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   d
         adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
                  [syn: {five hundred}, {500}, {d}]
         n 1: a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets [syn: {vitamin
               D}, {calciferol}, {viosterol}, {ergocalciferol},
               {cholecalciferol}, {D}]
         2: the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and
            five [syn: {five hundred}, {500}, {D}]
         3: the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: {D}, {d}]

English Dictionary: due	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
D-day n date of the Allied landing in France, World War II [syn: D-day, 6 June 1944]
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D.A. n a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus [syn: Doctor of Arts, D.A.]
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d.o.a. adj abbreviation for `dead on arrival' at the emergency room
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DA n an official prosecutor for a judicial district [syn: district attorney, DA]
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da'wah n missionary work for Islam Synonym(s): da'wah, dawah
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dah n the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code Synonym(s): dash, dah
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daw n common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery Synonym(s): jackdaw, daw, Corvus monedula
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dawah n missionary work for Islam Synonym(s): da'wah, dawah
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day n time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" Synonym(s): day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual" a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day" the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" Synonym(s): day, daytime, daylight Antonym(s): dark, night, nighttime the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working); "my day began early this morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she called it a day and went to bed" an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day" the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?" the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day Synonym(s): sidereal day, day a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day" United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935) Synonym(s): Day, Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
DD n a doctor's degree in religion [syn: Doctor of Divinity, DD]
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ddI n an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection [syn: dideoxyinosine, ddI, DDI, didanosine]
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DDT n an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972 Synonym(s): dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, DDT
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DE n a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE]
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DEA n federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations Synonym(s): Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA
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dew n water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air; "in the morning the grass was wet with dew"
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Dewey n United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931) Synonym(s): Dewey, Melvil Dewey, Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War Synonym(s): Dewey, George Dewey, Admiral Dewey United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952) Synonym(s): Dewey, John Dewey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dewy adj wet with dew Synonym(s): bedewed, dewy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dhawa n an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum Synonym(s): dhawa, dhava
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dhow n a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs
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DIA n an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition Synonym(s): Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA
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die n a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers Synonym(s): die, dice a device used for shaping metal a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods 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 suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame; "I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered"; "We almost died laughing during the show" stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" Synonym(s): fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery" languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave" cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts" Synonym(s): die, die out to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall" Synonym(s): die, pall, become flat disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!" suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
die away v become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" Synonym(s): abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
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do n an uproarious party Synonym(s): bash, do, brawl the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization Synonym(s): do, doh, ut doctor's degree in osteopathy Synonym(s): Doctor of Osteopathy, DO v engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" Synonym(s): make, do carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" Synonym(s): perform, execute, do get (something) done; "I did my job" Synonym(s): do, perform proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" Synonym(s): do, fare, make out, come, get along give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" Synonym(s): cause, do, make carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law" Synonym(s): practice, practise, exercise, do be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve" Synonym(s): suffice, do, answer, serve create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" Synonym(s): do, make Antonym(s): undo, unmake behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" Synonym(s): act, behave, do spend time in prison or in a labor camp; "He did six years for embezzlement" Synonym(s): serve, do carry on or function; "We could do with a little more help around here" Synonym(s): do, manage arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" Synonym(s): dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure travel or traverse (a distance); "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
