D (part 5)

Defn: A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation. For accurate research or grave disquisition he was not well qualified. Macaulay.

DISQUISITIONAL
Dis`qui*si"tion*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.

DISQUISITIONARY
Dis`qui*si"tion*a*ry, a.

Defn: Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.

DISQUISITIVE
Dis*quis"i*tive, a.

Defn: Relating to disquisition; fond discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive.

DISQUISITORIAL
Dis*quis`i*to"ri*al, a.

Defn: Disquisitory.

DISQUISITORY
Dis*quis"i*to*ry, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive. Ed. Rev.

DISRANGE Dis*range", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + range: cf. OF. desrengier, F. dérangier. See Derange, Disrank.]

Defn: To disarrange. [Obs.] Wood.

DISRANK
Dis*rank" (; see Dis-), v. t. Etym: [Cf. Derange.]

1. To degrade from rank. [Obs.]

2. To throw out of rank or into confusion. Decker.

DISRATE
Dis*rate", v. t.

Defn: To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade. Marryat.

DISRAY
Dis*ray", variant

Defn: of Disarray. [Obs.] Holland.

DISREALIZE
Dis*re"al*ize, v. t.

Defn: To divest of reality; to make uncertain. [Obs.] Udall.

DISREGARD
Dis`re*gard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disregarded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disregarding.]

Defn: Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience. Studious of good, man disregarded fame. Blackmore.

DISREGARD
Dis`re*gard", n.

Defn: The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight. The disregard of experience. Whewell.

DISREGARDER
Dis`re*gard"er, n.

Defn: One who disregards.

DISREGARDFUL
Dis`re*gard"ful, a.

Defn: Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless.

DISREGARDFULLY
Dis`re*gard"ful*ly, adv.

Defn: Negligently; heedlessly.

DISRELISH
Dis*rel"ish (; see Dis-), n.

1. Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food. Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty. Burke.

2. Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. Milton.

DISRELISH
Dis*rel"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrelished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disrelishing.]

1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. Pope.

2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. Milton.

DISREMEMBER
Dis`re*mem"ber, v. t.

Defn: To fail to remember; to forget. [Obs. or Archaic]

DISREPAIR
Dis`re*pair", n.

Defn: A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair.
The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. Sir W. Scott.

DISREPUTABILITY
Dis*rep`u*ta*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state of being disreputable. [R.]

DISREPUTABLE
Dis*rep"u*ta*ble, a.

Defn: Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane. Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself Bp. Watson.

Syn.
— Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful; shameful.

DISREPUTABLY
Dis*rep"u*ta*bly, adv.

Defn: In a disreputable manner.

DISREPUTATION
Dis*rep`u*ta"tion, n.

Defn: Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. "A disreputation of piety." Jer. Taylor.

DISREPUTE
Dis`re*pute", n.

Defn: Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem;
discredit.
At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into
general disrepute. Sir W. Scott.

Syn.
— Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace.

DISREPUTE
Dis`re*pute", v. t.

Defn: To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor. [R.]
More inclined to love them tan to disrepute them. Jer. Taylor.

DISRESPECT
Dis`re*spect", n.

Defn: Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility;
discourtesy.
Impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect. Pope.

DISRESPECT
Dis`re*spect", v. t.

Defn: To show disrespect to.
We have disrespected and slighted God. Comber.

DISRESPECTABILITY
Dis`re*spect`a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: Want of respectability. Thackeray.

DISRESPECTABLE
Dis`re*spect"a*ble, a.

Defn: Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold.

DISRESPECTER
Dis`re*spect"er, n.

Defn: One who disrespects.

DISRESPECTFUL
Dis`re*spect"ful, a.

Defn: Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect;
uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.
— Dis`re*spect"ful*ly, adv.
— Dis`re*spect"ful*ness, n.

DISRESPECTIVE
Dis`re*spect"ive, a.

Defn: Showing want of respect; disrespectful. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

DISREVERENCE
Dis*rev"er*ence, v. t.

Defn: To treat irreverently or with disrespect. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

DISROBE Dis*robe" (; see Dis-), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Disrobed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrobing.]

Defn: To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. Sir H. Wotton.

DISROBER
Dis*rob"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, disrobes.

DISROOF
Dis*roof", v. t.

Defn: To unroof. [R.] Carlyle.

DISROOT
Dis*root", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrooted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disrooting.]

Defn: To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a
foundation; to uproot.
A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous
inundations. Goldsmith.

DISROUT
Dis*rout", v. i. Etym: [Cf. OF. desrouter, F. dérouter.]

Defn: To put to rout. Taylor (1630).

DISRUDDER
Dis*rud"der, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of the rudder, as a ship.

DISRULILY
Dis*ru"li*ly, adv.

Defn: In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

DISRULY
Dis*ru"ly, a.

Defn: Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.]

DISRUPT Dis*rupt", a. Etym: [L. disruptus, diruptus, p. p. of disrumpere, to break or burst asunder; dis- + rumpere to break, burst. See Rupture.]

Defn: Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

DISRUPT
Dis*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrupted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disrupting.]

Defn: To break asunder; to rend. Thomson.

DISRUPTION
Dis*rup"tion, n. Etym: [L. disruptio, diruptio.]

Defn: The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.

DISRUPTIVE
Dis*rupt"ive, a.

Defn: Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol.

DISRUPTURE
Dis*rup"ture, n.

Defn: Disruption. [R.] Jefferson.

DISSATISFACTION
Dis*sat`is*fac"tion, n.

Defn: The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations. The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction. Addison.

Syn. — Discontent; discontentment; displeasure; disapprobation; distaste; dislike.

DISSATISFACTORY
Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ry, a.

Defn: Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing. To have reduced the different qualifications in the different States to one uniform rule, would probably have been as dissatisfactory to some of the States, as difficult for the Convention. A. Hamilton. — Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness, n.

DISSATISFY
Dis*sat"is*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissatisfied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissatisfying.]

Defn: To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one's fortune. The dissatisfied factions of the autocracy. Bancroft.

DISSEAT
Dis*seat", v. t.

Defn: To unseat. [R.] Shak.

DISSECT
Dis*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissecting.] Etym: [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis- + secare
to cut. See Section.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.

2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely. This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample. Atterbury.

DISSECTED
Dis*sect"ed, a.

1. Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.

DISSECTIBLE
Dis*sect"i*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley.

DISSECTING
Dis*sect"ing, a.

1. Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery.

2. Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound.

3. Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope.

DISSECTION
Dis*sec"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dissection.]

1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.

2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.

3. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared. Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.

DISSECTOR
Dis*sect"or, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dissecteur.]

Defn: One who dissects; an anatomist.

DISSEIZE
Dis*seize", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disseized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disseizing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + seize: cf. F. dessaisir.] (Law)

Defn: To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); — followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also disseise.] Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland.

DISSEIZEE
Dis`sei*zee", n. (Law)

Defn: A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; — correlative to disseizor. [Written also disseisee.]

DISSEIZIN
Dis*sei"zin, n. Etym: [OF. dessaisine.] (Law)

Defn: The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also disseisin.] Blackstone.

DISSEIZOR
Dis*sei"zor, n. (Law)

Defn: One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. [Written also disseisor.] Blackstone.

DISSEIZORESS
Dis*sei"zor*ess, n. (Law)

Defn: A woman disseizes.

DISSEIZURE
Dis*sei"zure, n.

Defn: Disseizin. Speed.

DISSEMBLANCE
Dis*sem"blance, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble.]

Defn: Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [R.] Osborne.

DISSEMBLANCE
Dis*sem"blance, n. Etym: [Dissemble + -ance.]

Defn: The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation. [Obs.]

DISSEMBLE Dis*sem"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissembling.] Etym: [OF. dissembler to be dissimilar; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + F. sembler to seem, L. simulare to simulate; cf. L. dissimulare to dissemble. See Simulate, and cf. Dissimulate.]

1. To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask. Dissemble all your griefs and discontents. Shak. Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But — why did you kick me down stairs J. P. Kemble.

2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign. He soon dissembled a sleep. Tatler.

Syn.
— To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See Conceal.

DISSEMBLE
Dis*sem"ble, v. i.

Defn: To conceal the real fact, motives,
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips. Prov. xxvi. 24.
He [an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship. C. J.
Smith.

DISSEMBLER
Dis*sem"bler, n.

Defn: One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or
dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.
It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest
dissemblers. Bacon.
Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here. Pope.

Syn. — Dissembler, Hypocrite. A person is called a dissembler with reference to his concealment of his real character, and a hypocrite with reference to his assumption of a false character. But hypocrite is the stronger word, being commonly used to characterize a person who is habitually insincere and false, especially one who makes professions of goodness when his aims are selfish and his life corrupt.

DISSEMBLING
Dis*sem"bling, a.

Defn: That dissembles; hypocritical; false.
— Dis*sem"bling*ly, adv.

DISSEMINATE Dis*sem"i*nate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating.] Etym: [L. disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- + seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.]

1. To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation.

2. To spread or extend by dispersion. A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth. Woodward.

Syn.
— To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter.

DISSEMINATED
Dis*sem"i*na`ted, p. a. (Min.)

Defn: Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.

DISSEMINATION
Dis*sem`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. disseminatio: cf. F. dissémination.]

Defn: The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc. The universal dissemination of those writings. Wayland.

DISSEMINATIVE
Dis*sem"i*na*tive, a.

Defn: Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated. The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative. Jer. Taylor.

DISSEMINATOR
Dis*sem"i*na`tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease.

DISSENSION
Dis*sen"sion, n. Etym: [L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension. See
Dissent.]

Defn: Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character,
producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan
and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife;
discord; quarrel.
Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them.
Acts xv. 2.
Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. Dryden.
A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people.
Robynson (More's Utopia).

DISSENSIOUS
Dis*sen"sious, a.

Defn: Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] Ascham.
— Dis*sen"sious*ly, adv. Chapman.

DISSENT
Dis*sent", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dissented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissenting.] Etym: [L. dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel,
think. See Sense.]

1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; — followed by from. The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice. Hallam. Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us. Addison.

2. (Eccl.)

Defn: To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.

3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature. Hooker.

DISSENT
Dis*sent", n.

1. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement. The dissent of no small number [of peers] is frequently recorded. Hallam.

2. (Eccl.)

Defn: Separation from an established church, especially that of
England; nonconformity.
It is the dissidence of dissent and the protestantism of the
Protestant religion. Burke.

3. Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality. [Obs.] The dissent of the metals. Bacon.

Syn. — Disagreement; variance; difference; nonconcurrence; nonconformity.

DISSENTANEOUS
Dis`sen*ta"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. dissentaneus.]

Defn: Disagreeing; contrary; differing; — opposed to consentaneous.
[R.] Barrow.

DISSENTANY
Dis"sen*ta*ny, a.

Defn: Dissentaneous; inconsistent. [Obs.] Milton.

DISSENTATION
Dis`sen*ta"tion, n.

Defn: Dissension. [Obs.] W. Browne.

DISSENTER
Dis*sent"er, n.

1. One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement.

2. (Eccl.)

Defn: One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist. Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries. Burke. Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter. Shipley.

Note: "The word is commonly applied only to Protestants. The Roman
Catholics are generally referred to as a distinct class." Brande & C.

DISSENTERISM
Dis*sent"er*ism, n.

Defn: The spirit or principles of dissenters. Ed. Rev.

DISSENTIATE
Dis*sen"ti*ate, v. t.

Defn: To throw into a state of dissent. [R.] Feltham.

DISSENTIENT
Dis*sen"tient, a. Etym: [L. dissentiens, p. pr. of dissentire. See
Dissent, v. i.]

Defn: Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.
— n.

Defn: One who dissents. Macaulay.

DISSENTIOUS
Dis*sen"tious, a.

Defn: Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. — Dis*sen"tious*ly, adv.

DISSENTIVE
Dis*sent"ive, a.

Defn: Disagreeing; inconsistent. [Obs.] Feltham.

DISSEPIMENT Dis*sep"i*ment, n. Etym: [L. dissaepimentum, fr. dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose.]

1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.

DISSERT Dis*sert", v. i. Etym: [L. dissertus, p. p. of disserere; dis- + serere to join, connect: cf. F. disserter. See Series.]

Defn: To discourse or dispute; to discuss. [R.]
We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary.
Jeffrey.

DISSERTATE Dis"ser*tate, v. i. Etym: [L. dissertatus, p. p. of dissertare to discuss, intents, fr. disserere. See Dissert.]

Defn: To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse.
[R.] J. Foster.

DISSERTATION
Dis`ser*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. dissertatio: cf. F. dissertation.]

Defn: A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies.

DISSERTATIONAL
Dis`ser*ta"tion*al, a.

Defn: Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation.

DISSERTATIONIST
Dis`ser*ta"tion*ist, n.

Defn: A writer of dissertations.

DISSERTATOR
Dis"ser*ta`tor, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. dissertateur.]

Defn: One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses. Boyle.

DISSERTLY
Dis*sert"ly, adv.

Defn: See Disertly. [Obs.]

DISSERVE
Dis*serve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Di; p. pr. & vb. n. Disserving.]
Etym: [Pref. dis- + serve: cf. F. desservir.]

Defn: To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to
hurt; to harm.
Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer.
Taylor.

DISSERVICE
Dis*serv"ice, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + service: cf. F. desservice.]

Defn: Injury; mischief. We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators. Sir T. Browne.

DISSERVICEABLE
Dis*serv"ice*a*ble, a.

Defn: Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable;
injurious; harmful; unserviceable. Shaftesbury.
— Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness, n. Norris.
— Dis*serv"ice*a*bly, adv.

DISSETTLE
Dis*set"tle, v. t.

Defn: To unsettle. [Obs.]

DISSETTLEMENT
Dis*set"tle*ment, n.

Defn: The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled.
Marvell.

DISSEVER Dis*sev"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissevered; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissevering.] Etym: [OE. dessevrer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See Dis-, and Sever.]

Defn: To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to
separate; to disperse.
The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never
met again. Sir P. Sidney.
States disserved, discordant, belligerent. D. Webster.

DISSEVER
Dis*sev"er, v. i.

Defn: To part; to separate. Chaucer.

DISSEVERANCE
Dis*sev"er*ance, n. Etym: [OF. dessevrance.]

Defn: The act of disserving; separation.

DISSEVERATION
Dis*sev`er*a"tion, n.

Defn: The act of disserving; disseverance. [Obs.]

DISSEVERMENT
Dis*sev"er*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. dessevrement.]

Defn: Disseverance. Sir W. Scott.

DISSHADOW
Dis*shad"ow, v. t.

Defn: To free from shadow or shade. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

DISSHEATHE
Dis*sheathe", v. i.

Defn: To become unsheathed. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

DISSHIP
Dis*ship", v. t.

Defn: To dismiss from service on board ship. [Obs.] Hakluyt.

DISSHIVER
Dis*shiv"er, v. t. & i.

Defn: To shiver or break in pieces. [Obs.]

DISSIDENCE
Dis"si*dence, n. Etym: [L. dissidentia: cf. F. dissidence. See
Dissident, a.]

Defn: Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion. I. Taylor. It is the dissidence of dissent. Burke.

DISSIDENT
Dis"si*dent, a. Etym: [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to
sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See
Sit.]

Defn: No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.
Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. Robynson (More's
Utopia).

DISSIDENT
Dis"si*dent, n. (Eccl.)

Defn: One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the
established religion.
The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidencI.
Taylor.

DISSIDENTLY
Dis"si*dent*ly, adv.

Defn: In a dissident manner.

DISSILIENCE; DISSILIENCY
Dis*sil"i*ence, Dis*sil"i*en*cy, n.

Defn: The act of leaping or starting asunder. Johnson.

DISSILIENT Dis*sil"i*ent, a. Etym: [L. dissiliens, -entis, p. pr. of dissilire to leap asunder: dis- + salire to leap.]

Defn: Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.

DISSILITION
Dis`si*li"tion, n.

Defn: The act of bursting or springing apart. [R.] Boyle.

DISSIMILAR
Dis*sim"i*lar, a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + similar: cf. F. dissimilaire.]

Defn: Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features. This part very dissimilar to any other. Boyle.

DISSIMILARITY
Dis*sim`i*lar"i*ty, n.

Defn: Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. Sir W. Jones.

DISSIMILARLY
Dis*sim"i*lar*ly, adv.

Defn: In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.
With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. C. Smart.

DISSIMILATE
Dis*sim"i*late, v. t.

Defn: To render dissimilar.

DISSIMILATION
Dis*sim`i*la"tion, n.

Defn: The act of making dissimilar. H. Sweet.

DISSIMILE
Dis*sim"i*le, n. Etym: [L. dissimile, neut. dissimilis unlike.]
(Rhet.)

Defn: Comparison or illustration by contraries.

DISSIMILITUDE Dis`si*mil"i*tude, n. Etym: [L. dissimilitudo, fr. dissimilis: cf. F. dissimilitude.]

1. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity. Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images. Stillingfleet.

2. (Rhet.)

Defn: A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.

DISSIMULATE
Dis*sim"u*late, a. Etym: [L. dissimulatus, p. p. of dissimulare. See
Dissemble.]

Defn: Feigning; simulating; pretending. [Obs.] Henryson.

DISSIMULATE
Dis*sim"u*late, v. i.

Defn: To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

DISSIMULATION
Dis*sim`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. dissimulatio: cf. F. dissimulation.]

Defn: The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy. Let love be without dissimulation. Rom. xii. 9. Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is. Bacon. Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. Tatler.

DISSIMULATOR
Dis*sim"u*la`tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One who dissimulates; a dissembler.

DISSIMULE
Dis*sim"ule, v. t. & i. Etym: [F. dissimuler. See Dissimulate.]

Defn: To dissemble. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISSIMULER
Dis*sim"u*ler, n.

Defn: A dissembler. [Obs.]

DISSIMULOUR
Dis*sim"u*lour, n. Etym: [OF. dissimuleur.]

Defn: A dissembler. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISSIPABLE
Dis"si*pa*ble, a. Etym: [L. dissipabilis.]

Defn: Capable of being scattered or dissipated. [R.]
The heat of those plants is very dissipable. Bacon.

DISSIPATE
Dis"si*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissipating.] Etym: [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an
obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.]

1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; — used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. Dissipated those foggy mists of error. Selden. I soon dissipated his fears. Cook. The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. Hazlitt.

2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. Bp. Burnet.

Syn. — To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish.

DISSIPATE
Dis"si*pate, v. i.

1. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.

2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.

DISSIPATED
Dis"si*pa`ted, a.

1. Squandered; scattered. "Dissipated wealth." Johnson.

2. Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate. A life irregular and dissipated. Johnson.

DISSIPATION
Dis`si*pa"tion, n. Etym: [L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation.]

1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. Without loss or dissipation of the matter. Bacon. The famous dissipation of mankind. Sir M. Hale.

2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness. To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance. P. Henry.

3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and
dissipations. Swift.
Dissipation of energy. Same as Degradation of energy, under
Degradation.

