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   dairy farm
         n 1: a farm where dairy products are produced [syn: {dairy},
               {dairy farm}]

English Dictionary: driver	by the DICT Development Group
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dairy farmer n the owner or manager of a dairy [syn: dairyman, {dairy farmer}]
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dairy farming n the business of a dairy Synonym(s): dairying, dairy farming
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dairy product n milk and butter and cheese
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Darfur n an impoverished region of western Sudan; "Darfur was a semi-independent sultanate until 1917 and is ethnically distinct from central Sudan"
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Dari Persian n an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan [syn: Dari, Dari Persian]
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deer fern n fern with erect fronds of Europe and western North America; often cultivated for deer browse Synonym(s): deer fern, Blechnum spicant
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deerberry n small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer Synonym(s): deerberry, squaw huckleberry, Vaccinium stamineum
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Der Fuhrer n German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945) [syn: Hitler, Adolf Hitler, Der Fuhrer]
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door prize n tickets are passed out at the entrance to a dance or party or other social function and a prize is awarded to the holder of the winning ticket
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doorframe n the frame that supports a door [syn: doorframe, doorcase]
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draper n a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)
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drapery n hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) Synonym(s): curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
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drawbar n a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled
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drawbridge n a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it Synonym(s): drawbridge, lift bridge
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drive around v drive someone in a vehicle [syn: drive around, chauffeur] drive without any particular aim; "we were driving around in the countryside on a fine Sunday morning"
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driver n the operator of a motor vehicle Antonym(s): nondriver someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device Synonym(s): driver, device driver a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee Synonym(s): driver, number one wood
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driver ant n tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects Synonym(s): army ant, driver ant, legionary ant
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driver's licence n a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle Synonym(s): driver's license, driver's licence, driving license, driving licence
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driver's license n a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle Synonym(s): driver's license, driver's licence, driving license, driving licence
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drop arch n a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span
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drop earring n an earring with a pendant ornament [syn: pendant earring, drop earring, eardrop]
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drop forge n device for making large forgings [syn: drop forge, {drop hammer}, drop press]
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drop press n device for making large forgings [syn: drop forge, {drop hammer}, drop press]
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dropforge v forge with a dropforge; "drop-force the metal"
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dropper n pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time; "she used an eye dropper to administer medication to the eyes" Synonym(s): dropper, eye dropper
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drover n someone who drives a herd [syn: herder, herdsman, drover]
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dry vermouth n dry pale amber variety [syn: dry vermouth, {French vermouth}]
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durbar n the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur
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dwarf iris n low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers Synonym(s): dwarf iris, vernal iris, Iris verna low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States Synonym(s): dwarf iris, Iris cristata
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dwarf Russian almond n Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers [syn: Russian almond, dwarf Russian almond, Prunus tenella]
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d8Arbor Dian91 \[d8]Ar"bor Di*a"n[91]\ [L., the tree of Diana, or silver.] (Chem.) A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.
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d8Arbor vit91 \[d8]Ar"bor vi"t[91]\ [L., tree of life.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus {Thuja}. The American species is the {T. occidentalis}. 2. (Anat.) The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.
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d8Arboretum \[d8]Ar`bo*re"tum\, n.; pl. {Arboreta}. [L., a place grown with trees.] A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
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d8Au revoir \[d8]Au` re*voir"\ [F., lit., to the seeing again.] Good-by until we meet again.
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d8Doryphora \[d8]Doryph"ora\, n. [NL. See {Doryphoros}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See {Potato beetle}.
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d8Doryphoros \[d8]Doryph"oros\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], lit., spear bearing; [?] a spear + [?] to bear.] (Fine Arts) A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us.
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d8R82pertoire \[d8]R[82]`per`toire"\ (F. r[asl]`p[acir]r`tw[aum]r"; E. r[ecr]p"[etil]r*tw[aum]r), n. [F. See {Repertory}.] A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform.
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d8Rapprochement \[d8]Rap`proche`ment"\, n. [F., fr. rapprocher to cause to approach again. See {Re-}; {Approach}.] Act or fact of coming or being drawn near or together; establishment or state of cordial relations. He had witnessed the gradual rapprochement between the papacy and Austria. --Wilfrid Ward.
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d8Referendum \[d8]Ref`eren"dum\ (r?f`?r?n"d?m), n. [Gerundive fr. L. referre. See {Refer}.] 1. A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point. 2. The right to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature.
