duck's egg : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   dachsie
         n 1: small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a
               short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for
               following game into burrows [syn: {dachshund}, {dachsie},
               {badger dog}]

English Dictionary: duck's egg	by the DICT Development Group
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daishiki n a loose and brightly colored African shirt [syn: dashiki, daishiki]
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dashiki n a loose and brightly colored African shirt [syn: dashiki, daishiki]
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Daucus n carrot Synonym(s): Daucus, genus Daucus
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De Sica n Italian film maker (1901-1974) [syn: De Sica, {Vittorio De Sica}]
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de-access v dispose of by selling; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines"
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decease n the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" Synonym(s): death, decease, expiry Antonym(s): birth, nascence, nascency, nativity v pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" Synonym(s): die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it Antonym(s): be born
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Decius n Emperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will; his reign was notable for his severe persecution of Christians (201-251)
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deck-house n a superstructure on the upper deck of a ship
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decoke v remove carbon from (an engine) [syn: decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke]
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degage adj free and relaxed in manner; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander" Synonym(s): degage, detached, uninvolved
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Degas n French impressionist painter (1834-1917) [syn: Degas, Edgar Degas, Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas] v remove gas from
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degauss v make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship" Synonym(s): demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss Antonym(s): magnetise, magnetize
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deixis n the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs
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desex v make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized" Synonym(s): sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
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deuce-ace n the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one Synonym(s): three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace
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diesis n a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote Synonym(s): double dagger, double obelisk, diesis
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diocese n the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop [syn: diocese, bishopric, episcopate]
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dioecious adj having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals Synonym(s): dioecious, dioecian Antonym(s): monecious, monoecious, monoicous
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disc jockey n a person who announces and plays popular recorded music Synonym(s): disk jockey, disc jockey, dj
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disc-jockey v comment on music to be played; "He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend" Synonym(s): disk-jockey, disc-jockey, DJ
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discase v get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" Synonym(s): undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel Antonym(s): apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog
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discus n an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible a disk used in throwing competitions Synonym(s): discus, saucer
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discuss v to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" Synonym(s): discourse, talk about, discuss speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget" Synonym(s): hash out, discuss, talk over
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disease n an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
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disguise n an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories" Synonym(s): disguise, camouflage any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance; "he is a master of disguise" Synonym(s): disguise, camouflage v make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank" Synonym(s): disguise, mask
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disk cache n a cache that stores copies of frequently used disk sectors in random access memory (RAM) so they can be read without accessing the slower disk
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disk jockey n a person who announces and plays popular recorded music Synonym(s): disk jockey, disc jockey, dj
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disk-jockey v comment on music to be played; "He has a job disk-jockeying on the weekend" Synonym(s): disk-jockey, disc-jockey, DJ
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disuse n the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" Synonym(s): neglect, disuse
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dockage n a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock [syn: dockage, docking fee] landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late" Synonym(s): dock, dockage, docking facility the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes Synonym(s): docking, moorage, dockage, tying up
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dog hook n a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs Synonym(s): peavey, peavy, cant dog, dog hook
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dog house n outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog [syn: kennel, doghouse, dog house]
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doghouse n outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog [syn: kennel, doghouse, dog house] an idiomatic term for being in disfavor; "in the doghouse"
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dosage n the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time Synonym(s): dose, dosage a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time Synonym(s): dose, dosage
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dosshouse n a cheap lodging house Synonym(s): flophouse, dosshouse
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duchess n the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
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duck sauce n a thick sweet and pungent Chinese condiment [syn: {duck sauce}, hoisin sauce]
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duck's egg n (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman [syn: duck, duck's egg]
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Dukas n French composer (1865-1935) Synonym(s): Dukas, Paul Dukas
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dyschezia n difficulty in defecating (usually as a consequence of long continued voluntary suppression of the urge to defecate)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d892gis \[d8][92]"gis\, n. [L. aegis, fr. Gr. [?] a goat skin, a shield, [?] goat, or fr. [?] to rush.] A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.
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d8Acajou \[d8]Ac"a*jou\, n. [F. See {Cashew}.] (Bot.) (a) The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See {Cashew}. (b) The mahogany tree; also, its timber.
