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   dacite
         n 1: a grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and
               other crystalline minerals

English Dictionary: dioxide	by the DICT Development Group
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dacoit n a member of an armed gang of robbers [syn: dacoit, dakoit]
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dacoity n robbery by a gang of armed dacoits [syn: dacoity, dakoity]
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Dagda n chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit
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dakoit n a member of an armed gang of robbers [syn: dacoit, dakoit]
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dakoity n robbery by a gang of armed dacoits [syn: dacoity, dakoity]
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Dakota n a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota
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dashed adj having gaps or spaces; "sign on the dotted line" [syn: dashed, dotted]
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dazed adj in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue" Synonym(s): dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid(p) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) Synonym(s): dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous
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de Sade n French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814) Synonym(s): Sade, de Sade, Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, Marquis de Sade
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decade n a period of 10 years [syn: decade, decennary, decennium] the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system Synonym(s): ten, 10, X, tenner, decade
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decayed adj damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" Synonym(s): decayed, rotten, rotted
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deceit n the quality of being fraudulent [syn: fraudulence, deceit] a misleading falsehood Synonym(s): misrepresentation, deceit, deception the act of deceiving Synonym(s): deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
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decide v reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" Synonym(s): decide, make up one's mind, determine bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" Synonym(s): decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!" influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
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decidua n the epithelial tissue of the endometrium
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deck out v put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party" Synonym(s): overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out Antonym(s): dress down, underdress
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decode v convert code into ordinary language [syn: decode, decrypt, decipher] Antonym(s): encode
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deist adj of or relating to deism Synonym(s): deist, deistic n a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it Synonym(s): deist, freethinker
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deuced adj expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" Synonym(s): blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
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dickhead n insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous Synonym(s): asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB
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dicot n flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside Synonym(s): dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid, exogen
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dig out v remove, harvest, or recover by digging; "dig salt"; "dig coal" Synonym(s): dig, dig up, dig out dig out from underneath earth or snow create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel" Synonym(s): dig, dig out
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digit n one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits" Synonym(s): digit, figure the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure Synonym(s): finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates Synonym(s): digit, dactyl
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dioxide n an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
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discoid adj having a flat circular shape [syn: discoid, discoidal, disklike, disclike, disk-shaped, disc-shaped]
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dish out v administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" Synonym(s): distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show" Synonym(s): serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish
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dished adj shaped like a dish or pan [syn: dished, dish-shaped, patelliform]
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diskette n a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price" Synonym(s): diskette, floppy, floppy disk
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disquiet n a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments [syn: anxiousness, disquiet] the trait of seeming ill at ease Synonym(s): disquiet, unease, uneasiness v disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" Synonym(s): perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder
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dissuade v turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people" Synonym(s): dissuade, deter Antonym(s): persuade
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do good v be beneficial for; "This will do you good" [syn: benefit, do good]
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do-si-do n a square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places
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docket n (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to Synonym(s): agenda, docket, schedule v place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried" make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
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dockside n the region adjacent to a boat dock
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dog do n fecal droppings from a dog [syn: dog shit, dog do, doggy do, dog turd]
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dog shit n fecal droppings from a dog [syn: dog shit, dog do, doggy do, dog turd]
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dogged adj stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" Synonym(s): dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
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doggy do n fecal droppings from a dog [syn: dog shit, dog do, doggy do, dog turd]
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dogshit n obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" Synonym(s): bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit
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dogwood n a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers Synonym(s): dogwood, dogwood tree, cornel hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood
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dosed adj treated with some kind of application; "a mustache dosed with bear grease"
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ducat n formerly a gold coin of various European countries
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duck shot n small lead shot for shotgun shells [syn: bird shot, buckshot, duck shot]
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duckweed n any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
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duct n a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" Synonym(s): duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls an enclosed conduit for a fluid
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due east n the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees [syn: east, due east, eastward, E]
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due south n the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees [syn: south, due south, southward, S]
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due west n the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn: west, due west, westward, W]
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dugout n either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log Synonym(s): dugout canoe, dugout, pirogue a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground Synonym(s): bunker, dugout
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dust n fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust" the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up Synonym(s): debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust" v remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets" rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape; "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image" cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread with flour" distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" Synonym(s): scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse
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dusty adj covered with a layer of dust; "a dusty pile of books" Synonym(s): dusty, dust-covered lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth- eaten theories about race"; "stale news" Synonym(s): cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d1coid \[d1]"coid\, n. [Gr. [?] a house + -oid.] (Anat.) The colorless porous framework, or stroma, of red blood corpuscles from which the zooid, or hemoglobin and other substances of the corpuscles, may be dissolved out.
