Dairen
         n 1: a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the
               Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda [syn: {Dalian},
               {Talien}, {Dairen}]

English Dictionary: dew worm	by the DICT Development Group
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darn n something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" Synonym(s): damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends" Synonym(s): mend, patch, darn v repair by sewing; "darn socks"
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Darwin n English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) Synonym(s): Darwin, Charles Darwin, Charles Robert Darwin provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia
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dehorn v prevent the growth of horns of certain animals take the horns off (an animal)
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Derain n French painter and exponent of fauvism (1880-1954) [syn: Derain, Andre Derain]
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derma n the deep vascular inner layer of the skin [syn: dermis, corium, derma]
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dew worm n terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers Synonym(s): earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm
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Dhahran n an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people
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Dharma n basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes;
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diorama n a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene Synonym(s): panorama, cyclorama, diorama
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dirham n 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar [syn: Qatari dirham, dirham] the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 1,000 fils Synonym(s): United Arab Emirate dirham, dirham the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes Synonym(s): Moroccan dirham, dirham 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia Synonym(s): Tunisian dirham, dirham 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya Synonym(s): Libyan dirham, dirham worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils Synonym(s): Kuwaiti dirham, dirham
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Dorian adj of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture n a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC
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dorm n a college or university building containing living quarters for students Synonym(s): dormitory, dorm, residence hall, hall, student residence
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dormie adj in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played; "he was dormie three and still lost the match" Synonym(s): dormie, dormy
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dormy adj in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played; "he was dormie three and still lost the match" Synonym(s): dormie, dormy
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drain n emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it Synonym(s): drain, drainage tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material a pipe through which liquid is carried away Synonym(s): drain, drainpipe, waste pipe a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration" v flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" Synonym(s): drain, run out deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy" empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank" make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" Synonym(s): enfeeble, debilitate, drain
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dram n a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains Synonym(s): dram, drachm, drachma 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams the basic unit of money in Armenia
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drama n a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway" Synonym(s): play, drama, dramatic play an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional Synonym(s): drama, dramatic event the literary genre of works intended for the theater the quality of being arresting or highly emotional
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draw in v pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" Synonym(s): draw in, retract direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" Synonym(s): attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in Antonym(s): beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in" Synonym(s): curl up, curl, draw in advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him" Synonym(s): close in, draw in of trains; move into (a station); "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station" Synonym(s): pull in, get in, move in, draw in Antonym(s): get out, pull out draw in as if by suction; "suck in your cheeks and stomach" Synonym(s): suck in, draw in
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drawn adj showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens Synonym(s): careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"
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dream n a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night" Synonym(s): dream, dreaming imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality" Synonym(s): dream, dreaming a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business" Synonym(s): ambition, aspiration, dream a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe" Synonym(s): pipe dream, dream a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream" someone or something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream" v have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy [syn: dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze] experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"
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dreamy adj dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment" [syn: dreamy, moony, woolgathering] lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon" Synonym(s): dreamy, lackadaisical, languid, languorous
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drome n an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo Synonym(s): airport, airdrome, aerodrome, drome
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drone n stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen an unchanging intonation Synonym(s): monotone, drone, droning someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind Synonym(s): dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control Synonym(s): drone, pilotless aircraft, radio- controlled aircraft a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone Synonym(s): drone, drone pipe, bourdon v make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on" talk in a monotonous voice Synonym(s): drone, drone on
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drown v cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" Synonym(s): submerge, drown, overwhelm get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol" die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens" be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy" Synonym(s): swim, drown
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drum n a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end Synonym(s): drum, membranophone, tympan the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes" a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends Synonym(s): barrel, drum a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids Synonym(s): drum, metal drum a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes Synonym(s): brake drum, drum small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise Synonym(s): drum, drumfish v make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" Synonym(s): drum, beat, thrum play a percussion instrument study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" Synonym(s): cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone
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Durham n a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University English breed of short-horned cattle Synonym(s): Durham, shorthorn
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durian n tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind Synonym(s): durian, durion, durian tree, Durio zibethinus huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts
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durion n tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind Synonym(s): durian, durion, durian tree, Durio zibethinus
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durum n wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America Synonym(s): durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheat
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d880ariama \[d8][80]a`ri*a"ma\ (s[aum]`r[esl]*[adot]"m[adot]),       n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large, long-legged South American bird ({Dicholophus       cristatus}) which preys upon snakes, etc. See {Seriema}.
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d8Arna \[d8]Ar"na\, d8Arnee \[d8]Ar"nee\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The wild buffalo of India ({Bos, or Bubalus, arni}), larger       than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.
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d8Arna \[d8]Ar"na\, d8Arnee \[d8]Ar"nee\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The wild buffalo of India ({Bos, or Bubalus, arni}), larger       than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.
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d8Arum \[d8]A"rum\, n. [L. arum, aros, Gr. [?].]       A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the       Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a       spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example.                   Our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village                children.                                                --Lubbock.          Note: The American [bd]Jack in the pulpit[b8] is now                separated from the genus Arum.
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d8Aurum \[d8]Au"rum\, n. [L.]       Gold.          {Aurum fulminans} ([?]). See {Fulminate}.          {Aurum mosaicum} ([?]). See {Mosaic}.
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d8Derma \[d8]Der"ma\, n. [NL. See {Derm}.] (Anat.)       See {Dermis}.
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d8Diurna \[d8]Di*ur"na\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. diurnus belonging       to the day.] (Zo[94]l.)       A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so       called because they fly only in the daytime.
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d8Draine \[d8]Draine\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.)       The missel thrush.
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d8Herma \[d8]Her"ma\, n.; pl. {Herm[91]}. [L.]       See {Hermes},          2.
