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   dairyman
         n 1: the owner or manager of a dairy [syn: {dairyman}, {dairy
               farmer}]
         2: a man who works in a dairy

English Dictionary: dreaminess	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
darning n the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads
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darning needle n a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread Synonym(s): darning needle, embroidery needle slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. Synonym(s): dragonfly, darning needle, devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder, snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk
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Darwinian adj of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution; "Darwinian theories" n an advocate of Darwinism
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diriment impediment n (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage)
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doorman n someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper, doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter, gatekeeper, ostiary]
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dormancy n a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy" Synonym(s): dormancy, quiescence, quiescency quiet and inactive restfulness Synonym(s): quiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleeping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dormant adj in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" Synonym(s): dormant, hibernating(a), torpid (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano" Synonym(s): dormant, inactive Antonym(s): active lying with head on paws as if sleeping Synonym(s): dormant(ip), sleeping inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened" Synonym(s): abeyant, dormant
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dormant account n a savings account showing no activity (other than posting interest) for some specified period; "the dormant account reverted to the state under escheat laws"
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draining adj having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun" Synonym(s): draining, exhausting
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draining board n a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink Synonym(s): drainboard, draining board
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Dramamine n antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness Synonym(s): dimenhydrinate, Dramamine
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dreaminess n a relaxed comfortable feeling [syn: languor, dreaminess]
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dreaming n imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality" Synonym(s): dream, dreaming a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night" Synonym(s): dream, dreaming
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drone on v talk in a monotonous voice Synonym(s): drone, drone on
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droning n an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone, droning]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drumming n the act of playing drums; "he practiced his drumming several hours every day"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duramen n the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood Synonym(s): heartwood, duramen
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ahriman \[d8]Ah"ri*man\, n. [Per.] The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.
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d8Araneina \[d8]Ara`nei"na\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. aranea spider.] (Zo[94]l.) The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders. Note: They have mandibles, modified a poison fa[?]gs, leglike palpi, simple eyes, abdomen without segments, and spinnerets for spinning a web. They breathe by pulmonary sacs and trache[91] in the abdomen. See Illustration in Appendix.
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d8Duramen \[d8]Du*ra"men\, n. [L., hardness, a hardened, i. e., ligneous, vine branch, fr. durare to harden. See {Dure}.] (Bot.) The heartwood of an exogenous tree.
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d8Hieromnemon \[d8]Hi`eromne"mon\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?]; "iero`s sacred + [?] mindful, fr. [?] to think on, remember.] (gr. Antiq.) 1. The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister. --Liddel & Scott. 2. A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium. --Liddel & Scott.
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d8Ramayana \[d8]Rama"yana\, n. [Skr. R[be]m[be]yana.] The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.
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d8Ramenta \[d8]Ra*men"ta\, n. pl. [L., scrapings.] (Bot.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns. --Gray.
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d8Remanet \[d8]Rem"a*net\ (-n?t), n. [L., it remains.] (Legal Practice) A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case. [Eng.]
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d8Remontoir \[d8]Re*mon`toir"\ (re-m{?n}"tw?r"; E. r?-m?n"tw?r), n. [F.] (Horology) See under {Escapement}.
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d8Rhinencephalon \[d8]Rhi`nenceph"alon\, n.; pl. {Rhinencephala}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?], the nose + [?][?] the brain.] (Anat.) The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise. Note: The term is sometimes used for one of the olfactory lobes, the plural being used for the two taken together.
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d8Romanza \[d8]Ro*man"za\, n. [It.] See {Romance}, 5.
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d8Ronin \[d8]Ro"nin"\, n. [Jap. r[d3]-nin, fr. Chin. lang profligate, lawless + j[88]n (old sound n[c6]n) man.] In Japan, under the feudal system, a samurai who had renounced his clan or who had been discharged or ostracized and had become a wanderer without a lord; an outcast; an outlaw.
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d8Rumen \[d8]Ru"men\, n. [L. rumen, - inis, the throat.] 1. (Anat.) The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below.
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d8Ruminantia \[d8]Ru`minan"tia\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.
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d8Terminalia \[d8]Ter`mina"lia\, n. pl. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries.
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d8Tormina \[d8]Tor"mi*na\, n. pl. [L., a griping in the belly.] (Med.) acute, colicky pains; gripes.
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d8Tramontana \[d8]Tra`mon*ta"na\, n. [It. See {Tramontane}.] (Meteor.) A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic.
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d8Tremando \[d8]Tre*man"do\, a. [It.] (Mus.) Trembling; -- used as a direction to perform a passage with a general shaking of the whole chord.