DISSIPATIVE
Dis"si*pa*tive, a.

Defn: Tending to dissipate. Dissipative system (Mech.), an assumed system of matter and motions in which forces of friction and resistances of other kinds are introduced without regard to the heat or other molecular actions which they generate; — opposed to conservative system.

DISSIPATIVITY
Dis`si*pa*tiv"i*ty, n.

Defn: The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.

DISSITE
Dis"site, a. Etym: [L. dissitus.]

Defn: Lying apart. [Obs.]
Lands far dissite and remote asunder. Holland.

DISSLANDER
Dis*slan"der, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- (intens.) + slander.]

Defn: To slander. [Obs.] Legend of Dido.

DISSLANDER
Dis*slan"der, n.

Defn: Slander. [Obs.] E. Hall.

DISSLANDEROUS
Dis*slan"der*ous, a.

Defn: Slanderous. [Obs.]

DISSOCIABILITY
Dis*so`cia*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: Want of sociability; unsociableness. Bp. Warburton.

DISSOCIABLE Dis*so"cia*ble, a. Etym: [L. dissociabilis, fr. issociare: cf. F. dissociable. See Dissociate.]

1. Not They came in two and two, though matched in the most dissociable manner. Spectator.

2. Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuitable to society; unsociable.

DISSOCIAL
Dis*so"cial, a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + social: cf. L. dissocialis. See
Dissociate, v. t.]

Defn: Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings.

DISSOCIALIZE
Dis*so"cial*ize, v. t.

Defn: To render unsocial.

DISSOCIATE
Dis*so"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissociated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissociating.] Etym: [L. dissociatus, p. p. of dissociare to
dissociate; dis- + sociare to unite, associate, socius companion. See
Social.]

Defn: To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance. Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociated himself from the reformer. A. W. Ward.

DISSOCIATION
Dis*so`ci*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. dissociatio: cf. F. dissociation.]

1. The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion. It will add infinitely dissociation, distraction, and confusion of these confederate republics. Burke.

2. (Chem.)

Defn: The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; — said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances; as, the dissociation of the sulphur molecules; the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.

DISSOCIATIVE
Dis*so"ci*a*tive, a.

Defn: Tending or leading to dissociation.

DISSOLUBILITY
Dis`so*lu*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and converted into a fluid.

DISSOLUBLE
Dis"so*lu*ble, a. Etym: [L. dissolubilis: cf. F. dissoluble. See
Dissolve, and cf. Dissolvable.]

1. Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid. Woodward.

2. Capable of being disunited.

DISSOLUBLENESS
Dis"so*lu*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility. Boyle.

DISSOLUTE Dis"so*lute, a. Etym: [L. dissolutus, p. p. of dissolvere: cf. F. dissolu. See Dissolve.]

1. With nerves unstrung; weak. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched. "A wild and dissolute soldier." Motley.

Syn. — Uncurbed; unbridled; disorderly; unrestrained; reckless; wild; wanton; vicious; lax; licentious; lewd;

DISSOLUTELY
Dis"so*lute*ly, adv.

Defn: In a dissolute manner.

DISSOLUTENESS
Dis"so*lute*ness, n.

Defn: State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation. Chivalry had the vices of dissoluteness. Bancroft.

DISSOLUTION Dis`so*lu"tion, n. Etym: [OE. dissolucioun dissoluteness, F. dissolution, fr. L. dissolutio, fr. dissolvere. See Dissolve.]

1. The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation. Dissolutions of ancient amities. Shak.

2. Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.

3. Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution. The dissolution of the compound. South.

4. The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership. Dissolution is the civil death of Parliament. Blackstone.

5. The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death. We expected Immediate dissolution. Milton.

6. The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction. A man of continual dissolution and thaw. Shak.

7. The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution. Bacon.

8. Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin. To make a present dissolution of the world. Hooker.

9. Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness. [Obs. or R.] Atterbury.

DISSOLVABILITY
Dis*solv`a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: Capacity of being dissolved; solubility. Richardson.

DISSOLVABLE
Dis*solv"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Dissolve, cf. Dissoluble.]

Defn: Capable of being dissolved, or separated into component parts;
capable of being liquefied; soluble.
— Dis*solv"a*ble*ness, n.
Though everything which is compacted be in its own nature
dissolvable. Cudworth.
Such things as are not dissolvable by the moisture of the tongue. Sir
I. Newton.

DISSOLVATIVE
Dis*solv"a*tive, n.

Defn: Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent. [Obs.]
Frampton.

DISSOLVE
Dis*solve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissolved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissolving.] Etym: [L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- + solvere to
loose, free. See Solve, and cf. Dissolute.]

1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament. Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. Shak.

2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate. Nothing can dissolve us. Shak. Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder. Fairfax. For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. The Declaration of Independence.

3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften. As if the world were all dissolved to tears. Shak.

4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the mystery." Tennyson. Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. Dan. v. 16.

5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless. Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. Dryden.

6. (Law)

Defn: To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.

Syn.
— See Adjourn.

DISSOLVE
Dis*solve", v. i.

1. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

2. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied. A figure Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat Dissolves to water, and doth lose his form. Shak.

3. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power. The charm dissolves apace. Shak.

DISSOLVENT
Dis*solv"ent, a. Etym: [L. dissolvens, -entis, p. pr. of dissolvere.]

Defn: Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach. Ray.

DISSOLVENT
Dis*solv"ent, n.

1. That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent. Melted in the crucible dissolvents. A. Smith. The secret treaty of December acted as an immediate dissolvent to the truce. Mothley.

2. (Med.)

Defn: A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.

DISSOLVER
Dis*solv"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate.
Thou kind dissolver of encroaching care. Otway.

DISSOLVING
Dis*solv"ing, a.

Defn: Melting; breaking up; vanishing. — Dis*solv"ing*ly, adv. Dissolving view, a picture which grows dim and is gradually replaced by another on the same field; — an effect produced by magic lanterns.

DISSONANCE
Dis"so*nance, n. Etym: [L. dissonantia: cf. F. dissonance.]

1. A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord. Filled the air with barbarous dissonance. Milton.

2. Want of agreement; incongruity. Milton.

DISSONANCY
Dis"so*nan*cy, n.

Defn: Discord; dissonance.

DISSONANT Dis"so*nant, a. Etym: [L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See Sonant.]

1. Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious. With clamor of voices dissonant and loud. Longfellow.

2. Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepfrom or to. "Anything dissonant to truth." South. What can be dissonant from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman Hakewill.

DISSPIRIT
Dis*spir"it, v. t.

Defn: See Dispirit.

DISSUADE
Dis*suade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissuading.] Etym: [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.

DISSUADER
Dis*suad"er, n.

Defn: One who dissuades; a dehorter.

DISSUASION
Dis*sua"sion, n. Etym: [L. dissuasio: cf. F. dissuasion. See
Dissuade.]

1. The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation. In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends. Boyle.

2. A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.

DISSUASIVE
Dis*sua"sive, a.

Defn: Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice. — n.

Defn: A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation.
Prynne.
— Dis*sua"sive*ly, adv.

DISSUASORY
Dis*sua"so*ry, n.

Defn: A dissuasive. [R.] This virtuous and reasonable person, however, has ill luck in all his dissuasories. Jeffrey.

DISSUNDER
Dis*sun"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissundered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissundering.] Etym: [Pref. dis- (intens) + sunder.]

Defn: To separate; to sunder; to destroy. [R.] Chapman.

DISSWEETEN
Dis*sweet"en, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of sweetness. [R.] Bp. Richardson.

DISSYLLABIC
Dis`syl*lab"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dissyllabique. See Dissylable.]

Defn: Consisting of two syllabas, a dissyllabic foot in poetry. B.
Jons

DISSYLLABIFICATION
Dis`syl*lab`i*fi*ca"tion, n.

Defn: A formi

DISSYLLABIFY
Dis`syl*lab"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [Dissyllable + -fly.]

Defn: To form into two syllables. Ogilvie.

DISSYLLABIZE
Dis*syl"la*bize, v. t.

Defn: To form into two syllables; to dyssyllabify.

DISSYLLABLE Dis*syl"la*ble, n. Etym: [F. dissyllabe, L. disyllabus, adj., of two syllables, fr. Gr. Syllable.]

Defn: A word of two syllables; as, pa-per.

DISSYMMETRICAL
Dis`sym*met"ric*al, a.

Defn: Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical.

DISSYMMETRY
Dis*sym"me*try, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + symmetry.]

Defn: Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.

DISSYMPATHY
Dis*sym"pa*thy, n.

Defn: Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference. [R.]

DISTAD
Dis"tad, adv. Etym: [Distal + L. ad toward.] (Anat.)

Defn: Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.

DISTAFF Dis"taff, n.; pl. Distaffs, rarely Distaves. Etym: [OE. distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See Staff.]

1. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin. Fairfax.

2. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman;
women, collectively.
His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne. Dryden.
Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy. Howell.

Note: The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont & Fletcher. Descent by distaff, descent on the mother's side. — Distaff Day, or Distaff's Day, the morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; — called also Rock Day, a distaff being called a rock. Shipley.

DISTAIN
Dis*tain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Distaining.] Etym: [OE. desteinen, OF. desteindre to take away the
color, F. déteindre; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. teindre to tinge, dye,
L. tingere. See Tinge, and cf. Stain.]

Defn: To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; — used chiefly in poetry. "Distained with dirt and blood." Spenser. [She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. Spenser. The worthiness of praise distains his worth. Shak.

DISTAL Dis"tal, a. Etym: [From Distant.] (Physiol.) (a) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle; — opposed to proximal. (b) Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone.

DISTALLY
Dis"tal*ly, adv. (Anat.)

Defn: Toward a distal part.

DISTANCE
Dis"tance, n. Etym: [F. distance, L. distantia.]

1. The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place. Every particle attracts every other with a force . . . inversely proportioned to the square of the distance. Sir I. Newton.

2. Remoteness of place; a remote place.
Easily managed from a distance. W. Irving.
'T is distance lends enchantment to the view. T. Campbell.
[He] waits at distance till he hears from Cato. Addison.

3. (Racing)

Defn: A space marked out in the last part of a race course.
The horse that ran the whole field out of distance. L'Estrange.

Note: In trotting matches under the rules of the American Association, the distance varies with the conditions of the race, being 80 yards in races of mile heaths, best two in three, and 150 yards in races of two-mile heats. At that distance from the winning post in placed the distance post. If any horse has not reached this distance post before the first horse in that heat has reached the winning post, such horse is distanced, and disqualified for cunning again during that race.

4. (Mil.)

Defn: Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; — contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left. "Distance between companies in close column is twelve yards." Farrow.

5. Space between two antagonists in fencing. Shak.

6. (Painting)

Defn: The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.

Note: In a picture, the Middle distance is the central portion between the foreground and the distance or the extreme distance. In a perspective drawing, the Point of distance is the point where the visual rays meet.

7. Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety. Locke.

8. Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two
eras or events.
Ten years' distance between one and the other. Prior.
The writings of Euclid at the distance of two thousand years.
Playfair.

9. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect;
ceremoniousness.
I hope your modesty Will know what distance to the crown is due.
Dryden.
'T is by respect and distance that authority is upheld. Atterbury.

10. A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve. Setting them [factions] at distance, or at least distrust amongst themselves. Bacon. On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.

11. Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.

12. (Mus.)

Defn: The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh. Angular distance, the distance made at the eye by lines drawn from the eye to two objects. — Lunar distance. See under Lunar. — North polar distance (Astron.), the distance on the heavens of a heavenly body from the north pole. It is the complement of the declination. — Zenith distance (Astron.), the arc on the heavens from a heavenly body to the zenith of the observer. It is the complement of the altitude. — To keep one's distance, to stand aloof; to refrain from familiarity. If a man makes keep my distance, the comfort is he keeps his at the same time. Swift.

DISTANCE
Dis"tance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Distancing.]

1. To place at a distance or remotely. I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence. Fuller.

2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote. His peculiar art of distancing an object to aggrandize his space. H. Miller.

3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly. He distanced the most skillful of his contemporaries. Milner.

DISTANCY
Dis"tan*cy, n.

Defn: Distance. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

DISTANT
Dis"tant, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. distans, -antis, p. pr. of distare to
stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See
Stand.]

1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak.

2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; — in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives. The success of these distant enterprises. Prescott.

3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner. He passed me with a distant bow. Goldsmith.

4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance. Some distant knowledge. Shak. A distant glimpse. W. Irving.

5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.

Syn. — Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct.

DISTANTIAL
Dis*tan"tial, a.

Defn: Distant. [Obs.]
More distantial from the eye. W. Montagu.

DISTANTLY
Dis"tant*ly, adv.

Defn: At a distance; remotely; with reserve.

DISTASTE
Dis*taste", n.

1. Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. Bacon.

2. Discomfort; uneasiness. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon.

3. Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger. On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.

Syn. — Disrelish; disinclination; dislike; aversion; displeasure; dissatisfaction; disgust.

DISTASTE
Dis*taste", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Distasting.]

1. Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike. Although my will distaste what it elected. Shak.

2. To offend; to disgust; to displease. [Obs.] He thought in no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. Sir J. Davies.

3. To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful. Drayton.

DISTASTE
Dis*taste", v. i.

Defn: To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. [Obs.] Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons, Which at the are scarce found to distaste. Shak.

DISTASTEFUL
Dis*taste"ful, a.

1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.

2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth. Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton.

3. Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. "Distasteful looks." Shak.

Syn.
— Nauseous; unsavory; unpalatable; offensive; displeasing;
dissatisfactory; disgusting. - Dis*taste"ful*ly, adv.
— Dis*taste"ful*ness, n.

DISTASTEIVE
Dis*taste"ive, a.

Defn: Tending to excite distaste. [Obs.] — n.

Defn: That which excites distaste or aversion. [Obs.] Whitlock.

DISTASTURE
Dis*tas"ture, n.

Defn: Something which excites distaste or disgust. [Obs.] Speed.

DISTEMPER Dis*tem"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distempered; p. pr. & vb. n. Distempering.] Etym: [OF. destemprer, destremper, to distemper, F. détremper to soak, soften, slake (lime); pref. des- (L. dis-) + OF. temprer, tremper, F. tremper, L. temperare to mingle in due proportion. See Temper, and cf. Destemprer.]

1. To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of. [Obs.] When . . . the humors in his body ben distempered. Chaucer.

2. To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease. Shak. The imagination, when completely distempered, is the most incurable of all disordered faculties. Buckminster.

3. To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant. "Distempered spirits." Coleridge.

4. To intoxicate. [R.]
The courtiers reeling, And the duke himself, I dare not say
distempered, But kind, and in his tottering chair carousing.
Massinger.

5. (Paint.)

Defn: To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size. [R.]

DISTEMPER
Dis*tem"per, n. Etym: [See Distemper, v. t., and cf. Destemprer.]

1. An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts. Bacon.

Note: This meaning and most of the following are to be referred to the Galenical doctrine of the four "humors" in man. See Humor. According to the old physicians, these humors, when unduly tempered, produce a disordered state of body and mind.

2. Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold. [Obs.] Those countries . . . under the tropic, were of a distemper uninhabitable. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; — at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle. They heighten distempers to diseases. Suckling.

4. Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor. [Obs.] Little faults proceeding on distemper. Shak. Some frenzy distemper had got into his head. Bunyan.

5. Political disorder; tumult. Waller.

6. (Paint.) (a) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms. (b) A painting done with this preparation.

Syn. — Disease; disorder; sickness; illness; malady; indisposition; ailment. See Disease.

DISTEMPERANCE
Dis*tem"per*ance, n.

Defn: Distemperature. [Obs.]

DISTEMPERATE
Dis*tem"per*ate, a. Etym: [LL. distemperatus, p. p.]

1. Immoderate. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

2. Diseased; disordered. [Obs.] Wodroephe.

DISTEMPERATELY
Dis*tem"per*ate*ly, adv.

Defn: Unduly. [Obs.]

DISTEMPERATURE
Dis*tem"per*a*ture, n.

1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. [Obs.]

2. Disorder; confusion. Shak.

3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper. A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures and foes to life. Shak.

4. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness. Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature. Sir W. Scott.

DISTEMPERMENT
Dis*tem"per*ment, n.

Defn: Distempered state; distemperature. [Obs.] Feltham.

DISTEND Dis*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distended; p. pr. & vb. n. Distending.] Etym: [L. distendere, distentum, distensum; dis- + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, détendre to unbend. See Tend, and cf. Detent.]

1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. [R.] But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven Distended as the brow of God appeased Milton.

2. To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc. The warmth distends the chinks. Dryden.

Syn.
— To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.

DISTEND
Dis*tend", v. i.

Defn: To become expanded or inflated; to swell. "His heart distends with pride." Milton.

DISTENSIBILITY
Dis*ten`si*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or capacity of being distensible. [R.]

DISTENSIBLE
Dis*ten"si*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being distended or dilated.

DISTENSION
Dis*ten"sion, n.

Defn: Same as Distention.

DISTENSIVE
Dis*ten"sive, a.

Defn: Distending, or capable of being distended.

DISTENT
Dis*tent", a. Etym: [L. distentus, p. p. See Distend.]

Defn: Distended. [Poetic] Thomson.

DISTENT
Dis*tent", n.

Defn: Breadth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

DISTENTION
Dis*ten"tion, n. Etym: [L. distentio: cf. F. distension.]

1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.

2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.

DISTER Dis*ter", v. t. Etym: [L. dis- + terra earth, country; cf. Sp. & Pg. desterrar.]

Defn: To banish or drive from a country. [Obs.] Howell.

DISTERMINATE Dis*ter"mi*nate, a. Etym: [L. disterminatus, p. p. of disterminare to limit. See Terminate.]

Defn: Separated by bounds. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

DISTERMINATION
Dis*ter`mi*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. disterminatio.]

Defn: Separation by bounds. [Obs.] Hammond.

DISTHENE
Dis"thene, n. Etym: [Gr. disthène.] (Min.)

Defn: Cyanite or kyanite; — so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.

DISTHRONE Dis*throne", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + throne: cf. OF. desthroner, F. détroner.]

Defn: To dethrone. [Obs.]

DISTHRONIZE
Dis*thron"ize, v. t.

Defn: To dethrone. [Obs.] Spenser.

DISTICH Dis"tich, n. Etym: [L. distichon, Gr. stigan to ascend: cf. F. distique. See Stirrup.] (Pros.)

Defn: A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

DISTICH; DISTICHOUS
Dis"tich, Dis"tich*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. Distich, n.]

Defn: Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.

DISTICHOUSLY
Dis"tich*ous*ly, adv.

Defn: In a distichous manner.

DISTIL
Dis*til", v. t. & i.

Defn: See Distill.

DISTILL Dis*till", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Distilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Distilling.] Etym: [F. distiller, from L. destillare, destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand. Cf. Still, n. & v., Instill.] [Written also distil.]

1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain. Pope.

2. To flow gently, or in a small stream. The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. To practice the art of distillation. Shak.