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d8Auszug \[d8]Aus"zug`\ (ous"ts[oomac]k), n.; Ger. pl. {-z[9a]ge} (-ts[uum]`g[etil]). [G.] See {Army organization}, Switzerland.
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d8Axis \[d8]Ax"is\, n. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) The spotted deer ({Cervus axis} or {Axis maculata}) of India, where it is called {hog deer} and {parrah} (Moorish name).
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d8C91cias \[d8]C[91]"ci*as\, n. [L. caecias, Gr. [?].] A wind from the northeast. --Milton.
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d8Cache \[d8]Cache\, n. [F., a hiding place, fr. cacher to conceal, to hide.] A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry. --Kane.
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d8Casa \[d8]Ca"sa\, n. [Sp. or It., fr. L. casa cabin.] A house or mansion. [Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands] I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. --Bret Harte.
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d8Chaja \[d8]Cha"ja\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The crested screamer of Brazil ({Palamedea, [or] Chauna, chavaria}), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also {chauna}, and {faithful kamichi}. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See {Kamichi}.
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d8Chasse \[d8]Chasse\, n. [See {Chasse-caf[90]}] A small potion of spirituous liquor taken to remove the taste of coffee, tobacco, or the like; -- originally {chasse-caf[82]}, lit., [bd]coffee chaser.[b8]
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d8Chaus \[d8]Cha"us\, n. (Zo[94]l.) a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa ({Lynx Lybicus}).
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d8Chic \[d8]Chic\, a. [F. Cf. {Chic}, n.] Original and in good taste or form. [Colloq.]
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d8Chic \[d8]Chic\, n. [F.] Good form; style. [Slang]
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d8Chica \[d8]Chi"ca\, n. [Sp.] A red coloring matter. extracted from the {Bignonia Chica}, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin. 2. A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize. 3. A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc.
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d8Chicha \[d8]Chi"cha\, n. [Sp.] See {Chica}.
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d8Chose \[d8]Chose\, n.; pl. {Choses}. [F., fr. L. causa cause, reason. See {Cause}.] (Law) A thing; personal property. {Chose in action}, a thing of which one has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant party without suit. {Chose in possession}, a thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action. {Chose local}, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. {Chose transitory}, a thing which is movable. --Cowell. Blount.
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d8Chouicha \[d8]Chou"i*cha\, n. [Native name] (Zo[94]l.) The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See {Quinnat}.
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d8Chouka \[d8]Chou"ka\, n. [Native name] (Zo[94]l.) The Indian four-horned antelope; the chikara.
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d8Couch82 \[d8]Cou`ch[82]"\ (k??`sh?"), a. [F., p. p. of coucher. See {Couch}, v. t. ] (Her.) (a) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon. (b) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couch[82] is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.
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d8Coxa \[d8]Cox"a\ (k?ks"?), n. [L., the hip.] (Zo[94]l.) The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean.
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d8Cuca \[d8]Cu"ca\ (k??"k?), n. [Sp., fr. native name.] See {Coca}.
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d8D82gag82 \[d8]D[82]`ga`g[82]"\, a. [F., p. p. of d[82]gager to disengage. See {De-}, lst Gage, and cf. {Disgage}.] Unconstrained; easy; free. --Vanbrugh. A graceful and d[82]gag[82] manner. --Poe.
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d8Deesis \[d8]Dee"sis\ (d[esl][emac]"s[icr]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. de`hsis supplication.] (Rhet.) An invocation of, or address to, the Supreme Being.
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d8Diesis \[d8]Di"e*sis\, n.; pl. {Dieses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to let go through, dissolve; dia` through + [?] to let go, send.] 1. (Mus.) A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals. 2. (Print.) The mark [Dagger]; -- called also {double dagger}.
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d8Equus \[d8]E"quus\, n. [L., horse.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc.
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d8Esox \[d8]E"sox\, n. [L., a kind of pike.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of fresh-water fishes, including pike and pickerel.
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d8Esquisse \[d8]Es`quisse"\, n. [F. See {Sketch}.] (Fine Arts) The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.
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d8Gauche \[d8]Gauche\, n. [F.] 1. Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy. 2. (Geom.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.
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d8Gaucho \[d8]Gau"cho\, n. A member of an Indian population, somewhat affected by Spanish blood, in the archipelagoes off the Chilean coast.