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d8Hieron \[d8]Hi"er*on\, n. [Gr. "iero`n.]       A consecrated place; esp., a temple.
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d8Ihram \[d8]Ih*ram"\, n.       The peculiar dress worn by pilgrims to Mecca.
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d8Rana \[d8]Ra"na\, n. [L., a frog.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs.
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d8Ranee \[d8]Ra"nee\, n.       Same as {Rani}.
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d8Rani \[d8]Ra"ni\, n. [Hind. r[be]n[c6], Skr. r[be]jn[c6]. See       {Rajah}.]       A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah. [Written also       {ranee}.] [India]
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d8Rheum \[d8]Rhe"um\ (r[emac]"[ucr]m), n. [NL., from L. Rha the       river Volga, on the banks of which it grows. See {Rhubarb}.]       (Bot.)       A genus of plants. See {Rhubarb}.
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d8Rima \[d8]Ri"ma\, n.; pl. {Rim[91]}. [L.] (Anat.)       A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.
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d8Terma \[d8]Ter"ma\, n. [NL. See {Term}, n.] (Anat.)       The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior       wall of the third ventricle of the brain. --B. G. Wilder.
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d8Therm91 \[d8]Ther"m[91]\, n. pl. [L. See {Thermal}.]       Springs or baths of warm or hot water.
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Toran \To"ran\, d8Torana \[d8]To"ra*na\, n. [Skr.       t[d3]ra[nsdot]a an arch, a gate.] (Indian Arch.)       A gateway, commonly of wood, but sometimes of stone,       consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three       transverse lintels. It is often minutely carved with symbolic       sculpture, and serves as a monumental approach to a Buddhist       temple.
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d8Trama \[d8]Tra"ma\, n. [L., woof.] (Bot.)       The loosely woven substance which lines the chambers within       the gleba in certain {Gasteromycetes}.
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d8Ur91mia \[d8]U*r[91]"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] urine + [?]       blood.] (Med.)       Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine,       producing dangerous disease.
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d8Ur91um \[d8]U*r[91]"um\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] [?], fr. [?] of       the tail; cf. L. uraeus, adj.] (Zo[94]l.)       The posterior half of an animal.
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d8Urim \[d8]U"rim\, n. [Heb. [?]r[c6]m, pl. of [?]r, fire [?]r       light.]       A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priest       among the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on       certain occasions. Its nature has been the subject of       conflicting conjectures.                   Thou shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim                and the Thummim.                                    --Ex. xxviii.                                                                               30.                   And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered                him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by                prophets.                                                --1 Sam.                                                                               xxviii. 6.          Note: Professor Plumptre supposes the Urim to have been a                clear and colorless stone set in the breastplate of the                high priest as a symbol of light, answering to the                mystic scarab in the pectoral plate of the ancient                Egyptian priests, and that the Thummim was an image                corresponding to that worn by the priestly judges of                Egypt as a symbol of truth and purity of motive. By                gazing steadfastly on these, he may have been thrown                into a mysterious, half ecstatic state, akin to                hypnotism, in which he lost all personal consciousness,                and received a spiritual illumination and insight.
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Darn \Darn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Darning}.] [OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio       to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. {Tear},       v. t.]       To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn       or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or       thread.                   He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning                his stockins.                                          --Swift.          {Darning last}. See under {Last}.          {Darning needle}.       (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents,             especially in stockings.       (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long,             cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are             harmless and without stings.          Note: [In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.] Called                also {devil's darning-needle}.
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Darn \Darn\, n.       A place mended by darning.
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Darn \Darn\, v. t.       A colloquial euphemism for {Damn}.
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Darraign \Dar"raign\, Darrain \Dar"rain\,, v. t. [OF. deraisnier       to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and       reasonings, LL. derationare; de- + rationare to discourse,       contend in law, fr. L. ratio reason, in LL., legal cause. Cf.       {Arraign}, and see {Reason}.]       1. To make ready to fight; to array. [Obs.]                         Darrain your battle, for they are at hand. --Shak.          2. To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat. [Obs.]             [bd]To darrain the battle.[b8] --Chaucer .
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Darrein \Dar"rein\, a. [OF. darrein, darrain, fr. an assumed LL.       deretranus; L. de + retro back, backward.] (Law)       Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance.
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Dearn \Dearn\, a. [AS. derne, dyrne, dierne, hidden, secret. Cf.       {Derne}.]       Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful. [Obs.] --Shak. --       {Dearn"ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Dearn \Dearn\, v. t.       Same as {Darn}. [Obs.]
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Dehorn \De*horn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dehorned}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Dehorning}.]       To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth of the horns of       (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See       {Dishorn}. [bd]Dehorning cattle.[b8] --Farm Journal (1886).
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Deraign \De*raign"\, Derain \De*rain"\, v. t. [See {Darraign}.]       (Old Law)       To prove or to refute by proof; to clear (one's self). [Obs.]
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Dereine \De*reine\, Dereyne \De*reyne"\, v. t.       Same as {Darraign}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Dereine \De*reine\, Dereyne \De*reyne"\, v. t.       Same as {Darraign}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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-derm \-derm\ [See {Derm}, n.]       A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical       terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as,       blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.
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Derm \Derm\, n. [Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin, fr. [?] to skin, flay:       cf. F. derme. See {Tear}, v. t.]       1. The integument of animal; the skin.          2. (Anat.) See {Dermis}.
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d8Dermis \[d8]Der"mis\, n. [NL. See {Derm}.] (Anat.)       The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or       epidermis; -- called also {true skin}, {derm}, {derma},       {corium}, {cutis}, and {enderon}. See {Skin}, and Illust. in       Appendix.
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-derm \-derm\ [See {Derm}, n.]       A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical       terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as,       blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.
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Derm \Derm\, n. [Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin, fr. [?] to skin, flay:       cf. F. derme. See {Tear}, v. t.]       1. The integument of animal; the skin.          2. (Anat.) See {Dermis}.