DISTILL
Dis*till", v. t.

1. To let fall or send down in drops. Or o'er the glebe distill the kindly rain. Pope. The dew which on the tender grass The evening had distilled. Drayton.

2. To obtain by distillation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water. "Distilling odors on me." Tennyson.

3. To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc.

4. To dissolve or melt. [R.] Swords by the lightning's subtle force distilled. Addison.

DISTILLABLE
Dis*till"a*ble, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.

DISTILLATE
Dis*till"ate, n. (Chem.)

Defn: The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.

DISTILLATION
Dis`til*la"tion, n. Etym: [F. distillation, L. destillatio.]

1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

2. That which falls in drops. [R.] Johnson

3. (Chem.)

Defn: The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.

Note: The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds, and its precipitation as rain, dew, frost, snow, or hail, is an illustration of natural distillation.

4. The substance extracted by distilling. Shak. Destructive distillation (Chem.), the distillation, especially of complex solid substances, so that the ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new compounds, — usually requiring a high degree of heat; as, the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood. — Dry distillation, the distillation of substances by themselves, or without the addition of water or of other volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid. — Fractional distillation. (Chem.) See under Fractional.

DISTILLATORY
Dis*til"la*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. distillatoire.]

Defn: Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels.
— n.

Defn: A distillatory apparatus; a still.

DISTILLER
Dis*till"er, n.

1. One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation.

2. The condenser of a distilling apparatus.

DISTILLERY
Dis*till"er*y, n.; pl. Distilleries. Etym: [F. distillerie.]

1. The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on.

2. The act of distilling spirits. [R.] Todd.

DISTILLMENT
Dis*till"ment, n.

Defn: Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. [Obs.]
Shak.

DISTINCT Dis*tinct", a. Etym: [L. distinctus, p. p. of distinguere: cf. F. distinct. See Distinguish.]

1. Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified. [Obs.] Wherever thus created — for no place Is yet distinct by name. Milton.

2. Marked; variegated. [Obs.] The which [place] was dight With divers flowers distinct with rare delight. Spenser.

3. Separate in place; not conjunct; not united by growth or otherwise; — with from. The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct. Clarendon.

4. Not identical; different; individual. To offend, and judge, are distinct offices. Shak.

5. So separated as not to be confounded with any other thing; not liable to be misunderstood; not confused; well-defined; clear; as, we have a distinct or indistinct view of a prospect. Relation more particular and distinct. Milton.

Syn. — Separate; unconnected; disjoined; different; clear; plain; conspicuous; obvious.

DISTINCT
Dis*tinct", v. t.

Defn: To distinguish. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

DISTINCTION
Dis*tinc"tion, n. Etym: [L. distinctio: cf. F. distinction.]

1. A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division. [Obs.] The distinction of tragedy into acts was not known. Dryden.

2. The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from others; exercise of discernment; discrimination. To take away therefore that error, which confusion breedeth, distinction is requisite. Hooker.

3. That which distinguishes one thing from another; distinguishing quality; sharply defined difference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good. The distinction betwixt the animal kingdom and the inferior parts of matter. Locke.

4. Estimation of difference; regard to differences or distinguishing circumstance. Maids, women, wives, without distinction, fall. Dryden.

5. Conspicuous station; eminence; superiority; honorable estimation; as, a man of distinction. Your country's own means of distinction and defense. D. Webster.

Syn. — Difference; variation, variety; contrast; diversity; contrariety; disagreement; discrimination; preference; superiority; rank; note; eminence.

DISTINCTIVE
Dis*tinc"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. distinctif.]

1. Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar. The distinctive character and institutions of New England. Bancroft.

2. Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

DISTINCTIVELY
Dis*tinc"tive*ly, adv.

Defn: With distinction; plainly.

DISTINCTIVENESS
Dis*tinc"tive*ness, n.

Defn: State of being distinctive.

DISTINCTLY
Dis*tinct"ly, adv.

1. With distinctness; not confusedly; without the blending of one part or thing another; clearly; plainly; as, to see distinctly.

2. With meaning; significantly. [Obs.] Thou dost snore distinctly; There's meaning in thy snores. Shak.

Syn.
— Separately; clearly; plainly; obviously.

DISTINCTNESS
Dis*tinct"ness, n.

1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth.

2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated his arguments with great distinctness.

Syn.
— Plainness; clearness; precision; perspicuity.

DISTINCTURE
Dis*tinc"ture, n.

Defn: Distinctness. [R.]

DISTINGUISH Dis*tin"guish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distinguished; p. pr. & vb. n. Distinguishing.] Etym: [F. distinguer, L. distinguere, distinctum; di- = dis- + stinguere to quench, extinguish; prob. orig., to prick, and so akin to G. stechen, E. stick, and perh. sting. Cf. Extinguish.]

1. Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic. Not more distinguished by her purple vest, Than by the charming features of her face. Dryden. Milton has distinguished the sweetbrier and the eglantine. Nares.

2. To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low. Moses distinguished the causes of the flood into those that belong to the heavens, and those that belong to the earth. T. Burnet.

3. To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum. We are enabled to distinguish good from evil, as well as truth from falsehood. Watts. Nor more can you distinguish of a man, Than of his outward show. Shak.

4. To constitute a difference; to make to differ. Who distinguisheth thee 1 Cor. iv. 7. (Douay version).

5. To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; — with by or for."To distinguish themselves by means never tried before." Johnson.

Syn. — To mark; discriminate; differentiate; characterize; discern; perceive; signalize; honor; glorify.

DISTINGUISH
Dis*tin"guish, v. i.

1. To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; — with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle.

2. To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or
itself discernible. [R.]
The little embryo . . . first distinguishes into a little knot. Jer.
Taylor.

DISTINGUISHABLE
Dis*tin"guish*a*ble, a.

1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub. A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is not distinguishable into different ideas. Locke.

2. Worthy of note or special regard. Swift.

DISTINGUISHABLENESS
Dis*tin"guish*a*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being distinguishable.

DISTINGUISHABLY
Dis*tin"guish*a*bly, adv.

Defn: So as to be distinguished.

DISTINGUISHED
Dis*tin"guished, a.

1. Marked; special. The most distinguished politeness. Mad. D' Arblay.

2. Separated from others by distinct difference; having, or indicating, superiority; eminent or known; illustrious; — applied to persons and deeds.

Syn. — Marked; noted; famous; conspicuous; celebrated; transcendent; eminent; illustrious; extraordinary; prominent. — Distinguished, Eminent, Conspicuous, Celebrated, Illustrious. A man is eminent, when he stands high as compared with those around him; conspicuous, when he is so elevated as to be seen and observed; distinguished, when he has something which makes him stand apart from others in the public view; celebrated, when he is widely spoken of with honor and respect; illustrious, when a splendor is thrown around him which confers the highest dignity.

DISTINGUISHEDLY
Dis*tin"guish*ed*ly, adv.

Defn: In a distinguished manner. [R.] Swift.

DISTINGUISHER
Dis*tin"guish*er, n.

1. One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. Sir T. Browne.

2. One who discerns accurately the difference of things; a nice or judicious observer. Dryden.

DISTINGUISHING
Dis*tin"guish*ing, a.

Defn: Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic. The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion. Locke. Distinguishing pennant (Naut.), a special pennant by which any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and signaled. Simmonds.

DISTINGUISHINGLY
Dis*tin"guish*ing*ly, adv.

Defn: With distinction; with some mark of preference. Pope.

DISTINGUISHMENT
Dis*tin"guish*ment, n.

Defn: Observation of difference; distinction. Graunt.

DISTITLE
Dis*ti"tle, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of title or right. [R.] B. Jonson.

DISTOMA
Dis"to*ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke,

2.

DISTORT Dis*tort", a. Etym: [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.]

Defn: Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]
Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. Spenser.

DISTORT
Dis*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Distorting.]

1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. Whose face was distorted with pain. Thackeray.

2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. Tillotson.

3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

Syn.
— To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.

DISTORTER
Dis*tort"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, distorts.

DISTORTION
Dis*tor"tion, n. Etym: [L. distortio: cf. F. distortion.]

1. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

2. A wresting from the true meaning. Bp. Wren.

3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.

4. (Med.)

Defn: An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.

DISTORTIVE
Dis*tort"ive, a.

Defn: Causing distortion.

DISTRACT Dis*tract", a. Etym: [L. distractus, p. p. of distrahere to draw asunder; dis- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Distraught.]

1. Separated; drawn asunder. [Obs.]

2. Insane; mad. [Obs.] Drayton.

DISTRACT Dis*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p. p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.]

1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin. A city . . . distracted from itself. Fuller.

2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention. Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination. Goldsmith.

3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass. Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts. Milton.

4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; — most frequently used in the participle, distracted. A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her. Shak.

DISTRACTED
Dis*tract"ed, a.

Defn: Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.
My distracted mind. Pope.

DISTRACTEDLY
Dis*tract"ed*ly, adv.

Defn: Disjointedly; madly. Shak.

DISTRACTEDNESS
Dis*tract"ed*ness, n.

Defn: A state of being distracted; distraction. Bp. Hall.

DISTRACTER
Dis*tract"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, distracts away.

DISTRACTFUL
Dis*tract"ful, a.

Defn: Distracting. [R.] Heywood.

DISTRACTIBLE
Dis*tract"i*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being drawn aside or distracted.

DISTRACTILE
Dis*tract"ile, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Tending or serving to draw apart.

DISTRACTING
Dis*tract"ing, a.

Defn: Tending or serving to distract.

DISTRACTION
Dis*trac"tion, n. Etym: [L. distractio: cf. F. distraction.]

1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet.

2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot.

3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.] His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled all species. Shak.

4. State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity. That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 1 Cor. vii. 3

5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions. Never was known a night of such distraction. Dryden.

6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair. The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart. Tatler.

7. Derangement of the mind; madness. Atterbury.

Syn. — Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder; dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving; franticness; furiousness.

DISTRACTIOUS
Dis*trac"tious, a.

Defn: Distractive. [Obs.]

DISTRACTIVE
Dis*trac"tive, a.

Defn: Causing perplexity; distracting. "Distractive thoughts." Bp.
Hall.

DISTRAIN Dis*train", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Distraining.] Etym: [OE. destreinen to force, OF. destreindre to press, oppress, force, fr. L. distringere, districtum, to draw asunder, hinder, molest, LL., to punish severely; di- = stringere to draw tight, press together. See Strain, and cf. Distress, District, Distraint.]

1. To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict. [Obs.] "Distrained with chains." Chaucer.

2. To rend; to tear. [Obs.] Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain. Spenser.

3. (Law) (a) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement. (b) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels.

DISTRAIN
Dis*train", v. i.

Defn: To levy a distress.
Upon whom I can distrain for debt. Camden.

DISTRAINABLE
Dis*train"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained. Blackstone.

DISTRAINER
Dis*train"er, n.

Defn: Same as Distrainor.

DISTRAINOR
Dis*train"or, n. (Law)

Defn: One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
Blackstone.

DISTRAINT
Dis*traint", n. Etym: [OF. destrainte distress, force.] (Law)

Defn: The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.
Abbott.

DISTRAIT
Dis`trait", a. Etym: [F. See Distract.]

Defn: Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

DISTRAUGHT
Dis*traught", p. p. & a. Etym: [OE. distract, distrauht. See
Distract, a.]

1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] "His greedy throat . . . distraught." Spenser.

2. Distracted; perplexed. "Distraught twixt fear and pity." Spenser. As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror. Shak. To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which are the most distraught and full of pain. Mrs. Browning.

DISTRAUGHTED
Dis*traught"ed, a.

Defn: Distracted. [Obs.] Spenser.

DISTREAM
Dis*tream", v. i. Etym: [Pref. dis- (intens.) + stream.]

Defn: To flow. [Poetic]
Yet o'er that virtuous blush distreams a tear. Shenstone.

DISTRESS Dis*tress", n. Etym: [OE. destresse, distresse, OF. destresse, destrece, F. détresse, OF. destrecier to distress, (assumed) LL. districtiare, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere. See Distrain, and cf. Stress.]

1. Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends. Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress. Shak.

2. That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery. Affliction's sons are brothers in distress. Burns.

3. A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.

4. (Law) (a) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc. (b) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. Bouvier. Kent. Burrill. If he were not paid, he would straight go and take a distress of goods and cattle. Spenser. The distress thus taken must be proportioned to the thing distrained for. Blackstone. Abuse of distress. (Law) See under Abuse.

Syn.
— Affliction; suffering; pain; agony; misery; torment; anguish;
grief; sorrow; calamity; misfortune; trouble; adversity. See
Affliction.

DISTRESS
Dis*tress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distressed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Distressing.] Etym: [Cf. OF. destrecier. See Distress, n.]

1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. 2 Cor. iv. 8.

2. To compel by pain or suffering. Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty. A. Hamilton.

3. (Law)

Defn: To seize for debt; to distrain.

Syn.
— To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy.

DISTRESSEDNESS
Dis*tress"ed*ness, n.

Defn: A state of being distressed or greatly pained.

DISTRESSFUL
Dis*tress"ful, a.

Defn: Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with,
distress; as, a distressful situation. "Some distressful stroke."
Shak. "Distressful cries." Pope.
— Dis*tress"ful*ly, adv.

DISTRESSING
Dis*tress"ing, a.

Defn: Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.

DISTRESSING
Dis*tress"ing, adv.

Defn: In a distressing manner.

DISTRIBUTABLE
Dis*trib"u*ta*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being distributed. Sir W. Jones.

DISTRIBUTARY
Dis*trib"u*ta*ry, a.

Defn: Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive.

DISTRIBUTE
Dis*trib"ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distributed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Distributing.] Etym: [L. distributus, p. p. of distribuere to divide,
distribute; dis- + tribuere to assign, give, allot. See Tribute.]

1. To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot. She did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred. Judith xvi. 24.

2. To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice. Shak.

3. To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.

4. (Printing) (a) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. (b) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.

5. (Logic)

Defn: To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in
one premise.
A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to
stand for everything it is capable of being applied to. Whately.

Syn.
— To dispense; deal out; apportion; allot; share; assign; divide.

DISTRIBUTE
Dis*trib"ute, v. i.

Defn: To make distribution.
Distributing to the necessity of saints. Rom. xii. 13.

DISTRIBUTER
Dis*trib"u*ter, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, distributes or deals out anything; a dispenser. Addison.

DISTRIBUTING
Dis*trib"u*ting, a.

Defn: That distributes; dealing out. Distributing past office, an office where the mails for a large district are collected to be assorted according to their destination and forwarded.

DISTRIBUTION
Dis`tri*bu"tion, n. Etym: [L. distributio: cf. F. distribution.]

1. The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children. The phenomena of geological distribution are exactly analogous to those of geography. A. R. Wallace.

2. Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification.

3. That which is distributed. "Our charitable distributions." Atterbury.

4. (Logic)

Defn: A resolving a whole into its parts.

5. (Print.)

Defn: The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.

6. (Steam Engine)

Defn: The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission. Geographical distribution, the natural arrangements of animals and plants in particular regions or districts.

Syn. — Apportionments; allotment; dispensation; disposal; dispersion; classification; arrangement.

DISTRIBUTIONAL
Dis`tri*bu"tion*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to distribution. Huxley.

DISTRIBUTIONIST
Dis`tri*bu"tion*ist, n.

Defn: A distributer. [R.] Dickens.

DISTRIBUTIVE
Dis*trib"u*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. distributif.]

1. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. "Distributive justice." Swift.

2. (Logic)

Defn: Assigning the species of a general term.

3. (Gram.)

Defn: Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each, either, every; a distributive numeral, as (Latin) bini (two by two). Distributive operation (Math.), any operation which either consists of two or more parts, or works upon two or more things, and which is such that the result of the total operation is the same as the aggregated result of the two or more partial operations. Ordinary multiplication is distributive, since a × (b + c) = ab + ac, and (a + b) × c = ac + bc. — Distributive proportion. (Math.) See Fellowship.

DISTRIBUTIVE
Dis*trib"u*tive, n. (Gram.)

Defn: A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral.

DISTRIBUTIVELY
Dis*trib"u*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: By distribution; singly; not collectively; in a distributive manner.

DISTRIBUTIVENESS
Dis*trib"u*tive*ness, n.

Defn: Quality of being distributive.

DISTRIBUTOR Dis*trib"u*tor, n. [L.] One that distributes; a distributer; specif.: (a) A machine for distributing type. (b) An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink. (c) An apparatus for distributing an electric current, either to various points in rotation, as in some motors, or along two or more lines in parallel, as in a distributing system.

DISTRICT
Dis"trict, a. Etym: [L. districtus, p. p.]

Defn: Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.]
Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe.

DISTRICT Dis"trict, n. Etym: [LL. districtus district, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See Distrain.]

1. (Feudal Law)

Defn: The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.

2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc. To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such district not exceeding ten miles square. The Constitution of the United States.

3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country;
a tract.
These districts which between the tropics lie. Blackstone.
Congressional district. See under Congressional.
— District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or
district court.
— District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States
tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial
district.
— District judge, one who presides over a district court.
— District school, a public school for the children within a school
district. [U.S.]

Syn.
— Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region; country.

DISTRICT
Dis"trict, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Districted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Districting.]

Defn: To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.

DISTRICTION
Dis*tric"tion, n. Etym: [L. districtio a stretching out.]

Defn: Sudden display; flash; glitter. [R.]
A smile . . . breaks out with the brightest distriction. Collier.

DISTRICTLY
Dis"trict*ly, adv.

Defn: Strictly. [Obs.] Foxe.

DISTRINGAS
Dis*trin"gas, n. Etym: [L., that you distrain, fr. distringere. See
Distrain.] (Law)

Defn: A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.

DISTROUBLE
Dis*trou"ble, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- (intens.) + trouble.]

Defn: To trouble. [Obs.] Spenser.

DISTRUST
Dis*trust", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrusted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Distrusting.] Etym: [Cf. Mistrust.]

Defn: To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust. Not distrusting my health. 2 Mac. ix. 22. To distrust the justice of your cause. Dryden. He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other. Udall. Of all afraid, Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid. Collins.

Note: Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust. T. L.
K. Oliphant.

DISTRUST
Dis*trust", n.

1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.

2. Suspicion of evil designs. Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles. D. Webster.

3. State of being suspected; loss of trust. Milton.

DISTRUSTER
Dis*trust"er, n.

Defn: One who distrusts.

DISTRUSTFUL
Dis*trust"ful, a.

1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers. Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks. Pope.

2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. Boyle.
— Dis*trust"ful*ly, adv.
— Dis*trust"ful*ness, n.

DISTRUSTING
Dis*trust"ing, a.

Defn: That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in.
— Dis*trust"ing*ly, adv.

DISTRUSTLESS
Dis*trust"less, a.

Defn: Free from distrust. Shenstone.

DISTUNE
Dis*tune", v. t.

Defn: To put out of tune. [Obs.]