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d8Gaucho \[d8]Gau"cho\ (gou"ch[osl]), n., pl. {Gauchos} (-ch[osl]z) [Sp.] One of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle.
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d8Gesso \[d8]Ges"so\, n. [It., chalk, plaster.] 1. Plaster of Paris, or gypsum, esp. as prepared for use in painting, or in making bas-reliefs and the like; by extension, a plasterlike or pasty material spread upon a surface to fit it for painting or gilding, or a surface so prepared. 2. A work of art done in gesso. [Obs.]
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d8Ghawazi \[d8]Gha*wa"zi\, n. pl. [Etymol. uncertain.] Egyptian dancing girls, of a lower sort than the almeh.
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d8Ghazi \[d8]Gha"zi\, n. [Ar. gh[be]z[c6].] Among Mohammedans, a warrior champion or veteran, esp. in the destruction of infidels.
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d8Gigue \[d8]Gigue\ (zh[esl]g), n. [F.] A piece of lively dance music, in two strains which are repeated; also, the dance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Gouache \[d8]Gouache\, n. [F., It. guazzo.] A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted.
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d8Kagu \[d8]Ka"gu\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern.
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d8Saiga \[d8]Sai"ga\, n. [Russ. saika.] (Zo[94]l.) An antelope ({Saiga Tartarica}) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.
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d8Sauce \[d8]Sauce\ (s[omac]s), n. [F.] (Fine Art) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
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d8Secco \[d8]Sec"co\, a. [It.] Dry. {Secco painting}, [or] {Painting in secco}, painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, which is on wet or fresh plaster.
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d8Sesqui- \[d8]Ses`qui-\ [L., one half more, one and a half.] (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide. Note: Sesquidupli- is sometimes, but rarely, used in the same manner to denote the proportions of two and a half to one, or rather of five to two.
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d8Sheik \[d8]Sheik\, n. [Ar. sheikh, shaykh, a venerable old man, a chief, fr. sh[be]kha to grow or be old.] The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade. [Written also {scheik}, {shaik}, {sheikh}.]
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d8Siaga \[d8]Si*a"ga\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The ahu, or jairou.
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d8Sic \[d8]Sic\, adv. [L.] Thus. Note: This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic], to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is literally reproduced.
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d8Sicca \[d8]Sic"ca\, n. [Ar. sikka.] A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains. {Sicca rupee}, an East Indian coin, valued nominally at about two shillings sterling, or fifty cents.
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d8Suji \[d8]Su"ji\, n. [Hind. s[?]f[c6].] Indian wheat, granulated but not pulverized; a kind of semolina. [Written also {soojee}.]
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d8Taxis \[d8]Tax"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ta`xis a division or arrangement, fr. ta`ssein to arrange.] (Surg.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it. --Dunglison.
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d8Tschego \[d8]Tsche"go\, n. [From a native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also {tscheigo}, {tschiego}, {nschego}, {nscheigo}.
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d8Tussis \[d8]Tus"sis\, n. [L.] (Med.) A cough.
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d8Wawaskeesh \[d8]Wa*was"keesh\, n. [From an Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) The wapiti, or wapiti, or American elk.
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d8Zeekoe \[d8]Zee"koe\, n. [D., sea cow, lake cow.] (Zo[94]l.) A hippopotamus.
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Dagges \Dagges\ (d[acr]gz), n. pl. [OE. See {Dag} a loose end.] An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dago \Da"go\ (d[amac]"g[osl]), n.; pl. {Dagos} (-g[omac]z). [Cf. Sp. Diego, E. James.] A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent. [U. S.]
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Daisy \Dai"sy\, n.; pl. {Daisies}. [OE. dayesye, AS. d[91]ges[?]eage day's eye, daisy. See {Day}, and {Eye}.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of low herbs ({Bellis}), belonging to the family Composit[91]. The common English and classical daisy is {B. prennis}, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays. (b) The whiteweed ({Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum}), the plant commonly called {daisy} in North America; -- called also {oxeye daisy}. See {Whiteweed}. Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as {Erigeron}, or fleabane. {Michaelmas daisy} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species. {Oxeye daisy} (Bot.), the whiteweed. See {Daisy} (b) .