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d8Dermis \[d8]Der"mis\, n. [NL. See {Derm}.] (Anat.)       The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or       epidermis; -- called also {true skin}, {derm}, {derma},       {corium}, {cutis}, and {enderon}. See {Skin}, and Illust. in       Appendix.
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-derm \-derm\ [See {Derm}, n.]       A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical       terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as,       blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.
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Derm \Derm\, n. [Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin, fr. [?] to skin, flay:       cf. F. derme. See {Tear}, v. t.]       1. The integument of animal; the skin.          2. (Anat.) See {Dermis}.
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d8Dermis \[d8]Der"mis\, n. [NL. See {Derm}.] (Anat.)       The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or       epidermis; -- called also {true skin}, {derm}, {derma},       {corium}, {cutis}, and {enderon}. See {Skin}, and Illust. in       Appendix.
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d8Dermis \[d8]Der"mis\, n. [NL. See {Derm}.] (Anat.)       The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or       epidermis; -- called also {true skin}, {derm}, {derma},       {corium}, {cutis}, and {enderon}. See {Skin}, and Illust. in       Appendix.
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Dern \Dern\, a. [See {Dearn}, a.]       1. Hidden; concealed; secret. [Obs.] [bd]Ye must be full             dern.[b8] --Chaucer.          2. Solitary; sad. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
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Dern \Dern\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]       A gatepost or doorpost. [Local Eng.] --C. Kingsley.
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Derne \Derne\, v. t. & i. [AS. dyrnan to hide. See {Dern}, a.,       {Dearn}, a.]       To hide; to skulk. [Scot.]                   He at length escaped them by derning himself in a                foxearth.                                                --H. Miller.
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Dewworm \Dew"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Earthworm}.
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Earthworm \Earth"worm`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any worm of the genus {Lumbricus} and allied             genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most             abundant species in Europe and America is {L. terrestris};             many others are known; -- called also {angleworm} and             {dewworm}.          2. A mean, sordid person; a niggard. --Norris.
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Dewworm \Dew"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Earthworm}.
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Earthworm \Earth"worm`\, n.       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any worm of the genus {Lumbricus} and allied             genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most             abundant species in Europe and America is {L. terrestris};             many others are known; -- called also {angleworm} and             {dewworm}.          2. A mean, sordid person; a niggard. --Norris.
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Diarial \Di*a"ri*al\, Diarian \Di*a"ri*an\, a. [See {Diary}.]       Pertaining to a diary; daily.
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Diorama \Di`o*ra"ma\, n. [Gr. [?] to see through; [?] = dia`       through + [?] to see; cf. [?] that which is seen, a sight:       cf. F. diorama. Cf. {Panorama}.]       1. A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and             Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance             through a large opening. By a combination of transparent             and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected             light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters,             much diversity of scenic effect is produced.          2. A building used for such an exhibition.
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Dorian \Do"ri*an\, n.       A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.
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Dorian \Do"ri*an\, a.       1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric;             as, a Dorian fashion.          2. (Mus.) Same as {Doric}, 3. [bd]Dorian mood.[b8] --Milton.          {Dorian mode} (Mus.), the first of the authentic church modes             or tones, from D to D, resembling our D minor scale, but             with the B natural. --Grove.
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Dormy \Dor"my\, a. [Origin uncertain.] (Golf)       Up, or ahead, as many holes as remain to be played; -- said       of a player or side.          Note: A player who is dormy can not be beaten, and at the                worst must halve the match. --Encyc. of Sport.
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Dorn \Dorn\, n. [Cf. G. dorn thorn, D. doorn, and G. dornfisch       stickleback.] (Zo[94]l.)       A British ray; the thornback.
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Drain \Drain\, v. i.       1. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.          2. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as,             let the vessel stand and drain.
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Drain \Drain\, n.       1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and             continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie             from a country.          2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a             trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.          3. pl. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.             [Eng.] --Halliwell.          {Box drain}, {Counter drain}. See under {Box}, {Counter}.          {Right of drain} (Law), an easement or servitude by which one             man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over             the estate of another. --Kent.
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Drain \Drain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drained}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Draining}.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to       E. draw.]       1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or             off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.                         Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.                                                                               --Bacon.                         But it was not alone that the he drained their                      treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley.          2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make             gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from             streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence,             to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like;             as, to drain a country of its specie.                         Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, Filled the                      capacious deep and formed the main.   --Roscommon.          3. To filter.                         Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth,                      hath become fresh.                              --Bacon.
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Dram \Dram\, n. [OF. drame, F. drachme, L. drachma, drachm,       drachma, fr. Gr. [?], prop., a handful, fr. [?] to grasp. Cf.       {Drachm}, {Drachma}.]       1. A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an             ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one             sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.          2. A minute quantity; a mite.                         Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be                      preferred before many times as mush the forcible                      hindrance of evildoing.                     --Milton.          3. As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as,             a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram             of poison. --Shak.          4. (Numis.) A Persian daric. --Ezra ii. 69.          {Fluid dram}, [or] {Fluid drachm}. See under {Fluid}.
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Dram \Dram\, v. i. & t.       To drink drams; to ply with drams. [Low] --Johnson.       --Thackeray.
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Drama \Dra"ma\ (?; 277), n. [L. drama, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to do,       act; cf. Lith. daryti.]       1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action,             and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to             depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than             ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It             is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by             actors on the stage.                         A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon.                                                                               --Milton.          2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and             interest. [bd]The drama of war.[b8] --Thackeray.                         Westward the course of empire takes its way; The                      four first acts already past, A fifth shall close                      the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is                      the last.                                          --Berkeley.                         The drama and contrivances of God's providence.                                                                               --Sharp.          3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or             illustrating it; dramatic literature.          Note: The principal species of the drama are {tragedy} and                {comedy}; inferior species are {tragi-comedy},                {melodrama}, {operas}, {burlettas}, and {farces}.          {The romantic drama}, the kind of drama whose aim is to             present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like             those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories             told in dialogue by actors on the stage. --J. A. Symonds.
