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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Amole \[d8]A*mo"le\, n. [Mex.] (Bot.) Any detergent plant, or the part of it used as a detergent, as the roots of {Agave Americana}, {Chlorogalum pomeridianum}, etc. [Sp. Amer. & Mex.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8M88l82e \[d8]M[88]`l[82]e"\ (m[asl]`l[asl]"), n. [F., fr. m[88]ler to mix. See {Meddle}, {Mell}, and cf. {Mellay}.] A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8M88l82e \[d8]M[88]`l[82]e"\, n. A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his plume; -- sometimes called {Balaklava m[88]l[82]e}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Maholi \[d8]Ma*ho"li\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South African lemur ({Galago maholi}), having very large ears. [Written also {moholi}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Mala \[d8]Ma"la\, n.; pl. of {Malum}. [L.] Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law. {Mala in se} [L.] (Law), offenses which are such from their own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute. {Mala prohibita} [L.] (Law), offenses prohibited by statute, as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at common law. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Meloe \[d8]Mel"o*e\, [ NL., fr. Gr. [?] to probe a wound.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See {Oil beetle}, under {Oil}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Milieu \[d8]Mi`lieu"\, n. [F., fr. mi middle (L. medius) + lieu place. See {Demi-}, {Lieu}.] Environment. The intellectual and moral milieu created by multitudes of self-centered, cultivated personalities. --J. A. Symonds. It is one of the great outstanding facts of his progressive relation to the elements of his social milieu. --J. M. Baldwin. | |
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d8Moholi \[d8]Mo*ho"li\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Maholi}. | |
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d8Moll \[d8]Moll\, a. [G., fr. L. mollis soft, tender, elegiac. Cf. {Molle}.] (Mus.) Minor; in the minor mode; as, A moll, that is, A minor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Mollah \[d8]Mol"lah\, n. [Ar. maul[be], commonly moll[be]in Turkey.] One of the higher order of Turkish judges; also, a Turkish title of respect for a religious and learned man. [Written also {moolah}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Mouill82 \[d8]Mouil`l[82]"\, a. [F., lit., wet.] (Phon.) Applied to certain consonants having a [bd]liquid[b8] or softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and [a4]; in Portuguese, lh and nh. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Mulla \[d8]Mul"la\, n. Same as {Mollah}. | |
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d8Nihil \[d8]Ni"hil\, n. [L.] Nothing. {[d8]Nihil album} [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See under {Zinc}. {[d8]Nihil debet} [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue in certain actions of debt. {[d8]Nihil dicit} [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins. | |
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d8Nullah \[d8]Nul"lah\, n. [Hind. n[be]l[be], fr. Skr. n[be]la tube.] A water course, esp. a dry one; a gully; a gorge; -- orig. an East Indian term. --E. Arnold. | |
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d8T91niola \[d8]T[91]*ni"o*la\, n.; pl. {T[91]niol[91]}. [L., dim. of taenia a ribbon.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medus[91]. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8W88n-li \[d8]W[88]n"-li`\, n. [Chin. w[88]n li.] The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition pretending to literary standing. It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed and sententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling and arrangement of words. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dahoon \Da*hoon"\ (d[adot]*h[oomac]n"), [Origin unknown.] An evergreen shrub or small tree ({Ilex cassine}) of the southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close-grained wood; -- called also {dahoon holly}. | |
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Daniel \Dan"i*el\, n. A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. A Daniel come to judgment. --Shak. | |
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Denial \De*ni"al\, n. [See {Deny}.] 1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of {affirmation}. You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction. 3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request. The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials. --Hallam. 4. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God. {Denial of one's self}, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial. | |
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Dimly \Dim"ly\, adv. In a dim or obscure manner; not brightly or clearly; with imperfect sight. | |
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Domal \Do"mal\, a. [L. domus house.] (Astrol.) Pertaining to a house. --Addison. | |
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Downhaul \Down"haul`\, n. (Naut.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul. | |
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Downhill \Down"hill`\, adv. Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill. | |
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Downhill \Down"hill`\, a. Declivous; descending; sloping. [bd]A downhill greensward.[b8] --Congrewe. | |
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Downhill \Down"hill`\, n. Declivity; descent; slope. On th' icy downhills of this slippery life. --Du Bartas (Trans. ). | |