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Decease \De*cease"\, n. [OE. deses, deces, F. d[82]c[8a]s, fr. L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See {Cease}, {Cede}.] Departure, especially departure from this life; death. His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. --Luke ix. 31. And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease, Will with my mourning plaints your plaint increase. --Spenser. Syn: Death; departure; dissolution; demise; release. See {Death}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decease \De*cease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Deceased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deceasing}.] To depart from this life; to die; to pass away. She's dead, deceased, she's dead. --Shak. When our summers have deceased. --Tennyson. Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature. --Emerson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{On one's own hook}, on one's own account or responsibility; by one's self. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. {To go off the hooks}, to die. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. {Bid hook}, a small boat hook. {Chain hook}. See under {Chain}. {Deck hook}, a horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests. {Hook and eye}, one of the small wire hooks and loops for fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc. {Hook bill} (Zo[94]l.), the strongly curved beak of a bird. {Hook ladder}, a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall. {Hook motion} (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed by V hooks. {Hook squid}, any squid which has the arms furnished with hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera {Enoploteuthis} and {Onychteuthis}. {Hook wrench}, a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end, instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or coupling.
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Androdid2cious \An`drodi[d2]"cious\, -diecious \-die"cious\, a. [Gr. [?], [?], man + E. di[d2]cious.] (Bot.) Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. -- {An`drodi[d2]"cism}, {-die"cism}, n.
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Diecian \Die"cian\, a., Diecious \Die"cious\, a. (Bot.) See {Di[d2]cian}, and {Di[d2]cious}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Androdid2cious \An`drodi[d2]"cious\, -diecious \-die"cious\, a. [Gr. [?], [?], man + E. di[d2]cious.] (Bot.) Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. -- {An`drodi[d2]"cism}, {-die"cism}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diecian \Die"cian\, a., Diecious \Die"cious\, a. (Bot.) See {Di[d2]cian}, and {Di[d2]cious}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Diesis \[d8]Di"e*sis\, n.; pl. {Dieses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to let go through, dissolve; dia` through + [?] to let go, send.] 1. (Mus.) A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals. 2. (Print.) The mark [Dagger]; -- called also {double dagger}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diocese \Di"o*cese\, n.; pl. {Dioceses}. [OE. diocise, OF. diocise, F. dioc[82]se, L. dioecesis, fr. Gr. [?] housekeeping, administration, a province, a diocese, fr. [?] to keep house, manage; dia` through + [?] to manage a household, [?] a house. See {Economy}.] (Eccl.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority. [Frequently, but improperly, spelt {diocess}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diocese \Di"o*cese\, n.; pl. {Dioceses}. [OE. diocise, OF. diocise, F. dioc[82]se, L. dioecesis, fr. Gr. [?] housekeeping, administration, a province, a diocese, fr. [?] to keep house, manage; dia` through + [?] to manage a household, [?] a house. See {Economy}.] (Eccl.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority. [Frequently, but improperly, spelt {diocess}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dioicous \Di*oi"cous\, a. See {Di[d2]cious}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discage \Dis*cage"\, v. t. To uncage. [R.] --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discase \Dis*case"\, v. t. To strip; to undress. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discous \Disc"ous\, a. [L. discus disk. See {Disk}.] Disklike; discoid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discus \Dis"cus\, n.; pl. E. {Discuses}, L. {Disci}. [L. See {Disk}.] 1. (a) A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill. (b) The exercise with the discus. Note: This among the Greeks was one of the chief gymnastic exercises and was included in the Pentathlon (the contest of the five exercises). The chief contest was that of throwing the discus to the greatest possible distance. 2. A disk. See {Disk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discuss \Dis*cuss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discussing}.] [L. discussus, p. p. of discutere to strike asunder (hence came the sense to separate mentally, distinguish); dis- + quatere to shake, strike. See {Quash}.] 1. To break to pieces; to shatter. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors. Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection. --Sir H. Wotton. A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. --Rambler. 3. To shake; to put away; to finish. [Obs.] All regard of shame she had discussed. --Spenser. 4. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate. [bd]We sat and . . . discussed the farm . . . and the price of grain.[b8] --Tennyson. [bd]To discuss questions of taste.[b8] --Macaulay. 5. To deal with, in eating or drinking. [Colloq.] We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us. --Sir S. Baker. 6. (Law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. --Burrill. Syn: To {Discuss}, {Examine}, {Debate}. We speak of examining a subject when we ponder it with care, in order to discover its real state, or the truth respecting it. We speak of discussing a topic when we examine it thoroughly in its distinct parts. The word is very commonly applied to matters of opinion. We may discuss a subject without giving in an adhesion to any conclusion. We speak of debating a point when we examine it in mutual argumentation between opposing parties. In debate we contend for or against some conclusion or view.