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d8Uranometria \[d8]U`ranom`etri"a\, n. [NL.] A uranometry.
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Dairyman \Dai"ry*man\, n.; pl. {Dairymen}. A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy.
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Dairyman \Dai"ry*man\, n.; pl. {Dairymen}. A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy.
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Dairywoman \Dai"ry*wom`an\, n.; pl. {Dairywomen}. A woman who attends to a dairy.
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Dairywoman \Dai"ry*wom`an\, n.; pl. {Dairywomen}. A woman who attends to a dairy.
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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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Last \Last\, n. [AS. l[be]sttrace, track, footstep; akin to D. leest a last, G. leisten, Sw. l[84]st, Dan. l[91]st, Icel. leistr the foot below the ankle, Goth. laists track, way; from a root signifying, to go. Cf. {Last}, v. i., {Learn}, {Delirium}.] A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed. The cobbler is not to go beyond his last. --L'Estrange. {Darning last}, a smooth, hard body, often egg-shaped, put into a stocking to preserve its shape in darning.
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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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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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Darwinian \Darwin"ian\, n. An advocate of Darwinism.
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Darwinian \Darwin"ian\, a. [From the name of Charles Darwin, an English scientist.] Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements. Note: This theory was put forth by Darwin in 1859 in a work entitled [bd]The Origin of species by Means of Natural Selection.[b8] The author argues that, in the struggle for existence, those plants and creatures best fitted to the requirements of the situation in which they are placed are the ones that will live; in other words, that Nature selects those which are to survive. This is the theory of natural selection or the survival of the fittest. He also argues that natural selection is capable of modifying and producing organisms fit for their circumstances. See {Development theory}, under {Development}.
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Darwinianism \Darwin"ian*ism\, n. Darwinism.
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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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Deraignment \Deraign"ment\, Derainment \Derain"ment\, n. [See {Darraign}.] 1. The act of deraigning. [Obs.] 2. The renunciation of religious or monastic vows. [Obs.] --Blount.
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Dermoh91mal \Der`mo*h[91]"mal\, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and h[91]mal structures; as, the dermoh[91]mal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes.
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Dermoneural \Der`mo*neu"ral\, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes. --Owen.
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Diriment \Dir"i*ment\, a. [L. dirimens, p. pr. of dirimere. See {Dirempt}.] (Law) Absolute. {Diriment impediment} (R. C. Ch.), an impediment that nullifies marriage.
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Diriment \Dir"i*ment\, a. [L. dirimens, p. pr. of dirimere. See {Dirempt}.] (Law) Absolute. {Diriment impediment} (R. C. Ch.), an impediment that nullifies marriage.
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Ammoniac \Ammo"niac\(or Gum ammoniac \Gum` ammo"niac\, n. [L. Ammoniacum, Gr. [?] a resinous gum, said to distill from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon; cf. F. ammoniac. See {Ammonite}.] (Med.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the {Dorema ammoniacum}. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.
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Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See {Dormant}, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or [bd] sleep.[b8] --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and {dormer}. --Halliwell.
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Dormancy \Dor"man*cy\, n. [From {Dormant}.] The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.
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Partner \Part"ner\, n. [For parcener, influenced by part.] 1. One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. [bd]Partner of his fortune.[b8] --Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (c) One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business. My other self, the partner of my life. --Milton. 2. (Law) An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See {Partnership}. 3. pl. (Naut.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like. {Dormant}, [or] {Silent}, {partner}. See under {Dormant}, a. Syn: Associate; colleague; coadjutor; confederate; partaker; participator; companion; comrade; mate.
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Dormant \Dor"mant\, a. [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L. dormire; cf. Gr. [?], Skr. dr[be], OSlav. dr[?]mati.] 1. Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles. It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . . very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people. --Burke. 2. (Her.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from {couchant}. {Dormant partner} (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; -- called also {sleeping [or] silent partner}. {Dormant window} (Arch.), a dormer window. See {Dormer}. {Table dormant}, a stationary table. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See {Dormant}, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or [bd] sleep.[b8] --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and {dormer}. --Halliwell.
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Dormant \Dor"mant\, a. [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L. dormire; cf. Gr. [?], Skr. dr[be], OSlav. dr[?]mati.] 1. Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles. It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . . very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people. --Burke. 2. (Her.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from {couchant}. {Dormant partner} (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; -- called also {sleeping [or] silent partner}. {Dormant window} (Arch.), a dormer window. See {Dormer}. {Table dormant}, a stationary table. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See {Dormant}, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or [bd] sleep.[b8] --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and {dormer}. --Halliwell.
