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   data system
         n 1: system consisting of the network of all communication
               channels used within an organization [syn: {data system},
               {information system}]

English Dictionary: dideoxycytosine by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dead Sea scrolls
n
  1. (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s; "the Dead Sea Scrolls provide information about Judaism and the Bible around the time of Jesus"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detoxicate
v
  1. remove poison from; "detoxify the soil" [syn: detoxify, detoxicate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diathesis
n
  1. constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dideoxycytosine
n
  1. an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection [syn: dideoxycytosine, ddC, DDC, zalcitabine]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ditch spade
n
  1. a spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches [syn: ditch spade, long-handled spade]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dodecagon
n
  1. a twelve-sided polygon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dodge City
n
  1. a town of southwestern Kansas on the Arkansas River; formerly a rowdy cow town
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dutch auction
n
  1. a method of selling in which the price is reduced until a buyer is found
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dutch capital
n
  1. an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum
    Synonym(s): Amsterdam, Dutch capital, capital of The Netherlands
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dutch case-knife bean
n
  1. tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
    Synonym(s): scarlet runner, scarlet runner bean, Dutch case-knife bean, runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus, Phaseolus multiflorus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dutch clover
n
  1. creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
    Synonym(s): white clover, dutch clover, shamrock, Trifolium repens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dutch courage
n
  1. courage resulting from intoxication
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dutch East Indies
n
  1. a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions
    Synonym(s): Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dutch Guiana
n
  1. a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975
    Synonym(s): Suriname, Republic of Suriname, Surinam, Dutch Guiana, Netherlands Guiana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duty assignment
n
  1. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty"
    Synonym(s): assignment, duty assignment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Diathesis \[d8]Di*ath"e*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to
      place separately, arrange; dia` through, asunder + [?] to
      place, put.] (Med.)
      Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which
      predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Dodecagynia \[d8]Do*dec`a*gyn"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]
      twelve + [?] woman, female.] (Bot.)
      A Linn[91]an order of plants having twelve styles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hemp \Hemp\ (h[ecr]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[91]nep; akin
      to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp,
      Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos;
      cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [cced]a[nsdot]a; all prob. borrowed
      from some other language at an early time. Cf. {Cannabine},
      {Canvas}.]
      1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Cannabis} ({C. sativa}), the
            fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and
            cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants
            yielding fiber.
  
      2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for
            spinning. The name has also been extended to various
            fibers resembling the true hemp.
  
      {African hemp}, {Bowstring hemp}. See under {African}, and
            {Bowstring}.
  
      {Bastard hemp}, the Asiatic herb {Datisca cannabina}.
  
      {Canada hemp}, a species of dogbane ({Apocynum cannabinum}),
            the fiber of which was used by the Indians.
  
      {Hemp agrimony}, a coarse, composite herb of Europe
            ({Eupatorium cannabinum}), much like the American boneset.
           
  
      {Hemp nettle}, a plant of the genus {Galeopsis} ({G.
            Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family.
  
      {Indian hemp}. See under {Indian}, a.
  
      {Manila hemp}, the fiber of {Musa textilis}.
  
      {Sisal hemp}, the fiber of {Agave sisalana}, of Mexico and
            Yucatan.
  
      {Sunn hemp}, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant
            ({Crotalaria juncea}).
  
      {Water hemp}, an annual American weed ({Acnida cannabina}),
            related to the amaranth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Datiscin \Da*tis"cin\, n. (Chem.)
      A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp
      ({Datisca cannabina}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Did2cian \Di*[d2]"cian\, Did2cious \Di*[d2]"cious\, a. (Biol.)
      Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to
      plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual
      and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to
      animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and
      the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to {mon[d2]cious}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Did2ciously \Di*[d2]"cious*ly\, adv. (Biol.)
      In a di[d2]cious manner.
  
      {Di[d2]ciously hermaphrodite} (Bot.), having flowers
            structurally perfect, but practically di[d2]cious, --
            those on one plant producing no pollen, and those on
            another no ovules.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Did2ciously \Di*[d2]"cious*ly\, adv. (Biol.)
      In a di[d2]cious manner.
  
      {Di[d2]ciously hermaphrodite} (Bot.), having flowers
            structurally perfect, but practically di[d2]cious, --
            those on one plant producing no pollen, and those on
            another no ovules.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Did2ciousness \Di*[d2]"cious*ness\, n. (Biol.)
      The state or quality of being di[d2]cious.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Did2cism \Di*[d2]"cism\, n. (Biol.)
      The condition of being di[d2]cious.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. {Ditches}. [OE. dich, orig. the
      same word as dik. See {Dike}.]
      1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a
            trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing
            inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or
            fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a {moat}
            or a {fosse}.
  
