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   dabble
         v 1: dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
         2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn:
            {dabble}, {paddle}, {splash around}]
         3: work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in
            astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never
            makes any money" [syn: {dabble}, {smatter}, {play around}]
         4: bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body
            of water; "dabbling ducks"

English Dictionary: devil	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dafla n little known Kamarupan languages [syn: Miri, Mirish, Abor, Dafla]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dapple n a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" Synonym(s): spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation v colour with streaks or blotches of different shades [syn: mottle, dapple, cloud]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
davallia n any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dayfly n slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days Synonym(s): mayfly, dayfly, shadfly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
debile adj lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" Synonym(s): decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deep-yellow adj of something having the color of a pumpkin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deeply adv to a great depth psychologically; "They felt the loss deeply" Synonym(s): profoundly, deeply to a great depth;far down; "dived deeply"; "dug deep" Synonym(s): deeply, deep
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defile n a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) [syn: defile, gorge] v place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" Synonym(s): defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" Synonym(s): tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" Synonym(s): foul, befoul, defile, maculate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deploy v place troops or weapons in battle formation to distribute systematically or strategically; "The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devalue v remove the value from; deprive of its value [syn: devalue, devaluate] lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting" lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again" Synonym(s): depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue Antonym(s): appreciate, apprise, apprize, revalue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Devil n (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell Synonym(s): Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness an evil supernatural being Synonym(s): devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" Synonym(s): devil, deuce, dickens a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he chased the young hellions out of his yard" Synonym(s): hellion, heller, devil a cruel wicked and inhuman person Synonym(s): monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre v cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" Synonym(s): annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil coat or stuff with a spicy paste; "devilled eggs"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dibble n a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs Synonym(s): dibble, dibber v plant with a wooden hand tool; "dibble Spring bulbs" make a hole with a wooden hand tool; "dibble the ground"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Diphylla n vampire bats Synonym(s): Diphylla, genus Diphylla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dipole n a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center Synonym(s): dipole, dipole antenna
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doable adj capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do Synonym(s): accomplishable, achievable, doable, manageable, realizable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
double adv downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain" two together; "some people sleep better double" to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright" Synonym(s): doubly, double, twice adj having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison Synonym(s): double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-fold consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure" Synonym(s): double, dual, duple twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase" Synonym(s): double, doubled, twofold, two-fold used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements; "double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical" Antonym(s): single used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis Synonym(s): bivalent, double Antonym(s): multivalent, univalent large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room" having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue" Synonym(s): double, forked n a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield" Synonym(s): double, two- base hit, two-bagger, two-baser a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable" Synonym(s): double, stunt man, stunt woman someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother" Synonym(s): double, image, look-alike a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18" raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff" Synonym(s): doubling, double v increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years" Synonym(s): double, duplicate hit a two-base hit bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently" Synonym(s): double over, double, double up do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary" bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" Synonym(s): duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
double-u n the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: W, w, double-u]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doubly adv to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright" Synonym(s): doubly, double, twice in a twofold manner; "he was doubly wrong" Synonym(s): doubly, in two ways
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
DPhil n a British doctorate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duffel n a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings Synonym(s): duffel bag, duffle bag, duffel, duffle a coarse heavy woolen fabric Synonym(s): duffel, duffle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duffle n a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings Synonym(s): duffel bag, duffle bag, duffel, duffle a coarse heavy woolen fabric Synonym(s): duffel, duffle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duple adj consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure" Synonym(s): double, dual, duple