DOE n the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977 Synonym(s): Department of Energy, Energy Department, Energy, DOE mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
DOEI n an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community Synonym(s): Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doh n the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization Synonym(s): do, doh, ut
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Doha n the capital and chief port of Qatar [syn: Doha, Bida, El Beda, capital of Qatar]
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DoI n the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849 Synonym(s): Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior, DoI
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
due adv directly or exactly; straight; "went due North" adj owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due" Antonym(s): undue scheduled to arrive; "the train is due in 15 minutes" suitable to or expected in the circumstances; "all due respect"; "due cause to honor them"; "a long due promotion"; "in due course"; "due esteem"; "exercising due care" Antonym(s): undue capable of being assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him" Synonym(s): ascribable, due, imputable, referable n that which is deserved or owed; "give the devil his due" a payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership); "the society dropped him for non-payment of dues"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duo n two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad] two performers or singers who perform together Synonym(s): duet, duette, duo a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" Synonym(s): couple, twosome, duo, duet a musical composition for two performers Synonym(s): duet, duette, duo
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Dy n a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic Synonym(s): dysprosium, Dy, atomic number 66
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dye n a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair Synonym(s): dye, dyestuff v color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mute \Mute\, n. 1. One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause. Specifically: (a) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute. (b) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral. (c) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak. (d) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak. 2. (Phon.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, {p}, {b}, {d}, {k}, {t}. 3. (Mus.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
D \D\ (d[emac]) 1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Ph[oe]nician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr. qyga`thr, Skr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation, [root]178, 179, 229. 2. (Mus.) The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F. 3. As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign [?] (or [?] ) the original Tuscan numeral for 1000.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mute \Mute\, n. 1. One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause. Specifically: (a) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute. (b) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral. (c) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak. (d) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak. 2. (Phon.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, {p}, {b}, {d}, {k}, {t}. 3. (Mus.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
D \D\ (d[emac]) 1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Ph[oe]nician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr. qyga`thr, Skr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation, [root]178, 179, 229. 2. (Mus.) The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F. 3. As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign [?] (or [?] ) the original Tuscan numeral for 1000.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d1 \[d1]\ ([emac]), a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In many words in common use, e alone stands instead of [oe]. Classicists prefer to write the diphthong oe separate in Latin words.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d890tui \[d8][90]`tui"\ ([asl]`tw[esl]"), n. [F.] A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are carried.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ahu \[d8]A"hu\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The Asiatic gazelle.
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d8Ayah \[d8]A"yah\, n. [Pg. aia, akin to Sp. aya a governess, ayo a tutor.] A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid. [India]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dauw \[d8]Dauw\, n. [D.] (Zo[94]l.) The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa ({Asinus Burchellii}); -- called also {peechi}, or {peetsi}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dhow \[d8]Dhow\, n. [Ar. d[be]o?] A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail. [Also written {dow}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Doa4a \[d8]Do"[a4]a\, n. [Sp. do[a4]a. See {Duenna}.] Lady; mistress; madam; -- a title of respect used in Spain, prefixed to the Christian name of a lady.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Duea4a \[d8]Du*e"[a4]a\, n. [Sp.] See {Do[a4]a}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Eu \[d8]Eu\ [Gr. [?] well, orig. neut. of [?] good; prob. connected with Skr. su, from the same root as E. is; or with Skr. vasu good, prob. fr. the same root as E. was.] A prefix used frequently in composition, signifying well, good, advantageous; -- the opposite of dys-.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8O94 \[d8]O"[94]\, n. [Hawaiian.] (Zo[94]l.) A beautiful bird ({Moho nobilis}) of the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also {yellow-tufted honeysucker}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8T88te \[d8]T[88]te\, n. [F., the head. See {Tester} a covering.] A kind of wig; false hair.