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Dormant \Dor"mant\, a. [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L. dormire; cf. Gr. [?], Skr. dr[be], OSlav. dr[?]mati.] 1. Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles. It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . . very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people. --Burke. 2. (Her.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from {couchant}. {Dormant partner} (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; -- called also {sleeping [or] silent partner}. {Dormant window} (Arch.), a dormer window. See {Dormer}. {Table dormant}, a stationary table. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See {Dormant}, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or [bd] sleep.[b8] --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and {dormer}. --Halliwell.
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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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Draining \Drain"ing\, vb. n. of {Drain}, v. t. (Agric.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land. {Draining tile}. Same as {Draintile}.
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Draining \Drain"ing\, vb. n. of {Drain}, v. t. (Agric.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land. {Draining tile}. Same as {Draintile}.
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Draintile \Drain"tile`\, n. A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also {draining tile}.
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Draining \Drain"ing\, vb. n. of {Drain}, v. t. (Agric.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land. {Draining tile}. Same as {Draintile}.
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Draintile \Drain"tile`\, n. A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also {draining tile}.
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Dramming \Dram"ming\, n. The practice of drinking drams.
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Drayman \Dray"man\, n.; pl. {Draymen}. A man who attends a dray.
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Drayman \Dray"man\, n.; pl. {Draymen}. A man who attends a dray.
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Dreaminess \Dream"i*ness\, n. The state of being dreamy.
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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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Dreamingly \Dream"ing*ly\, adv. In a dreamy manner.
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Hippodrome \Hip"po*drome\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {-dromed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-droming}.] (Sports) To arrange contests with predetermined winners. [Slang, U. S.]
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Dromond \Drom"ond\, [or] Dromon \Drom"on\ [OF. dromont, L. dromo, fr. Gr. dro`mwn light vessel, prob. fr. dramei^n to run. See {Dromedary}.] In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel. [Hist. or Archaic] --Fuller. The great dromond swinging from the quay. -- W. Morris.
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Dromond \Drom"ond\, [or] Dromon \Drom"on\ [OF. dromont, L. dromo, fr. Gr. dro`mwn light vessel, prob. fr. dramei^n to run. See {Dromedary}.] In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel. [Hist. or Archaic] --Fuller. The great dromond swinging from the quay. -- W. Morris.
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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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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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drum winding \Drum winding\ (Elec.) A method of armature winding in which the wire is wound upon the outer surface of a cylinder or drum from end to end of the cylinder; -- distinguished from {ring winding}, etc.
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]:
Drumming \Drum"ming\, n. The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drummond light \Drum"mond light`\ [From Thomas Drummond, a British naval officer.] A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called also {oxycalcium light}, or {lime light}. Note: The name is also applied sometimes to a heliostat, invented by Drummond, for rendering visible a distant point, as in geodetic surveying, by reflecting upon it a beam of light from the sun.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Calcium \Cal"cium\ (k[acr]l"s[icr][ucr]m), n. [NL., from L. calx, calcis, lime; cf F. calcium. See {Calx}.] (Chem.) An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca. Note: Calcium is widely and abundantly disseminated, as in its compounds calcium carbonate or limestone, calcium sulphate or gypsum, calcium fluoride or fluor spar, calcium phosphate or apatite. {Calcium light}, an intense light produced by the incandescence of a stick or ball of lime in the flame of a combination of oxygen and hydrogen gases, or of oxygen and coal gas; -- called also {Drummond light}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Sarracenia \[d8]Sar`race"nia\, n. [NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.] (Bot.) A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant. Note: They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style. {Sarracenia purpurea}, the sidesaddle flower, is common at the North; {S. flava}, {rubra}, {Drummondii}, {variolaris}, and {psittacina} are Southern species. All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves. See {Illust}. of Sidesaddle flower, under {Sidesaddle}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dormansville, NY Zip code(s): 12055
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dormont, PA (borough, FIPS 19576) Location: 40.39303 N, 80.03755 W Population (1990): 9772 (4321 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Drennen, WV Zip code(s): 26667
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Drummond, ID (city, FIPS 22780) Location: 43.99889 N, 111.34165 W Population (1990): 37 (13 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Drummond, MT (town, FIPS 21850) Location: 46.66628 N, 113.14539 W Population (1990): 264 (154 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59832 Drummond, OK (town, FIPS 21700) Location: 36.30095 N, 98.03539 W Population (1990): 408 (166 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73735 Drummond, WI Zip code(s): 54832
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Drummond Island, MI Zip code(s): 49726
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Drummonds, TN Zip code(s): 38023