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d8Refrigerium \[d8]Ref`rige"rium\ (r?f`r?j?"r??m), n. [L.] Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [Obs.] --South.
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d8Repartimiento \[d8]Re`parti`mien"to\ (r?`p?r-t?`m?-?n"t?), n. [Sp., fr. repartir to divide.] A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes. --W. Irving.
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d8Revers \[d8]Re*vers"\, n.sing & pl. [F. See {Reverse}, n.] (Dressmaking, Tailoring, etc.) A part turned or folded back so as to show the inside, or a piece put on in imitation of such a part, as the lapel of a coat.
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d8Rivi8are \[d8]Ri`vi[8a]re"\, n. [F.] A necklace of diamonds or other precious stones, esp. one of several strings.
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d8Terebra \[d8]Ter"e*bra\, n.; pl. E. {Terebras}, L. {Terebr[91]}. [L., a borer.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also {auger shell}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
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d8Terebrantia \[d8]Ter`ebran"tia\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.
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d8Terebratula \[d8]Ter`ebrat"ula\, n.; pl. {Terebratul[91]}. [Nl., dim. fr. terebratus, p. p., perforated.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also {lamp shell}.
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d8Triforium \[d8]Trifo"rium\, n. [LL., fr. L. tri- (see {Tri-}) + foris, pl. fores, a door.] (Arch.) The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows.
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d8Trouv8are \[d8]Trou`v[8a]re"\, d8Trouveur \[d8]Trou`veur"\, n. [F. trouveur, trouv[8a]re. See {Troubadour}.] One of a school of poets who flourished in Northern France from the eleventh to the fourteenth century.
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d8Trouv8are \[d8]Trou`v[8a]re"\, d8Trouveur \[d8]Trou`veur"\, n. [F. trouveur, trouv[8a]re. See {Troubadour}.] One of a school of poets who flourished in Northern France from the eleventh to the fourteenth century.
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Durbar \Dur"bar\, n. [Hind. darb[be]r, fr. Per dar[?][be]r house, court, hall of audience; dar door, gate + b[be]r court, assembly.] An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India. [India] [Written also {darbar}.]
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Dearborn \Dear"born\, n. A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.
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Deerberry \Deer"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) A shrub of the blueberry group ({Vaccinium stamineum}); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also {squaw huckleberry}.
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Deriver \De*riv"er\, n. One who derives.
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Sassafras \Sas"sa*fras\, n. [F. sassafras (cf. It. sassafrasso, sassafras, Sp. sasafras, salsafras, salsifrax, salsifragia, saxifragia), fr. L. saxifraga saxifrage. See {Saxifrage}.] (Bot.) An American tree of the Laurel family ({Sassafras officinale}); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste. {Australian sassafras}, a lofty tree ({Doryophora Sassafras}) with aromatic bark and leaves. {Chilian sassafras}, an aromatic tree ({Laurelia sempervirens}). {New Zealand sassafras}, a similar tree ({Laurelia Nov[91] Zelandi[91]}). {Sassafras nut}. See {Pichurim bean}. {Swamp sassafras}, the sweet bay ({Magnolia glauca}). See {Magnolia}.
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Potato \Po*ta"to\, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico. (b) The sweet potato (see below). {Potato beetle}, {Potato bug}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A beetle ({Doryphora decemlineata}) which feeds, both in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the potato, often doing great damage. Called also {Colorado potato beetle}, and {Doryphora}. See {Colorado beetle}. (b) The {Lema trilineata}, a smaller and more slender striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur does less injury than the preceding species. {Potato fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of blister beetles infesting the potato vine. The black species ({Lytta atrata}), the striped ({L. vittata}), and the gray ({L. cinerea, [or] Fabricii}) are the most common. See {Blister beetle}, under {Blister}. {Potato rot}, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed to be caused by a kind of mold ({Peronospora infestans}), which is first seen upon the leaves and stems. {Potato weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil ({Baridius trinotatus}) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop. {Potato whisky}, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made from potatoes or potato starch. {Potato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or hawk moth ({Macrosila quinquemaculata}); -- called also {tomato worm}. See Illust. under {Tomato}. {Seaside potato} (Bot.), {Ipom[d2]a Pes-Capr[91]}, a kind of morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed leaves. [West Indies] {Sweet potato} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ipom[d2]a Balatas}) allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this plant before it was to the {Solanum tuberosum}, and this is the [bd]potato[b8] of the Southern United States. {Wild potato}. (Bot.) (a) A vine ({Ipom[d2]a pandurata}) having a pale purplish flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy places in the United States. (b) A similar tropical American plant ({I. fastigiata}) which it is thought may have been the original stock of the sweet potato.