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d8Thea \[d8]The"a\, n. [NL. See {Tea}.] (Bot.) A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant. Note: It is now commonly referred to the genus {Camellia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Yu \[d8]Yu\, n. [Chin.] (Min.) Jade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Referendum \Ref`er*en"dum\, n.; pl. {-da}. [Gerundive fr. L. referre. See {Refer}.] The principle or practice of referring measures passed upon by the legislative body to the body of voters, or electorate, for approval or rejection, as in the Swiss cantons (except Freiburg) and in various local governments in the United States, and also in the local option laws, etc.; also, the right to so approve or reject laws, or the vote by which this is done. Referendum is distinguished from the mandate, or instruction of representatives by the people, from direct government by the people, in which they initiate and make the laws by direct action without representation, and from a plebiscite, or popular vote taken on any measure proposed by a person or body having the initiative but not constituting a representative or constituent body.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zebra \Ze"bra\, n. [Pg. zebra; cf. Sp. cebra; probably from a native African name.] (Zo[94]l.) Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands. Note: The true or mountain zebra ({Equus, [or] Asinus, zebra}) is nearly white, and the bands which cover the body and legs are glossy black. Its tail has a tuft of black hair at the tip. It inhabits the mountains of Central and Southern Africa, and is noted for its wariness and wildness, as well as for its swiftness. The second species ({Equus, [or] Asinus, Burchellii}), known as {Burchell's zebra}, and {dauw}, inhabits the grassy plains of South Africa, and differs from the preceding in not having dark bands on the legs, while those on the body are more irregular. It has a long tail, covered with long white flowing hair. {Zebra caterpillar}, the larva of an American noctuid moth ({Mamestra picta}). It is light yellow, with a broad black stripe on the back and one on each side; the lateral stripes are crossed with withe lines. It feeds on cabbages, beets, clover, and other cultivated plants. {Zebra opossum}, the zebra wolf. See under {Wolf}. {Zebra parrakeet}, an Australian grass parrakeet, often kept as a cage bird. Its upper parts are mostly pale greenish yellow, transversely barred with brownish black crescents; the under parts, rump, and upper tail coverts, are bright green; two central tail feathers and the cheek patches are blue. Called also {canary parrot}, {scallop parrot}, {shell parrot}, and {undulated parrot}. {Zebra poison} (Bot.), a poisonous tree ({Euphorbia arborea}) of the Spurge family, found in South Africa. Its milky juice is so poisonous that zebras have been killed by drinking water in which its branches had been placed, and it is also used as an arrow poison. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). {Zebra shark}. Same as {Tiger shark}, under {Tiger}. {Zebra spider}, a hunting spider. {Zebra swallowtail}, a very large North American swallow-tailed butterfly ({Iphiclides ajax}), in which the wings are yellow, barred with black; -- called also {ajax}. {Zebra wolf}. See under {Wolf}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daw \Daw\ (d[add]), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t[be]ha, MHG. t[be]he, t[be]hele, G. dohle. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo[94]l.) A European bird of the Crow family ({Corvus monedula}), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. The loud daw, his throat displaying, draws The whole assembly of his fellow daws. --Waller. Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- [bd]Then thou dwellest with daws too.[b8] (--Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) --Skeat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daw \Daw\, v. i. [OE. dawen. See {Dawn}.] To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn. --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daw \Daw\, v. t. [Contr. fr. {Adaw}.] 1. To rouse. [Obs.] 2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dawe \Dawe\, n. [See {Day}.] Day. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sidereal \Side"real\, a. [L. sidereus, from sidus, sideris, a constellation, a star. Cf. {Sideral}, {Consider}, {Desire}.] 1. Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy. 2. (Astron.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day. {Sidereal clock}, {day}, {month}, {year}. See under {Clock}, {Day}, etc. {Sideral time}, time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a sidereal day. This is, strictly, apparent sidereal time, mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of the true, but of the mean, equinoctial point.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Day \Day\, n. [OE. day, dai,, dei, AS. d[91]g; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G, tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf. Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. [fb]69. Cf. {Dawn}.] 1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine. 2. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a {solar day}; if it is a star, a {sidereal day}; if it is the moon, a {lunar day}. See {Civil day}, {Sidereal day}, below. 3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work. 4. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time. A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day. --Jowett (Thucyd. ) If my debtors do not keep their day, . . . I must with patience all the terms attend. --Dryden. 5. (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc. The field of Agincourt, Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus. --Shak. His name struck fear, his conduct won the day. --Roscommon. Note: Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as, daybreak, daylight, workday, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sidereal \Side"real\, a. [L. sidereus, from sidus, sideris, a constellation, a star. Cf. {Sideral}, {Consider}, {Desire}.] 1. Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy. 2. (Astron.