      2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of
            the earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dithecal \Di*the"cal\, Dithecous \Di*the"cous\, a. [Pref. di- +
      theca.] (Bot.)
      Having two thec[91], cells, or compartments.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ditokous \Di"to*kous\, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] a
      bringing forth, offspring.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids.
      (b) Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds
            do.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dodecagon \Do*dec"a*gon\, n. [Gr. [?] twelve + [?] angle: cf. F.
      dod[82]cagone.] (Geom.)
      A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing
      twelve angles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dodecagynian \Do*dec`a*gyn"i*an\, Dodecagynous
   \Do`de*cag"y*nous\, a. (Bot.)
      Of or pertaining to the Dodecagynia; having twelve styles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dodecagynian \Do*dec`a*gyn"i*an\, Dodecagynous
   \Do`de*cag"y*nous\, a. (Bot.)
      Of or pertaining to the Dodecagynia; having twelve styles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dodecastyle \Do*dec"a*style\, a. [Gr. [?] twelve + [?] column:
      cf. F. dod[82]castyle.] (Arch.)
      Having twelve columns in front. -- n. A dodecastyle portico,
      or building.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dodecasyllabic \Do*dec`a*syl*lab"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] twelve + E.
      syllabic.]
      Having twelve syllables.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dodecasyllable \Do*dec"a*syl`la*ble\, n.
      A word consisting of twelve syllables.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Auction \Auc"tion\, n. [L. auctio an increasing, a public sale,
      where the price was called out, and the article to be sold
      was adjudged to the last increaser of the price, or the
      highest bidder, fr. L. augere, auctum, to increase. See
      {Augment}.]
      1. A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a
            person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.
  
      2. The things sold by auction or put up to auction.
  
                     Ask you why Phryne the whole auction buys ? --Pope.
  
      Note: In the United States, the more prevalent expression has
               been [bd]sales at auction,[b8] that is, by an increase
               of bids (Lat. auctione). This latter form is
               preferable.
  
      {Dutch auction}, the public offer of property at a price
            beyond its value, then gradually lowering the price, till
            some one accepts it as purchaser. --P. Cyc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   touto. The English have applied the name especially to the
   Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.
   {Derrick}, {Teutonic}.]
      Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
  
      {Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}.
  
      {Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
            milk.
  
      {Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
            yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
  
      {Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
            repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
            England from Holland.
  
      {Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers
            sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
  
      {Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
            --Marryat.
  
      {Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
            arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
            while the upper part remains open.
  
      {Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, [or] {Dutch gold}, a kind of
            brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets,
            used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also
            {Dutch mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze
            leaf}.
  
      {Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
            {C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
            odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
            olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called
            because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
            Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   touto. The English have applied the name especially to the
   Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.
   {Derrick}, {Teutonic}.]
      Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
  
      {Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}.
  
      {Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
            milk.
  
      {Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
            yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
  
      {Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
            repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
            England from Holland.
  
      {Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers
            sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
  
      {Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
            --Marryat.
  
      {Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
            arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
            while the upper part remains open.
  
      {Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, [or] {Dutch gold}, a kind of
            brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets,
            used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also
            {Dutch mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze
            leaf}.
  
      {Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
            {C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
            odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
            olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called
            because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
            Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   touto. The English have applied the name especially to the
   Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.
   {Derrick}, {Teutonic}.]
      Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
  
      {Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}.
  
      {Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
            milk.
  
      {Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
            yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
  
      {Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
            repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
            England from Holland.
  
      {Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers
            sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
  
      {Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
            --Marryat.
  
      {Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
            arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
            while the upper part remains open.
  
      {Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, [or] {Dutch gold}, a kind of
            brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets,
            used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also
            {Dutch mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze
            leaf}.
  
      {Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
            {C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
            odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
            olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called
            because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
            Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hollander \Hol"land*er\, n.
      1. A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman.
  
      2. A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which
            will not absorb water; -- called also, {Dutch clinker}.
            --Wagner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   touto. The English have applied the name especially to the
   Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.
   {Derrick}, {Teutonic}.]
      Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
  
      {Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}.
  
      {Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
            milk.
  
      {Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
            yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
  
      {Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
            repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
            England from Holland.
  
      {Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers
            sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
  
      {Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
            --Marryat.
  
      {Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
            arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
            while the upper part remains open.
  