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Potato \Po*ta"to\, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico. (b) The sweet potato (see below). {Potato beetle}, {Potato bug}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A beetle ({Doryphora decemlineata}) which feeds, both in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the potato, often doing great damage. Called also {Colorado potato beetle}, and {Doryphora}. See {Colorado beetle}. (b) The {Lema trilineata}, a smaller and more slender striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur does less injury than the preceding species. {Potato fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of blister beetles infesting the potato vine. The black species ({Lytta atrata}), the striped ({L. vittata}), and the gray ({L. cinerea, [or] Fabricii}) are the most common. See {Blister beetle}, under {Blister}. {Potato rot}, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed to be caused by a kind of mold ({Peronospora infestans}), which is first seen upon the leaves and stems. {Potato weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil ({Baridius trinotatus}) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop. {Potato whisky}, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made from potatoes or potato starch. {Potato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or hawk moth ({Macrosila quinquemaculata}); -- called also {tomato worm}. See Illust. under {Tomato}. {Seaside potato} (Bot.), {Ipom[d2]a Pes-Capr[91]}, a kind of morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed leaves. [West Indies] {Sweet potato} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ipom[d2]a Balatas}) allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this plant before it was to the {Solanum tuberosum}, and this is the [bd]potato[b8] of the Southern United States. {Wild potato}. (Bot.) (a) A vine ({Ipom[d2]a pandurata}) having a pale purplish flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy places in the United States. (b) A similar tropical American plant ({I. fastigiata}) which it is thought may have been the original stock of the sweet potato.
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Colorado beetle \Col`o*ra"do bee"tle\ (Zo[94]l.) A yellowish beetle ({Doryphora decemlineata}), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also {potato beetle} and {potato bug}. See {Potato beetle}.
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Drabber \Drab"ber\, n. One who associates with drabs; a wencher. --Massinger.
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Draper \Dra"per\, n. [F. drapier.] One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.
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Draperied \Dra"per*ied\, a. Covered or supplied with drapery. [R.] --Byron.
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Drapery \Dra"per*y\, n.; pl. {Draperies}. [F. draperie.] 1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. --Bacon. 2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. --Macaulay. 3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. --Burke. {Casting of draperies}. See under {Casting}. The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. --Fairholt.
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Drapery \Dra"per*y\, n.; pl. {Draperies}. [F. draperie.] 1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. --Bacon. 2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. --Macaulay. 3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. --Burke. {Casting of draperies}. See under {Casting}. The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. --Fairholt.
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Bridge \Bridge\, n. [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge, AS. brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG. brucca, G. br[81]cke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and prob. Icel. br[umac] bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. brow.] 1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other. 2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed. 3. (Mus.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument. 4. (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit. 5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a {bridge wall}. {Aqueduct bridge}. See {Aqueduct}. {Asses' bridge}, {Bascule bridge}, {Bateau bridge}. See under {Ass}, {Bascule}, {Bateau}. {Bridge of a steamer} (Naut.), a narrow platform across the deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects the paddle boxes. {Bridge of the nose}, the upper, bony part of the nose. {Cantalever bridge}. See under {Cantalever}. {Draw bridge}. See {Drawbridge}. {Flying bridge}, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the current or other means. {Girder bridge} or {Truss bridge}, a bridge formed by girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers. {Lattice bridge}, a bridge formed by lattice girders. {Pontoon bridge}, {Ponton bridge}. See under {Pontoon}. {Skew bridge}, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as sometimes required in railway engineering. {Suspension bridge}. See under {Suspension}. {Trestle bridge}, a bridge formed of a series of short, simple girders resting on trestles. {Tubular bridge}, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal. {Wheatstone's bridge} (Elec.), a device for the measurement of resistances, so called because the balance between the resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone.