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disease \Dis*ease"\, n. [OE. disese, OF. desaise; des- (L. dis-) + aise ease. See {Ease}.] 1. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. [Obs.] So all that night they passed in great disease. --Spenser. To shield thee from diseases of the world. --Shak. 2. An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; -- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc. Diseases desperate grown, By desperate appliances are relieved. --Shak. The instability, injustice, and confusion introduced into the public counsels have, in truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have every where perished. --Madison. {Disease germ}. See under {Germ}. Syn: Distemper; ailing; ailment; malady; disorder; sickness; illness; complaint; indisposition; affection. -- {Disease}, {Disorder}, {Distemper}, {Malady}, {Affection}. Disease is the leading medical term. Disorder mean[?] much the same, with perhaps some slight reference to an irregularity of the system. Distemper is now used by physicians only of the diseases of animals. Malady is not a medical term, and is less used than formerly in literature. Affection has special reference to the part, organ, or function disturbed; as, his disease is an affection of the lungs. A disease is usually deep-seated and permanent, or at least prolonged; a disorder is often slight, partial, and temporary; malady has less of a technical sense than the other terms, and refers more especially to the suffering endured. In a figurative sense we speak of a disease mind, of disordered faculties, and of mental maladies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disease \Dis*ease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diseased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diseasing}.] 1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress. [Obs.] His double burden did him sore disease. --Spenser. 2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased. He was diseased in body and mind. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disgage \Dis*gage"\, v. t. To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage. [Obs.] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disguise \Dis*guise"\ (?; 232), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disguised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disguising}.] [OE. desguisen, disgisen, degisen, OF. desguisier, F. d[82]guiser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + guise. See {Guise}.] 1. To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive. Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner. --Macaulay. 2. To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions. All God's angels come to us disguised. --Lowell. 3. To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate. I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship. --Spectator. Syn: To conceal; hide; mask; dissemble; dissimulate; feign; pretend; secrete. See {Conceal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disguise \Dis*guise"\, n. 1. A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties. There is no passion steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises, than pride. --Addison. 2. Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show. That eye which glances through all disguises. --D. Webster. 3. Change of manner by drink; intoxication. --Shak. 4. A masque or masquerade. [Obs.] Disguise was the old English word for a masque. --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dishouse \Dis*house"\, v. t. To deprive of house or home. [bd]Dishoused villagers.[b8] --James White.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disseize \Dis*seize"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disseized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disseizing}.] [Pref. dis- + seize: cf. F. dessaisir.] (Law) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also {disseise}.] Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disseizee \Dis`sei*zee"\, n. (Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor. [Written also {disseisee}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disseize \Dis*seize"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disseized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disseizing}.] [Pref. dis- + seize: cf. F. dessaisir.] (Law) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also {disseise}.] Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disseizee \Dis`sei*zee"\, n. (Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor. [Written also {disseisee}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disuse \Dis*use"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disusing}.] 1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of. 2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. [bd]Disuse me from . . . pain.[b8] --Donne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disuse \Dis*use"\, n. Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse. The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. --Addison. Church discipline then fell into disuse. --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disyoke \Dis*yoke"\, v. t. To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin. [Poetic] --R. Browning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dockage \Dock"age\, n. A charge for the use of a dock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doggish \Dog"gish\, a. Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal. -- {Dog"gishly}, adv. -- {Dog"gishness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogsick \Dog"sick`\, a. Sick as a dog sometimes is very sick. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dosage \Dos"age\ (d[omac]s"[asl]j), n. [Cf. F. dosage. See {Dose}, v.] 1. (Med.) The administration of medicine in doses; specif., a scheme or system of grading doses of medicine according to age, etc. 2. The process of adding some ingredient, as to wine, to give flavor, character, or strength.