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Drawn \Drawn\, p. p. & a.       See {Draw}, v. t. & i.          {Drawn butter}, butter melter and prepared to be used as a             sort of gravy.          {Drawn fowl}, an eviscerated fowl.          {Drawn game} [or] {battle}, one in which neither party wins;             one equally contested.          {Drawn fox}, one driven from cover. --Shak.          {Drawn work}, ornamental work made by drawing out threads             from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a             pattern.
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Draw \Draw\ (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p.       {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE.       dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to       Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to       OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth.       dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin       to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. [root]73. Cf. 2d {Drag}, {Dray} a       cart, 1st {Dredge}.]       1. To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance             of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to             cause to follow.                         He cast him down to ground, and all along Drew him                      through dirt and mire without remorse. --Spenser.                         He hastened to draw the stranger into a private                      room.                                                --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.                         Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the                      judgment seats?                                 --James ii. 6.                         The arrow is now drawn to the head.   --Atterbury.          2. To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to             exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself;             to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.                         The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones,                      and floods.                                       --Shak.                         All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart.                                                                               --Dryden.          3. To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract;             to educe; to bring forth; as:             (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some                   receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from                   a cask or well, etc.                               The drew out the staves of the ark. --2 Chron.                                                                               v. 9.                               Draw thee waters for the siege.   --Nahum iii.                                                                               14.                               I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet                            without drawing one drop of blood. --Wiseman.             (b) To pull from a sheath, as a sword.                               I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy                            them.                                          --Ex. xv. 9.             (c) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.                               Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of                            vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of                            themselves.                                 --Cheyne.                               Until you had drawn oaths from him. --Shak.             (d) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from                   evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to                   derive.                               We do not draw the moral lessons we might from                            history.                                       --Burke.             (e) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call                   for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw                   money from a bank.             (f) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to                   receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the                   numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good                   fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize.             (g) To select by the drawing of lots.                               Provided magistracies were filled by men freely                            chosen or drawn.                           --Freeman.          4. To remove the contents of; as:             (a) To drain by emptying; to suck dry.                               Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the                            milk as fast as it can generated. --Wiseman.             (b) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a                   fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.                               In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe.                                                                               --King.          5. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence,             also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.             [bd]Where I first drew air.[b8] --Milton.                         Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. --Dryden.          6. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch;             to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.                         How long her face is drawn!               --Shak.                         And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the                      mouth of Wye to that of Dee.               --J. R. Green.          7. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface;             hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument             of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or             picture.          8. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture             of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to             represent by words; to depict; to describe.                         A flattering painter who made it his care To draw                      men as they ought to be, not as they are.                                                                               --Goldsmith.                         Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or                      thou draw beauty and not feel its power? --Prior.          9. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw             a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.                         Clerk, draw a deed of gift.               --Shak.          10. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating;             -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a             ship draws ten feet of water.          11. To withdraw. [Obs.] --Chaucer.                         Go wash thy face, and draw the action. --Shak.          12. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.          Note: Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its                original sense, to pull, to move forward by the                application of force in advance, or to extend in                length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or                continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but                we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance                by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We                may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with                slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a                bar of metal by continued beating.          {To draw a bow}, to bend the bow by drawing the string for             discharging the arrow.          {To draw a cover}, to clear a cover of the game it contains.                      {To draw a curtain}, to cause a curtain to slide or move,             either closing or unclosing. [bd]Night draws the curtain,             which the sun withdraws.[b8] --Herbert.          {To draw a line}, to fix a limit or boundary.          {To draw back}, to receive back, as duties on goods for             exportation.          {To draw breath}, to breathe. --Shak.          {To draw cuts} [or] {lots}. See under {Cut}, n.          {To draw in}.             (a) To bring or pull in; to collect.             (b) To entice; to inveigle.          {To draw interest}, to produce or gain interest.          {To draw off}, to withdraw; to abstract. --Addison.          {To draw on}, to bring on; to occasion; to cause. [bd]War             which either his negligence drew on, or his practices             procured.[b8] --Hayward.          {To draw (one) out}, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and             feelings of another.          {To draw out}, to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread             out. -- [bd]Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all             generations?[b8] --Ps. lxxxv. 5. [bd]Linked sweetness long             drawn out.[b8] --Milton.          {To draw over}, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one             part or side for the opposite one.          {To draw the longbow}, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous             tales.          {To draw (one)} {to [or] on to} (something), to move, to             incite, to induce. [bd]How many actions most ridiculous             hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?[b8] --Shak.          {To draw up}.             (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in                   writing.             (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array.                   [bd]Drawn up in battle to receive the charge.[b8]                   --Dryden.          Syn: To {Draw}, {Drag}.          Usage: Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a                   natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive                   resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled                   along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty.                   Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in                   advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it                   commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or                   provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general                   or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say,                   the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it                   through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.
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Dream \Dream\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dreamed}or {Dreamt} ([?]);       p. pr. & vb. n. {Dreaming}.] [Cf. AS. dr[?]man, dr[?]man, to       rejoice. See {Dream}, n.]       1. To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of             sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of;             as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.          2. To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to             anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have             a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.                         Here may we sit and dream Over the heavenly theme.                                                                               --Keble.                         They dream on in a constant course of reading, but                      not digesting.                                    --Locke.