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d890coute \[d8][90]`coute"\, n. [F., a listening place.] (Mil.) One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.
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d8Achiote \[d8]A`chi*o"te\, n. [Sp. achiote, fr. Indian achiotl.] Seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto.
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d8Agouta \[d8]A*gou"ta\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A small insectivorous mammal ({Solenodon paradoxus}), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.
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d8Asitia \[d8]Asi"tia\, n. [Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] food.] (Med.) Want of appetite; loathing of food.
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d8Auget \[d8]Au*get"\, n. [F., dim. of auge trough, fr. L. alveus hollow, fr. alvus belly.] (Mining) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied. --Knight.
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d8Azote \[d8]A*zo"te\, n. [Sp.] A switch or whip. [Sp. Amer.]
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d8Caa4ada \[d8]Ca*[a4]a"da\, n. [Sp.] A small ca[a4]on; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]
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d8Cete \[d8]Ce"te\, n. [L., pl.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Cetacea, or collectively, the Cetacea.
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d8Chateau \[d8]Cha`teau"\, n.; pl. {Chateux}. [F. ch[83]teau a castle. See {Castle}.] 1. A castle or a fortress in France. 2. A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg. Note: The distinctive, French term for a fortified caste of the middle ages is ch[83]teau-fort. {[d8]Chateau en Espagne}[F.], a castle in Spain, that is, a castle in the air, Spain being the region of romance.
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d8Chati \[d8]Cha`ti"\, n. [Cf. F. chat cat.] (Zo[94]l.) A small South American species of tiger cat ({Felis mitis}).
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d8Chatty \[d8]Chat"ty\, n. [Tamil sh[be]ti.] A porous earthen pot used in India for cooling water, etc.
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d8Chih tai \[d8]Chih" tai`\ [Chin. chih to govern + t[bf]ai an honorary title.] A Chinese governor general; a tsung tu (which see).
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d8Chout \[d8]Chout\, n. [Mahratta chauth one fourth part.] An assessment equal to a fourth part of the revenue. [India] --J. Mill.
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d8Coaita \[d8]Coai"ta\ (k[osl][aum][icr]"t[adot]), n. (Zo[94]l.) The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus {Ateles}, esp. {A. paniscus}. The black-faced coaita is {Ateles ater}. See Illustration in Appendix.
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d8Coda \[d8]Co"da\ (k[omac]"d[adot]), n. [It., tail, fr. L. cauda.] (Mus.) A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.
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d8Coteau \[d8]Co`teau"\, n.; pl. {Coteaux}. [F., a hill.] [Canada & U. S.] 1. A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys; a divide. 2. The side of a valley.
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d8Decidua \[d8]Decid"ua\ (?; 135), n. [NL., fr. L. deciduus. See {Deciduous}.] (Anat.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.
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d8Dicta \[d8]Dic"ta\, n. pl. [L.] See {Dictum}.
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d8Docet91 \[d8]Do*ce"t[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. [?] to appear.] (Eccl. Hist.) Ancient heretics who held that Christ's body was merely a phantom or appearance.
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d8Escouade \[d8]Es`couade"\, n. See {Squad},
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d8Exeat \[d8]Ex"e*at\, n. [L., let him go forth.] 1. A license for absence from a college or a religious house. [Eng.] --Shipley. 2. A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese. --Wharton.
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d8Exit \[d8]Ex"it\ [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See {Exeunt}, {Issue}.] He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth. Note: The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt ( they go out), are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from the stage of one or more of the actors.
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d8Ghat \[d8]Ghat\ Ghaut \Ghaut\, n. [Hind. gh[be]t.] 1. A pass through a mountain. [India] --J. D. Hooker. 2. A range of mountains. --Balfour (Cyc. of Ind. ). 3. Stairs descending to a river; a landing place; a wharf. [India] --Malcom.
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d8Ghetto \[d8]Ghet"to\, n. [It.] The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city. I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. --Evelyn.
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d8Go96t \[d8]Go[96]t\ (g[oomac]), n. [F., fr. L. gustus taste. See {Gusto}.] Taste; relish.
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d8Gutta \[d8]Gut"ta\, n.; pl. {Gutt[92]}. [L.] 1. A drop. 2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also {campana}, and {drop}. {Gutta serena} [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis. {Gutt[91] band}> (Arch.), the listel or band from which the gutt[91] hang.