DISTURB Dis*turb", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disturbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disturbing.] Etym: [OE. desturben, destourben, OF. destorber, desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare, disturbatum; dis- + turbare to disturb, trouble, turba disorder, tumult, crowd. See Turbid.]

1. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest. Preparing to disturb With all-cofounding war the realms above. Cowper. The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest. Spenser. The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority. Burke.

2. To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy.

3. To turn from a regular or designed course. [Obs.] And disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim. Milton.

Syn. — To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest; perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle.

DISTURB
Dis*turb", n.

Defn: Disturbance. [Obs.] Milton.

DISTURBANCE
Dis*turb"ance, n. Etym: [OF. destorbance.]

1. An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current.

2. Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness. Any man . . . in a state of disturbance and irritation. Burke.

3. Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult. The disturbance was made to support a general accusation against the province. Bancroft.

4. (Law)

Defn: The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. Blackstone.

Syn. — Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil; uproar; hubbub; disorder; derangement; confusion; agitation; perturbation; annoyance.

DISTURBATION
Dis`tur*ba"tion, n. Etym: [L. disturbatio.]

Defn: Act of disturbing; disturbance. [Obs.] Daniel.

DISTURBER
Dis*turb"er, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. destorbeor.]

1. One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler. A needless disturber of the peace of God's church and an author of dissension. Hooker.

2. (Law)

Defn: One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his right.

DISTURN
Dis*turn", v. t. Etym: [OF. destourner, F. détourner. See Detour.]

Defn: To turn aside. [Obs.] Daniel.

DISTYLE
Dis"tyle, a. Etym: [Gr. distyle.] (Arch.)

Defn: Having two columns in front; — said of a temple, portico, or the like. Distyle in antis, having columns between two antæ. See Anta.

DISULPHATE Di*sul"phate, n. Etym: [Pref. di- + sulphate.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate. (b) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.

DISULPHIDE
Di*sul"phide (; 104), n. Etym: [Pref. di- + sulphide.] (Chem.)

Defn: A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; — formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.

DISULPHURET
Di*sul"phu*ret, n. Etym: [Pref. di- + sulphuret.] (Chem.)

Defn: See Disulphide.

DISULPHURIC
Di`sul*phu"ric, a. Etym: [Pref. di- + sulphuric.] (Chem.)

Defn: Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation. Disulphuric acid, a thick oily liquid, H2S2O7, called also Nordhausen acid (from Nordhausen in the Harts, where it was originally manufactured), fuming sulphuric acid, and especially pyrosulphuric acid. See under Pyrosulphuric.

DISUNIFORM
Dis*u"ni*form, a.

Defn: Not uniform. [Obs.]

DISUNION
Dis*un"ion, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + union: cf. F. désunion.]

1. The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.

2. A breach of concord and its effect; alienation. Such a disunion between the two houses as might much clouClarendon.

3. The termination or disruption of the union of the States forming
the United States.
I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion.
D. Webster.

DISUNIONIST
Dis*un"ion*ist, n.

Defn: An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the
United States.

DISUNITE
Dis`u*nite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disunited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disuniting.]

1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.

2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of. Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . of all posterity! Milton.

DISUNITE
Dis`u*nite", v. i.

Defn: To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.
The joints of the body politic do separate and disunite. South.

DISUNITER
Dis`u*nit"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion.

DISUNITY
Dis*u"ni*ty, n.

Defn: A state of separation or disunion; want of unity. Dr. H. More.

DISUSAGE
Dis*us"age, n.

Defn: Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse.
[R.] Hooker.

DISUSE
Dis*use" (; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disused; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disusing.]

1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

2. To disaccustom; — with to or from; as, disused to toil. "Disuse me from . . . pain." Donne.

DISUSE
Dis*use", n.

Defn: Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation;
desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.
The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. Addison.
Church discipline then fell into disuse. Southey.

DISUTILIZE
Dis*u"til*ize, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of utility; to render useless. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

DISVALUATION
Dis*val`u*a"tion, n.

Defn: Disesteem; depreciation; disrepute. Bacon.

DISVALUE
Dis*val"ue (; see Dis-), v. t.

Defn: To undervalue; to depreciate. Shak.

DISVALUE
Dis*val"ue, n.

Defn: Disesteem; disregard. B. Jonson.

DISVANTAGEOUS
Dis`van*ta"geous, a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + vantage.]

Defn: Disadvantageous. [Obs.] "Disadvantageous ground." Drayton.

DISVELOP
Dis*vel"op, v. t.

Defn: To develop. [Obs.]

DISVENTURE
Dis*ven"ture, n.

Defn: A disadventure. [Obs.] Shelton.

DISVOUCH
Dis*vouch", v. t.

Defn: To discredit; to contradict. [Obs.] Shak.

DISWARN
Dis*warn", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- (intens.) + warn.]

Defn: To dissuade from by previous warning. [Obs.]

DISWITTED
Dis*wit"ted, a.

Defn: Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. [Obs.] Drayton.

DISWONT
Dis*wont", v. t.

Defn: To deprive of wonted usage; to disaccustom. [R.] Bp. Hall.

DISWORKMANSHIP
Dis*work"man*ship, n.

Defn: Bad workmanship. [Obs.] Heywood.

DISWORSHIP
Dis*wor"ship, v. t.

Defn: To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

DISWORSHIP
Dis*wor"ship, n.

Defn: A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit.
[Obs.] Milton.

DISWORTH
Dis*worth", v. t.

Defn: To deprive of worth; to degrade. [Obs.] Feltham.

DISYOKE
Dis*yoke", v. t.

Defn: To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin. [Poetic] R.
Browning.

DIT
Dit, n. Etym: [Ditty.]

1. A word; a decree. [Obs.]

2. A ditty; a song. [Obs.]

DIT
Dit, v. t. Etym: [AS. dyttan, akin to Icel. ditta.]

Defn: To close up. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

DITATION Di*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. ditare to enrich, fr. dis, ditis, same as dives, rich.]

Defn: The act of making rich; enrichment. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

DITCH Ditch (; 224), n.; pl. Ditches. Etym: [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See Dike.]

1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.

2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.

DITCH
Ditch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ditched; p. pr. & vb. n. Ditching.]

1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.

2. To surround with a ditch. Shak.

3. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.

DITCH
Ditch, v. i.

Defn: To dig a ditch or ditches. Swift.

DITCHER
Ditch"er, n.

Defn: One who digs ditches.

DITE
Dite, v. t. Etym: [See Dight.]

Defn: To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight. [Obs.]
His hideous club aloft he dites. Spenser.

DITEREBENE
Di*ter"e*bene, n. Etym: [Pref. di- + terebene.] (Chem.)

Defn: See Colophene.

DITHECAL; DITHECOUS
Di*the"cal, Di*the"cous, a. Etym: [Pref. di- + theca.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having two thecæ, cells, or compartments.

DITHEISM
Di"the*ism, n. Etym: [Pref. di- + theism: cf. F. dithéisme.]

Defn: The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods or of two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one evil; dualism.

DITHEIST
Di"the*ist, n.

Defn: One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist. Cudworth.

DITHEISTIC; DITHEISTICAL
Di`the*is"tic, Di`the*is"tic*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.

DITHIONIC
Di`thi*on"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. di- + -thionic.] (Chem.)

Defn: Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid. Dithionic acid (Chem.), an unstable substance, H2S2O6, known only in its solutions, and in certain well-defined salts.

DITHYRAMB
Dith"y*ramb, n. Etym: [L. dithyrambus, Gr. dithyrambe.]

Defn: A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain. Bentley.

DITHYRAMBIC
Dith`y*ram"bic, a. Etym: [L. dithyrambicus, Gr. dithyrambique.]

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous. "Dithyrambic sallies." Longfellow. — n.

Defn: A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.

DITHYRAMBUS
Dith`y*ram"bus, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: See Dithyramb.

DITION
Di"tion, n. Etym: [L. ditio, dicio: cf. F. dition.]

Defn: Dominion; rule. [Obs.] Evelyn.

DITIONARY
Di"tion*a*ry, a.

Defn: Under rule; subject; tributary. [Obs.] Chapman.

DITIONARY
Di"tion*a*ry, n.

Defn: A subject; a tributary. [Obs.] Eden.

DITOKOUS Di"to*kous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids. (b) Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds do.

DITOLYL
Di*tol"yl, n. Etym: [Pref. di- + tolyl.] (Chem.)

Defn: A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C14H14, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.

DITONE
Di"tone`, n. Etym: [Gr. (Mus.)

Defn: The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).

DITRICHOTOMOUS
Di`tri*chot"o*mous, a. Etym: [Pref. di- + trichotomous.]

1. Divided into twos or threes.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Dividing into double or treble ramifications; — said of a leaf or stem. [R.] Loudon.

DITROCHEAN
Di`tro*che"an, a. (Pros.)

Defn: Containing two trochees.

DITROCHEE
Di*tro"chee, n. Etym: [L. ditrochaeus, Gr. (Pros.)

Defn: A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.

DITROITE
Dit"ro*ite, n. Etym: [Named from Ditro in Transylvania.] (Min.)

Defn: An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elæolite, and sodalite.

DITT
Ditt, n.

Defn: See Dit, n.,

2. [Obs.] Spenser.

DITTANDER
Dit*tan"der, n. Etym: [See Dittany.] (Bot.)

Defn: A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium).

DITTANY Dit"ta*ny, n. Etym: [OE. dytane, detane, dytan, OF. ditain, F. dictame, L. dictamnum, fr. Gr. Dicte in Crete. Cf. Dittander.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete. (b) The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus. (c) In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.

DITTIED
Dit"tied, a. Etym: [From Ditty.]

Defn: Set, sung, or composed as a ditty; — usually in composition.
Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song. Milton.

DITTO
Dit"to, n.; pl. Dittos (. Etym: [It., detto, ditto, fr. L. dictum.
See Dictum.]

Defn: The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition. A spacious table in the center, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners. Dickens.

DITTO
Dit"to, adv.

Defn: As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also.

DITTOLOGY
Dit*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text. [R.]

DITTY Dit"ty, n.; pl. Ditties. Etym: [OE. dite, OF. ditié, fr. L. dictatum, p. p. neut. of dictare to say often, dictate, compose. See Dictate, v. t.]

1. A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme. O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme. Spenser.

2. A song; a lay; a little poem intended to be sung. "Religious, martial, or civil ditties." Milton.ditties sing. Sandys.

DITTY
Dit"ty, v. i.

Defn: To sing; to warble a little tune.
Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes. Herbert.

DITTY-BAG
Dit"ty-bag`, n.

Defn: A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; — also called sailor's housewife.

DITTY-BOX
Dit"ty-box`, n.

Defn: A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, etc.

DIUREIDE
Di*u"re*ide, n. Etym: [Di- + ureide.] (Chem.)

Defn: One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid or allantoin. Cf. Ureide.

DIURESIS
Di`u*re"sis, n. Etym: [NL. See Diuretic.] (Med.)

Defn: Free excretion of urine.

DIURETIC
Di`u*ret"ic, a. Etym: [L. diureticus, Gr. diurétique.] (Med.)

Defn: Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine.
— n.

Defn: A medicine with diuretic properties. Diuretic salt (Med.), potassium acetate; — so called because of its diuretic properties.

DIURETICAL
Di`u*ret"ic*al, a.

Defn: Diuretic. [Obs.] Boyle.

DIURETICALNESS
Di`u*ret"ic*al*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being diuretical; diuretic property.

DIURNA
Di*ur"na, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; — so called because they fly only in the daytime.

DIURNAL
Di*ur"nal, a. Etym: [L. diurnalis, fr. dies day. See Deity, and cf.
Journal.]

1. Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; — opposed to Ant: nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.

2. Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth. Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring. Shak.

3. (Bot.)

Defn: Opening during the day, and closing at night; — said of flowers or leaves.

4. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Active by day; — applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects. Diurnal aberration (Anat.), the aberration of light arising from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent direction of motion of light. — Diurnal arc, the arc described by the sun during the daytime or while above the horizon; hence, the arc described by the moon or a star from rising to setting. — Diurnal circle, the apparent circle described by a celestial body in consequence of the earth's rotation. — Diurnal motion of the earth, the motion of the earth upon its axis which is described in twentyfour hours. — Diurnal motion of a heavenly body, that apparent motion of the heavenly body which is due to the earth's diurnal motion. — Diurnal parallax. See under Parallax. — Diurnal revolution of a planet, the motion of the planet upon its own axis which constitutes one complete revolution.

Syn.
— See Daily.

DIURNAL
Di*ur"nal, n. Etym: [Cf. F. diurnal a prayerbook. See Diurnal, a.]

1. A daybook; a journal. [Obs.] Tatler.

2. (R. C. Ch.)

Defn: A small volume containing the daily service for the "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A diurnal bird or insect.

DIURNALIST
Di*ur"nal*ist, n.

Defn: A journalist. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

DIURNALLY
Di*ur"nal*ly, adv.

Defn: Daily; every day.

DIURNALNESS
Di*ur"nal*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being diurnal.

DIURNATION
Di`ur*na"tion, n.

1. Continuance during the day. [Obs.]

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats.

DIUTURNAL Di`u*tur"nal, a. Etym: [L. diuturnus, fr. diu a long time, by day; akin to dies day.]

Defn: Of long continuance; lasting. [R.] Milton.

DIUTURNITY
Di`u*tur"ni*ty, n. Etym: [L. diuturnitas.]

Defn: Long duration; lastingness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

DIVA Di"va (de"va), n.; It. pl. Dive (de"va). [It., prop. fem. of divo divine, L. divus.]

Defn: A prima donna.

DIVAGATION Di`va*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. divagari to wander about; di- = dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. F. divagation. See Vagary.]

Defn: A wandering about or going astray; digression.
Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation.
Thackeray.

DIVALENT
Div"a*lent, a. Etym: [Pref. di- + L. valens, valentis, p. pr. See
Valence.] (Chem.)

Defn: Having two units of combining power; bivalent. Cf. Valence.

DIVAN Di*van", n. Etym: [Per. diwan a book of many leaves, an account book, a collection of books, a senate, council: cf. Ar. daiwan, F. divan.]

1. A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz. [Persia]

2. In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly. Pope.

3. A chief officer of state. [India]

4. A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room.

5. A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable.

6. A coffee and smoking saloon. [Colloq.]

DIVARICATE Di*var"i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Divaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating.] Etym: [L. divaricatus, p. p. of divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched outwards.]

1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.

2. To diverge; to be divaricate. Woodward.

DIVARICATE
Di*var"i*cate, v. t.

Defn: To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.

DIVARICATE
Di*var"i*cate, a. Etym: [L. divaricatus, p. p.]

1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.

DIVARICATELY
Di*var"i*cate*ly, adv.

Defn: With divarication.

DIVARICATION
Di*var`i*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. divarication.]

1. A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.

2. An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion. Sir T. Browne.

3. (Biol.)

Defn: A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles.

DIVARICATOR
Di*var`i*ca"tor, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda.

DIVAST
Di*vast", a.

Defn: Devastated; laid waste. [Obs.]

DIVE Dive, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dived, colloq. Dove (, a relic of the AS. strong forms deáf, dofen; p. pr. & vb. n. Diving.] Etym: [OE. diven, duven, AS. d to sink, v. t., fr. d, v. i.; akin to Icel. d, G. taufen, E. dip, deep, and perh. to dove, n. Cf. Dip.]

1. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. Whately.

Note: The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an
imperfect tense form.
All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous splash. Dr. Hayes.
When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and left the young bird
sitting in the water. J. Burroughs.

2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. South.

DIVE
Dive, v. t.

1. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. [Obs.] Hooker.

2. To explore by diving; to plunge into. [R.] The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame. Denham. He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps. Emerson.

DIVE
Dive, n.

1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.

2. A place of low resort. [Slang] The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city. J. Hawthorne.

DIVEDAPPER
Dive"dap`per, n. Etym: [See Dive, Didapper.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick.

DIVEL
Di*vel", v. t. Etym: [L. divellere; dit- = dis- + vellere to pluck.]

Defn: To rend apart. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

DIVELLENT
Di*vel"lent, a. Etym: [L. divellens, p. pr.]

Defn: Drawing asunder. [R.]

DIVELLICATE Di*vel"li*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. di- = vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to pluck, fr. vellere to pull.]

Defn: To pull in pieces. [Obs. or R.]

DIVER
Div"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, dives. Divers and fishers for pearls. Woodward.

2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. "A diver into causes." Sir H. Wotton.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving.

Note: The northern diver (Urinator imber) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter (Oidemia fusca) is a sea duck. See Loon, and Scoter.

DIVERB Di"verb, n. Etym: [L. diverbium the colloquial part of a comedy, dialogue; di- = dis- + verbum word.]

Defn: A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted;
an antithetical proverb. [Obs.]
Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes.
Burton.

DIVERBERATE Di*ver"ber*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. diverberatus, p. p. of diverberare to strike asunder; di- = dis- + verberare. See Verberate.]

Defn: To strike or sound through. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).

DIVERBERATION
Di*ver`ber*a"tion, n.

Defn: A sounding through.

DIVERGE
Di*verge", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Diverged; p. pr. & vb. n. Diverging.]
Etym: [L. di- = dis- + vergere to bend, incline. See Verge.]

1. To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); — opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.

2. To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.

DIVERGEMENT
Di*verge"ment, n.

Defn: Divergence.

DIVERGENCE; DIVERGENCY
Di*ver"gence, Di*ver"gen*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. divergence.]

1. A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines. Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency.

2. Disagreement; difference. Related with some divergence by other writers. Sir G. C. Lewis.

DIVERGENT
Di*ver"gent, a. Etym: [Cf. F. divergent. See Diverge.]

1. Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; — opposed to convergent.

2. (Optics)

Defn: Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens.

3. Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement. Divergent series. (Math.) See Diverging series, under Diverging.

DIVERGING
Di*ver"ging, a.

Defn: Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent. Diverging series (Math.), a series whose terms are larger as the series is extended; a series the sum of whose terms does not approach a finite limit when the series is extended indefinitely; — opposed to a converging series.

DIVERGINGLY
Di*ver"ging*ly, adv.

Defn: In a diverging manner.

DIVERS
Di"vers, a. Etym: [F. divers, L. diversus turned in different
directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See Divert, and cf.
Diverse.]

1. Different in kind or species; diverse. [Obs.] Every sect of them hath a divers posture. Bacon. Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds. Deut. xxii. 9.

2. Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally. Divers of Antonio's creditors. Shak.

Note: Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways (not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind.

DIVERSE
Di"verse, a. Etym: [The same word as divers. See Divers.]

1. Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
The word . . . is used in a sense very diverse from its original
import. J. Edwards.
Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she. R. Browning.

2. Capable of various forms; multiform. Eloquence is a great and diverse thing. B. Jonson.

DIVERSE
Di*verse", adv.

Defn: In different directions; diversely.

DIVERSE
Di*verse", v. i.

Defn: To turn aside. [Obs.]
The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart. Spenser.

DIVERSELY
Di"verse*ly, adv.