      {Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, [or] {Dutch gold}, a kind of
            brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets,
            used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also
            {Dutch mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze
            leaf}.
  
      {Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
            {C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
            odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
            olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called
            because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
            Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   touto. The English have applied the name especially to the
   Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.
   {Derrick}, {Teutonic}.]
      Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
  
      {Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}.
  
      {Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
            milk.
  
      {Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
            yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
  
      {Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
            repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
            England from Holland.
  
      {Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers
            sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
  
      {Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
            --Marryat.
  
      {Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
            arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
            while the upper part remains open.
  
      {Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, [or] {Dutch gold}, a kind of
            brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets,
            used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also
            {Dutch mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze
            leaf}.
  
      {Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
            {C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
            odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
            olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called
            because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
            Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   touto. The English have applied the name especially to the
   Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.
   {Derrick}, {Teutonic}.]
      Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
  
      {Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}.
  
      {Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
            milk.
  
      {Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
            yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
  
      {Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
            repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
            England from Holland.
  
      {Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers
            sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
  
      {Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
            --Marryat.
  
      {Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
            arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
            while the upper part remains open.
  
      {Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, [or] {Dutch gold}, a kind of
            brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets,
            used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also
            {Dutch mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze
            leaf}.
  
      {Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
            {C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
            odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
            olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called
            because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
            Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   touto. The English have applied the name especially to the
   Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf.
   {Derrick}, {Teutonic}.]
      Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
  
      {Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}.
  
      {Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
            milk.
  
      {Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
            yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
  
      {Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
            repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
            England from Holland.
  
      {Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers
            sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
  
      {Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
            --Marryat.
  
      {Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
            arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
            while the upper part remains open.
  
      {Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, [or] {Dutch gold}, a kind of
            brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets,
            used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also
            {Dutch mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze
            leaf}.
  
      {Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
            {C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
            odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
            olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called
            because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
            Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brass \Brass\, n.; pl. {Brasses}. [OE. bras, bres, AS. br[91]s;
      akin to Icel. bras cement, solder, brasa to harden by fire,
      and to E. braze, brazen. Cf. 1st & 2d {Braze}.]
      1. An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable
            proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to
            one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely
            other metals.
  
      2. (Mach.) A journal bearing, so called because frequently
            made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal,
            when the latter is generally called a white metal lining.
            See {Axle box}, {Journal Box}, and {Bearing}.
  
      3. Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze. [Obs.]
  
                     Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
                     purses, nor scrip for your journey.   --Matt. x. 9.
  
      4. Impudence; a brazen face. [Colloq.]
  
      5. pl. Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.
  
                     The very scullion who cleans the brasses.
                                                                              --Hopkinson.
  
      6. A brass plate engraved with a figure or device.
            Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and
            generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.
  
      7. pl. (Mining) Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the
            color of which is near to that of brass.
  
      Note: The word brass as used in Sculpture language is a
               translation for copper or some kind of bronze.
  
      Note: Brass is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
               compounds; as, brass button, brass kettle, brass
               founder, brass foundry or brassfoundry.
  
      {Brass band} (Mus.), a band of musicians who play upon wind
            instruments made of brass, as trumpets, cornets, etc.
  
      {Brass foil}, {Brass leaf}, brass made into very thin sheets;
            -- called also {Dutch gold}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gold \Gold\ (g[omac]ld), n. [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G.
      gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gul[thorn], Russ. &
      OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. [root]49, 234. See
      {Yellow}, and cf. {Gild}, v. t.]
      1. (Chem.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious
            metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It
            has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest
            substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and
            very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by
            heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore
            well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au
            (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7.
  
      Note: Native gold contains usually eight to ten per cent of
               silver, but often much more. As the amount of silver
               increases, the color becomes whiter and the specific
               gravity lower. Gold is very widely disseminated, as in
               the sands of many rivers, but in very small quantity.
               It usually occurs in quartz veins (gold quartz), in
               slate and metamorphic rocks, or in sand and alluvial
               soil, resulting from the disintegration of such rocks.
               It also occurs associated with other metallic
               substances, as in auriferous pyrites, and is combined
               with tellurium in the minerals petzite, calaverite,
               sylvanite, etc. Pure gold is too soft for ordinary use,
               and is hardened by alloying with silver and copper, the
               latter giving a characteristic reddish tinge. [See
               {Carat}.] Gold also finds use in gold foil, in the
               pigment purple of Cassius, and in the chloride, which
               is used as a toning agent in photography.
  
      2. Money; riches; wealth.
  
                     For me, the gold of France did not seduce. --Shak.
  
      3. A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower
            tipped with gold.
  
      4. Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of
            gold. --Shak.
  