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Dream \Dream\ (dr[emac]m), n. [Akin to OS. dr[omac]m, D. droom,       G. traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dr[94]m; cf. G. tr[81]gen       to deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS.       dre[a0]m joy, gladness, and OS. dr[omac]m joy are, perh.,       different words; cf. Gr. qry^los noise.]       1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary             transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a             sleeping vision.                         Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes.                                                                               --Dryden.                         I had a dream which was not all a dream. --Byron.          2. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a             vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an             imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream             of bliss; the dream of his youth.                         There sober thought pursued the amusing theme, Till                      Fancy colored it and formed a dream.   --Pope.                         It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim                      which they propose.                           --J. C.                                                                               Shairp.
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Dream \Dream\, v. t.       To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or       in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.                   Your old men shall dream dreams.            --Acts ii. 17.                   At length in sleep their bodies they compose, And                dreamt the future fight.                        --Dryden.                   And still they dream that they shall still succeed.                                                                               --Cowper.          {To dream} {away, out, through}, etc., to pass in revery or             inaction; to spend in idle vagaries; as, to dream away an             hour; to dream through life. [bd] Why does Antony dream             out his hours?[b8] --Dryden.
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Dreamy \Dream"y\, a. [Compar. {Dreamier}; superl. {Dreamiest}.]       Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or       like, dreams; visionary. [bd]The dreamy dells.[b8]       --Tennyson.
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Drein \Drein\, v. i.       To drain. [Obs.] --Congreve.
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Drome \Drome\ (dr[omac]m), n.       Short for {A[eum]rodrome}. [Slang]
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Drome \Drome\ (dr[omac]m), n. [F., fr. Gr. droma`s running. See       {Dromedary}.] (Zo[94]l.)       The crab plover ({Dromas ardeola}), a peculiar North African       bird, allied to the oyster catcher.
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Drone \Drone\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Droned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Droning}.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr[94]hnen,       Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dr[94]na to       bellow, drone, Dan. dr[94]ne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. [?]       dirge, [?] to cry aloud, Skr. dhran to sound. Cf. {Drone},       n.]       1. To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or             murmuring sound.                         Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T.                                                                               Gray.          2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. [bd]Race of droning             kings.[b8] --Dryden.
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Drone \Drone\, n. [OE. drane a dronebee, AS. dr[be]n; akin to       OS. dr[be]n, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. [?] a       kind of wasp, dial. Gr. [?] drone. Prob. named fr. the       droning sound. See {Drone}, v. i.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It             gathers no honey. See {Honeybee}.                         All with united force combine to drive The lazy                      drones from the laborious hive.         --Dryden.          2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle             fellow; a sluggard.                         By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and                      unworthy member of so noble and learned a society.                                                                               -- Burton.          3. That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull             sound; as:             (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell.             (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest                   tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.          4. A humming or deep murmuring sound.                         The monotonous drone of the wheel.      --Longfellow.          5. (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.
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Drony \Dron"y\, a.       Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.
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Droumy \Drou"my\, a. [Cf. Scot. drum, dram, melancholy, Icel       prumr a moper, W. trwm heavy, sad.]       Troubled; muddy. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Drown \Drown\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drowned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Drowning}.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen,       druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk,       fr. druncen drunken. See {Drunken}, {Drink}.]       To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.                   Methought, what pain it was to drown.      --Shak.
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Drown \Drown\, v. t.       1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. [bd]They             drown the land.[b8] --Dryden.          2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.          3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said             especially of sound.                         Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. --Sir                                                                               J. Davies.                         My private voice is drowned amid the senate.                                                                               --Addison.          {To drown up}, to swallow up. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Vase \Vase\ (v[amac]s or v[aum]z; 277), n. [F. vase; cf. Sp. &       It. vaso; fr. L. vas, vasum. Cf. {Vascular}, {Vessel}.]       1. A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and             anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of             antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a             porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust.             of {Portland vase}, under {Portland}.                         No chargers then were wrought in burnished gold, Nor                      silver vases took the forming mold.   --Pope.          2. (Arch.)             (a) A vessel similar to that described in the first                   definition above, or the representation of one in a                   solid block of stone, or the like, used for an                   ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust.                   of {Niche}.             (b) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and                   Composite capital; -- called also {tambour}, and                   {drum}.          Note: Until the time of Walker (1791), vase was made to rhyme                with base,, case, etc., and it is still commonly so                pronounced in the United States. Walker made it to                rhyme with phrase, maze, etc. Of modern English                practice, Mr. A. J. Ellis (1874) says: [bd]Vase has                four pronunciations in English: v[add]z, which I most                commonly say, is going out of use, v[84]z I hear most                frequently, v[be]z very rarely, and v[be]s I only know                from Cull's marking. On the analogy of case, however,                it should be the regular sound.[b8]
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Swag \Swag\, n. [Australia]       (a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas             or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried             on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a             {bluey}, or a {drum}.       (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage             in general.                         He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed                      part of himself.                              --Lawson.
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Drum \Drum\, v. t.       1. To execute on a drum, as a tune.          2. (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as,             to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.          3. (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to             collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up             recruits; to drum up customers.
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Drum \Drum\, n. [Cf. D. trom, trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel,       Dan. tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel. pruma a       clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan. drum a       booming sound, drumme to boom; prob. partly at least of       imitative origin; perh. akin to E. trum, or trumpet.]       1. (Mus.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a             hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a             piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of             a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of             skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking             time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an             orchestra, or cavalry band.                         The drums cry bud-a-dub.                     --Gascoigne.          2. Anything resembling a drum in form; as:             (a) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum,                   for warming an apartment by means of heat received                   from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam,                   etc.             (b) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are                   packed.             (c) (Anat.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but                   incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane.             (d) (Arch.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical,                   blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed;                   also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal                   in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.             (e) (Mach.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for                   the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of                   belts or straps passing around its periphery; also,                   the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or                   chain is wound.          3. (Zo[94]l.) See {Drumfish}.          4. A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a             private house; a rout. [Archaic]                         Not unaptly styled a drum, from the noise and                      emptiness of the entertainment.         --Smollett.          Note: There were also drum major, rout, tempest, and                hurricane, differing only in degrees of multitude and                uproar, as the significant name of each declares.          5. A tea party; a kettledrum. --G. Eliot.          {Bass drum}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Double drum}. See under {Double}.