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Dumal \Du"mal\, a. [L. dumus bramble.] Pertaining to, or set with, briers or bushes; brambly. [R.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Daniel, WY Zip code(s): 83115 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Donnelly, ID (city, FIPS 22330) Location: 44.73028 N, 116.07592 W Population (1990): 135 (71 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83615 Donnelly, MN (city, FIPS 16084) Location: 45.68998 N, 96.01411 W Population (1990): 221 (109 housing units) Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56235 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dunlay, TX Zip code(s): 78861 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dunlow, WV Zip code(s): 25511 | |
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Dunnell, MN (city, FIPS 17180) Location: 43.56048 N, 94.77365 W Population (1990): 187 (91 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56127 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DML 1. {Data Manipulation Language}. 2. {Data Management Language}. 3. ["DML: A Meta-language and System for the Generation of Practical and Efficient Compilers from Denotational Specifications", M. Pettersson et al, IEEE Conf Comp Langs, 1992]. (1999-04-27) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Daniel God is my judge, or judge of God. (1.) David's second son, "born unto him in Hebron, of Abigail the Carmelitess" (1 Chr. 3:1). He is called also Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3). (2.) One of the four great prophets, although he is not once spoken of in the Old Testament as a prophet. His life and prophecies are recorded in the Book of Daniel. He was descended from one of the noble families of Judah (Dan. 1:3), and was probably born in Jerusalem about B.C. 623, during the reign of Josiah. At the first deportation of the Jews by Nebuchadnezzar (the kingdom of Israel had come to an end nearly a century before), or immediately after his victory over the Egyptians at the second battle of Carchemish, in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim (B.C. 606), Daniel and other three noble youths were carried off to Babylon, along with part of the vessels of the temple. There he was obliged to enter into the service of the king of Babylon, and in accordance with the custom of the age received the Chaldean name of Belteshazzar, i.e., "prince of Bel," or "Bel protect the king!" His residence in Babylon was very probably in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar, now identified with a mass of shapeless mounds called the Kasr, on the right bank of the river. His training in the schools of the wise men in Babylon (Dan. 1:4) was to fit him for service to the empire. He was distinguished during this period for his piety and his stict observance of the Mosaic law (1:8-16), and gained the confidence and esteem of those who were over him. His habit of attention gained during his education in Jerusalem enabled him soon to master the wisdom and learning of the Chaldeans, and even to excel his compeers. At the close of his three years of discipline and training in the royal schools, Daniel was distinguished for his proficiency in the "wisdom" of his day, and was brought out into public life. He soon became known for his skill in the interpretation of dreams (1:17; 2:14), and rose to the rank of governor of the province of Babylon, and became "chief of the governors" (Chald. Rab-signin) over all the wise men of Babylon. He made known and also interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream; and many years afterwards, when he was now an old man, amid the alarm and consternation of the terrible night of Belshazzar's impious feast, he was called in at the instance of the queen-mother (perhaps Nitocris, the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar) to interpret the mysterious handwriting on the wall. He was rewarded with a purple robe and elevation to the rank of "third ruler." The place of "second ruler" was held by Belshazzar as associated with his father, Nabonidus, on the throne (5:16). Daniel interpreted the handwriting, and "in that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain." After the taking of Babylon, Cyrus, who was now master of all Asia from India to the Dardanelles, placed Darius (q.v.), a Median prince, on the throne, during the two years of whose reign Daniel held the office of first of the "three presidents" of the empire, and was thus practically at the head of affairs, no doubt interesting himself in the prospects of the captive Jews (Dan. 9), whom he had at last the happiness of seeing restored to their own land, although he did not return with them, but remained still in Babylon. His fidelity to God exposed him to persecution, and he was cast into a den of lions, but was miraculously delivered; after which Darius issued a decree enjoining reverence for "the God of Daniel" (6:26). He "prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian," whom he probably greatly influenced in the matter of the decree which put an end to the Captivity (B.C. 536). He had a series of prophetic visions vouch-safed to him which opened up the prospect of a glorious future for the people of God, and must have imparted peace and gladness to his spirit in his old age as he waited on at his post till the "end of the days." The time and circumstances of his death are not recorded. He probably died at Susa, about eighty-five years of age. Ezekiel, with whom he was contemporary, mentions him as a pattern of righteousness (14:14, 20) and wisdom (28:3). (See {NEBUCHADNEZZAR}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Daniel, judgment of God; God my judge | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dumali, silence; resemblance |