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d8Jet d'eau \[d8]Jet` d'eau"\, pl. {Jets d'eau}. [F., a throw of water. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), in a public place or in a garden, for ornament.
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d8Jet d'eau \[d8]Jet` d'eau"\; pl. {Jets d'eau}. [F., a throw of water.] A stream of water spouting, esp. upward, from a fountain or pipe for ornament; also, the fountain or pipe from which it issues.
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d8Keddah \[d8]Ked"dah\, n. [Malay kedah, fr. Ar. qadah hole.] An inclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants; an elephant trap. [India]
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d8Kuda \[d8]Ku"da\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The East Indian tapir. See {Tapir}.
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d8Kudu \[d8]Ku"du\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Koodoo}.
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d8Sadda \[d8]Sad"da\, n. [Per. sad-dar the hundred gates or ways; sad a hundred + dar door, way.] A work in the Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books.
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d8Saute \[d8]Sau`te"\, p. p. of {Sauter}. --C. Owen.
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d8Scotia \[d8]Sco"ti*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. skoti`a darkness, a sunken molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark shadow it casts, from sko`tos darkness.] (Arch.) A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.
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d8Scudo \[d8]Scu"do\, n.; pl. {Scudi}. [It., a crown, a dollar, a shield, fr. L. scutum a shield. Cf. {Scute}.] (Com.) (a) A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same. (b) A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.
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d8Scuta \[d8]Scu"ta\, n. pl. See {Scutum}.
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d8Seta \[d8]Se"ta\, n.; pl. {Set[91]}. [L. seta, saeta, a bristle.] 1. (Biol.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form. (b) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.
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d8Sida \[d8]Si"da\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] a kind of plant.] (Bot.) A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and flax. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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d8Tacet \[d8]Ta"cet\, v.impers. [L., it is silent, 3d pers.pr. of tacere to be silent.] (Mus.) It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.
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d8Tasto \[d8]Tas"to\, n. [It.] (Mus.) A key or thing touched to produce a tone. {[d8]Tasto solo}, single touch; -- in old music, a direction denoting that the notes in the bass over or under which it is written should be performed alone, or with no other chords than unisons and octaves.
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Test \Test\, d8Testa \[d8]Tes"ta\, n.; pl. E. {Tests}, L. {Test[91]}. [L. testa a piece of burned clay, a broken piece of earthenware, a shell. See {Test} a cupel.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals. Note: The test of crustaceans and insects is composed largely of chitin; in mollusks it is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate, and is called the shell. 2. (Bot.) The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.
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d8Thecata \[d8]The*ca"ta\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] a case.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Thecophora}.
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d8Toccata \[d8]Toc*ca"ta\, n. [It., fr. toccare to touch. See {Touch}.] (Mus.) An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.
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d8Tosto \[d8]Tos"to\, a. [It.] (Mus.) Quick; rapid. {[d8]Pui tosto}[It.] (Mus.), faster; more rapid.
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d8Wagati \[d8]Wa*ga"ti\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small East Indian wild cat ({Felis wagati}), regarded by some as a variety of the leopard cat.
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d8Zati \[d8]Za"ti\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A species of macaque ({Macacus pileatus}) native of India and Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiating hairs on the back of the head. Called also {capped macaque}.
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d8Zayat \[d8]Za"yat\ (?; 277), n. A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc. [Burmah]
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d8Zeta \[d8]Ze"ta\, n. [L., from Gr. [?]. Cf. {Zed}.] A Greek letter [[zeta]] corresponding to our z.
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Dacoit \Dacoit"\ (d[adot]koit"), n. [Hind. [dsdot]akait, [dsdot][amac]k[amac]yat.] One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.
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Dacoity \Da*coit"y\, n. The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits.
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Dakotas \Da*ko"tas\, n. pl.; sing. {Dacota}. (Ethnol.) An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called {Sioux}. [Written also {Dacotahs}.]
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Daisied \Dai"sied\, a. Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. [bd]The daisied green.[b8] --Langhorne. The grass all deep and daisied. --G. Eliot.
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Dakoit \Dakoit"\, n., Dakoity \Dakoit"y\, n. See {Dacoit}, {Dacoity}.
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Dakoit \Dakoit"\, n., Dakoity \Dakoit"y\, n. See {Dacoit}, {Dacoity}.