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day. {Sidereal clock}, {day}, {month}, {year}. See under {Clock}, {Day}, etc. {Sideral time}, time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a sidereal day. This is, strictly, apparent sidereal time, mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of the true, but of the mean, equinoctial point.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Day \Day\, n. [OE. day, dai,, dei, AS. d[91]g; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G, tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf. Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. [fb]69. Cf. {Dawn}.] 1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine. 2. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a {solar day}; if it is a star, a {sidereal day}; if it is the moon, a {lunar day}. See {Civil day}, {Sidereal day}, below. 3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work. 4. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time. A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day. --Jowett (Thucyd. ) If my debtors do not keep their day, . . . I must with patience all the terms attend. --Dryden. 5. (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc. The field of Agincourt, Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus. --Shak. His name struck fear, his conduct won the day. --Roscommon. Note: Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as, daybreak, daylight, workday, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
De- \De-\ A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. {Dis-}. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dew \Dew\, n. [AS. de[a0]w; akin to D. dauw, G. thau, tau, Icel. d[94]gg, Sw. dagg, Dan. dug; cf. Skr. dhav, dh[be]v, to flow. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Dag} dew.] 1. Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night. Her tears fell with the dews at even. --Tennyson. 2. Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner. [bd]The golden dew of sleep.[b8] --Shak. 3. An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor. [bd]The dew of his youth.[b8] --Longfellow. Note: Dew is used in combination; as, dew-bespangled, dew-drenched, dewdrop, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dew \Dew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dewing}.] To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew. The grasses grew A little ranker since they dewed them so. --A. B. Saxton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dew \Dew\, a. & n. Same as {Due}, or {Duty}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dewy \Dew"y\, a. 1. Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew. A dewy mist Went and watered all the ground. --Milton. When dewy eve her curtain draws. --Keble. 2. Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew. Dewy sleep ambrosial. --Cowper. 3. (Bot.) Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dey \Dey\, n. [See {Dairy}.] A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dey \Dey\, n.; pl. {Deys}. [Turk. d[be]i, orig., a maternal uncle, then a friendly title formerly given to middle-aged or old people, especially among the Janizaries; and hence, in Algiers, consecrated at length to the commanding officer of that corps, who frequently became afterward pasha or regent of that province; hence the European misnomer of dey, as applied to the latter: cf. F. dey.] The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deye \Deye\, v. i. To die. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dia- \Di"a-\, Di- \Di-\ . [Gr. dia` through; orig., dividing into two parts; akin to [?] two. See {Two}, and cf. 1st {Di-}.] A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Di- \Di-\ [Gr. di`s- twice; akin to [?] two, L. bis twice. See {Two}, and cf. {Bi-}, {Dia-}. The L. pref. dis- sometimes assumes the form di-. See {Dis-}.] A prefix, signifying twofold, double, twice; (Chem.) denoting two atoms, radicals, groups, or equivalents, as the case may be. See {Bi-}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disserve \Dis*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Di[?][?][?][?][?]}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disserving}.] [Pref. dis- + serve: cf. F. desservir.] To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dia- \Di"a-\, Di- \Di-\ . [Gr. dia` through; orig., dividing into two parts; akin to [?] two. See {Two}, and cf. 1st {Di-}.] A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Di- \Di-\ [Gr. di`s- twice; akin to [?] two, L. bis twice. See {Two}, and cf. {Bi-}, {Dia-}. The L. pref. dis- sometimes assumes the form di-. See {Dis-}.] A prefix, signifying twofold, double, twice; (Chem.) denoting two atoms, radicals, groups, or equivalents, as the case may be. See {Bi-}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disserve \Dis*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Di[?][?][?][?][?]}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disserving}.] [Pref. dis- + serve: cf. F. desservir.] To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dia- \Di"a-\, Di- \Di-\ . [Gr. dia` through; orig., dividing into two parts; akin to [?] two. See {Two}, and cf. 1st {Di-}.] A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dice \Dice\, n.; pl. of {Die}. Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See {Die}, n. {Dice coal}, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical fragments. --Brande & C.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Die \Die\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Died}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dying}.] [OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deyja; akin to Dan. d[94]e, Sw. d[94], Goth. diwan (cf. Goth. afd[?]jan to harass), OFries. d[?]ia to kill, OS. doian to die, OHG. touwen, OSlav. daviti to choke, Lith. dovyti to torment. Cf. {Dead}, {Death}.] 1. To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought. To die by the roadside of grief and hunger. --Macaulay. She will die from want of care. --Tennyson. 2. To suffer death; to lose life. In due time Christ died for the ungodly. --Rom. v. 6. 3. To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished. Letting the secret die within his own breast. --Spectator. Great deeds can not die. --Tennyson. 4. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc. His heart died within, and he became as a stone. --1 Sam. xxv. 37. The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that they died for Rebecca. --Tatler. 5. To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin. 6. To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away. Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the brightness. --Spectator. 7. (Arch.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face. 8. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor. {To die in the last ditch}, to fight till death; to die rather than surrender. [bd]There is one certain way,[b8] replied the Prince [William of Orange] [bd] by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin, -- I will die in the last ditch.[b8] --Hume (Hist. of Eng. ). {To die out}, to cease gradually; as, the prejudice has died out. Syn: To expire; decease; perish; depart; vanish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Die \Die\, n.; pl. in 1 and (usually) in 2, {Dice} (d[c6]s); in 4 & 5, {Dies} (d[c6]z). [OE. dee, die, F. d[82], fr. L. datus given, thrown, p. p. of dare to give, throw. See {Date} a point of time.] 1. A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See {Dice}. 2. Any small cubical or square body. Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies. --Watts. 3. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance. Such is the die of war. --Spenser. 4. (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado. 5. (Mach.) (a) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc. (b) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing. (c) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool. {Cutting die} (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather, cloth, paper, etc. {The die is cast}, the hazard must be run; the step is taken, and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Do \Do\, v. t. 1. To perform work upon, about, for, or at, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, or the like. The sergeants seem to do themselves pretty well. --Harper's Mag. 2. To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for. [Colloq. or Slang] Sometimes they lie in wait in these dark streets, and fracture his skull, . . . or break his arm, or cut the sinew of his wrist; and that they call doing him. --Charles Reade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Do \Do\ (d[omac]), n. (Mus.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Do \Do\, v. t. [or] auxiliary. [imp. {Din}; p. p. {Done}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doing}. This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus: I do, thou doest ([?]) or dost [?], he does ([?]), doeth ([?]), or doth ([?]); when auxiliary, the second person is, thou dost. As an independent verb, dost is obsolete or rare, except in poetry. [bd]What dost thou in this world?[b8] --Milton. The form doeth is a verb unlimited, doth, formerly so used, now being the auxiliary form. The second pers, sing., imperfect tense, is didst ([?]), formerly didest ([?]).] [AS. d[?]n; akin to D. doen, OS. duan, OHG. tuon, G. thun, Lith. deti, OSlav. d[?]ti, OIr. d[82]nim I do, Gr. [?] to put, Skr. dh[be], and to E. suffix -dom, and prob. to L. facere to do, E. fact, and perh. to L. -dere in some compounfds, as addere to add, credere to trust. [?][?][?] Cf. {Deed}, {Deem}, {Doom}, {Fact}, {Creed}, {Theme}.] 1. To place; to put. [Obs.] --Tale of a Usurer (about 1330). 2. To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive. [Obs.] My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences. --W. Caxton. I shall . . . your cloister do make. --Piers Plowman. A fatal plague which many did to die. --Spenser. We do you to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. --2 Cor. viii. 1. Note: We have lost the idiom shown by the citations (do used like the French faire or laisser), in which the verb in the infinitive apparently, but not really, has a passive signification, i. e., cause . . . to be made. 3. To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve. The neglecting it may do much danger. --Shak. He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good not harm. --Shak. 4. To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work. --Ex. xx. 9. We did not do these things. --Ld. Lytton. You can not do wrong without suffering wrong. --Emerson. Hence: To do homage, honor, favor, justice, etc., to render homage, honor, etc. 5. To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done. [bd]Ere summer half be done.[b8] [bd]I have done weeping.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Do \Do.\, n. An abbreviation of {Ditto}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Do \Do\, n. 1. Deed; act; fear. [Obs.] --Sir W. Scott. 2. Ado; bustle; stir; to do. [R.] A great deal of do, and a great deal of trouble. -- Selden. 3. A cheat; a swindle. [Slang, Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Do \Do\, v. i. 1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self. They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . . the law and commandment. -- 2 Kings xvii. 34. 2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day? 3. [Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of use, AS. dugan. See {Doughty}.] To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do. You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that won't do; challenge the crown. -- Collier. {To do by}. See under {By}. {To do for}. (a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit. (b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.] Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their victim is stabbed and done for. --Thackeray. {To do withal}, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] [bd]I could not do withal.[b8] --Shak. {To do without}, to get along without; to dispense with. {To have done}, to have made an end or conclusion; to have finished; to be quit; to desist. {To have done with}, to have completed; to be through with; to have no further concern with. {Well to do}, in easy circumstances.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doe \Doe\ (d[omac]), n. [AS. d[be]; cf. Dan. daa, daa-dyr, deer, and perh. L. dama. [root]66.] (Zo[94]l.) A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under {Buck}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doe \Doe\ (d[oomac]), n. A feat. [Obs.] See {Do}, n. --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doo \Doo\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A dove. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dhow \[d8]Dhow\, n. [Ar. d[be]o?] A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail. [Also written {dow}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dow \Dow\, n. A kind of vessel. See {Dhow}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dow \Dow\, v. t. [F. douer. See {Dower}.] To furnish with a dower; to endow. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Dhow \[d8]Dhow\, n. [Ar. d[be]o?] A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail. [Also written {dow}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dow \Dow\, n. A kind of vessel. See {Dhow}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dow \Dow\, v. t. [F. douer. See {Dower}.] To furnish with a dower; to endow. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Due \Due\, v. t. To endue. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Due \Due\, a. [OF. deu, F. d[96], p. p. of devoir to owe, fr. L. debere. See {Debt}, {Habit}, and cf. {Duty}.] 1. Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable. 2. Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit. Her obedience, which is due to me. --Shak. With dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. --Gray. 3. Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; due service; in due time. 4. Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday. 5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause. This effect is due to the attraction of the sun. --J. D. Forbes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Due \Due\, adv. Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Due \Due\, n. 1. That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll. He will give the devil his due. --Shak. Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil. --Tennyson. 2. Right; just title or claim. The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duo \Du"o\, n. [It. duo, fr. L. duo two. See {Duet}.] (Mus.) A composition for two performers; a duet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dye \Dye\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dyeing}.] [OE. deyan, dyen, AS. de[a0]gian.] To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs. Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. --Trench. The soul is dyed by its thoughts. --Lubbock. {To dye in the grain}, {To dye in the wool} (Fig.), to dye firmly; to imbue thoroughly. He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system dyed in the wool. --Hawthorne. Syn: See {Stain}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dye \Dye\, n. 1. Color produced by dyeing. 2. Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dye \Dye\, n. Same as {Die}, a lot. --Spenser.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dow, IL Zip code(s): 62022
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
DAU /dow/ n. [German FidoNet] German acronym for Du"mmster Anzunehmender User (stupidest imaginable user). From the engineering-slang GAU for Gro"sster Anzunehmender Unfall, worst assumable accident, esp. of a LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous consequences. In popular German, GAU is used only to refer to worst-case nuclear acidents such as a core meltdown. See {cretin}, {fool}, {loser} and {weasel}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
dd /dee-dee/ vt. [Unix: from IBM {JCL}] Equivalent to {cat} or {BLT}. Originally the name of a Unix copy command with special options suitable for block-oriented devices; it was often used in heavy-handed system maintenance, as in "Let's `dd' the root partition onto a tape, then use the boot PROM to load it back on to a new disk". The Unix `dd(1)' was designed with a weird, distinctly non-Unixy keyword option syntax reminiscent of IBM System/360 JCL (which had an elaborate DD `Dataset Definition' specification for I/O devices); though the command filled a need, the interface design was clearly a prank. The jargon usage is now very rare outside Unix sites and now nearly obsolete even there, as `dd(1)' has been {deprecated} for a long time (though it has no exact replacement). The term has been displaced by {BLT} or simple English `copy'.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
DDT /D-D-T/ n. [from the insecticide para-dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethene] 1. Generic term for a program that assists in debugging other programs by showing individual machine instructions in a readable symbolic form and letting the user change them. In this sense the term DDT is now archaic, having been widely displaced by `debugger' or names of individual programs like `adb', `sdb', `dbx', or `gdb'. 2. [ITS] Under MIT's fabled {{ITS}} operating system, DDT (running under the alias HACTRN, a six-letterism for `Hack Translator') was also used as the {shell} or top level command language used to execute other programs. 3. Any one of several specific DDTs (sense 1) supported on early {DEC} hardware and CP/M. The PDP-10 Reference Handbook (1969) contained a footnote on the first page of the documentation for DDT that illuminates the origin of the term: Historical footnote: DDT was developed at MIT for the PDP-1 computer in 1961. At that time DDT stood for "DEC Debugging Tape". Since then, the idea of an on-line debugging program has propagated throughout the computer industry. DDT programs are now available for all DEC computers. Since media other than tape are now frequently used, the more descriptive name "Dynamic Debugging Technique" has been adopted, retaining the DDT abbreviation. Confusion between DDT-10 and another well known pesticide, dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (C14-H9-Cl5) should be minimal since each attacks a different, and apparently mutually exclusive, class of bugs. (The `tape' referred to was, incidentally, not magnetic but paper.) Sadly, this quotation was removed from later editions of the handbook after the {suit}s took over and {DEC} became much more `businesslike'. The history above is known to many old-time hackers. But there's more: Peter Samson, compiler of the original {TMRC} lexicon, reports that he named `DDT' after a similar tool on the TX-0 computer, the direct ancestor of the PDP-1 built at MIT's Lincoln Lab in 1957. The debugger on that ground-breaking machine (the first transistorized computer) rejoiced in the name FLIT (FLexowriter Interrogation Tape).
