence offered by the opposite party, and an objecting
            to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence
            is not sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a
            reference to the court to determine the point. --Bouvier.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dummerer \Dum"mer*er\, n.
      One who feigns dumbness. [Obs.] --Burton.
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