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Drawbar \Draw"bar`\, n. (Railroad) (a) An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train. (b) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
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Goldfinch \Gold"finch`\, n. [AS. goldfinc. See {Gold}, and {Finch}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A beautiful bright-colored European finch ({Carduelis elegans}). The name refers to the large patch of yellow on the wings. The front of the head and throat are bright red; the nape, with part of the wings and tail, black; -- called also {goldspink}, {goldie}, {fool's coat}, {drawbird}, {draw-water}, {thistle finch}, and {sweet William}. (b) The yellow-hammer. (c) A small American finch ({Spinus tristis}); the thistle bird. Note: The name is also applied to other yellow finches, esp. to several additional American species of {Spinus}.
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Drawbore \Draw"bore`\, v. t. 1. To make a drawbore in; as, to drawbore a tenon. 2. To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.
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Drawbore \Draw"bore`\, n. (Joinery) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together. --Weale.
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Drawbridge \Draw"bridge`\, n. A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal. Note: The movable portion, or draw, is called, specifically, a bascule, balance, or lifting bridge, a turning, swivel, or swing bridge, or a rolling bridge, according as it turns on a hinge vertically, or on a pivot horizontally, or is pushed on rollers.
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Dribber \Drib"ber\, n. One who dribs; one who shoots weakly or badly. [Obs.] --Ascham.
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{To let} {drive [or] fly}, to discharge with violence, as a blow, an arrow, or stone. See under {Drive}, and {Fly}. {To let in} [or] into. (a) To permit or suffer to enter; to admit. (b) To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess formed in a surface for the purpose. {To let loose}, to remove restraint from; to permit to wander at large. {To let off.} (a) To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the charge of, as a gun. (b) To release, as from an engagement or obligation. [Colloq.] {To let out}. (a) To allow to go forth; as, to let out a prisoner. (b) To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord. (c) To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as a job. (d) To divulge. {To let slide}, to let go; to cease to care for. [Colloq.] [bd] Let the world slide.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spanker \Spank"er\, n. 1. One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking. 2. (Naut.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called {driver}. See Illust. under {Sail}. --Totten. 3. One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse. [Colloq.] 4. Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person. [Colloq.] {Spanker boom} (Naut.), a boom to which a spanker sail is attached. See Illust. of {Ship}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Driver \Driv"er\, n. [From {Drive}.] 1. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward. 2. The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive. 3. An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work. 4. (Mach.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically: (a) The driving wheel of a locomotive. (b) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. (c) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone. 5. (Naut.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. --Totten. {Driver ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of African stinging ant; one of the visiting ants ({Anomma arcens}); -- so called because they move about in vast armies, and drive away or devour all insects and other small animals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spanker \Spank"er\, n. 1. One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking. 2. (Naut.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called {driver}. See Illust. under {Sail}. --Totten. 3. One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse. [Colloq.] 4. Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person. [Colloq.] {Spanker boom} (Naut.), a boom to which a spanker sail is attached. See Illust. of {Ship}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Driver \Driv"er\, n. [From {Drive}.] 1. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward. 2. The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive. 3. An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work. 4. (Mach.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically: (a) The driving wheel of a locomotive. (b) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. (c) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone. 5. (Naut.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. --Totten. {Driver ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of African stinging ant; one of the visiting ants ({Anomma arcens}); -- so called because they move about in vast armies, and drive away or devour all insects and other small animals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Driver \Driv"er\, n. [From {Drive}.] 1. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward. 2. The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive. 3. An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work. 4. (Mach.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically: (a) The driving wheel of a locomotive. (b) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. (c) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone. 5. (Naut.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. --Totten. {Driver ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of African stinging ant; one of the visiting ants ({Anomma arcens}); -- so called because they move about in vast armies, and drive away or devour all insects and other small animals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drooper \Droop"er\, n. One who, or that which, droops.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drop \Drop\, n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and Fr. AS. dre[a2]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D. druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel. drj[?]pa. Cf. {Drip}, {Droop}.] 1. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water. With minute drops from off the eaves. --Milton. As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart. -- Shak. That drop of peace divine. --Keble. 