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doss house \Doss house\ A cheap lodging house. They [street Arabs] consort together and sleep in low doss houses where they meet with all kinds of villainy. --W. Besant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doxy \Dox"y\, n.; pl. {Doxies}. [See {Duck} a pet.] A loose wench; a disreputable sweetheart. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duchess \Duch"ess\, n. [F. duchesse, fr. duc duke.] The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duchy \Duch"y\ (d[ucr]ch"[ycr]), n.; pl. {Duchies}. [F. duch[82], OF. duch[82]e, (assumed) LL. ducitas, fr. L. dux. See {Duke}.] The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goose egg \Goose egg\ In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; -- so named in allusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0. Called also {duck egg}. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peregrine \Per"e*grine\, a. [L. peregrinus. See {Pilgrim}.] Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. [Spelt also {pelegrine}.] [bd]Peregrine and preternatural heat.[b8] --Bacon. {Peregrine falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a courageous and swift falcon ({Falco peregrinus}), remarkable for its wide distribution over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks, white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called also {peregrine hawk}, {duck hawk}, {game hawk}, and {great-footed hawk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[91]}, family {Anatid[91]}. Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc. 2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. --Milton. {Bombay duck} (Zo[94]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}. {Buffel duck}, [or] {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}. {Duck ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. {Duck barnacle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Goose barnacle}. {Duck hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. {Duck mole} (Zo[94]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus}, {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}. {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peregrine \Per"e*grine\, a. [L. peregrinus. See {Pilgrim}.] Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. [Spelt also {pelegrine}.] [bd]Peregrine and preternatural heat.[b8] --Bacon. {Peregrine falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a courageous and swift falcon ({Falco peregrinus}), remarkable for its wide distribution over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks, white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called also {peregrine hawk}, {duck hawk}, {game hawk}, and {great-footed hawk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[91]}, family {Anatid[91]}. Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc. 2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. --Milton. {Bombay duck} (Zo[94]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}. {Buffel duck}, [or] {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}. {Duck ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. {Duck barnacle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Goose barnacle}. {Duck hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. {Duck mole} (Zo[94]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus}, {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}. {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duskish \Dusk"ish\, a. Somewhat dusky. [bd] Duskish smoke.[b8] --Spenser. -- {Dusk"ishly}, adv. -- {Dusk"ishness}, n.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dowagiac, MI (city, FIPS 22880) Location: 41.98383 N, 86.11064 W Population (1990): 6409 (2624 housing units) Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49047
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
desk check n.,v. To {grovel} over hardcopy of source code, mentally simulating the control flow; a method of catching bugs. No longer common practice in this age of on-screen editing, fast compiles, and sophisticated debuggers -- though some maintain stoutly that it ought to be. Compare {eyeball search}, {vdiff}, {vgrep}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
dogwash /dog'wosh/ [From a quip in the `urgency' field of a very optional software change request, ca. 1982. It was something like "Urgency: Wash your dog first".] 1. n. A project of minimal priority, undertaken as an escape from more serious work. 2. v. To engage in such a project. Many games and much {freeware} get written this way.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DAZIX Daisy/Cadnetix Corporation. A supplier of digital electronic {CAE} systems. (1994-12-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DECUS {Digital Equipment Computer Users Society}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
desk check To {grovel} over hardcopy of {source code}, mentally simulating the {control flow}; a method of catching bugs. No longer common practice in this age of on-screen editing, fast compiles, and sophisticated debuggers - though some maintain stoutly that it ought to be. Compare {dry run}, {eyeball search}, {vdiff}, {vgrep}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-05-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Digex {Digital Express Group, Inc.}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DOCSIS {Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DOCUS Display Oriented Computer Usage System. Interactive system using push buttons. Sammet 1969, p.678
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dogwash /dog'wosh/ (A quip in the "urgency" field of a very optional software change request, ca. 1982. It was something like "Urgency: Wash your dog first") A project of minimal priority, undertaken as an escape from more serious work. Many games and much {freeware} get written this way, including {this dictionary}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DYSAC Digital Simulated Analog Computer. [Sammet 1969, p. 629].