1. In different ways; differently; variously. "Diversely interpreted." Bacon. How diversely love doth his pageants play. Spenser.

2. In different directions; to different points. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Pope.

DIVERSENESS
Di*verse"ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being diverse.

DIVERSIFIABILITY
Di*ver`si*fi`a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or capacity of being diversifiable. Earle.

DIVERSIFIABLE
Di*ver"si*fi`a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being diversified or varied. Boyle.

DIVERSIFICATION
Di*ver`si*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [See Diversify.]

1. The act of making various, or of changing form or quality. Boyle.

2. State of diversity or variation; variegation; modification; change; alternation. Infinite diversifications of tints may be produced. Adventurer.

DIVERSIFIED
Di*ver"si*fied, a.

Defn: Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape.

DIVERSIFIER
Di*ver"si*fi`er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, diversifies.

DIVERSIFORM
Di*ver"si*form, a. Etym: [L. diversus diverse + -form.]

Defn: Of a different form; of varied forms.

DIVERSIFY
Di*ver"si*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diversified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Diversifying.] Etym: [F. diversifier, LL. diversificare, fr. L.
diversus diverse + ficare (in comp.), akin to facere to make. See
Diverse.]

Defn: To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety
to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
Separated and diversified on from another. Locke.
Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of nature. I. Taylor.

DIVERSILOQUENT Di`ver*sil"o*quent, a. Etym: [L. diversus diverse + loquens, p. pr. of loqui to speak.]

Defn: Speaking in different ways. [R.]

DIVERSION
Di*ver"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. diversion. See Divert.]

1. The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.

2. That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth. "Public diversions." V. Knox. Such productions of wit and humor as expose vice and folly, furnish useful diversion to readers. Addison.

3. (Mil.)

Defn: The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.

Syn. — Amusement; entertainment; pastime; recreation; sport; game; play; solace; merriment.

DIVERSITY Di*ver"si*ty, n.; pl. Diversities. Etym: [F. diversité, L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See Diverse.]

1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness. They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety. South.

2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety. "Diversity of sounds." Shak. "Diversities of opinion." Secker.

3. Variegation. "Bright diversities of day." Pope.

Syn.
— See Variety.

DIVERSIVOLENT Di`ver*siv"o*lent, a. Etym: [L. diversus diverse + volens, -entis, p. pr. of velle to wish.]

Defn: Desiring different things. [Obs.] Webster (White Devil).

DIVERSORY
Di*ver"so*ry, a.

Defn: Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing. [Obs.]

DIVERSORY Di*ver"so*ry, n. Etym: [L. diversorium, deversorium, an inn or lodging.]

Defn: A wayside inn. [Obs. or R.] Chapman.

DIVERT
Di*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diverting.]
Etym: [F. divertir, fr. L. divertere, diversum, to go different ways,
turn aside; di- = dis- + vertere to turn. See Verse, and cf.
Divorce.]

1. To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course. That crude apple that diverted Eve. Milton.

2. To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor. We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy. C. J. Smith.

Syn. — To please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate; delight; recreate. See Amuse.

DIVERT
Di*vert", v. i.

Defn: To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.]
I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. Evelyn.

DIVERTER
Di*vert"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.

DIVERTIBLE
Di*vert"i*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being diverted.

DIVERTICLE Di*ver"ti*cle, n. Etym: [L. diverticulum, deverticulum, a bypath, fr. divertere to turn away.]

1. A turning; a byway; a bypath. [Obs.] Hales.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: A diverticulum.

DIVERTICULAR
Div`er*tic"u*lar, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to a diverticulum.

DIVERTICULUM
Div`er*tic"u*lum, n.; pl. Diverticula. Etym: [L. See Diverticle.]
(Anat.)

Defn: A blind tube branching out of a longer one.

DIVERTIMENTO
Di*ver`ti*men"to, n.; pl. -ti. Etym: [It.] (Mus.

Defn: ) A light and pleasing composition.

DIVERTING
Di*vert"ing, a.

Defn: Amusing; entertaining.
— Di*vert"ing*ly, adv.
— Di*vert"ing*ness, n.

DIVERTISE
Di*vert"ise, v. t. Etym: [F. divertir, p. pr. divertissant.]

Defn: To divert; to entertain. [Obs.] Dryden.

DIVERTISEMENT
Di*vert"ise*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. the next word.]

Defn: Diversion; amusement; recreation. [R.]

DIVERTISSEMENT
Di`ver`tisse`ment", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. Smart.

DIVERTIVE
Di*vert"ive, a. Etym: [From Divert.]

Defn: Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.
Things of a pleasant and divertive nature. Rogers.

DIVES
Di"ves, n. Etym: [L., rich.]

Defn: The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling.

DIVEST Di*vest", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb. n. Divesting.] Etym: [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest.]

1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; — opposed to invest.

2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc. Wretches divested of every moral feeling. Goldsmith. The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals. Earle.

3. (Law)

Defn: See Devest. Mozley & W.

DIVESTIBLE
Di*vest"i*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being divested.

DIVESTITURE
Di*vest"i*ture, n.

Defn: The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.

DIVESTMENT
Di*vest"ment, n.

Defn: The act of divesting. [R.]

DIVESTURE
Di*ves"ture, n.

Defn: Divestiture. [Obs.]

DIVET
Div"et, n.

Defn: See Divot.

DIVIDABLE
Di*vid"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Divide.]

1. Capable of being divided; divisible.

2. Divided; separated; parted. [Obs.] Shak.

DIVIDANT
Di*vid"ant, a.

Defn: Different; distinct. [Obs.] Shak.

DIVIDE
Di*vide", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divided; p. pr. & vb. n. Dividing.]
Etym: [L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root signifying to part;
cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to L. vidua widow, and E. widow.
Cf. Device, Devise.]

1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts. Divide the living child in two. 1 Kings iii. 25.

2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns. Let it divide the waters from the waters. Gen. i. 6.

3. To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share. True justice unto people to divide. Spenser. Ye shall divide the land by lot. Num. xxxiii. 54.

4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile;
to set at variance.
If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand.
Mark iii. 24.
Every family became now divided within itself. Prescott.

5. To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question.

6. (Math.)

Defn: To subject to arithmetical division.

7. (Logic)

Defn: To separate into species; — said of a genus or generic term.

8. (Mech.)

Defn: To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.

9. (Music)

Defn: To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. [Obs.]
Spenser.

Syn. — To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite; detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.

DIVIDE
Di*vide", v. i.

1. To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder. Milton. The Indo-Germanic family divides into three groups. J. Peile.

2. To cause separation; to disunite. A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between islands, divide less than the matted forest. Bancroft.

3. To break friendship; to fall out. Shak.

4. To have a share; to partake. Shak.

5. To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes. The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their equals. Gibbon.

DIVIDE
Di*vide", n.

Defn: A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.

DIVIDED
Di*vid"ed, a.

1. Parted; disunited; distributed.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; - - said of a leaf.

DIVIDEDLY
Di*vid"ed*ly, adv.

Defn: Separately; in a divided manner.

DIVIDEND Div"i*dend, n. Etym: [L. dividendum thing to be divided, neut. of the gerundive of dividere: cf. F. dividende.]

1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; — applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.

2. (Math.)

Defn: A number or quantity which is to be divided.

DIVIDENT
Div"i*dent, n.

Defn: Dividend; share. [Obs.] Foxe.

DIVIDER
Di*vid"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.

2. One who deals out to each his share. Who made me a judge or a divider over you Luke xii. 14.

3. One who, or that which, causes division. Hate is of all things the mightiest divider. Milton. Money, the great divider of the world. Swift.

4. pl.

Defn: An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses.

Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.

DIVIDING
Di*vid"ing, a.

Defn: That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating. Dividing engine, a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels. — Dividing sinker. (Knitting Mach.). See under Sinker.

DIVIDINGLY
Di*vid"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: By division.

DIVI-DIVI
Di"vi-di"vi, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Bot.)

Defn: A small tree of tropical America (Cæsalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers.

DIVIDUAL
Di*vid"u*al, a. Etym: [See Dividuous.]

Defn: Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others.
[R.] Milton.

DIVIDUALLY
Di*vid"u*al*ly, adv.

Defn: By dividing. [R.]

DIVIDUOUS Di*vid"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. dividuus divisible, divided, fr. dividere.]

Defn: Divided; dividual. [R.] He so often substantiates distinctions into dividuous, selfsubsistent. Coleridge.

DIVINATION Div`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. divinatio, fr. divinare, divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F. divination. See Divine.]

1. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means. There shall not be found among you any one that . . . useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter. Deut. xviii. 10.

Note: Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural divination was supposed to be effected by a divine afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites, omens, or appearances, as the flight of birds, entrails of animals, etc.

2. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction. Birds which do give a happy divination of things to come. Sir T. North.

DIVINATOR
Div"i*na`tor, n. Etym: [L. See Divination.]

Defn: One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner. [R.]
Burton.

DIVINATORY
Di*vin"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. divinatoire.]

Defn: Professing, or relating to, divination. "A natural divinatory instinct." Cowley.

DIVINE Di*vine", a. Etym: [Compar. Diviner (; superl. Divinest.] Etym: [F. divin, L. divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. divus, dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr. deus, God. See Deity.]

1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. "The immensity of the divine nature." Paley.

2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine protection." Bacon.

3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.

4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said." Shak.

5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies. "The divine Desdemona." Shak. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. Prov. xvi. 10. But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. Gray.

6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.] Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him. Milton.

7. Relating to divinity or theology. Church history and other divine learning. South.

Syn. — Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial; pious; holy; sacred; preëminent.

DIVINE
Di*vine", n. Etym: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See
Divine, a.]

1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian. "Poets were the first divines." Denham.

2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition. J. Woodbridge.

DIVINE
Di*vine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divined; p. pr. & vb. n. Divining.]
Etym: [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See Divination.]

1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture. A sagacity which divined the evil designs. Bancroft.

2. To foretell; to predict; to presage. Darest thou . . . divine his downfall Shak.

3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] Living on earth like angel new divined. Spenser.

Syn. — To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise.

DIVINE
Di*vine", v. i.

1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications. The prophets thereof divine for money. Micah iii. 11.

2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding. Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. Shak.

3. To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.

DIVINELY
Di*vine"ly, adv.

1. In a divine or godlike manner; holily; admirably or excellently in a supreme degree. Most divinely fair. Tennyson.

2. By the agency or influence of God. Divinely set apart . . . to be a preacher of righteousness. Macaulay.

DIVINEMENT
Di*vine"ment, n.

Defn: Divination. [Obs.]

DIVINENESS
Di*vine"ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence.
Shak.

DIVINER
Di*vin"er, n.

1. One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means. The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Zech. x. 2.

2. A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things. Locke.

DIVINERESS
Di*vin"er*ess, n.

Defn: A woman who divines. Dryden.

DIVING
Div"ing, a.

Defn: That dives or is used or diving. Diving beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle of the family Dytiscidæ, which habitually lives under water; - - called also water tiger. — Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. — Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine. — Diving stone, a kind of jasper.

DIVINIFY
Di*vin"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [L. divinus divine + -fy.]

Defn: To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] "Blessed and divinified soul." Parth. Sacra (1633).

DIVINING
Di*vin"ing, a.

Defn: That divines; for divining. Divining rod, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or metals under ground.

DIVININGLY
Di*vin"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a divining manner.

DIVINISTRE
Div`i*nis"tre, n.

Defn: A diviner. [Obs.] " I am no divinistre." Chaucer.

DIVINITY
Di*vin"i*ty, n.; pl. Divinities. Etym: [F. divinité, L. divinitas.
See Divine, a.]

1. The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead. When he attributes divinity to other things than God, it is only a divinity by way of participation. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. The Deity; the Supreme Being; God. This the divinity that within us. Addison.

3. A pretended deity of pagans; a false god. Beastly divinities, and droves of gods. Prior.

4. A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man. God . . . employing these subservient divinities. Cheyne.

5. Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe. They say there is divinity in odd numbers. Shak. There's such divinity doth hedge a king. Shak.

6. The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology. Divinity is essentially the first of the professions. Coleridge. , casuistry.

DIVINITY CALF
Di*vin"i*ty calf`. (Bookbinding)

Defn: Calf stained dark brown and worked without gilding, often used for theological books.

DIVINIZATION
Div`i*ni*za"tion, n.

Defn: A making divine. M. Arnold.

DIVINIZE
Div"i*nize, v. t.

Defn: To invest with a divine character; to deify. [R.] M. Arnold.
Man had divinized all those objects of awe. Milman.

DIVISIBILITY
Di*vis`i*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. divisibilité.]

Defn: The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation. Divisibility . . . is a primary attribute of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.

DIVISIBLE Di*vis"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. divisibilis, fr. dividere: cf. F. divisible. See Divide.]

Defn: Capable of being divided or separated. Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. Sir W. Hamilton. Divisible contract (Law), a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other. — Divisible offense (Law), an offense containing a lesser offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can be a conviction. — Di*vis"i*ble*ness, n. — Di*vis"i*bly, adv.

DIVISIBLE
Di*vis"i*ble, n.

Defn: A divisible substance. Glanvill.

DIVISION
Di*vi"sion, n. Etym: [F. division, L. divisio, from dividere. See
Divide.]

1. The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation. I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. Gibbon.

2. That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.

3. The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section. Communities and divisions of men. Addison.

4. Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation. There was a division among the people. John vii. 43.

5. Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast. Chaucer. I will put a division between my people and thy people. Ex. viii. 23.

6. Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote. The motion passed without a division. Macaulay.

7. (Math.)

Defn: The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.

8. (Logic)

Defn: The separation of a genus into its constituent species.

9. (Mil.) (a) Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer. (b) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion. (c) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.

10. (Naut.)

Defn: One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.

11. (Mus.)

Defn: A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.

12. (Rhet.)

Defn: The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.

13. (Biol.)

Defn: A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom. Cell division (Biol.), a method of cell increase, in which new cells are formed by the division of the parent cell. In this process, the cell nucleus undergoes peculiar differentiations and changes, as shown in the figure (see also Karyokinesis). At the same time the protoplasm of the cell becomes gradually constricted by a furrow transverse to the long axis of the nuclear spindle, followed, on the completion of the division of the nucleus, by a separation of the cell contents into two masses, called the daughter cells. — Long division (Math.), the process of division when the operations are mostly written down. — Short division (Math.), the process of division when the operations are mentally performed and only the results written down; — used principally when the divisor is not greater than ten or twelve.

Syn. — compartment; section; share; allotment; distribution; separation; partition; disjunction; disconnection; difference; variance; discord; disunion.

DIVISIONAL
Di*vi"sion*al, a.

Defn: That divides; pas, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police. Divisional planes (Geol.), planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.

DIVISIONALLY
Di*vi"sion*al*ly, adv.

Defn: So as to be divisional.

DIVISIONARY
Di*vi"sion*a*ry, a.

Defn: Divisional.

DIVISIONOR
Di*vi"sion*or, n.

Defn: One who divides or makes division. [Obs.] Sheldon.

DIVISIVE
Di*vi"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. divisif.]

1. Indicating division or distribution. Mede.

2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference. It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity. J. C. Shairp. — Di*vi"sive*ly, adv. — Di*vi"sive*ness, n. Carlyle.

DIVISOR
Di*vi"sor, n. Etym: [L., fr. dividere. See Divide.] (Math.)

Defn: The number by which the dividend is divided. Common divisor.
(Math.) See under Common, a.

DIVORCE Di*vorce", n. Etym: [F. divorce, L. divortium, fr. divortere, divertere, to turn different ways, to separate. See Divert.]

1. (Law) (a) A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii. "from the bond of matrimony." (b) The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband — divorce a mensa et toro (or thoro), "from bed board."

2. The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.

3. Separation; disunion of things closely united. To make divorce of their incorporate league. Shak.

4. That which separates. [Obs.] Shak. Bill of divorce. See under Bill.

DIVORCE
Di*vorce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divorced; p. pr. & vb. n. Divorcing.]
Etym: [Cf. F. divorcer. See Divorce, n.]

1. To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.

2. To separate or disunite; to sunder. It [a word] was divorced from its old sense. Earle.

3. To make away; to put away. Nothing but death Shall e'er divorce my dignities. Shak.

DIVORCEABLE
Di*vorce"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being divorced.

DIVORCEE
Di*vor`cee", n.

Defn: A person divorced.

DIVORCELESS
Di*vorce"less, a.

Defn: Incapable of being divorced or separated; free from divorce.

DIVORCEMENT
Di*vorce"ment, n.

Defn: Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation.
Let him write her a divorcement. Deut. xxiv. 1.
The divorcement of our written from our spoken language. R. Morris.

DIVORCER
Di*vor"cer, n.

Defn: The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.
Drummond.

DIVORCIBLE
Di*vor"ci*ble, a.

Defn: Divorceable. Milton.

DIVORCIVE
Di*vor"cive, a.

Defn: Having power to divorce; tending to divorce. "This divorcive law." Milton.

DIVOT
Div"ot, n.

Defn: A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel. [Scot.] Simmonds.

DIVULGATE
Di*vul"gate, a. Etym: [L. divulgatus, p. p. of divulgare. See
Divulge.]

Defn: Published. [Obs.] Bale.

DIVULGATE
Di*vul"gate, v. t.

Defn: To divulge. [Obs.] Foxe.

DIVULGATER
Div"ul*ga`ter, n.

Defn: A divulger. [R.]

DIVULGATION
Div`ul*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. divulgatio: cf. F. divulgation.]

Defn: The act of divulging or publishing. [R.]
Secrecy hath no use than divulgation. Bp. Hall.

DIVULGE
Di*vulge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divulged; p. pr. & vb. n. Divulging.]
Etym: [F. divulguer, L. divulgare; di- = dis- + vulgare to spread
among the people, from vulgus the common people. See Vulgar.]

1. To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; — said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret. Divulge not such a love as mine. Cowper.

2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.] God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven. Milton.

3. To impart; to communicate. Which would not be To them [animals] made common and divulged. Milton.

Syn. — To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell.

DIVULGE
Di*vulge", v. i.

Defn: To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging."
Shak.

DIVULSIVE
Di*vul"sive, a.

Defn: Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting.

DIXIE
Dix"ie, n.

Defn: A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United
States, esp. during the Civil War. [U.S.]

DIZEN Diz"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dizened; p. pr. & vb. n. Dizening.] Etym: [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. Distaff.]

1. To dress; to attire. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

2. To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.
Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out. Goldsmith.
To-morrow when the masks shall fall That dizen Nature's carnival.
Emerson.

DIZZ
Dizz, v. t. Etym: [See Dizzy.]

Defn: To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle. [Obs.] Gayton.

DIZZARD
Diz"zard, n. Etym: [See Dizzy, and cf. Disard.]

Defn: A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.] —
Diz"zard*ly, adv. [Obs.]

DIZZILY
Diz"zi*ly, adv.

Defn: In a dizzy manner or state.

DIZZINESS
Diz"zi*ness, n. Etym: [AS. dysigness folly. See Dizzy.]