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Drum \Drum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Drumming}.]       1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a             drum.          2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with             a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that             of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his             wings.                         Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.                                                                               --W. Irving.          3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden.          4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to             draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
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Drumfish \Drum"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any fish of the family {Sci[91]nid[91]}, which makes a loud       noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also {drum}.
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Croaker \Croak"er\ (-?r), n.       1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains             unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.          2. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American fish ({Micropogon undulatus}), of the                   Atlantic coast.             (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Aplodinotus                   grunniens}); -- called also {drum}.             (c) The surf fish of California.          Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence                the name, which is often corrupted into crocus.
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Vase \Vase\ (v[amac]s or v[aum]z; 277), n. [F. vase; cf. Sp. &       It. vaso; fr. L. vas, vasum. Cf. {Vascular}, {Vessel}.]       1. A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and             anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of             antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a             porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust.             of {Portland vase}, under {Portland}.                         No chargers then were wrought in burnished gold, Nor                      silver vases took the forming mold.   --Pope.          2. (Arch.)             (a) A vessel similar to that described in the first                   definition above, or the representation of one in a                   solid block of stone, or the like, used for an                   ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust.                   of {Niche}.             (b) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and                   Composite capital; -- called also {tambour}, and                   {drum}.          Note: Until the time of Walker (1791), vase was made to rhyme                with base,, case, etc., and it is still commonly so                pronounced in the United States. Walker made it to                rhyme with phrase, maze, etc. Of modern English                practice, Mr. A. J. Ellis (1874) says: [bd]Vase has                four pronunciations in English: v[add]z, which I most                commonly say, is going out of use, v[84]z I hear most                frequently, v[be]z very rarely, and v[be]s I only know                from Cull's marking. On the analogy of case, however,                it should be the regular sound.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swag \Swag\, n. [Australia]       (a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas             or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried             on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a             {bluey}, or a {drum}.       (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage             in general.                         He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed                      part of himself.                              --Lawson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drum \Drum\, v. t.       1. To execute on a drum, as a tune.          2. (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as,             to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.          3. (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to             collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up             recruits; to drum up customers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drum \Drum\, n. [Cf. D. trom, trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel,       Dan. tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel. pruma a       clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan. drum a       booming sound, drumme to boom; prob. partly at least of       imitative origin; perh. akin to E. trum, or trumpet.]       1. (Mus.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a             hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a             piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of             a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of             skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking             time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an             orchestra, or cavalry band.                         The drums cry bud-a-dub.                     --Gascoigne.          2. Anything resembling a drum in form; as:             (a) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum,                   for warming an apartment by means of heat received                   from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam,                   etc.             (b) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are                   packed.             (c) (Anat.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but                   incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane.             (d) (Arch.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical,                   blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed;                   also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal                   in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.             (e) (Mach.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for                   the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of                   belts or straps passing around its periphery; also,                   the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or                   chain is wound.          3. (Zo[94]l.) See {Drumfish}.          4. A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a             private house; a rout. [Archaic]                         Not unaptly styled a drum, from the noise and                      emptiness of the entertainment.         --Smollett.          Note: There were also drum major, rout, tempest, and                hurricane, differing only in degrees of multitude and                uproar, as the significant name of each declares.          5. A tea party; a kettledrum. --G. Eliot.          {Bass drum}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Double drum}. See under {Double}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drum \Drum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Drumming}.]       1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a             drum.          2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with             a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that             of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his             wings.                         Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.                                                                               --W. Irving.          3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden.          4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to             draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drumfish \Drum"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any fish of the family {Sci[91]nid[91]}, which makes a loud       noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also {drum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Croaker \Croak"er\ (-?r), n.       1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains             unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.          2. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American fish ({Micropogon undulatus}), of the                   Atlantic coast.             (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Aplodinotus                   grunniens}); -- called also {drum}.             (c) The surf fish of California.          Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence                the name, which is often corrupted into crocus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vase \Vase\ (v[amac]s or v[aum]z; 277), n. [F. vase; cf. Sp. &       It. vaso; fr. L. vas, vasum. Cf. {Vascular}, {Vessel}.]       1. A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and             anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of             antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a             porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase. See Illust.             of {Portland vase}, under {Portland}.                         No chargers then were wrought in burnished gold, Nor                      silver vases took the forming mold.   --Pope.          2. (Arch.)             (a) A vessel similar to that described in the first                   definition above, or the representation of one in a                   solid block of stone, or the like, used for an                   ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust.                   of {Niche}.             (b) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and                   Composite capital; -- called also {tambour}, and                   {drum}.          Note: Until the time of Walker (1791), vase was made to rhyme                with base,, case, etc., and it is still commonly so                pronounced in the United States. Walker made it to                rhyme with phrase, maze, etc. Of modern English                practice, Mr. A. J. Ellis (1874) says: [bd]Vase has                four pronunciations in English: v[add]z, which I most                commonly say, is going out of use, v[84]z I hear most                frequently, v[be]z very rarely, and v[be]s I only know                from Cull's marking. On the analogy of case, however,                it should be the regular sound.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swag \Swag\, n. [Australia]       (a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas             or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried             on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a             {bluey}, or a {drum}.       (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage             in general.                         He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed                      part of himself.                              --Lawson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drum \Drum\, v. t.       1. To execute on a drum, as a tune.          2. (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as,             to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.          3. (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to             collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up             recruits; to drum up customers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drum \Drum\, n. [Cf. D. trom, trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel,       Dan. tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel. pruma a       clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan. drum a       booming sound, drumme to boom; prob. partly at least of       imitative origin; perh. akin to E. trum, or trumpet.]       1. (Mus.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a             hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a             piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of             a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of             skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking             time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an             orchestra, or cavalry band.                         The drums cry bud-a-dub.                     --Gascoigne.          2. Anything resembling a drum in form; as:             (a) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum,                   for warming an apartment by means of heat received                   from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam,                   etc.             (b) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are                   packed.             (c) (Anat.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but                   incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane.             (d) (Arch.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical,                   blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed;                   also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal                   in plan, carrying a cupola or dome.             (e) (Mach.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for                   the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of                   belts or straps passing around its periphery; also,                   the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or                   chain is wound.          3. (Zo[94]l.) See {Drumfish}.          4. A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a             private house; a rout. [Archaic]                         Not unaptly styled a drum, from the noise and                      emptiness of the entertainment.         --Smollett.          Note: There were also drum major, rout, tempest, and                hurricane, differing only in degrees of multitude and                uproar, as the significant name of each declares.          5. A tea party; a kettledrum. --G. Eliot.          {Bass drum}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Double drum}. See under {Double}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drum \Drum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Drumming}.]       1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a             drum.          2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with             a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that             of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his             wings.                         Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.                                                                               --W. Irving.          3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden.          4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to             draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drumfish \Drum"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any fish of the family {Sci[91]nid[91]}, which makes a loud       noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also {drum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Croaker \Croak"er\ (-?r), n.       1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains             unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.          2. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small American fish ({Micropogon undulatus}), of the                   Atlantic coast.             (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Aplodinotus                   grunniens}); -- called also {drum}.             (c) The surf fish of California.          Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence                the name, which is often corrupted into crocus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e,       druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG.       trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought},       {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.]       1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid;             not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal             supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said             especially:             (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.                               The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the                            season.                                       --Addison.             (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not                   succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.             (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.             (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.                               Give the dry fool drink.               -- Shak             (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.                               Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. --                                                                               Prescott.             (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is                   entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry                   gangrene; dry catarrh.          2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren;             unembellished; jejune; plain.                         These epistles will become less dry, more                      susceptible of ornament.                     --Pope.          3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or             hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone             or manner; dry wit.                         He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W.                                                                               Irving.          4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of             execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and             of easy transition in coloring.          {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the             foundation of a building to guard it from damp.          {Dry blow}.             (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no                   effusion of blood.             (b) A quick, sharp blow.          {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a             miner's term.          {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also             {parchment beaver}.          {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}.          {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}.          {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below).          {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear,             impartial view. --Bacon.                         The scientific man must keep his feelings under                      stern control, lest they obtrude into his                      researches, and color the dry light in which alone                      science desires to see its objects.   -- J. C.                                                                               Shairp.          {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}.          {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or             coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc.          {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed             without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current,             and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of             great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names             of the two earliest constructors of it.          {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam             from a boiler.          {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating             sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or             pictures can be made, without moistening.          {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry             plates.          {Dry point}. (Fine Arts)             (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the                   burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching,                   but is finished without the use acid.             (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper.             (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is                   made.          {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a             clause of distress. --Bouvier.          {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the             condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the             presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}),             which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but             it is more probable that the real cause is the             decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called             also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}.             --Hebert.          {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of             arid climates. --Brande & C.          {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry             articles.          {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and             fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have             wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is             perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the             saccharine matter is in excess.