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Dash \Dash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dashing}.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat, strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.] 1. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against. If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound. --Bacon. 2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin. Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. --Ps. ii. 9. A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces. --Shak. To perplex and dash Maturest counsels. --Milton. 3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. --South. Dash the proud games[?]er in his gilded car. --Pope. 4. To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture. I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications. --Addison. The very source and fount of day Is dashed with wandering isles of night. --Tennyson. 5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon. 6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.
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Daze \Daze\ (d[amac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dazed} (d[amac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dazing}.] [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dw[aemac]s, dysig, stupid. [root]71. Cf. {Dizzy}, {Doze}.] To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. --Spenser. Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. --Sir H. Taylor. He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. --Dickens.
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Decad \Dec"ad\, n. A decade. Averill was a decad and a half his elder. --Tennyson.
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Decade \Dec"ade\, n. [F. d[82]cade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. [?], fr. de`ka ten. See {Ten}.] A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written also {decad}.] During this notable decade of years. --Gladstone.
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Decad \Dec"ad\, n. A decade. Averill was a decad and a half his elder. --Tennyson.
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Decade \Dec"ade\, n. [F. d[82]cade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. [?], fr. de`ka ten. See {Ten}.] A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written also {decad}.] During this notable decade of years. --Gladstone.
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Decade \Dec"ade\, n. [F. d[82]cade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. [?], fr. de`ka ten. See {Ten}.] A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written also {decad}.] During this notable decade of years. --Gladstone.
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Decayed \Decayed"\, a. Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman. -- {Decay"ed*ness}, n.
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Decay \De*cay"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decaying}.] [OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. d[82]choir, to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See {Chance}.] To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith.
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Decede \De*cede"\, v. i. [L. decedere. See {Decease}, n.] To withdraw. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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Deceit \De*ceit"\, n. [OF. deceit, des[cced]ait, decept (cf. deceite, de[cced]oite), fr. L. deceptus deception, fr. decipere. See {Deceive}.] 1. An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud. Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit. --Amos viii. 5. Friendly to man, far from deceit or guile. --Milton. Yet still we hug the dear deceit. --N. Cotton. 2. (Law) Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation. Syn: Deception; fraud; imposition; duplicity; trickery; guile; falsifying; double-dealing; stratagem. See {Deception}.
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Decide \De*cide"\, v. i. To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give decision; as, the court decided in favor of the defendant. Who shall decide, when doctors disagree? --Pope.
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Decide \De*cide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deciding}.] [L. dec[c6]dere; de- + caedere to cut, cut off; prob. akin to E. shed, v.: cf. F. d[82]cider. Cf. {Decision}.] 1. To cut off; to separate. [Obs.] Our seat denies us traffic here; The sea, too near, decides us from the rest. --Fuller. 2. To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle. So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. --1 Kings xx. 40. The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then. --Shak.
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Deck \Deck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decking}.] [D. dekken to cover; akin to E. thatch. See {Thatch}.] 1. To cover; to overspread. To deck with clouds the uncolored sky. --Milton. 2. To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish. Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency. --Job xl. 10. And deck my body in gay ornaments. --Shak. The dew with spangles decked the ground. --Dryden. 3. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
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Decoy \Decoy"\ (d[esl]koi"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decoyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decoying}.] [Pref. de- + coy; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See {Coy}.] To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net. Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy. --Thomson. E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. --Goldsmith. Syn: To entice; tempt; allure; lure. See {Allure}.
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Deicide \De"i*cide\, n. [L. deicida a deicide (in sense 2); deus god + c[91]dere to cut, kill: cf. F. d[82]icide.] 1. The act of killing a being of a divine nature; particularly, the putting to death of Jesus Christ. [R.] Earth profaned, yet blessed, with deicide. --Prior. 2. One concerned in putting Christ to death.
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Deist \De"ist\ (d[emac]"[icr]st), n. [L. deus god: cf. F. d[82]iste. See {Deity}.] One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker. Note: A deist, as denying a revelation, is opposed to a Christian; as, opposed to the denier of a God, whether atheist or pantheist, a deist is generally denominated theist. --Latham. Syn: See {Infidel}.
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Desk \Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desking}.] To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
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Desuete \De*suete"\, a. [L. desuetus, p. p. of desuescere to disuse.] Disused; out of use. [R.]
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Deuced \Deu"ced\, a. Devilish; excessive; extreme. [Low] -- {Deu"ced*ly}, adv.
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Deuse \Deuse\ (d[umac]s), n.; Deused \Deu"sed\ (d[umac]"s[ecr]d), a. See {Deuce}, {Deuced}.