Defn: Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.

DIZZY Diz"zy, a. [Compar. Dizzier; superl. Dizziest.] Etym: [OE. dusi, disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. düsig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan. dösig drowsy, slepy, döse to make dull, drowsy, dös dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dw foolish, G. thor fool. Daze, Doze.]

1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct. Alas! his brain was dizzy. Drayton.

2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo. To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder. Macaulay.

3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless. "The dizzy multitude." Milton.

DIZZY
Diz"zy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dizzied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dizzying.]

Defn: 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.

DJEREED; DJERRID Djer*eed" or Djer*rid" (, n. Etym: [F. djerid, fr. Ar. See Jereed.] (a) A blunt javelin used in military games in Moslem countries. (b) A game played with it. [Written also jereed, jerrid, etc.]

DJINNEE
Djin"nee, n.; pl. Jjinn ( or Djinns (.

Defn: See Jinnee, Jinn.

DO.
Do. (, n.

Defn: An abbreviation of Ditto.

DO
Do, n. (Mus.)

Defn: A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet.

DO Do, v. t. or auxiliary. [imp. Din; p. p. Done; p. pr. & vb. n. Doing. This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus: I do, thou doest (dost , he does (doeth (doth (dost. As an independent verb, dost is obsolete or rare, except in poetry. "What dost thou in this world" Milton. The form doeth is a verb unlimited, doth, formerly so used, now being the auxiliary form. The second pers, sing., imperfect tense, is didst (didest ( Etym: [AS. d; akin to D. doen, OS. duan, OHG. tuon, G. thun, Lith. deti, OSlav. d, OIr. dénim I do, Gr. dha, and to E. suffix -dom, and prob. to L. facere to do, E. fact, and perh. to L. -dere in some compounfds, as addere to add, credere to trust. Deed, Deem, Doom, Fact, Creed, Theme.]

1. To place; to put. [Obs.] Tale of a Usurer (about 1330).

2. To cause; to make; — with an infinitive. [Obs.] My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences. W. Caxton. I shall . . . your cloister do make. Piers Plowman. A fatal plague which many did to die. Spenser. We do you to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. 2 Cor. viii. 1.

Note: We have lost the idiom shown by the citations (do used like the French faire or laisser), in which the verb in the infinitive apparently, but not really, has a passive signification, i. e., cause . . . to be made.

3. To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to
achieve.
The neglecting it may do much danger. Shak.
He waved indifferently' twixt doing them neither good not harm. Shak.

4. To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work. Ex. xx. 9. We did not do these things. Ld. Lytton. You can not do wrong without suffering wrong. Emerson. Hence: To do homage, honor, favor, justice, etc., to render homage, honor, etc.

5. To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; — a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done. "Ere summer half be done." "I have done weeping." Shak.

6. To make ready for an object, purpose, or use, as food by cooking; to cook completely or sufficiently; as, the meat is done on one side only.

7. To put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text. Done to death by slanderous tongues. Shak. The ground of the difficulty is done away. Paley. Suspicions regarding his loyalty were entirely done away. Thackeray. To do on our own harness, that we may not; but we must do on the armor of God. Latimer. Then Jason rose and did on him a fair Blue woolen tunic. W. Morris (Jason). Though the former legal pollution be now done off, yet there is a spiritual contagion in idolatry as much to be shunned. Milton. It ["Pilgrim's Progress"] has been done into verse: it has been done into modern English. Macaulay.

8. To cheat; to gull; to overreach. [Colloq.] He was not be done, at his time of life, by frivolous offers of a compromise that might have secured him seventy-five per cent. De Quincey.

9. To see or inspect; to explore; as, to do all the points of interest. [Colloq.]

10. (Stock Exchange)

Defn: To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.

Note: (a) Do and did are much employed as auxiliaries, the verb to which they are joined being an infinitive. As an auxiliary the verb do has no participle. "I do set my bow in the cloud." Gen. ix. 13. [Now archaic or rare except for emphatic assertion.] Rarely . . . did the wrongs of individuals to the knowledge of the public. Macaulay. (b) They are often used in emphatic construction. "You don't say so, Mr. Jobson. — but I do say so." Sir W. Scott. "I did love him, but scorn him now." Latham. (c) In negative and interrogative constructions, do and did are in common use. I do not wish to see them; what do you think Did Cæsar cross the Tiber He did not. "Do you love me" Shak. (d) Do, as an auxiliary, is supposed to have been first used before imperatives. It expresses entreaty or earnest request; as, do help me. In the imperative mood, but not in the indicative, it may be used with the verb to be; as, do be quiet. Do, did, and done often stand as a general substitute or representative verb, and thus save the repetition of the principal verb. "To live and die is all we have to do." Denham. In the case of do and did as auxiliaries, the sense may be completed by the infinitive (without to) of the verb represented. "When beauty lived and died as flowers do now." Shak. "I . . . chose my wife as she did her wedding gown." Goldsmith. My brightest hopes giving dark fears a being. As the light does the shadow. Longfellow. In unemphatic affirmative sentences do is, for the most part, archaic or poetical; as, "This just reproach their virtue does excite." Dryden. To do one's best, To do one's diligence (and the like), to exert one's self; to put forth one's best or most or most diligent efforts. "We will . . . do our best to gain their assent." Jowett (Thucyd.). — To do one's business, to ruin one. [Colloq.] Wycherley. — To do one shame, to cause one shame. [Obs.] — To do over. (a) To make over; to perform a second time. (b) To cover; to spread; to smear. "Boats . . . sewed together and done over with a kind of slimy stuff like rosin." De Foe. — To do to death, to put to death. (See 7.) [Obs.] — To do up. (a) To put up; to raise. [Obs.] Chaucer. (b) To pack together and envelop; to pack up. (c) To accomplish thoroughly. [Colloq.] (d) To starch and iron. "A rich gown of velvet, and a ruff done up with the famous yellow starch." Hawthorne. — To do way, to put away; to lay aside. [Obs.] Chaucer. — To do with, to dispose of; to make use of; to employ; — usually preceded by what. "Men are many times brought to that extremity, that were it not for God they would not know what to do with themselves." Tillotson. — To have to do with, to have concern, business or intercourse with; to deal with. When preceded by what, the notion is usually implied that the affair does not concern the person denoted by the subject of have. "Philology has to do with language in its fullest sense." Earle. "What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah 2 Sam. xvi. 10.

DO
Do, v. i.

1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self. They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . . the law and commandment. 2 Kings xvii. 34.

2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day

3. Etym: [Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of use, AS. dugan. See Doughty.]

Defn: To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do. You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that won't do; challenge the crown. Collier. To do by. See under By. — To do for. (a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit. (b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.] Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their victim is stabbed and done for. Thackeray. — To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] "I could not do withal." Shak. — To do without, to get along without; to dispense with. — To have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have finished; to be quit; to desist. — To have done with, to have completed; to be through with; to have no further concern with. — Well to do, in easy circumstances.

DO
Do, n.

1. Deed; act; fear. [Obs.] Sir W. Scott.

2. Ado; bustle; stir; to do. [R.] A great deal of do, and a great deal of trouble. Selden.

3. A cheat; a swindle. [Slang, Eng.]

DOAB
Do"ab, Etym: [Pers. & Hind. doab, prop., two waters.]

Defn: A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers; as, the doab between the Ganges and the Jumna. [India] Am. Cyc.

DOABLE
Do"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being done. Carlyle.

DO-ALL
Do"-all`, n.

Defn: General manager; factotum. Under him, Dunstan was the do-all at court, being the king's treasurer, councilor, chancellor, confessor, all things. Fuller.

DOAND
Do"and, p. pr.

Defn: Doing. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

DOAT
Doat, v. i.

Defn: See Dote.

DOBBER
Dob"ber, n.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Dabchick.

2. A float to a fishing line. [Local, U. S.]

DOBBIN
Dob"bin, n.

1. An old jaded horse. Shak.

2. Sea gravel mixed with sand. [Prov. Eng.]

DOBBY
Dob"by, n. (Weaving)

Defn: An apparatus resembling a Jacquard for weaving small figures (usually about 12 - 16 threads, seldom more than 36 - 40 threads).

DOBCHICK
Dob"chick`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Dabchick.

DOBELL'S SOLUTION
Do*bell's" so*lu"tion. (Med.)

Defn: An aqueous solution of carbolic acid, borax, sodium bicarbonate, and glycerin, used as a spray in diseases of the nose and throat.

DOBSON
Dob"son, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.

DOBULE
Dob"ule, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The European dace.

DOCENT
Do"cent, a. Etym: [L. docens, -entis, p. pr. of docere to teach.]

Defn: Serving to instruct; teaching. [Obs.]

DOCETAE
Do*ce"tæ, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: Ancient heretics who held that Christ's body was merely a phantom or appearance.

DOCETIC
Do*cet"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docetæ. "Docetic
Gnosticism." Plumptre.

DOCETISM
Doc"e*tism, n. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: The doctrine of the Docetæ.

DOCHMIAC
Doch"mi*ac, a. (Pros.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.

DOCHMIUS
Doch"mi*us, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Pros.)

Defn: A foot of five syllables (usually

DOCIBILITY; DOCIBLENESS
Doc`i*bil"i*ty, Doc"i*ble*ness, n. Etym: [L. docibilitas.]

Defn: Aptness for being taught; teachableness; docility.
To persons of docibility, the real character may be easily taught in
a few days. Boyle.
The docibleness of dogs in general. Walton.

DOCIBLE
Doc"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. docibilis, fr. docere to teach.]

Defn: Easily taught or managed; teachable. Milton.

DOCILE Doc"ile, a. Etym: [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. discere to learn, Gr. docile. Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple.]

1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]

2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. The elephant is at once docible and docile. C. J. Smith.

DOCILITY
Do*cil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. docilitas, fr. docilis: cf. F. docilité.]

1. teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness. [Obs. or R.]

2. Willingness to be taught; tractableness. The humble docility of little children is, in the New Testament, represented as a necessary preparative to the reception of the Christian faith. Beattie.

DOCIMACY
Doc"i*ma*cy, n. Etym: [Gr. docimasie.]

Defn: The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.

DOCIMASTIC
Doc`i*mas"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. docimastique.]

Defn: Proving by experiments or tests. Docimastic art, metallurgy, or the art of assaying metals; the art of separating metals from foreign matters, and determining the nature and quantity of metallic substances contained in any ore or mineral.

DOCIMOLOGY
Doc`i*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Defn: A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc.

DOCITY
Doc"i*ty, n.

Defn: Teachableness. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]

DOCK Dock, n. Etym: [AS. docce; of uncertain origin; cf. G. docken- blätter, Gael. dogha burdock, OF. doque; perh. akin to L. daucus, daucum, Gr. Burdock.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

Note: Yellow dock is Rumex crispus, with smooth curly leaves and yellow root, which that of other species is used medicinally as an astringent and tonic.

DOCK Dock, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. dockr a short tail, Fries. dok a little bundle or bunch, G. docke bundle, skein, a short and thick column.]

1. The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting. Grew.

2. A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.

DOCK
Dock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Docked; p. pr. & vb. n. Docking.] Etym:
[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.

DOCK Dock, n. Etym: [Akin to D. dok; of uncertain origin; cf. LL. doga ditch, L. doga ditch, L. doga sort of vessel, Gr.

1. An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, — used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.

2. The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; — sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.

3. The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands. Balance dock, a kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers. — Dry dock, a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep water, but having appliances for excluding it; — used in constructing or repairing ships. The name includes structures used for the examination, repairing, or building of vessels, as graving docks, floating docks, hydraulic docks, etc. — Floating dock, a dock which is made to become buoyant, and, by floating, to lift a vessel out of water. — Graving dock, a dock for holding a ship for graving or cleaning the bottom, etc. — Hydraulic dock, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of the water by hydraulic presses. — Naval dock, a dock connected with which are naval stores, materials, and all conveniences for the construction and repair of ships. — Sectional dock, a form of floating dock made in separate sections or caissons. — Slip dock, a dock having a sloping floor that extends from deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship. — Wet dock, a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of ships; — also sometimes used as a place of safety; a basin.

DOCK
Dock, v. t.

Defn: To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.

DOCKAGE
Dock"age, n.

Defn: A charge for the use of a dock.

DOCK-CRESS
Dock"-cress`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: Nipplewort.

DOCKET
Dock"et, n. Etym: [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.]

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.

DOCKYARD
Dock"yard`, n.

Defn: A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.

DOCOGLOSSA
Doc`o*glos"sa, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.

DOCQUET
Doc"quet, n. & v.

Defn: See Docket.

DOCTOR Doc"tor, n. Etym: [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]

1. A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man. [Obs.] One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. Bacon.

2. An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only.

3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician. By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death Will seize the doctor too. Shak.

4. Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico- printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine.

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The friar skate. [Prov. Eng.] Doctors' Commons. See under Commons. — Doctor's stuff, physic, medicine. G. Eliot. — Doctor fish (Zoöl.), any fish of the genus Acanthurus; the surgeon fish; — so called from a sharp lancetlike spine on each side of the tail. Also called barber fish. See Surgeon fish.

DOCTOR
Doc"tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doctored; p. pr. & vb. n. Doctoring.]

1. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart. [Colloq.]

2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.

3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky. [Slang]

DOCTOR
Doc"tor, v. i.

Defn: To practice physic. [Colloq.]

DOCTORAL
Doc"tor*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. doctoral.]

Defn: Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor.
Doctoral habit and square cap. Wood.

DOCTORALLY
Doc"tor*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In the manner of a doctor.[R.]

DOCTORATE
Doc"tor*ate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. doctorat.]

Defn: The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.

DOCTORATE
Doc"tor*ate, v. t.

Defn: To make (one) a doctor.
He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller.

DOCTORESS
Doc"tor*ess, n.

Defn: A female doctor.[R.]

DOCTORLY
Doc"tor*ly, a.

Defn: Like a doctor or learned man. [Obs.] "Doctorly prelates." Foxe.

DOCTORSHIP
Doc"tor*ship, n.

Defn: Doctorate. [R.] Clarendon.

DOCTRESS
Doc"tress, n.

Defn: A female doctor. [R.]

DOCTRINABLE
Doc"tri*na*ble, a.

Defn: Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine. [Obs.] Sir P.
Sidney.

DOCTRINAIRE
Doc`tri*naire", n. Etym: [F. See Doctrine.]

Defn: One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions.

Note: In french history, the Doctrinaires were a constitutionalist party which originated after the restoration of the Bourbons, and represented the interests of liberalism and progress. After the Revolution of July, 1830, when they came into power, they assumed a conservative position in antagonism with the republicans and radicals. Am. Cyc.

DOCTRINAL Doc"tri*nal, a. Etym: [LL. doctrinalis, fr. L. doctrina: cf. F. doctrinal. See Doctrine.]

1. Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation. "Doctrinal clauses." Macaulay.

2. Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching. The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument. Hooker.

DOCTRINAL
Doc"tri*nal, n.

Defn: A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. T. Goodwin.
Sir T. Elyot.

DOCTRINALLY
Doc"tri*nal*ly, adv.

Defn: In a doctrinal manner or for; by way of teaching or positive direction.

DOCTRINARIAN
Doc"tri*na"ri*an, n.

Defn: A doctrinaire. J. H. Newman.

DOCTRINARIANISM
Doc`tri*na"ri*an*ism, n.

Defn: The principles or practices of the Doctrinaires.

DOCTRINE
Doc"trine, n. Etym: [F. doctrine, L. doctrina, fr. doctor. See
Doctor.]

1. Teaching; instruction. He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken. Mark iv. 2.

2. That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances. "The doctrine of gravitation." I. Watts. Articles of faith and doctrine. Hooker. The Monroe doctrine (Politics), a policy enunciated by President Monroe (Message, Dec. 2, 1823), the essential feature of which is that the United States will regard as an unfriendly act any attempt on the part of European powers to extend their systems on this continent, or any interference to oppress, or in any manner control the destiny of, governments whose independence had been acknowledged by the United States.

Syn. — Precept; tenet; principle; maxim; dogma. — Doctrine, Precept. Doctrine denotes whatever is recommended as a speculative truth to the belief of others. Precept is a rule down to be obeyed. Doctrine supposes a teacher; precept supposes a superior, with a right to command. The doctrines of the Bible; the precepts of our holy religion. Unpracticed he to fawn or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour. Goldsmith.

DOCUMENT Doc"u*ment, n. Etym: [LL. documentum, fr. docere to teach: cf. F. document. See Docile.]

1. That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma. [Obs.] Learners should not be too much crowded with a heap or multitude of documents or ideas at one time. I. Watts.

2. An example for instruction or warning. [Obs.] They were forth with stoned to death, as a document to others. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; — in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol. Saint Luke . . . collected them from such documents and testimonies as he . . . judged to be authentic. Paley.

DOCUMENT
Doc"u*ment, v. t.

1. To teach; to school. [Obs.] I am finely documented by my own daughter. Dryden.

2. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

DOCUMENTAL
Doc`u*men"tal, a.

1. Of or pertaining to instruction. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

2. Of or pertaining to written evidence; documentary; as, documental testimony.

DOCUMENTARY
Doc`u*men"ta*ry, a.

Defn: Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing. "Documentary evidence." Macaulay.

DODD; DOD
Dodd, Dod, v. t. Etym: [OE. dodden.]

Defn: To cut off, as wool from sheep's tails; to lop or clip off.
Halliwell.

DODDART
Dod"dart, n.

Defn: A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game. [Local, Eng.] Halliwell.

DODDED
Dod"ded, a. Etym: [See Dodd.]

Defn: Without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, dodded corn. Halliwell.

DODDER
Dod"der, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter.] (Bot.)

Defn: A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root. is nourished by the plant that supports it.

DODDER
Dod"der, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and
E. didder, dudder.]

Defn: To shake, tremble, or totter. "The doddering mast." Thomson.

DODDERED
Dod"dered, a.

Defn: Shattered; infirm. "A laurel grew, doddered with age." Dryden.

DODECAGON
Do*dec"a*gon, n. Etym: [Gr. dodécagone.] (Geom.)

Defn: A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.

DODECAGYNIA
Do*dec`a*gyn"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A Linnæan order of plants having twelve styles.

DODECAGYNIAN; DODECAGYNOUS
Do*dec`a*gyn"i*an, Do`de*cag"y*nous, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Dodecagynia; having twelve styles.

DODECAHEDRAL
Do*dec`a*he"dral, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve equal sides. Dodecahedral cleavage. See under Cleavage.

DODECAHEDRON
Do*dec`a*he"dron, n. Etym: [Gr. dodécaèdre.] (Geom. & Crystallog.)

Defn: A solid having twelve faces.

Note: The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see Pyritohedron) is related to it; the rhombic dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces.

DODECANDRIA
Do`de*can"dri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A Linnæan class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.

DODECANDRIAN; DODECANDROUS
Do`de*can"dri*an, Do`de*can"drous, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.

DODECANE
Do"de*cane, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)

Defn: Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series.