2. That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug. 3. (Arch.) (a) Same as {Gutta}. (b) Any small pendent ornament. 4. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something; as: (a) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself. (b) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck. (c) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet. (d) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc. (e) A drop press or drop hammer. (f) (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger. 5. pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops. 6. (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent. {Ague drop}, {Black drop}. See under {Ague}, {Black}. {Drop by drop}, in small successive quantities; in repeated portions. [bd]Made to taste drop by drop more than the bitterness of death.[b8] --Burke. {Drop curtain}. See {Drop}, n., 4. (d) . {Drop forging}. (Mech.) (a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer. (b) The process of making drop forgings. {Drop hammer} (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on an anvil or die. {Drop kick} (Football), a kick given to the ball as it rebounds after having been dropped from the hands. {Drop lake}, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. --Mollett. {Drop letter}, a letter to be delivered from the same office where posted. {Drop press} (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke hammer; -- also called drop. {Drop scene}, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See {Drop}, n., 4. (d) . {Drop seed}. (Bot.) See the List under {Glass}. {Drop serene}. (Med.) See {Amaurosis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drop \Drop\, n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and Fr. AS. dre[a2]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D. druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel. drj[?]pa. Cf. {Drip}, {Droop}.] 1. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water. With minute drops from off the eaves. --Milton. As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart. -- Shak. That drop of peace divine. --Keble. 2. That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug. 3. (Arch.) (a) Same as {Gutta}. (b) Any small pendent ornament. 4. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something; as: (a) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself. (b) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck. (c) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet. (d) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc. (e) A drop press or drop hammer. (f) (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger. 5. pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops. 6. (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent. {Ague drop}, {Black drop}. See under {Ague}, {Black}. {Drop by drop}, in small successive quantities; in repeated portions. [bd]Made to taste drop by drop more than the bitterness of death.[b8] --Burke. {Drop curtain}. See {Drop}, n., 4. (d) . {Drop forging}. (Mech.) (a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer. (b) The process of making drop forgings. {Drop hammer} (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on an anvil or die. {Drop kick} (Football), a kick given to the ball as it rebounds after having been dropped from the hands. {Drop lake}, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. --Mollett. {Drop letter}, a letter to be delivered from the same office where posted. {Drop press} (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke hammer; -- also called drop. {Drop scene}, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See {Drop}, n., 4. (d) . {Drop seed}. (Bot.) See the List under {Glass}. {Drop serene}. (Med.) See {Amaurosis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rudder \Rud"der\, n. [OE. rother, AS. r[omac][edh]er a paddle; akin to D. roer rudder, oar, G. ruder, OHG. roadar, Sw. roder, ror, Dan. roer, ror. [root] 8. See {Row} to propel with an oar, and cf. {Rother}. ] 1. (Naut.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment. 2. Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course. For rhyme the rudder is of verses. --Hudibras. {Balance rudder} (Naut.), a rudder pivoted near the middle instead of at the edge, -- common on sharpies. {Drop rudder} (Naut.), a rudder extending below the keel so as to be more effective in steering. {Rudder chain} (Naut.), one of the loose chains or ropes which fasten the rudder to the quarters to prevent its loss in case it gets unshipped, and for operating it in case the tiller or the wheel is broken. {Rudder coat} (Naut.), a covering of tarred canvas used to prevent water from entering the rudderhole. {Rudder fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pilot fish. (b) The amber fish ({Seriola zonata}), which is bluish having six broad black bands. (c) A plain greenish black American fish ({Leirus perciformis}); -- called also {black rudder fish}, {logfish}, and {barrel fish}. The name is also applied to other fishes which follow vessels. {Rudder pendants} (Naut.), ropes connected with the rudder chains.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dropper \Drop"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly. 2. A dropping tube. 3. (Mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dropworm \Drop"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dropwort \Drop"wort`\, n. (Bot.) An Old World species of {Spir[91]a} ({S. filipendula}), with finely cut leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drove \Drove\, n. [AS. dr[be]f, fr. dr[c6]fan to drive. See {Drive}.] 1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body. 2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove. --Milton. 3. A crowd of people in motion. Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. --Dryden. 4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.] 5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. --Simmonds. 6. (Masonry) (a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also {drove chisel}. (b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also {drove work}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drover \Dro"ver\, n. 1. One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market. Why, that's spoken like an honest drover; so they sell bullocks. --Shak. 2. A boat driven by the tide. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drubber \Drub"ber\, n. One who drubs. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Durbar \Dur"bar\, n. [Hind. darb[be]r, fr. Per dar[?][be]r house, court, hall of audience; dar door, gate + b[be]r court, assembly.] An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India. [India] [Written also {darbar}.]