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Diacid \Di*ac"id\, a. [Pref. di- + acid.] (Chem.) Divalent; -- said of a base or radical as capable of saturating two acid monad radicals or a dibasic acid. Cf. {Dibasic}, a., and {Biacid}.
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Dice \Dice\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Diced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dicing}.] 1. To play games with dice. I . . . diced not above seven times a week. --Shak. 2. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
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d8Dictum \[d8]Dic"tum\, n.; pl. L. {Dicta}, E. {Dictums}. [L., neuter of dictus, p. p. of dicere to say. See {Diction}, and cf. {Ditto}.] 1. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm. A class of critical dicta everywhere current. --M. Arnold. 2. (Law) (a) A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it. (b) (French Law) The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it. --Bouvier. (c) An arbitrament or award.
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Dig \Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug}or {Digged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Digging}. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see {Dike}, {Ditch}); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. [?][?][?].] 1. To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade. Be first to dig the ground. --Dryden. 2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold. 3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well. 4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.] You should have seen children . . . dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. --Robynson (More's Utopia). {To dig down}, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. {To dig from}, {out of}, {out}, [or] {up}, to get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes. {To dig in}, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure.
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Dight \Dight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dight} [or] {Dighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dighting}.] [OF. dihten, AS. dihtan to dictate, command, dispose, arrange, fr. L. dictare to say often, dictate, order; cf. G. dichten to write poetry, fr. L. dictare. See {Dictate}.] 1. To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn. [Archaic] [bd]She gan the house to --dight.[b8] --Chaucer. Two harmless turtles, dight for sacrifice. --Fairfax. The clouds in thousand liveries dight. --Milton. 2. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Digit \Dig"it\, n. [L. digitus finger; prob. akin to Gr. [?], of uncertain origin; possibly akin to E. toe. Cf. {Dactyl}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe. The ruminants have the [bd]cloven foot,[b8] i. e., two hoofed digits on each foot. --Owen. 2. A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch. 3. (Math.) One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing. Note: By some authorities the symbol 0 is not included with the digits. 4. (Anat.) One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.
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Digit \Dig"it\, v. t. To point at or out with the finger. [R.]
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Dike \Dike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diking}.] [OE. diken, dichen, AS. d[c6]cian to dike. See {Dike}.] 1. To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank. 2. To drain by a dike or ditch.
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Dioxide \Di*ox"ide\ (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + oxide.] (Chem.) (a) An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in each molecule; binoxide. (b) An oxide containing but one atom or equivalent of oxygen to two of a metal; a suboxide. [Obs.] {Carbon dioxide}. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.
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Discede \Dis*cede"\, v. i. [L. discedere; dis- + cedere to yield.] To yield or give up; to depart. [Obs.] I dare not discede from my copy a tittle. --Fuller.
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Discide \Dis*cide"\, v. t. [L. discidere; dis- + caedere to cut.] To divide; to cleave in two. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Discoid \Dis"coid\, n. Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.
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Discoid \Dis"coid\, a. [Gr. [?] quoit-shaped, [?] a round plate, quoit + [?] form, shape: cf. F. disco[8b]de. See {Disk}.] Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus. {Discoid flower} (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.
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Dish \Dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dishing}.] 1. To put in a dish, ready for the table. 2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes. 3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low] {To dish out}. 1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table. 2. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. {To dish up}, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.
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Disquiet \Dis*qui"et\, a. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] --Shak.
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Disquiet \Dis*qui"et\, n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. --Swift.
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Disquiet \Dis*qui"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disquieted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disquieting}.] To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb. Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? --Ps. xlii. 11. As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.
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Disseat \Dis*seat"\, v. t. To unseat. [R.] --Shak.
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Disshadow \Dis*shad"ow\, v. t. To free from shadow or shade. [Obs.] --G. Fletcher.
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Dissheathe \Dis*sheathe"\, v. i. To become unsheathed. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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Dissite \Dis"site\, a. [L. dissitus.] Lying apart. [Obs.] Lands far dissite and remote asunder. --Holland.
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Dissuade \Dis*suade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissuaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissuading}.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See {Suasion}.] 1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). [Obsolescent] Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. --Goldsmith. War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. --Milton. 2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose. I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. --Mad. D' Arblay.
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Dizzy \Diz"zy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizzied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dizzying}.] To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse. If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. --Sir W. Scott.