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
die v. Syn. {crash}. Unlike {crash}, which is used primarily of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and software. See also {go flatline}, {casters-up mode}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
D 1. "The Data Language." {MS-DOS} 4GL. 2. A {Haskell}-like language, with {type class}es. E-mail: .
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DAA Distributed Application Architecture: under design by Hewlett-Packard and Sun. A distributed object management environment that will allow applications to be developed independent of operating system, network or windowing system.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DAU /dow/ [German Fidonet] D"ummster Anzunehmender User. A German acronym for stupidest imaginable user. From the engineering-slang GAU for Gr"osster Anzunehmender Unfall (worst foreseeable accident), especially of a LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous consequences. In popular German, GAU is used only to refer to worst-case nuclear accidents such as a core meltdown. See {cretin}, {loser} and {weasel}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DD 1. {double density}. 2. {Data Dictionary}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-08-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dd A {Unix} copy command with special options suitable for block-oriented devices; it was often used in heavy-handed system maintenance, as in "Let's "dd" the {root partition} onto a tape, then use the {boot PROM} to load it back on to a new disk". The Unix "dd" was designed with a weird, distinctly non-Unixy keyword option syntax reminiscent of {IBM} {System/360} JCL (which had an elaborate DD "Dataset Definition" specification for I/O devices); though the command filled a need, the interface design was clearly a prank. The jargon usage is now very rare outside Unix sites and now nearly obsolete even there, as "dd" has been {deprecated} for a long time (though it has no exact replacement). The term has been displaced by {BLT} or simple English "copy". [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DD 1. {double density}. 2. {Data Dictionary}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-08-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dd A {Unix} copy command with special options suitable for block-oriented devices; it was often used in heavy-handed system maintenance, as in "Let's "dd" the {root partition} onto a tape, then use the {boot PROM} to load it back on to a new disk". The Unix "dd" was designed with a weird, distinctly non-Unixy keyword option syntax reminiscent of {IBM} {System/360} JCL (which had an elaborate DD "Dataset Definition" specification for I/O devices); though the command filled a need, the interface design was clearly a prank. The jargon usage is now very rare outside Unix sites and now nearly obsolete even there, as "dd" has been {deprecated} for a long time (though it has no exact replacement). The term has been displaced by {BLT} or simple English "copy". [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DDE {Dynamic Data Exchange}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DDO {Dynamic Drive Overlay}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DDT 1. Generic term for a program that assists in debugging other programs by showing individual machine instructions in a readable symbolic form and letting the user change them. In this sense the term DDT is now archaic, having been widely displaced by "debugger" or names of individual programs like "{adb}", "{sdb}", "{dbx}", or "{gdb}". 2. Under {MIT}'s fabled {ITS} {operating system}, DDT (running under the alias HACTRN) was also used as the {shell} or top level command language used to execute other programs. 3. Any one of several specific debuggers supported on early {DEC} hardware. The {DEC} {PDP-10} Reference Handbook (1969) contained a footnote on the first page of the documentation for DDT that illuminates the origin of the term: Historical footnote: DDT was developed at {MIT} for the {PDP-1} computer in 1961. At that time DDT stood for "DEC Debugging Tape". Since then, the idea of an on-line debugging program has propagated throughout the computer industry. DDT programs are now available for all DEC computers. Since media other than tape are now frequently used, the more descriptive name "Dynamic Debugging Technique" has been adopted, retaining the DDT abbreviation. Confusion between DDT-10 and another well known pesticide, dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (C14-H9-Cl5) should be minimal since each attacks a different, and apparently mutually exclusive, class of bugs. (The "tape" referred to was, incidentally, not magnetic but paper.) Sadly, this quotation was removed from later editions of the handbook after the {suit}s took over and DEC became much more "businesslike". The history above is known to many old-time hackers. But there's more: Peter Samson, compiler of the original {TMRC} lexicon, reports that he named "DDT" after a similar tool on the {TX-0} computer, the direct ancestor of the PDP-1 built at {MIT}'s Lincoln Lab in 1957. The debugger on that ground-breaking machine (the first transistorised computer) rejoiced in the name FLIT (FLexowriter Interrogation Tape). [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