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Abhal \[d8]Ab"hal\, n. The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Appel \[d8]Ap`pel"\, n. [F., prop., a call. See {Appeal}, n.] (Fencing) A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack; -- called also {attack}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bolo \[d8]Bo"lo\, n. [Sp.] A kind of large knife resembling a machete. [Phil. Islands]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bouilli \[d8]Bou`illi"\, n. [F., fr. bouillir to boil.] (Cookery) Boiled or stewed meat; beef boiled with vegetables in water from which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon or soup has been made.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bulau \[d8]Bu"lau\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal ({Gymnura Rafflesii}), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bulla \[d8]Bul"la\, n.; pl. {Bull[91]}. [L. bulla bubble. See {Bull} an edict.] 1. (Med.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid. 2. (Anat.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla. 3. A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of marine shells. See {Bubble shell}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8D82blai \[d8]D[82]`blai"\, n. [F.] (Fort.) The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Diplo89 \[d8]Dip"lo*[89]\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] fold, fr. [?] twofold, double.] (Anat.) The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Faille \[d8]Faille\, n. [F.] A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Fellah \[d8]Fel"lah\, n.; pl. Ar. {Fellahin}, E. {Fellahs}. [Ar.] A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc. --W. M. Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Palea \[d8]Pa"le*a\, n.; pl. {Pale[91]} (-[emac]). [L., chaff.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The interior chaff or husk of grasses. (b) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pali \[d8]Pa"li\, n., pl. of {Palus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Palla \[d8]Pal"la\, n. [L. See {Pall} a cloak.] (Rom. Antuq.) An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Palo \[d8]Pa"lo\, n. [Sp. See {Pale} a stake.] A pole or timber of any kind; -- in the names of trees. [Sp. Amer.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Paolo \[d8]Pa"o*lo\, n. [It. Cf. {Paul}.] An old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Phyle \[d8]Phy"le\, n.; pl. {Phyl[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a body of men united by ties of blood or habitation.] A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a clan; a tribe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pillau \[d8]Pil*lau"\, n. [Per. & Turk. pilau.] An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter. [Written also {pilau}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Playa \[d8]Pla"ya\, n. [Sp.] A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation. --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pulu \[d8]Pu"lu\, n. A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowish brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young fronds of free ferns of the genus {Cibotium}, chiefly {C. Menziesii}; -- used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pyla \[d8]Py"la\ n.; pl. L. {Pyl[91]}, E. {Pylas}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] an entrance.] (Anat.) The passage between the iter and optoc[d2]le in the brain. --B. G. Wilder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tableau \[d8]Ta`bleau"\, n. (Solitaire) The arrangement, or layout, of cards.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tableau \[d8]Ta`bleau"\, n.; pl. {Tableaux}. [F., dim. fr. L. tabula a painting. See {Table}.] 1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture. 2. A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tabula \[d8]Tab"u*la\, n.; pl. {Tabul[91]}. [L.] 1. A table; a tablet. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids. {Tabula rasa}[L.], a smoothed tablet; hence, figuratively, the mind in its earliest state, before receiving impressions from without; -- a term used by Hobbes, Locke, and others, in maintaining a theory opposed to the doctrine of innate ideas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tibiale \[d8]Tib`i*a"le\, n.; pl. {Tibialia}. [NL.] (Anat.) The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tipula \[d8]Tip"u*la\, n.; pl. L. {Tipul[91]}, E. {Tipulas}. [L., the water spider, or water spinner.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to {Tipula} and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See {Crane fly}, under {Crane}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Uvula \[d8]U"vu*la\, n. [NL., dim of L. uva a grape, the uvula.] (Anat.) The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate. Note: The term is also applied to a somewhat similar lobe on the under side of the cerebellum and to another on the inner surface of the neck of the bladder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Villi \[d8]Vil"li\, n., pl. of {Villus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Viola \[d8]Vi"o*la\, n. [L., a violet. See {Violet}.] (Bot.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dabble \Dab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dabbling}.] [Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.] To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. [bd]Bright hair dabbled in blood.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dabble \Dab"ble\, v. i. 1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge. --Wordsworth. 2. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. [bd]Dabbling here and there with the text.[b8] --Atterbury. During the ferst year at Dumfries, Burns for the ferst time began to dabble in politics. --J. C. Shairp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dapple \Dap"ple\, n. [Cf. Icel. depill a spot, a dot, a dog with spots over the eyes, dapi a pool, and E. dimple.] One of the spots on a dappled animal. He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare hath dapples. --Sir P. Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dapple \Dap"ple\, Dappled \Dap"pled\, a. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. --Sir W. Scott. Note: The word is used in composition to denote that some color is variegated or marked with spots; as, dapple-bay; dapple-gray. His steed was all dapple-gray. --Chaucer. O, swiftly can speed my dapple-gray steed. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dapple \Dap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dappled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dappling}.] To variegate with spots; to spot. The gentle day, . . . Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. --Shak. The dappled pink and blushing rose. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ephemeral \Ephem"eral\, a. 1. Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower. 2. Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only. [bd]Ephemeral popularity.[b8] --V. Knox. Sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy. --Sir J. Stephen. {Ephemeral fly} (Zo[94]l.), one of a group of neuropterous insects, belonging to the genus {Ephemera} and many allied genera, which live in the adult or winged state only for a short time. The larv[91] are aquatic; -- called also {day fly} and {May fly}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dayfly \Day"fly`\ (d[amac]"fl[imac]`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A neuropterous insect of the genus {Ephemera} and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See {Ephemeral fly}, under {Ephemeral}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deafly \Deaf"ly\, adv. Without sense of sounds; obscurely.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deafly \Deaf"ly\, a. Lonely; solitary. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debel \De*bel"\, v. t. [Cf. F. d[82]beller. See {Debellate}.] To conquer. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debile \Deb"ile\, a. [L. debilis: cf. F. d[82]bile. See {Debility}.] Weak. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deeply \Deep"ly\, adv. 1. At or to a great depth; far below the surface; as, to sink deeply. 2. Profoundly; thoroughly; not superficially; in a high degree; intensely; as, deeply skilled in ethics. He had deeply offended both his nobles and people. --Bacon. He sighed deeply in his spirit. --Mark viii. 12. 3. Very; with a tendency to darkness of color. The deeply red juice of buckthorn berries. --Boyle. 4. Gravely; with low or deep tone; as, a deeply toned instrument. 5. With profound skill; with art or intricacy; as, a deeply laid plot or intrigue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defail \De*fail"\, v. t. [F. d[82]faillir to fail; pref. d[82]- (L. de) + faillir. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] To cause to fail. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defile \De*file"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Defiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defiling}.] [F. d[82]filer; pref. d[82]-, for des- (L. dis-) + file a row or line. See {File} a row.] To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defile \De*file"\, v. t. (Mil.) Same as {Defilade}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defile \De*file"\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. d[82]fil[82], fr. d[82]filer to defile.] 1. Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc. 2. (Mil.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See {Defilade}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defile \De*file"\, v. t. [OE. defoulen, -foilen, to tread down, OF. defouler; de- + fouler to trample (see {Full}, v. t.), and OE. defoulen to foul (influenced in form by the older verb defoilen). See {File} to defile, {Foul}, {Defoul}.] 1. To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute. They that touch pitch will be defiled. --Shak. 2. To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint. He is . . . among the greatest prelates of this age, however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty hands. --Swift. 3. To injure in purity of character; to corrupt. Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. --Ezek. xx. 7. 4. To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate. The husband murder'd and the wife defiled. --Prior. 5. To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute. That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile therewith. --Lev. xxii. 8.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deflow \De*flow"\, v. i. [Pref. de- + flow: cf. L. defluere.] To flow down. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defly \Def"ly\, adv. Deftly. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defoul \De*foul"\, v. t. [See {Defile}, v. t.] 1. To tread down. [Obs.] --Wyclif. 2. To make foul; to defile. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deploy \Deploy"\, Deployment \Deploy"ment\, n. (Mil.) The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front. ---Wilhelm. Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.H.L. --Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deploy \De*ploy"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Deployed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deploying}.] [F. d[82]ployer; pref. d[82][?] = d[82]s (L. dis) + ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See {Ply}, and cf. {Display}.] (Mil.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell. 2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}. {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}. {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}. {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia strobiloides}). {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See {ptarmigan}. {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under {Reed}. (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe. {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. --McElrath. {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}. {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird}, {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William}, {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twilly \Twil"ly\, n. [C. {Willy}.] A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also {twilly devil}, and {devil}. See {Devil}, n., 6, and {Willy}. --Tomlinson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de[a2]fol, de[a2]ful; akin to G. [?]eufel, Goth. diaba[a3]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. [?] the devil, the slanderer, fr. [?] to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across; [?] across + [?] to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr. gal to fall. Cf. {Diabolic}.] 1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. --Luke iv. 2. That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9. 2. An evil spirit; a demon. A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix. 32. 3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. [bd]That devil Glendower.[b8] [bd]The devil drunkenness.[b8] --Shak. Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? --John vi. 70. 4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. [Low] The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. --Shak. The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope. 5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir W. Scott. 6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. {Blue devils}. See under {Blue}. {Cartesian devil}. See under {Cartesian}. {Devil bird} (Zo[94]l.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes ({Edolius retifer}, and {E. remifer}), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. {Devil may care}, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. --Longfellow. {Devil's apron} (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria saccharina}, and {L. longicruris}) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron. {Devil's coachhorse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black rove beetle ({Ocypus olens}). [Eng.] (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.] {Devil's darning-needle}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Darn}, v. t. {Devil's fingers}, {Devil's hand} (Zo[94]l.), the common British starfish ({Asterias rubens}); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.] {Devil's riding-horse} (Zo[94]l.), the American mantis ({Mantis Carolina}). {The Devil's tattoo}, a drumming with the fingers or feet. [bd]Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels.[b8] --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.). {Devil worship}, worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power. {Printer's devil}, the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. [bd]Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer.[b8] --Macaulay. {Tasmanian devil} (Zo[94]l.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania ({Dasyurus, [or] Diabolus, ursinus}). {To play devil with}, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devil \Dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deviled}or {Devilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deviling}or {Devilling}.] 1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil. 2. To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper. A deviled leg of turkey. --W. Irving.