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Docity \Doc"i*ty\, n. Teachableness. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]
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Dock \Dock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Docked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Docking}.] [See {Dock} a tail. Cf. W. tociaw, and twciaw, to dock, clip.] 1. to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse. His top was docked like a priest biforn. -- Chaucer. 2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages. 3. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
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Docket \Dock"et\, n. [Dock to cut off + dim. suffix -et.] 1. A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest. 2. A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label. --Bailey. 3. (Law) (a) An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action, or register or such entries; a book of original, kept by clerks of courts, containing a formal list of the names of parties, and minutes of the proceedings, in each case in court. (b) (U. S.) A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks. 4. A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly. {On the docket}, in hand; in the plan; under consideration; in process of execution or performance. [Colloq.]
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Docket \Dock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Docketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Docketing}.] 1. To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers. --Chesterfield. 2. (Law) (a) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed. (b) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial. 3. To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.
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Docquet \Doc"quet\, n. & v. See {Docket}.
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Dog day \Dog" day`\ [or] Dogday \Dog"day`\ One of the dog days. {Dogday cicada} (Zo[94]l.), a large American cicada ({C. pruinosa}), which trills loudly in midsummer.
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Dog \Dog\ (d[ocr]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the domestic dog ({C. familiaris}). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.) 2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch. What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? -- 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. ) 3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.] 4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius). 5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron. 6. (Mech.) (a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them. (b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill. (c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool. Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog. It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox, a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; -- also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as, dog Latin. {A dead dog}, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14. {A dog in the manger}, an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him. {Dog ape} (Zo[94]l.), a male ape. {Dog cabbage}, [or] {Dog's cabbage} (Bot.), a succulent herb, native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum Cynocrambe}). {Dog cheap}, very cheap. See under {Cheap}. {Dog ear} (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.] {Dog flea} (Zo[94]l.), a species of flea ({Pulex canis}) which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In America it is the common flea. See {Flea}, and {Aphaniptera}. {Dog grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Triticum caninum}) of the same genus as wheat. {Dog Latin}, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy. {Dog lichen} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Peltigera canina}) growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous veins beneath. {Dog louse} (Zo[94]l.), a louse that infests the dog, esp. {H[91]matopinus piliferus}; another species is {Trichodectes latus}. {Dog power}, a machine operated by the weight of a dog traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for churning. {Dog salmon} (Zo[94]l.), a salmon of northwest America and northern Asia; -- the {gorbuscha}; -- called also {holia}, and {hone}. {Dog shark}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dogfish}. {Dog's meat}, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal. {Dog Star}. See in the Vocabulary. {Dog wheat} (Bot.), Dog grass. {Dog whelk} (Zo[94]l.), any species of univalve shells of the family {Nassid[91]}, esp. the {Nassa reticulata} of England. {To give, [or] throw}, {to the dogs}, to throw away as useless. [bd]Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.[b8] --Shak. {To go to the dogs}, to go to ruin; to be ruined.
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Dogate \Do"gate\, n. [Cf. F. dogat, It. dogato. See {Doge}, and cf. {Dogeate}.] The office or dignity of a doge.
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Dog day \Dog" day`\ [or] Dogday \Dog"day`\ One of the dog days. {Dogday cicada} (Zo[94]l.), a large American cicada ({C. pruinosa}), which trills loudly in midsummer.
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Dogeate \Doge"ate\, n. Dogate. --Wright.