DODECASTYLE
Do*dec"a*style, a. Etym: [Gr. dodécastyle.] (Arch.)

Defn: Having twelve columns in front.
— n.

Defn: A dodecastyle portico, or building.

DODECASYLLABIC
Do*dec`a*syl*lab"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. syllabic.]

Defn: Having twelve syllables.

DODECASYLLABLE
Do*dec"a*syl`la*ble, n.

Defn: A word consisting of twelve syllables.

DODECATEMORY
Do*dec`a*tem"o*ry, n. Etym: [Gr. dodécatémorie.] (Astron.)

Defn: A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.

DODGE
Dodge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dodged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dodging.] Etym:
[Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.]

1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start. Milton.

2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble. Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity. Milton.

DODGE
Dodge, v. t.

1. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.

2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility. [Colloq.] S. G. Goodrich.

3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. Coleridge.

DODGE
Dodge, n.

Defn: The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice. [Colloq.] Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the appearance of the last dictionaries. Thackeray.

DODGER
Dodg"er, n.

1. One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices. Smart.

2. A small handbill. [U. S.]

3. See Corndodger.

DODGERY
Dodg"er*y, n.

Defn: trickery; artifice. [Obs.] Hacket.

DODIPATE; DODIPOLL Dod"i*pate, Dod"i*poll, n. Etym: [Perh. fr. OE. dodden to cut off, to shear, and first applied to shaven-polled priests.]

Defn: A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead.
Some will say, our curate is naught, an ass-head, a dodipoll.
Latimer.

DODKIN
Dod"kin, n. Etym: [D. duitken, dim. of duit. See Doit, and cf.
Doitkin.]

Defn: A doit; a small coin. Shelton.

DODMAN
Dod"man, n.

1. A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Nares.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster. [Prov. Eng.]

DODO
Do"do, n.; pl. Dodoes. Etym: [Said to be fr. Pg. doudo silly, foolish
(cf. Booby); this is fr. Prov. E. dold, the same word as E. dolt.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; — called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.

DOE Doe, n. Etym: [AS. da; cf. Dan. daa, daa-dyr, deer, and perh. L. dama. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck.

DOE
Doe, n.

Defn: A feat. [Obs.] See Do, n. Hudibras.

DOEGLIC
Doeg"lic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, the doegling; as, doeglic acid
(Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid.

DOEGLING
Doeg"ling, n. Etym: [Native name in Faroe Islands.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The beaked whale (Balænoptera rostrata), from which doegling oil is obtained.

DOE, JOHN
Doe, John. (Law)

Defn: The fictitious lessee acting as plaintiff in the common-law action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being usually denominated Richard Roe. Hence, a fictitious name for a party, real or fictitious, to any action or proceeding.

DOER
Do"er, m. Etym: [From Do, v. t. & i.]

1. One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent. The doers of the law shall be justified. Rom. ii. 13.

2. (Scots Law)

Defn: An agent or attorney; a factor. Burrill.

DOES
Does.

Defn: The 3d pers. sing. pres. of Do.

DOESKIN
Doe"skin`, n.

1. The skin of the doe.

2. A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; — made for men's wear.

DOFF Doff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Doffing.] Etym: [Do + off. See Do, v. t., 7.]

1. To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of. And made us doff our easy robes of peace. Shak. At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. Emerson.

2. To strip; to divest; to undress. Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear. Crashaw.

DOFF
Doff, v. i.

Defn: To put off dress; to take off the hat.

DOFFER
Doff"er, n. (Mach.)

Defn: A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards. Ure.

DOG Dog, n. Etym: [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a louse that infests the dog, esp. Hæmatopinus 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 (Zoöl.), a salmon of northwest America and northern Asia; — the gorbuscha; — called also holia, and hone. — Dog shark. (Zoöl.) 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 (Zoöl.), any species of univalve shells of the family Nassidæ, esp. the Nassa reticulata of England. — To give, or throw, to the dogs, to throw away as useless. "Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it." Shak. — To go to the dogs, to go to ruin; to be ruined.

DOG
Dog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dogging.]

Defn: 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.

DOGAL
Do"gal, a. Etym: [LL. dogalis for ducalis. See Doge.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a doge.[R.]

DOGATE
Do"gate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dogat, It. dogato. See Doge, and cf.
Dogeate.]

Defn: The office or dignity of a doge.

DOGBANE
Dog"bane`, n. Etym: [Said to be poisonous to dogs. Cf. Apocynaceous.]
(Bot.)

Defn: A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.

DOG BEE
Dog" bee`.

Defn: A male or drone bee. Halliwell.

DOGBERRY
Dog"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The berry of the dogwood; — called also dogcherry. Dr. Prior.
Dogberry tree (Bot.), the dogwood.

DOGBOLT
Dog"bolt`, n. (Gun.)

Defn: The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.
Knight.

DOG-BRIER
Dog"-bri`er, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The dog-rose.

DOGCART
Dog"cart`, n.

Defn: A light one-horse carriage, commonly two-wheeled, patterned after a cart. The original dogcarts used in England by sportsmen had a box at the back for carrying dogs.

DOG DAY; DOGDAY
Dog" day` or Dog"day`.

Defn: One of the dog days. Dogday cicada (Zoöl.), a large American cicada (C. pruinosa), which trills loudly in midsummer.

DOG DAYS
Dog" days`.

Defn: A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; — so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer.

Note: The conjunction of the rising of the Dog Star with the rising of the sun was regarded by the ancients as one of the causes of the sultry heat of summer, and of the maladies which then prevailed. But as the conjunction does not occur at the same time in all latitudes, and is not constant in the same region for a long period, there has been much variation in calendars regarding the limits of the dog days. The astronomer Roger Long states that in an ancient calendar in Bede (died 735) the beginning of dog days is placed on the 14th of July; that in a calendar prefixed to the Common Prayer, printed in the time of Queen Elizabeth, they were said to begin on the 6th of July and end on the 5th of September; that, from the Restoration (1660) to the beginning of New Style (1752), British almanacs placed the beginning on the 19th of July and the end on the 28th of August; and that after 1752 the beginning was put on the 30th of July, the end on the 7th of September. Some English calendars now put the beginning on July 3d, and the ending on August 11th. A popular American almanac of the present time (1890) places the beginning on the 25th of July, and the end on the 5th of September.

DOGDRAW
Dog"draw`, n. (Eng. Forest Law)

Defn: The act of drawing after, or pursuing, deer with a dog. Cowell.

DOGE Doge, n. Etym: [It doge, dogio, for duce, duca, fr. L. dux, ducis, a leader, commander. See Duke.]

Defn: The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

DOG-EARED
Dog"-eared`, a.

Defn: Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; — said of a book. Statute books before unopened, not dog-eared. Ld. Mansfield.

DOGEATE
Doge"ate, n.

Defn: Dogate. Wright.

DOGELESS
Doge"less, a.

Defn: Without a doge. Byron.

DOG-FACED
Dog"-faced`, a.

Defn: Having a face resembling that of a dog. Dog-faced baboon
(Zoöl.), any baboon of the genus Cynocephalus. See Drill.

DOG FANCIER
Dog" fan`cier.

Defn: One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.

DOGFISH
Dog"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.

Note: The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and S. canicula) are very abundant; the American smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common picked, or horned dogfish (Squalus acanthias) abundant on both sides of the Atlantic.

2. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.

3. The burbot of Lake Erie.

DOG-FOX Dog"-fox`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A male fox. See the Note under Dog, n.,

6. Sir W. Scott. (b) The Arctic or blue fox; — a name also applied to species of the genus Cynalopex.

DOGGED
Dog"ged, a. Etym: [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.

DOGGEDLY
Dog"ged*ly, adv.

Defn: In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution.

DOGGEDNESS
Dog"ged*ness, n.

1. Sullenness; moroseness. [R.]

2. Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.

DOGGER Dog"ger, n. Etym: [D., fr. dogger codfish, orig. used in the catching of codfish.] (Naut.)

Defn: A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.

DOGGER
Dog"ger, n.

Defn: A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.

DOGGEREL
Dog"ger*el, a. Etym: [OE. dogerel.]

Defn: Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.
This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. Chaucer.

DOGGEREL
Dog"ger*el, n.

Defn: A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.
Doggerel like that of Hudibras. Addison.
The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence
for the brave sufferers. Macaulay.

DOGGERMAN
Dog"ger*man, n.

Defn: A sailor belonging to a dogger.

DOGGET
Dog"get, n.

Defn: Docket. See Docket. [Obs.]

DOGGISH
Dog"gish, a.

Defn: Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish;
growling; brutal.
— Dog"*gish*ly, adv.
— Dog"gish*ness, n.

DOGGREL
Dog"grel, a. & n.

Defn: Same as Doggerel.

DOG-HEADED
Dog"-head`ed, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having a head shaped like that of a dog; — said of certain baboons.

DOG-HEARTED
Dog"-heart`ed, a.

Defn: Inhuman; cruel. Shak.

DOGHOLE
Dog"hole`, n.

Defn: A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment. Dryden.

DOG-LEGGED dog"-leg`ged, a. (Arch)

Defn: Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.

DOGMA Dog"ma, n.; pl. E. Dogmas, L. Dogmata. Etym: [L. dogma, Gr. pl. , fr. decet it is becoming. Cf. Decent.]

1. That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine. The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity. Whewell.

2. A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.

3. A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.

Syn. — tenet; opinion; proposition; doctrine. — Dogma, Tenet. A tenet is that which is maintained as true with great firmness; as, the tenets of our holy religion. A dogma is that which is laid down with authority as indubitably true, especially a religious doctrine; as, the dogmas of the church. A tenet rests on its own intrinsic merits or demerits; a dogma rests on authority regarded as competent to decide and determine. Dogma has in our language acquired, to some extent, a repulsive sense, from its carrying with it the idea of undue authority or assumption. this is more fully the case with its derivatives dogmatical and dogmatism.

DOGMATIC
Dog*mat"ic, n.

Defn: One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; — opposed to the Empiric.

DOGMATIC; DOGMATICAL
Dog*mat"ic, Dog*mat`ic*al, a. Etym: [L. dogmaticus, Gr. dogmatique.]

1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet.

2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing. Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way. Spectator. [They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they were omniscient. Glanvill. Dogmatic theology. Same as Dogmatics.

Syn.
— Magisterial; arrogant. See Magisterial.

DOGMATICALLY
Dog*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a dogmatic manner; positively; magisterially.

DOGMATICALNESS
Dog*mat"ic*al*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness.

DOGMATICIAN
Dog`ma*ti"cian, n.

Defn: A dogmatist.

DOGMATICS
Dog*mat"ics, n.

Defn: The science which treats of Christian doctrinal theology.

DOGMATISM
Dog"ma*tism, n.

Defn: The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion. The self-importance of his demeanor, and the dogmatism of his conversation. Sir W. Scott.

DOGMATIST
Dog"ma*tist, n. Etym: [L. dogmatistes, Gr.

Defn: One who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold and arrogant advancer of principles. I expect but little success of all this upon the dogmatist; his opinioned assurance is paramount to argument. Glanvill.

DOGMATIZE
Dog"ma*tize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dogmatized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dogmatizing.] Etym: [L. dogmatizare to lay down an opinion, Gr.
dogmatiser. See Dogma.]

Defn: To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance. The pride of dogmatizing schools. Blackmore.

DOGMATIZE
Dog"ma*tize, v. t.

Defn: To deliver as a dogma. [R.]

DOGMATIZER
Dog"ma*ti`zer, n.

Defn: One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
Hammond.

DOG-ROSE
Dog"-rose`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.

DOG'S-BANE
Dog's"-bane`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: See Dogbane.

DOG'S-EAR
Dog's"-ear`, n.

Defn: The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a
dog. Gray.
— Dog's"-eared`, a. Cowper.

DOGSHIP
Dog"ship, n.

Defn: The character, or individuality, of a dog.

DOGSHORE
Dog"shore`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.

DOGSICK
Dog"sick`, a.

Defn: Sick as a dog sometimes is very sick. [Colloq.]

DOGSKIN
Dog"skin, n.

Defn: The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively.

DOGSLEEP
Dog"sleep`, n.

1. Pretended sleep. Addison.

2. (Naut.)

Defn: The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.

DOG'S-TAIL GRASS
Dog's"-tail grass`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; — called also goldseed.

DOG STAR
Dog" Star`.

Defn: Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; — called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, a Canis Majoris. See Dog days.

DOG'S-TONGUE
Dog's"-tongue`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: Hound's-tongue.

DOGTIE
Dog"tie`, n. (Arch.)

Defn: A cramp.

DOGTOOTH
Dog"tooth`, n.; pl. Dogteeth (.

1. See Canine tooth, under Canine.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; — also called tooth ornament. Dogtooth spar (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite. — Dogtooth violet (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also dog's-tooth violet.]

DOGTRICK
Dog"trick`, n.

Defn: A gentle trot, like that of a dog.

DOGVANE
Dog"vane`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind. Totten.

DOGWATCH
Dog"watch`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p.m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, P. M. Totten.

DOG-WEARY
Dog"-wea`ry, a.

Defn: Extremely weary. Shak.

DOGWOOD
Dog"wood`, n. Etym: [So named from skewers (dags) being made of it.
Dr. Prior. See Dag, and Dagger.] (Bot.)

Defn: 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 erythring) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; — called also Jamaica dogwood.

DOHTREN
Doh"tren, n. pl.

Defn: Daughters. [Obs.]

DOILY
Doi"ly, n. Etym: [So called from the name of the dealer.]

1. A kind of woolen stuff. [Obs.] "Some doily petticoats." Dryden. A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety. Congreve.

2. A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; — commonly colored and fringed.

DOING
Do"ing, n.; pl. Doings (.

Defn: Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do. To render an account of his doings. Barrow.

DOIT
Doit, n. Etym: [D. duit, Icel. pveit, prop., a piece cut off. See
Thwaite a piece of ground, Thwite.]

1. A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money. Shak.

2. A thing of small value; as, I care not a doit.

DOITKIN
Doit"kin, n.

Defn: A very small coin; a doit.

DOKIMASTIC
Dok`i*mas"tic, a.

Defn: Docimastic.

DOKO
Do"ko, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Lepidosiren.

DOLABRA
Do*la"bra, n. Etym: [L., fr. dolare to hew.]

Defn: A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums.

DOLABRIFORM
Do*lab"ri*form, a. Etym: [L. dolabra a mattock + -form.]

Defn: Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish.

DOLCE; DOLCEMENTE
Dol"ce, Dol`ce*men"te, adv. Etym: [It., fr. L. dulcis sweet, soft.]
(Mus.)

Defn: Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution.

DOLCINO; DULCINO
Dol*ci"no, or Dul*ci"no (, n. Etym: [Cf. It. dolcigno sweetish.]
(Mus.)

Defn: A small bassoon, formerly much used. Simmonds.

DOLDRUMS
Dol"drums, n. pl. Etym: [Cf. Gael. doltrum grief, vexation]

Defn: A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; — so called by sailors. To be in the doldrums, to be in a state of listlessness ennui, or tedium.

DOLE Dole, n. Etym: [OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr. doloir to suffer, fr. L. dolere; perh. akin to dolare to hew.]

Defn: grief; sorrow; lamentation. [Archaic]
And she died. So that day there was dole in Astolat. Tennyson.

DOLE
Dole, n. Etym: [L. dolus: cf. F. dol.] (Scots Law)

Defn: See Dolus.

DOLE
Dole, n. Etym: [AS. dal portion; same word as d. See Deal.]

1. Distribution; dealing; apportionment. At her general dole, Each receives his ancient soul. Cleveland.

2. That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.

3. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion. So sure the dole, so ready at their call, They stood prepared to see the manna fall. Dryden. Heaven has in store a precious dole. Keble.

4. A boundary; a landmark. Halliwell.

5. A void space left in tillage. [Prov. Eng.] Dole beer, beer bestowed as alms. [Obs.] — Dole bread, bread bestowed as alms. [Obs.] — Dole meadow, a meadow in which several persons have a common right or share.

DOLE
Dole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doled; p. pr. & vb. n. Doling.]

Defn: To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly. The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends doled out their praises to him. De Quincey.

DOLEFUL
Dole"ful, a.

Defn: Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow;
sorrowful; sad; dismal.
With screwed face and doleful whine. South.
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milton.

Syn.
— Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy;
dismal; dolorous; woe-begone. - Dole"ful*ly, adv.
— Dole"ful*ness, n.

DOLENT
Do"lent, a. Etym: [L. dolens, p. pr. of dolere: cf. F. dolent. See
Dole sorrow.]

Defn: Sorrowful. [Obs.] Ford.

DOLENTE
Do*len"te, a. & adv. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)

Defn: Plaintively. See Doloroso.

DOLERITE
Dol"er*ite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Geol. & Min.)

Defn: A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.

DOLERITIC
Dol`er*it"ic, a.

Defn: Of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava.
Dana.

DOLESOME
Dole"some, a.

Defn: Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful.
— Dole"some*ly, adv.
— Dole"some*ness, n.

DOLF
Dolf, imp.

Defn: of Delve. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DOLICHOCEPHALIC; DOLICHOCEPHALOUS
Dol`i*cho*ce*phal"ic, Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*lous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; — opposed to brachycephalic. — Dol`i*cho*ceph"al, a. & n.

DOLICHOCEPHALY; DOLICHOCEPHALISM Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*ly, Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*lism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dolichcéphalie.]

Defn: The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.

DOLIOFORM
Do"li*o*form, a. Etym: [L. dolium large jar + -form.] (Biol.)

Defn: Barrel-shaped, or like a cask in form.

DOLIOLUM
Do*li"o*lum, n. Etym: [L. doliolum a small cask.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, and having alternate generations.

DO-LITTLE
Do"-lit`tle, n.

Defn: One who performs little though professing much. [Colloq.]
Great talkers are commonly dolittles. Bp. Richardson.

DOLIUM
Do"li*um, n. Etym: [L. large jar.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells.

DOLL Doll, n. Etym: [A contraction of Dorothy; or less prob. an abbreviation of idol; or cf. OD. dol a whipping top, D. dollen to rave, and E. dull.]

Defn: A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl.

DOLLAR Dol"lar, n. Etym: [D. daalder, LG. dahler, G. thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St. Joachim, in Bohemia. See Dale.]

1. (a) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains. (b) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined.

Note: Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now, the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained 24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each dollar.

2. A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries.

3. The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values. Chop dollar. See under 9th Chop. — Dollar fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the United States coast (Stromateus triacanthus), having a flat, roundish form and a bright silvery luster; — called also butterfish, and Lafayette. See Butterfish. — Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy.

DOLLARDEE
Dol`lar*dee", n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the United
States; — called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream.

DOLLMAN
Doll"man, n.

Defn: See Dolman.

DOLLY
Dol"ly, n.; pl. Dollies (.

1. (Mining)

Defn: A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.

2. (Mach.)

Defn: A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
Knight.

3. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

4. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

5. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

DOLLY
Dol"ly, n.