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Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me. --Campbell. 2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}. {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}. {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}. {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia strobiloides}). {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See {ptarmigan}. {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting. See under {Reed}. (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia, Africa, and Southern Europe. {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for tea. --McElrath. {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}. {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird}, {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William}, {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twilly \Twil"ly\, n. [C. {Willy}.] A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or willying machine; -- called also {twilly devil}, and {devil}. See {Devil}, n., 6, and {Willy}. --Tomlinson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de[a2]fol, de[a2]ful; akin to G. [?]eufel, Goth. diaba[a3]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. [?] the devil, the slanderer, fr. [?] to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across; [?] across + [?] to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr. gal to fall. Cf. {Diabolic}.] 1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. --Luke iv. 2. That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9. 2. An evil spirit; a demon. A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix. 32. 3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. [bd]That devil Glendower.[b8] [bd]The devil drunkenness.[b8] --Shak. Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? --John vi. 70. 4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. [Low] The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. --Shak. The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope. 5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir W. Scott. 6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. {Blue devils}. See under {Blue}. {Cartesian devil}. See under {Cartesian}. {Devil bird} (Zo[94]l.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes ({Edolius retifer}, and {E. remifer}), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. {Devil may care}, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. --Longfellow. {Devil's apron} (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria saccharina}, and {L. longicruris}) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron. {Devil's coachhorse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black rove beetle ({Ocypus olens}). [Eng.] (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.] {Devil's darning-needle}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Darn}, v. t. {Devil's fingers}, {Devil's hand} (Zo[94]l.), the common British starfish ({Asterias rubens}); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.] {Devil's riding-horse} (Zo[94]l.), the American mantis ({Mantis Carolina}). {The Devil's tattoo}, a drumming with the fingers or feet. [bd]Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels.[b8] --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.). {Devil worship}, worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power. {Printer's devil}, the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. [bd]Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer.[b8] --Macaulay. {Tasmanian devil} (Zo[94]l.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania ({Dasyurus, [or] Diabolus, ursinus}). {To play devil with}, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devil \Dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deviled}or {Devilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deviling}or {Devilling}.] 1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil. 2. To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper. A deviled leg of turkey. --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dewfall \Dew"fall`\, n. The falling of dew; the time when dew begins to fall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Diablerie \[d8]Dia`blerie"\, Diabley \Diab"le*y\, n. [F. diablerie, fr. diable devil, L. diabolus. See {Devil}.] Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diabolo \Diab"olo\ (d[icr][acr]b"[osl]l[omac]), n. An old game or sport (revived under this name) consisting in whirling on a string, fastened to two sticks, a small somewhat spool-shaped object (called the diabolo) so as to balance it on a string, toss it in the air and catch it, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dibble \Dib"ble\, n. [See {Dibble}, v. i.] A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dibble \Dib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dibbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dibbling}.] [Freq. of Prov. E. dib, for dip to thrust in. See {Dip}.] To dib or dip frequently, as in angling. --Walton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dibble \Dib"ble\, v. t. 1. To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting. 2. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble. The clayey soil around it was dibbled thick at the time by the tiny hoofs of sheep. --H. Miller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divel \Di*vel"\, v. t. [L. divellere; dit- = dis- + vellere to pluck.] To rend apart. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doable \Do"a*ble\, a. Capable of being done. --Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dobule \Dob"ule\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European dace.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Double \Dou"ble\, n. A person or thing that is the counterpart of another; a duplicate; copy; (Obs.) transcript; -- now chiefly used of persons. Hence, a wraith. My charming friend . . . has, I am almost sure, a double, who preaches his afternoon sermons for him. --E. E. Hale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Double \Dou"ble\, a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. [?] double. See {Two}, and {Full}, and cf. {Diploma}, {Duple}.] 1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc. Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. -- 2 Kings ii. 9. Darkness and tempest make a double night. --Dryden. 2. Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled. [Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake, Float double, swan and shadow. --Wordsworth. 3. Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere. With a double heart do they speak. -- Ps. xii. 2. 4. (Bot.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. Note: Double is often used as the first part of a compound word, generally denoting two ways, or twice the number, quantity, force, etc., twofold, or having two. {Double base}, [or] {Double bass} (Mus.), the largest and lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the contrabasso or violone. {Double convex}. See under {Convex}. {Double counterpoint} (Mus.), that species of counterpoint or composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by setting one of them an octave higher or lower. {Double court} (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four players, two on each side. {Double dagger} (Print.), a reference mark ([Dagger]) next to the dagger ([dagger]) in order; a diesis. {Double drum} (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both ends. {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States having the value of 20 dollars. {Double entry}. See under {Bookkeeping}. {Double floor} (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below. See Illust. of Double-framed floor. {Double flower}. See {Double}, a., 4. {Double-framed floor} (Arch.), a double floor having girders into which the binding joists are framed. {Double fugue} (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects. {Double letter}. (a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature. (b) A mail requiring double postage. {Double note} (Mus.), a note of double the length of the semibreve; a breve. See {Breve}. {Double octave} (Mus.), an interval composed of two octaves, or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth. {Double pica}. See under {Pica}. {Double play} (Baseball), a play by which two players are put out at the same time. {Double plea} (Law), a plea alleging several matters in answer to the declaration, where either of such matters alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. --Stephen. {Double point} (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of a curve are called double points, since they possess most of the properties of double points (see {Conjugate}). They are also called {acnodes}, and those points where the branches of the curve really cross are called {crunodes}. The extremity of a cusp is also a double point. {Double quarrel}. (Eccl. Law) See {Duplex querela}, under {Duplex}. {Double refraction}. (Opt.) See {Refraction}. {Double salt}. (Chem.) (a) A mixed salt of any polybasic acid which has been saturated by different bases or basic radicals, as the double carbonate of sodium and potassium, {NaKCO3.6H2O}. (b) A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as common alum, which consists of the sulphate of aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium. {Double shuffle}, a low, noisy dance. {Double standard} (Polit. Econ.), a double standard of monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are made legal tender. {Double star} (Astron.), two stars so near to each other as to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such stars may be only optically near to each other, or may be physically connected so that they revolve round their common center of gravity, and in the latter case are called also binary stars. {Double time} (Mil.). Same as {Double-quick}. {Double window}, a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Double \Dou"ble\, v. i. 1. To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much. 'T is observed in particular nations, that within the space of three hundred years, notwithstanding all casualties, the number of men doubles. --T. Burnet. 2. To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction. Doubling and turning like a hunted hare. --Dryden. Doubling and doubling with laborious walk. --Wordsworth. 3. To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false. What penalty and danger you accrue, If you be found to double. --J. Webster. 4. (Print.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet. {To double upon} (Mil.), to inclose between two fires.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Double \Dou"ble\, adv. Twice; doubly. I was double their age. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Double \Dou"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doubled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doubling}.] [OE. doblen, dublen, doublen, F. doubler, fr. L. duplare, fr. duplus. See {Double}, a.] 1. To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length. Double six thousand, and then treble that. --Shak. 2. To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Double \Dou"ble\, n. 1. Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like. If the thief be found, let him pay double. --Ex. xxii. 7. 2. Among compositors, a doublet (see {Doublet}, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred. 3. That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold. Rolled up in sevenfold double Of plagues. --Marston. 4. A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice. These men are too well acquainted with the chase to be flung off by any false steps or doubles. --Addison. 5. Something precisely equal or counterpart to another; a counterpart. Hence, a wraith. My charming friend . . . has, I am almost sure, a double, who preaches his afternoon sermons for him. --Atlantic Monthly. 6. A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute. 7. Double beer; strong beer. 8. (Eccl.) A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. --Shipley. 9. (Lawn Tennis) A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles. 10. (Mus.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doubly \Dou"bly\, adv. 1. In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation. --Dryden. 2. Deceitfully. [bd]A man that deals doubly.[b8] --Huloet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dowable \Dow"a*ble\, a. [From {Dow}, v. t.] Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower. --Blackstone.