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Dog \Dog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dogged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dogging}.] To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity. I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid. -- Pope. Your sins will dog you, pursue you. --Burroughs. Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to, dogging him from place to place, till they even extort an answer to their rude requests. -- South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogged \Dog"ged\, a. [Fron. {Dog}.] 1. Sullen; morose. [Obs. or R.] The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged. -- Sir W. Scott. 2. Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogget \Dog"get\, n. Docket. See {Docket}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogtie \Dog"tie`\, n. (Arch.) A cramp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogwood \Dog"wood`\ (-w[oocr]d`), n. [So named from skewers (dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior. See {Dag}, and {Dagger}.] (Bot.) The {Cornus}, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes. Note: There are several species, one of which, {Cornus mascula}, called also {cornelian cherry}, bears a red acid berry. {C. florida} is the flowering dogwood, a small American tree with very showy blossoms. {Dogwood tree}. (a) The dogwood or {Cornus}. (b) A papilionaceous tree ({Piscidia erythrina}) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also {Jamaica dogwood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doquet \Doq"uet\, n. A warrant. See {Docket}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dose \Dose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {dosing}.] [Cf. F. doser. See {Dose}, n.] 1. To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses. 2. To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need. A self-opinioned physician, worse than his distemper, who shall dose, and bleed, and kill him, [bd]secundum artem.[b8] -- South 3. To give anything nauseous to.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dost \Dost\, 2d pers. sing. pres. of {Do}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doucet \Dou"cet\, Dowset \Dow"set\, n. [F. doucet sweet, dim. of doux. See {Douce}.] 1. A custard. [Obs.] 2. A dowcet, or deep's testicle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dowcet \Dow"cet\, n. [See {Doucet}.] One of the testicles of a hart or stag. [Spelt also {doucet}.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doucet \Dou"cet\, Dowset \Dow"set\, n. [F. doucet sweet, dim. of doux. See {Douce}.] 1. A custard. [Obs.] 2. A dowcet, or deep's testicle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dowcet \Dow"cet\, n. [See {Doucet}.] One of the testicles of a hart or stag. [Spelt also {doucet}.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doughty \Dough"ty\, a. [Compar. {Doughtier}; superl. {Doughtiest}.] [OE. duhti, dohti, douhti, brave, valiant, fit, useful, AS, dyhtig; akin to G. t[81]chtig, Dan. dygtig, Sw. dygdig virtuous, and fr. AS. dugan to avail, be of use, be strong, akin to D. deugen, OHG. tugan, G. taugen, Icel. & Sw. duga, Dan. due, Goth. dugan, but of uncertain origin; cf. Skr. duh to milk, give milk, draw out, or Gr. [?] fortune. [?].] Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero. Sir Thopas wex [grew] a doughty swain. --Chaucer. Doughty families, hugging old musty quarrels to their hearts, buffet each other from generation to generation. --Motley. Note: Now seldom used, except in irony or burlesque.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Douse \Douse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dousing}.] [Cf. {Dowse}, and OD. donsen to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. din.] 1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dowcet \Dow"cet\, n. [See {Doucet}.] One of the testicles of a hart or stag. [Spelt also {doucet}.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doucet \Dou"cet\, Dowset \Dow"set\, n. [F. doucet sweet, dim. of doux. See {Douce}.] 1. A custard. [Obs.] 2. A dowcet, or deep's testicle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dowst \Dowst\, n. A dowse. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doze \Doze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dozed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dozing}.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. d[?]sa to doze, Dan. d[94]se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, d[94]s dullness, drowsiness, d[94]sig drowsy, AS. dw[?]s dull, stupid, foolish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Dizzy}.] To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy. If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him. --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ducat \Duc"at\, n. [F. ducat, It. ducato, LL. ducatus, fr. dux leader or commander. See {Duke}.] A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries in Europe; originally, one struck in the dominions of a duke. Note: The gold ducat is generally of the value of nine shillings and four pence sterling, or somewhat more that two dollars. The silver ducat is of about half this value.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duck \Duck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ducked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ducking}.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken, OHG. t[?]hhan, MHG. tucken, t[81]cken, t[?]chen, G. tuchen. Cf. 5th {Duck}.] 1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. --Fielding. 2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. 3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. [bd] Will duck his head aside.[b8] --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duckweed \Duck"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A genus ({Lemna}) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also {duckmeat}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duct \Duct\, n. [L. ductus a leading, conducting, conduit, fr. ducere, ductum, to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Douche}.] 1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed. 2. (Anat.) One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination. 3. (Bot.) A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber. Note: Ducts are classified, according to the character of the surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular, spiral, scalariform, etc. 4. Guidance; direction. [Obs.] --Hammond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dugout \Dug"out`\, n. 1. A canoe or boat dug out from a large log. [U.S.] A man stepped from his slender dugout. -- G. W. Cable. 