de The {country code} for Germany. (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DE-9 The standard 9-pin {D-shell connector} used for {EIA-232} serial communication. DE-9 is a common alternative to {DB-25}, especially on {personal computers}. (1999-12-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DEA {Data Encryption Algorithm}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
die 1. {crash}. Unlike {crash}, which is used primarily of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and software. See also {go flatline}, {casters-up mode}. 2. Plural: dies. An unpackaged {integrated circuit}. [{Jargon File}] (2002-12-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
do 1. {repeat loop}. 2. The {country code} for Dominican Republic. (1999-06-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DOA Dead on arrival. A piece of {hardware} that has never worked. (2000-12-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DOE Distributed Object Environment: a distributed object-oriented application framework from SunSoft.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DTD {Document Type Definition}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DTE {Data Terminal Equipment}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DT&E {Developmental Test and Evaluation}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DTE {Data Terminal Equipment}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DT&E {Developmental Test and Evaluation}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DUA {Directory User Agent}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Day The Jews reckoned the day from sunset to sunset (Lev. 23:32). It was originally divided into three parts (Ps. 55:17). "The heat of the day" (1 Sam. 11:11; Neh. 7:3) was at our nine o'clock, and "the cool of the day" just before sunset (Gen. 3:8). Before the Captivity the Jews divided the night into three watches, (1) from sunset to midnight (Lam. 2:19); (2) from midnight till the cock-crowing (Judg. 7:19); and (3) from the cock-crowing till sunrise (Ex. 14:24). In the New Testament the division of the Greeks and Romans into four watches was adopted (Mark 13:35). (See {WATCHES}.) The division of the day by hours is first mentioned in Dan. 3:6, 15; 4:19; 5:5. This mode of reckoning was borrowed from the Chaldeans. The reckoning of twelve hours was from sunrise to sunset, and accordingly the hours were of variable length (John 11:9). The word "day" sometimes signifies an indefinite time (Gen. 2:4; Isa. 22:5; Heb. 3:8, etc.). In Job 3:1 it denotes a birthday, and in Isa. 2:12, Acts 17:31, and 2 Tim. 1:18, the great day of final judgment.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dew "There is no dew properly so called in Palestine, for there is no moisture in the hot summer air to be chilled into dew-drops by the coldness of the night. From May till October rain is unknown, the sun shining with unclouded brightness day after day. The heat becomes intense, the ground hard, and vegetation would perish but for the moist west winds that come each night from the sea. The bright skies cause the heat of the day to radiate very quickly into space, so that the nights are as cold as the day is the reverse, a peculiarity of climate from which poor Jacob suffered thousands of years ago (Gen. 31:40). To this coldness of the night air the indispensable watering of all plant-life is due. The winds, loaded with moisture, are robbed of it as they pass over the land, the cold air condensing it into drops of water, which fall in a gracious rain of mist on every thirsty blade. In the morning the fog thus created rests like a sea over the plains, and far up the sides of the hills, which raise their heads above it like so many islands. At sunrise, however, the scene speedily changes. By the kindling light the mist is transformed into vast snow-white clouds, which presently break into separate masses and rise up the mountain-sides, to disappear in the blue above, dissipated by the increasing heat. These are 'the morning clouds and the early dew that go away' of which Hosea (6:4; 13:3) speaks so touchingly" (Geikie's The Holy Land, etc., i., p. 72). Dew is a source of great fertility (Gen. 27:28; Deut. 33:13; Zech. 8:12), and its withdrawal is regarded as a curse from God (2 Sam. 1:21; 1 Kings 17:1). It is the symbol of a multitude (2 Sam. 17:12; Ps. 110:3); and from its refreshing influence it is an emblem of brotherly love and harmony (Ps. 133:3), and of rich spiritual blessings (Hos. 14:5).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dye The art of dyeing is one of great antiquity, although no special mention is made of it in the Old Testament. The Hebrews probably learned it from the Egyptians (see Ex. 26:1; 28:5-8), who brought it to great perfection. In New Testament times Thyatira was famed for its dyers (Acts 16:14). (See {COLOUR}.)