      {Age of gold}. See {Golden age}, under {Golden}.
  
      {Dutch gold}, {Fool's gold}, {Gold dust}, etc. See under
            {Dutch}, {Dust}, etc.
  
      {Gold amalgam}, a mineral, found in Columbia and California,
            composed of gold and mercury.
  
      {Gold beater}, one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold
            leaf.
  
      {Gold beater's skin}, the prepared outside membrane of the
            large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves
            of metal during the process of gold-beating.
  
      {Gold beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any small gold-colored beetle of
            the family {Chrysomelid[91]}; -- called also {golden
            beetle}.
  
      {Gold blocking}, printing with gold leaf, as upon a book
            cover, by means of an engraved block. --Knight.
  
      {Gold cloth}. See {Cloth of gold}, under {Cloth}.
  
      {Gold Coast}, a part of the coast of Guinea, in West Africa.
           
  
      {Gold cradle}. (Mining) See {Cradle}, n., 7.
  
      {Gold diggings}, the places, or region, where gold is found
            by digging in sand and gravel from which it is separated
            by washing.
  
      {Gold end}, a fragment of broken gold or jewelry.
  
      {Gold-end man}.
            (a) A buyer of old gold or jewelry.
            (b) A goldsmith's apprentice.
            (c) An itinerant jeweler. [bd]I know him not: he looks
                  like a gold-end man.[b8] --B. Jonson.
  
      {Gold fever}, a popular mania for gold hunting.
  
      {Gold field}, a region in which are deposits of gold.
  
      {Gold finder}.
            (a) One who finds gold.
            (b) One who empties privies. [Obs. & Low] --Swift.
  
      {Gold flower}, a composite plant with dry and persistent
            yellow radiating involucral scales, the {Helichrysum
            St[d2]chas} of Southern Europe. There are many South
            African species of the same genus.
  
      {Gold foil}, thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and
            others. See {Gold leaf}.
  
      {Gold} {knobs [or] knoppes} (Bot.), buttercups.
  
      {Gold lace}, a kind of lace, made of gold thread.
  
      {Gold latten}, a thin plate of gold or gilded metal.
  
      {Gold leaf}, gold beaten into a film of extreme thinness, and
            used for gilding, etc. It is much thinner than gold foil.
           
  
      {Gold lode} (Mining), a gold vein.
  
      {Gold mine}, a place where gold is obtained by mining
            operations, as distinguished from diggings, where it is
            extracted by washing. Cf. {Gold diggings} (above).
  
      {Gold nugget}, a lump of gold as found in gold mining or
            digging; -- called also a {pepito}.
  
      {Gold paint}. See {Gold shell}.
  
      {Gold [or] Golden}, {pheasant}. (Zo[94]l.) See under
            {Pheasant}.
  
      {Gold plate}, a general name for vessels, dishes, cups,
            spoons, etc., made of gold.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dodge Center, MN (city, FIPS 15994)
      Location: 44.02860 N, 92.84904 W
      Population (1990): 1954 (763 housing units)
      Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 55927

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dodge City, KS (city, FIPS 18250)
      Location: 37.75865 N, 100.01540 W
      Population (1990): 21129 (8258 housing units)
      Area: 31.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67801

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dodge County, GA (county, FIPS 91)
      Location: 32.17328 N, 83.16624 W
      Population (1990): 17607 (7094 housing units)
      Area: 1296.7 sq km (land), 6.6 sq km (water)
   Dodge County, MN (county, FIPS 39)
      Location: 44.02686 N, 92.86206 W
      Population (1990): 15731 (5771 housing units)
      Area: 1138.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
   Dodge County, NE (county, FIPS 53)
      Location: 41.57622 N, 96.64520 W
      Population (1990): 34500 (14601 housing units)
      Area: 1384.3 sq km (land), 24.6 sq km (water)
   Dodge County, WI (county, FIPS 27)
      Location: 43.41577 N, 88.70803 W
      Population (1990): 76559 (28720 housing units)
      Area: 2285.4 sq km (land), 63.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dutch John, UT
      Zip code(s): 84023

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dutchess County, NY (county, FIPS 27)
      Location: 41.76445 N, 73.74715 W
      Population (1990): 259462 (97632 housing units)
      Area: 2076.3 sq km (land), 61.6 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Data Jack
  
      A wall-mounted or desk-mounted connector
      (frequently a wide telephone-style 8-pin {RJ-45}) for
      connecting to data cabling in a building.
  
      (1997-01-07)
  
  

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