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Duebill \Due"bill`\, n. (Com.) A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note. --Burrill.
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Dueful \Due"ful\, a. Fit; becoming. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Duffel \Duf"fel\, n. Outfit or suppplies, collectively; kit. [Colloq., U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duffel \Duf"fel\, n. [D. duffel, from Duffel, a town not far from Antwerp.] A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. [Written also {duffle}.] Good duffel gray and flannel fine. -- Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duffel \Duf"fel\, n. [D. duffel, from Duffel, a town not far from Antwerp.] A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. [Written also {duffle}.] Good duffel gray and flannel fine. -- Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duffle \Duf"fle\, n. See {Duffel}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duffel \Duf"fel\, n. [D. duffel, from Duffel, a town not far from Antwerp.] A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. [Written also {duffle}.] Good duffel gray and flannel fine. -- Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duffle \Duf"fle\, n. See {Duffel}.
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Duple \Du"ple\, a. [L. duplus. See {Double}.] Double. {Duple ratio} (Math.), that in which the antecedent term is double the consequent, as of 2 to 1, 8 to 4, etc.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DBPL A {procedural language} with {relational database} constructs. A successor to {Pascal/R} and {Modula/R}. ["DBPL Report", J.W. Schmidt et al, DBPL-Memo 111-88, Fachbereich Informatik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Frankfurt, Germany, 1988]. (1994-12-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Deep Blue A super computer developed by researchers at {IBM} to explore the use of {parallel processing} to solve complex computing problems. It is known as the first computer to beat the current chess World Grand Master. Deep Blue started it's life as a PhD project at {Carnegie Mellon University} by PhD students Feng-hsiung Hsu and Murray Campbell. Chiptest, as it was known then, consisted of a custom designed chip hosted in a {Sun} 3/160 computer. The project moved over to IBM in 1989 when Hsu and Campbell joined IBM. {Deep Thought}, as it was known by then, played for the first time against Garry Kasparov in the same year. The game of two matches was easily won by Kasparov. The next match against Kasparov took place in February 1996. By then the machine was again renamed, at that time it was known as Deep Blue. It was also heavily re-engineered: it was by then running on a 32-node {RS/6000} cluster, each containing 8 custom designed chips. Alas, Kasparov won again. The breakthrough finally happened in February 1997: with both the algorithm and the raw speed significantly improved, Deep Blue beat Kasparov 3.5:2.5. {HOME (http://www.chess.ibm.com)}. (1997-06-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DIBOL Digital Interactive Business Oriented Language. DEC, 1970. Fortran syntax with BCD arithmetic. Versions for PDP-8 and RT-11. ANSI X3.165-1988.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DPL DECmmp Parallel Language. A {C}-like parallel language for the {DECmpp} machine. (1994-12-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DPL-82 ["DPL-82: A Language for Distributed Processing", L. Ericson, Proc 3rd Intl Conf Distrib Comp Sys, IEEE 1982, pp.526-531]. (1994-12-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DPLL {Digital Phase-Locked Loop}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Devil (Gr. diabolos), a slanderer, the arch-enemy of man's spiritual interest (Job 1:6; Rev. 2:10; Zech. 3:1). He is called also "the accuser of the brethen" (Rev. 12:10). In Lev. 17:7 the word "devil" is the translation of the Hebrew _sair_, meaning a "goat" or "satyr" (Isa. 13:21; 34:14), alluding to the wood-daemons, the objects of idolatrous worship among the heathen. In Deut. 32:17 and Ps. 106:37 it is the translation of Hebrew _shed_, meaning lord, and idol, regarded by the Jews as a "demon," as the word is rendered in the Revised Version. In the narratives of the Gospels regarding the "casting out of devils" a different Greek word (daimon) is used. In the time of our Lord there were frequent cases of demoniacal possession (Matt. 12:25-30; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 4:35; 10:18, etc.).