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Durene \Du"rene\, n. [L. durus hard; -- so called because solid       at ordinary temperatures.] (Chem.)       A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, {C6H2(CH3)4},       off artificial production, with an odor like camphor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Durham \Dur"ham\, n.       One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the       county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for       their beef-producing quality.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Durian \Du"ri*an\, [or] Durion \Du"ri*on\, n. (Bot.)       The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or       ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a       soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a       very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like       chestnuts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Durian \Du"ri*an\, [or] Durion \Du"ri*on\, n. (Bot.)       The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or       ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a       soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a       very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like       chestnuts.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Darien, CT (CDP, FIPS 18920)       Location: 41.05114 N, 73.47972 W       Population (1990): 18130 (6627 housing units)       Area: 33.3 sq km (land), 27.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 06820    Darien, GA (city, FIPS 21716)       Location: 31.37156 N, 81.42986 W       Population (1990): 1783 (765 housing units)       Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 31305    Darien, IL (city, FIPS 18628)       Location: 41.74933 N, 87.97625 W       Population (1990): 18341 (6787 housing units)       Area: 12.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)    Darien, WI (village, FIPS 18825)       Location: 42.60092 N, 88.71015 W       Population (1990): 1158 (411 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 53114
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Darwin, MN (city, FIPS 14842)       Location: 45.09701 N, 94.40406 W       Population (1990): 252 (124 housing units)       Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 55324
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Derma, MS (town, FIPS 18940)       Location: 33.85454 N, 89.28628 W       Population (1990): 959 (365 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Doe Run, MO       Zip code(s): 63637
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Doerun, GA (city, FIPS 23284)       Location: 31.31915 N, 83.91803 W       Population (1990): 899 (365 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 31744
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Doran, MN (city, FIPS 16156)       Location: 46.18524 N, 96.48563 W       Population (1990): 78 (32 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56522
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dorena, OR       Zip code(s): 97434
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Drain, OR (city, FIPS 20500)       Location: 43.66211 N, 123.31407 W       Population (1990): 1011 (391 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 97435
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Durham, CA (CDP, FIPS 20270)       Location: 39.59953 N, 121.82768 W       Population (1990): 4784 (1766 housing units)       Area: 357.8 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 95938    Durham, CT (CDP, FIPS 20740)       Location: 41.47391 N, 72.68192 W       Population (1990): 2650 (954 housing units)       Area: 16.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 06422    Durham, KS (city, FIPS 19050)       Location: 38.48508 N, 97.22697 W       Population (1990): 119 (64 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67438    Durham, MO       Zip code(s): 63438    Durham, NC (city, FIPS 19000)       Location: 35.98043 N, 78.91497 W       Population (1990): 136611 (60607 housing units)       Area: 179.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 27701, 27703, 27704, 27705, 27706, 27707, 27712    Durham, NH (CDP, FIPS 19620)       Location: 43.13945 N, 70.92323 W       Population (1990): 9236 (1569 housing units)       Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)    Durham, NY       Zip code(s): 12422    Durham, OK       Zip code(s): 73642    Durham, OR (city, FIPS 21250)       Location: 45.39467 N, 122.75748 W       Population (1990): 748 (268 housing units)       Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
drain v.   [IBM] Syn. for {flush} (sense 2).   Has a connotation    of finality about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking    it offline.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
drone n.   Ignorant sales or customer service personnel in    computer or electronics superstores.   Characterized by a lack of    even superficial knowledge about the products they sell, yet    possessed of the conviction that they are more competent than their    hacker customers.   Usage: "That video board probably sucks, it was    recommended by a drone at Fry's" In the year 2000, their natural    habitats include Fry's Electronics, Best Buy, and CompUSA.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
drum adj, n.   Ancient techspeak term referring to slow,    cylindrical magnetic media that were once state-of-the-art storage    devices.   Under BSD Unix the disk partition used for swapping is    still called `/dev/drum'; this has led to considerable humor and not    a few straight-faced but utterly bogus `explanations' getting    foisted on {newbie}s.   See also "{The Story of Mel}" in Appendix A.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Darwin          1. An {operating system} based on the       {FreeBSD} version of {Unix}, running on top of a {microkernel}       ({Mach} 3.0 with darwin 1.02) that offers advanced networking,       services such as the {Apache} {web server}, and support for       both {Macintosh} and Unix {file systems}.   Darwin was       originally released in March 1999.   It currently runs on       {PowerPC} based Macintosh computers, and, in October 2000, was       being ported to {Intel} processor-based computers and       compatible systems by the Darwin community.          2. A general purpose structuring tool of       use in building complex {distributed systems} from diverse       components and diverse component interaction mechanisms.       Darwin is being developed by the Distributed Software       Engineering Section of the Department of Computing at       {Imperial College}.   It is in essence a {declarative} binding       language which can be used to define hierarchic compositions       of interconnected components.   Distribution is dealt with       orthogonally to system structuring.   The language allows the       specification of both static structures and dynamic structures       which evolve during execution.   The central abstractions       managed by Darwin are components and services.   Bindings are       formed by manipulating references to services.          The {operational semantics} of Darwin is described in terms of       the {Pi-calculus}, {Milner}'s calculus of mobile processes.       The correspondence between the treatment of names in the       Pi-calculus and the management of service references in Darwin       leads to an elegant and concise Pi-calculus model of Darwin's       {operational semantics}.   The model has proved useful in       arguing the correctness of Darwin implementations and in       designing extensions to Darwin and reasoning about their       behaviour.          {Distributed Software Engineering Section       (http://www-dse.doc.ic.ac.uk/)}.   {Darwin publications       (http://scorch.doc.ic.ac.uk/dse-papers/darwin/)}.          E-mail: Jeff Magee , Naranker Dulay       .          3. {Core War}.          (2003-08-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DDR-RAM          {Double Data Rate Random Access Memory}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DORUM          {Draft Once ReUse Many}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
drain          [IBM] Synonym for {flush}.   Has a connotation of finality       about it; one speaks of draining a device before taking it       off-line.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DRAM          {dynamic random access memory}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DREAM 6800          A computer based on the {Motorola 6800} {microprocessor}.          The DREAM 6800 could be programmed in {CHIP-8}.          (2002-04-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DRM          {Digital Radio Mondiale}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
drum          Ancient slow, cylindrical magnetic media that were once       state-of-the-art storage devices.   Under {BSD} {Unix} the disk       partition used for swapping is still called "/dev/drum"; this       has led to considerable humour and not a few straight-faced       but utterly bogus "explanations" getting foisted on {newbie}s.          See also "{The Story of Mel}".          (1994-12-22)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dram       The Authorized Version understood the word 'adarkonim (1 Chr.       29:7; Ezra 8:27), and the similar word darkomnim (Ezra 2:69;       Neh. 7:70), as equivalent to the Greek silver coin the drachma.       But the Revised Version rightly regards it as the Greek       dareikos, a Persian gold coin (the daric) of the value of about       1 pound, 2s., which was first struck by Darius, the son of       Hystaspes, and was current in Western Asia long after the fall       of the Persian empire. (See {DARIC}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dream       God has frequently made use of dreams in communicating his will       to men. The most remarkable instances of this are recorded in       the history of Jacob (Gen. 28:12; 31:10), Laban (31:24), Joseph       (37:9-11), Gideon (Judg. 7), and Solomon (1 Kings 3:5). Other       significant dreams are also recorded, such as those of Abimelech       (Gen. 20:3-7), Pharaoh's chief butler and baker (40:5), Pharaoh       (41:1-8), the Midianites (Judg. 7:13), Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 2:1;       4:10, 18), the wise men from the east (Matt. 2:12), and Pilate's       wife (27:19).                To Joseph "the Lord appeared in a dream," and gave him       instructions regarding the infant Jesus (Matt. 1:20; 2:12, 13,       19). In a vision of the night a "man of Macedonia" stood before       Paul and said, "Come over into Macedonia and help us" (Acts       16:9; see also 18:9; 27:23).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Drown       (Ex. 15:4; Amos 8:8; Heb. 11:29). Drowning was a mode of capital       punishment in use among the Syrians, and was known to the Jews       in the time of our Lord. To this he alludes in Matt. 18:6.