2. A place dug out. 3. A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dust \Dust\, n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [?].] 1. Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. --Gen. iii. 19. Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust. --Byron. 2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] [bd]To touch a dust of England's ground.[b8] --Shak. 3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead. For now shall sleep in the dust. --Job vii. 21. 4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body. And you may carve a shrine about my dust. --Tennyson. 5. Figuratively, a worthless thing. And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust. --Shak. 6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition. [God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust. --1 Sam. ii. 8. 7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash. {Down with the dust}, deposit the cash; pay down the money. [Slang] [bd]My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading.[b8] --Fuller. {Dust brand} (Bot.), a fungous plant ({Ustilago Carbo}); -- called also {smut}. {Gold dust}, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining; -- often used as money, being transferred by weight. {In dust and ashes}. See under {Ashes}. {To bite the dust}. See under {Bite}, v. t. {To} {raise, [or] kick up, dust}, to make a commotion. [Colloq.] {To throw dust in one's eyes}, to mislead; to deceive. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dust \Dust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dusting}.] 1. To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor. 2. To sprinkle with dust. 3. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate. --Sprat. {To dyst one's jacket}, to give one a flogging. [Slang.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dusty \Dust"y\, a. [Compar. {Dustier}; superl. {Dustiest}.] [AS. dystig. See {Dust}.] 1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. --Shak. 2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white. {Dusty miller} (Bot.), a plant ({Cineraria maritima}); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Daggett, CA Zip code(s): 92327 Daggett, MI (village, FIPS 19560) Location: 45.46195 N, 87.60447 W Population (1990): 260 (129 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49821
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Daisetta, TX (city, FIPS 18476) Location: 30.11411 N, 94.64271 W Population (1990): 969 (431 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dakota, IL (town, FIPS 18342) Location: 42.38737 N, 89.52711 W Population (1990): 549 (203 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61018 Dakota, MN (city, FIPS 14518) Location: 43.91178 N, 91.35856 W Population (1990): 360 (150 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55925
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
De Soto, GA (village, FIPS 22472) Location: 31.95433 N, 84.06374 W Population (1990): 258 (100 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31743 De Soto, IA (city, FIPS 21045) Location: 41.53462 N, 94.00846 W Population (1990): 1033 (366 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50069 De Soto, IL (village, FIPS 19616) Location: 37.81590 N, 89.22720 W Population (1990): 1500 (672 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62924 De Soto, KS (city, FIPS 17850) Location: 38.97361 N, 94.95203 W Population (1990): 2291 (866 housing units) Area: 15.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66018 De Soto, MO (city, FIPS 19252) Location: 38.13899 N, 90.56046 W Population (1990): 5993 (2614 housing units) Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63020 De Soto, TX Zip code(s): 75115 De Soto, WI (village, FIPS 19850) Location: 43.42693 N, 91.19671 W Population (1990): 326 (155 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
DeSoto, TX (city, FIPS 20092) Location: 32.59920 N, 96.86255 W Population (1990): 30544 (11650 housing units) Area: 55.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dogwood, TX Zip code(s): 75979
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dow City, IA (city, FIPS 22215) Location: 41.92821 N, 95.49420 W Population (1990): 439 (216 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51528
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Due West, SC (town, FIPS 21040) Location: 34.33225 N, 82.38861 W Population (1990): 1220 (316 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29639
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dwight, IL (village, FIPS 21358) Location: 41.09700 N, 88.42481 W Population (1990): 4230 (1618 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60420 Dwight, KS (city, FIPS 19125) Location: 38.84388 N, 96.59190 W Population (1990): 365 (154 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66849 Dwight, ND (city, FIPS 21220) Location: 46.30290 N, 96.73862 W Population (1990): 83 (38 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58075 Dwight, NE (village, FIPS 14065) Location: 41.08300 N, 97.01914 W Population (1990): 227 (109 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68635
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
digit n.,obs. An employee of Digital Equipment Corporation. See also {VAX}, {VMS}, {PDP-10}, {{TOPS-10}}, {field circus}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DASD {Direct-Access Storage Device}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DCT {Discrete Cosine Transform}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DEChead /dek'hed/ 1. A {DEC} {field servoid}. Not flattering. 2. ["deadhead"] A Grateful Dead fan working at {DEC}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DECT {Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DHSD {Duplex High Speed Data}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
digit An employee of Digital Equipment Corporation. See also {VAX}, {VMS}, {PDP-10}, {TOPS-10}, {DEChead}, {double DECkers}, {field circus}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
diskette {floppy disk}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DST Daylight-Saving Time.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dust Storms of sand and dust sometimes overtake Eastern travellers. They are very dreadful, many perishing under them. Jehovah threatens to bring on the land of Israel, as a punishment for forsaking him, a rain of "powder and dust" (Deut. 28:24). To cast dust on the head was a sign of mourning (Josh. 7:6); and to sit in dust, of extreme affliction (Isa. 47:1). "Dust" is used to denote the grave (Job 7:21). "To shake off the dust from one's feet" against another is to renounce all future intercourse with him (Matt. 10:14; Acts 13:51). To "lick the dust" is a sign of abject submission (Ps. 72:9); and to throw dust at one is a sign of abhorrence (2 Sam. 16:13; comp. Acts 22:23).