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Darfork, KY Zip code(s): 41701
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Darfur, MN (city, FIPS 14770) Location: 44.05360 N, 94.83732 W Population (1990): 128 (66 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56022
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Dearborn, MI (city, FIPS 21000) Location: 42.31133 N, 83.21348 W Population (1990): 89286 (36929 housing units) Area: 63.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48120, 48124, 48126, 48128 Dearborn, MO (city, FIPS 18658) Location: 39.52493 N, 94.77295 W Population (1990): 480 (229 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64439
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Deer Park, AL Zip code(s): 36529 Deer Park, CA (CDP, FIPS 18324) Location: 38.53277 N, 122.46862 W Population (1990): 1825 (722 housing units) Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Deer Park, IL (village, FIPS 19083) Location: 42.16813 N, 88.08819 W Population (1990): 2887 (917 housing units) Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Deer Park, MD (town, FIPS 22275) Location: 39.42348 N, 79.32670 W Population (1990): 419 (174 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21550 Deer Park, NY (CDP, FIPS 19972) Location: 40.76230 N, 73.32262 W Population (1990): 28840 (9616 housing units) Area: 16.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11729 Deer Park, OH (city, FIPS 21266) Location: 39.20340 N, 84.39697 W Population (1990): 6181 (2731 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Deer Park, TX (city, FIPS 19624) Location: 29.69039 N, 95.11531 W Population (1990): 27652 (9127 housing units) Area: 26.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77536 Deer Park, WA (city, FIPS 17320) Location: 47.96334 N, 117.43396 W Population (1990): 2278 (949 housing units) Area: 16.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99006 Deer Park, WI (village, FIPS 19325) Location: 45.18861 N, 92.38660 W Population (1990): 237 (98 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54007
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Deer River, MN (city, FIPS 15310) Location: 47.33595 N, 93.79399 W Population (1990): 838 (392 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56636
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Deerbrook, WI Zip code(s): 54424
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Driver, AR Zip code(s): 72329
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Dry Fork, VA Zip code(s): 24549
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Dry Prong, LA (village, FIPS 21765) Location: 31.57865 N, 92.52935 W Population (1990): 380 (171 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71423
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Dryfork, WV Zip code(s): 26263
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Dr. Fred Mbogo /*m-boh'goh, dok'tr fred/ n. [Stanford] The archetypal man you don't want to see about a problem, esp. an incompetent professional; a shyster. "Do you know a good eye doctor?" "Sure, try Mbogo Eye Care and Professional Dry Cleaning." The name comes from synergy between {bogus} and the original Dr. Mbogo, a witch doctor who was Gomez Addams' physician on the old "Addams Family" TV show. Interestingly enough, it turns out that under the rules for Swahili noun classes, `m-' is the characteristic prefix of "nouns referring to human beings". As such, "mbogo" is quite plausible as a Swahili coinage for a person having the nature of a {bogon}. Compare {Bloggs Family} and {J. Random Hacker}; see also {Fred Foobar} and {fred}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
driver n. 1. The {main loop} of an event-processing program; the code that gets commands and dispatches them for execution. 2. [techspeak] In `device driver', code designed to handle a particular peripheral device such as a magnetic disk or tape unit. 3. In the TeX world and the computerized typesetting world in general, a program that translates some device-independent or other common format to something a real device can actually understand.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dereference To access the thing to which a pointer points, i.e. to follow the pointer. E.g. in {C}, the declarations int i; int p = &i; declare i as an integer and p as a pointer to integer. p is initialised to point at i ("&i" is the address of i - the inverse of ""). The expression p dereferences p to yield i as an {lvalue}, i.e. something which can appear either on the left of an {assignment} or anywhere an integer expression is valid. Thus p = 17; would set i to 17. p++ is not the same as i++ however since it is parsed as (p++), i.e. increment p (which would be an invalid thing to do if it was pointing to a single int, as in this example) then dereference p's old value. The {C} operator "->" also dereferences its left hand argument which is assumed to point to a {structure} or {union} of which the right hand argument is a {member}. At first sight the word "dereference" might be thought to mean "to cause to stop referring" but its meaning is well established in jargon. (1998-12-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
driver 1. {device driver}. 2. The {main loop} of an event-processing program; the code that gets commands and dispatches them for execution. 3. In the {TeX} world and the computerised typesetting world in general, a program that translates some device-independent or other common format to something a real device can actually understand. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
drivers {driver}