Defn: A child's mane for a doll. Dolly shop, a shop where rags, old junk, etc., are bought and sold; usually, in fact, an unlicensed pawnbroker's shop, formerly distinguished by the sign of a black doll. [England]

DOLLY VARDEN
Dol"ly Var"den.

1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.

2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress. Dolly Varden trout (Zoöl.), a trout of northwest America; — called also bull trout, malma, and red-spotted trout. See Malma.

DOLMAN
Dol"man, n. Etym: [Turk. d: cf. F. doliman.]

1. A long robe or outer garment, with long sleeves, worn by the Turks. [Written also doliman.]

2. A cloak of a peculiar fashion worn by women.

DOLMEN Dol"men, n. Etym: [Armor. taol, tol, table + mean, maen, men, stone: cf. F. dolmen.]

Defn: A cromlech. See Cromlech. [Written also tolmen.]

DOLOMITE
Dol"o*mite, n. Etym: [After the French geologist Dolomieu.] (Geol. &
Min.)

Defn: A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar.

DOLOMITIC
Dol`o*mit"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to dolomite.

DOLOMIZE
Dol"o*mize, v. t.

Defn: To convert into dolomite.
— Dol`o*mi*za"tion, n.

DOLOR Do"lor, n. Etym: [OE. dolor, dolur, dolour, F. douleur, L. dolor, fr. dolere. See 1st Dole.]

Defn: Pain; grief; distress; anguish. [Written also dolour.] [Poetic]
Of death and dolor telling sad tidings. Spenser.

DOLORIFEROUS
Dol`or*if"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. dolor pain + -ferous.]

Defn: Producing pain. Whitaker.

DOLORIFIC; DOLORIFICAL Dol`or*if"ic, Dol`or*if"ic*al, a. Etym: [LL. dolorificus; L. dolor pain + facere to make.]

Defn: Causing pain or grief. Arbuthnot.

DOLOROSO
Do`lo*ro"so, a. & adv. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)

Defn: Plaintive; pathetic; — used adverbially as a musical direction.

DOLOROUS
Dol"or*ous, a. Etym: [L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F. douloureux.
See Dolor.]

1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses. You take me in too dolorous a sense; I spake to you for your comfort. Shak.

2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful. Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. Dr. H. More. — Dol"or*ous*ly, adv. — Dol"or*ous*ness, n.

DOLPHIN Dol"phin, n. Etym: [F. dauphin dolphin, dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. Dauphin, Delphine.]

1. (Zool.) (a) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin. (b) The Coryphæna hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryphænoid.

Note: The dolphin of the ancients (D. delphis) is common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of from six to eight feet.

2. Etym: [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)

Defn: A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.

3. (Naut.) (a) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage. (b) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables. R. H. Dana. (c) A mooring post on a wharf or beach. (d) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

4. (Gun.)

Defn: In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted.

5. (Astron.)

Defn: A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See
Delphinus, n.,

2. Dolphin fly (Zoöl.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis (Aphis fable), destructive to beans. — Dolphin striker (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the bowsprit.

DOLPHINET
Dol"phin*et, n.

Defn: A female dolphin. [R.] Spenser.

DOLT
Dolt, n. Etym: [OE. dulte, prop. p. p. of dullen to dull. See Dull.]

Defn: A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus;
a dunce; a dullard.
This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt. Drayton.

DOLT
Dolt, v. i.

Defn: To behave foolishly. [Obs.]

DOLTISH
Dolt"ish, a.

Defn: Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish
clown.
— Dolt"ish*ly, adv.
— Dolt"ish*ness, n.

DOLUS
Do"lus, n. Etym: [L., deceit; akin to Gr. (Law)

Defn: Evil intent, embracing both malice and fraud. See Culpa.
Wharton.

DOLVEN
Dolv"en, p. p.

Defn: of Delve. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

-DOM -dom (.

Defn: A suffix denoting: (a) Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as in kingdom earldom. (b) State, condition, or quality of being, as in wisdom, freedom.

Note: It is from the same root as doom meaning authority and judgment. . See Doom.

DOM
Dom, n. Etym: [Pg. See Don.]

1. A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.

2. In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes.

DOMABLE
Dom"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. domabilis, fr. domare to tame.]

Defn: Capable of being tamed; tamable.

DOMABLENESS
Dom"a*ble*ness, n.

Defn: Tamableness.

DOMAGE
Dom"age, n. Etym: [See Damage.]

1. Damage; hurt. [Obs.] Chapman.

2. Subjugation. [Obs.] Hobbes.

DOMAIN
Do*main", n. Etym: [F. domaine, OF. demaine, L. dominium, property,
right of ownership, fr. dominus master, owner. See Dame, and cf
Demesne, Dungeon.]

1. Dominion; empire; authority.

2. The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively. The domain of authentic history. E. Everett. The domain over which the poetic spirit ranges. J. C. Shairp.

3. Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne. Shenstone.

4. (Law)

Defn: Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership. Public domain, the territory belonging to a State or to the general government; public lands. [U.S.]in the public domain may be used by anyone wihout restriction. — Right of eminent domain, that superior dominion of the sovereign power over all the property within the state, including that previously granted by itself, which authorizes it to appropriate any part thereof to a necessary public use, reasonable compensation being made.

DOMAL
Do"mal, a. Etym: [L. domus house.] (Astrol.)

Defn: Pertaining to a house. Addison.

DOMANIAL
Do*ma"ni*al, a.

Defn: Of or relating to a domain or to domains.

DOME
Dome, n. Etym: [F. dôme, It. duomo, fr. L. domus a house, domus Dei
or Domini, house of the Lord, house of God; akin to Gr. timber. See
Timber.]

1. A building; a house; an edifice; — used chiefly in poetry. Approach the dome, the social banquet share. Pope.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: A cupola formed on a large scale.

Note: "The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal church of a city, and the Germans call every cathedral church Dom; and it is supposed that the word in its present English sense has crept into use from the circumstance of such buildings being frequently surmounted by a cupola." Am. Cyc.

3. Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.

4. (Crystallog.)

Defn: A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.

Note: If the plane is parallel to the longer diagonal (macrodiagonal) of the prism, it is called a macrodome; if parallel to the shorter (brachydiagonal), it is a brachydome; if parallel to the inclined diagonal in a monoclinic crystal, it is called a clinodome; if parallel to the orthodiagonal axis, an orthodome. Dana.

DOME
Dome, n. Etym: [See Doom.]

Defn: Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DOMEBOOK
Dome"book`, n. Etym: [Dome doom + book.] (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments. Burrill.

DOMED
Domed, a.

Defn: Furnished with a dome; shaped like a dome.

DOMESDAY
Domes"day`, n.

Defn: A day of judgment. See Doomsday. [Obs.] Domesday Book, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also Doomsday Book.]

DOMESMAN
Domes"man, n.; pl. Domesmen. Etym: [See Doom.]

Defn: A judge; an umpire. [Obs.]

DOMESTIC Do*mes"tic, a. Etym: [L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st Dome.]

1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants. His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. Macaulay.

4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions. Shak.

3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.

4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals.

5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc.

DOMESTIC
Do*mes"tic, n.

1. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant. The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic. V. Knox.

2. pl. (Com.)

Defn: Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. [U. S.]

DOMESTICAL
Do*mes"tic*al, a.

Defn: Domestic. [Obs.]
Our private and domestical matter. Sir. P. Sidney.

DOMESTICAL
Do*mes"tic*al, n.

Defn: A family; a household. [Obs.]

DOMESTICALLY
Do*mes"tic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs.

DOMESTICANT
Do*mes"ti*cant, a.

Defn: Forming part of the same family. [Obs.] Sir E. Dering.

DOMESTICATE
Do*mes"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Domesticating.] Etym: [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to
reside in, to tame. See Domestic, a.]

1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.

2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.

3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.

DOMESTICATION
Do*mes`ti*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. domestication.]

Defn: The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

DOMESTICATOR
Do*mes"ti*ca`tor, n.

Defn: One who domesticates.

DOMESTICITY
Do`mes*tic"i*ty, n. Etym: [LL. domesticitas: cf. F. domesticité.]

Defn: The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life.

DOMETT
Dom"ett, n.

Defn: A kind of baize of which the ward is cotton and the weft woolen. Blakely.

DOMEYKITE
Do"mey*kite, n. Etym: [Named after Domeyko, a mineralogist of Chili.]
(Min.)

Defn: A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper.

DOMICAL
Dom"i*cal, a.

Defn: Relating to, or shaped like, a dome.

DOMICILE Dom"i*cile, n. Etym: [L. domicilium; domus house + (prob.) root of celare to conceal: cf. F. domicile. See Dome, and Conceal.]

1. An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

2. (Law)

Defn: A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode. Wharton.

DOMICILE
Dom"i*cile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domiciled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Domiciling.] Etym: [Cf. F. domicilier. Cf. Domiciliate.]

Defn: To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate. Kent.

DOMICILIAR
Dom`i*cil"i*ar, n.

Defn: A member of a household; a domestic.

DOMICILIARY
Dom`i*cil"i*a*ry, a. Etym: [LL. domiciliarius.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a domicile, or the residence of a person or
family.
The personal and domiciliary rights of the citizen scrupulously
guarded. Motley.
Domiciliary visit (Law), a visit to a private dwelling, particularly
for searching it, under authority.

DOMICILIATE
Dom`i*cil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domiciliated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Domiciliating.] Etym: [See Domicile.]

1. To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

2. To domesticate. Pownall.

DOMICILIATION
Dom`i*cil`i*a"tion, n.

Defn: The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy.
Milman.

DOMICULTURE
Dom"i*cul`ture, n. Etym: [L. domus house + E. culture. See 1st Dome.]

Defn: The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc. [R.] R. Park.

DOMIFY
Dom"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [L. domus + -fy: cf. F. domifier.]

1. (Astrol.)

Defn: To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses. See House, in astrological sense. [Obs.]

2. To tame; to domesticate. [Obs.] Johnson.

DOMINA
Dom"i*na, n. Etym: [L., lady. See Dame.] (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: Lady; a lady; — a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right. Burrill.

DOMINANCE; DOMINANCY
Dom"i*nance, Dom"i*nan*cy, n.

Defn: Predominance; ascendency; authority.

DOMINANT Dom"i*nant, a. Etym: [L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of dominari: cf. F. dominant. See Dominate.]

Defn: Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power. The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious, insolent, and cruel. Macaulay. Dominant estate or tenement (Law), the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement. Bouvier. Wharton's Law Dict. — Dominant owner (Law), one who owns lands on which there is an easement owned by another.

Syn. — Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant; ascendant.

DOMINANT
Dom"i*nant, n. (Mus.)

Defn: The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on. Dominant chord (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant.

DOMINATE
Dom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dominated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dominating.] Etym: [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr.
dominus master, lord. See Dame, and cf. Domineer.]

Defn: To predominate over; to rule; to govern. "A city dominated by
the ax." Dickens.
We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or
dominated. W. Tooke.

DOMINATE
Dom"i*nate, v. i.

Defn: To be dominant. Hallam.

DOMINATION
Dom`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [F. domination, L. dominatio.]

1. The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway. In such a people, the haugtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom. Burke.

2. A ruling party; a party in power. [R.] Burke.

3. pl.

Defn: A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; — a meaning given by the schoolmen. Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. Milton.

DOMINATIVE
Dom"i*na*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dominatif.]

Defn: Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys.

DOMINATOR
Dom"i*na`tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: A ruler or ruling power. "Sole dominator of Navarre." Shak.
Jupiter and Mars are dominators for this northwest part of the world.
Camden.

DOMINE
Dom"i*ne, n. Etym: [See Dominie.]

1. A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman.

2. Etym: [From Sp. domine a schoolmaster.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family
Trichiuridæ. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish.

DOMINEER
Dom`i*neer", v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Domineered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Domineering.] Etym: [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to
feast luxuriously. See Dominate, v. t.]

Defn: To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; — often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. Prior.

DOMINEERING
Dom`i*neer"ing, a.

Defn: Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Blackw. Mag.

Syn.
— Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious.
— Dom`i*neer"ing*ly, adv.

DOMINICAL Do*min"ic*al, a. Etym: [LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord's day), fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See Dame.]

1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday.

2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer. Howell. Some words altered in the dominical Gospels. Fuller. Dominical altar (Eccl.), the high altar. — Dominical letter, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the same letter standing for Sunday during a whole year (except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the end of February). After twenty-eight years the same letters return in the same order. The dominical letters go backwards one day every common year, and two every leap year; e. g., if the dominical letter of a common year be G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year. Called also Sunday letter. Cf. Solar cycle, under Cycle, n.

DOMINICAL
Do*min"ic*al, n.

Defn: The Lord's day or Sunday; also, the Lord's prayer. [Obs.]

DOMINICAN Do*min"i*can, a. Etym: [NL. Dominicanus, fr. Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him. Dominican nuns, an order of nuns founded by St. Dominic, and chiefly employed in teaching. — Dominican tertiaries (the third order of St. Dominic). See Tertiary.

DOMINICAN
Do*min"i*can, n. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins.

DOMINICIDE Do*min"i*cide, n. Etym: [L. dominus master + caedere to cut down, kill.]

1. The act of killing a master.

2. One who kills his master.

DOMINIE
Dom"i*nie, n. Etym: [L. dominus master. See Don, Dame.]

1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Scot.] This was Abel Sampson, commonly called, from occupation as a pedagogue, Dominie Sampson. Sir W. Scott.

2. A clergyman. See Domine, 1. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]

DOMINION
Do*min"ion, n. Etym: [LL. dominio, equiv. to L. dominium. See Domain,
Dungeon.]

1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy. I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion. Dan. iv. 34. To choose between dominion or slavery. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

2. Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency. Objects placed foremost ought . . . have dominion over things confused and transient. Dryden.

3. That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.

4. pl.

Defn: A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination,
3. Milton.
By him were all things created . . . whether they be thrones, or
dominions, or principalities, or powers. Col. i. 16.

Syn. — Sovereignty; control; rule; authority; jurisdiction; government; territory; district; region.

DOMINION DAY
Do*min"ion Day.

Defn: In Canada, a legal holiday, July lst, being the anniversary of the proclamation of the formation of the Dominion in 1867.

DOMINO Dom"i*no, n.; pl. Dominos or (esp. the pieces for a game) Dominoes. Etym: [F. domino, or It. dominò, or Sp. dominó, fr. L. dominus master. The domino was orig. a hood worn by the canons of a cathedral. See Don, Dame.]

1. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice. Kersey.

2. A mourning veil formerly worn by women.

3. A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling.

4. A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure.

5. A person wearing a domino.

6. pl.

Defn: A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played Hoyle.

7. One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played. Hoyle. fall like dominoes. To fall sequentially, as when one object in a line, by falling against the next object, causes it in turn to fall, and that second object causes a third to fall, etc.; the process can be repeated an indefinite number of times. Derived from an entertainment using dominoes arranged in a row, each standing on edge and therefore easily knocked over; when the first is made to fall against the next, it starts a sequence which ends when all have fallen. For amusement, people have arranged such sequences involving thousands of dominoes, arrayed in fanciful patterns. Domino theory. A political theory current in the 1960's, according to which the conversion of one country in South Asia to communism will start a sequential process causing all Asian countries to convert to Communism. The apparent assumption was that an Asian country with a Western orientation was as politically unstable as a domino standing on edge. Used by some as a justification for American involvement in the Vietnam war, 1964-1972.

DOMINO WHIST
Dom"i*no whist.

Defn: A game of cards in which the suits are played in sequence, beginning with a 5 or 9, the player who gets rid of his cards first being the winner.

DOMINUS
Dom"i*nus, n.; pl. Domini. Etym: [L., master. See Dame.]

Defn: Master; sir; — a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor. Cowell.

DOMITABLE
Dom"i*ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. domitare to tame, fr. domare.]

Defn: That can be tamed. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

DOMITE
Do"mite, n. (Min.)

Defn: A grayish variety of trachyte; — so called from the Puy-de-
Dôme in Auvergne, France, where it is found.

DON Don, n. Etym: [Sp. don; akin to Pg. dom, It. donno; fr. L. dominus master. See Dame, and cf. Domine, Dominie, Domino, Dan, Dom.]

1. Sir; Mr; Signior; — a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes. Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in Spain France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dom Calmet, England of Dan Lydgate. Oliphant.

2. A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities. [Univ. Cant] "The great dons of wit." Dryden.

DON Don, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Donned; p. pr. & vb. n. Donning.] Etym: [Do + on; — opposed to doff. See Do, v. t., 7.]

Defn: To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.
Should I don this robe and trouble you. Shak.
At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.
Emerson.

DONA; DONYA
Do"ña, n. Etym: [Sp. doña. See Duenna.]

Defn: Lady; mistress; madam; — a title of respect used in Spain, prefixed to the Christian name of a lady.

DONABLE
Do"na*ble, a. Etym: [L. donabilis, fr. donare to donate.]

Defn: Capable of being donated or given. [R.]

DONARY
Do"na*ry, n. Etym: [L. donarium, fr. donare.]

Defn: A thing given to a sacred use. [R.] Burton.

DONAT
Don"at, n. Etym: [From Donatus, a famous grammarian.]

Defn: A grammar. [Obs.] [Written also donet.]

DONATARY
Don"a*ta*ry, n.

Defn: See Donatory.

DONATE
Do"nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Donated; p. pr. & vb. n. Donating.]
Etym: [L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr.
dare to give. See 2d Date.]

Defn: To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.

DONATION
Do*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. donatio; cf. F. donation.]

1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. After donation there an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given. South.

2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift. And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers. Shak.

3. (Law)

Defn: The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift. Bouvier. Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [U.S.] Bartlett.

Syn.
— Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift.

DONATISM
Don"a*tism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. Donatisme.] (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: The tenets of the Donatists.

DONATIST
Don"a*tist, n. Etym: [LL. Donatista: cf. F. Donatiste.] (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church.

DONATISTIC
Don`a*tis"tic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to Donatism.

DONATIVE
Don"a*tive, n. Etym: [L. donativum, fr. donare: cf. F. donatif. See
Donate.]

1. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present. "The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives." Dryden.

2. (Eccl. Law)

Defn: A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n.,

3.

DONATIVE
Don"a*tive, a.

Defn: Vested or vesting by donation; as, a donative advowson.
Blackstone.

DONATOR
Do*na"tor, n. Etym: [L. Cf. Donor.] (Law)

Defn: One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver.

DONATORY
Don"a*to*ry, n. (Scots Law)

Defn: A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over.

DO-NAUGHT
Do"-naught`, n. Etym: [Do + naught.]

Defn: A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow.

DONAX
Do"nax, n. Etym: [L., reed, also a sea fish, Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc.

DONCELLA
Don*cel"la, n. Etym: [Sp., lit., a maid. Cf. Damsel.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.

DONE
Done,

Defn: p. p. from Do, and formerly the infinitive.

1. Performed; executed; finished.

2. It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; — used elliptically. Done brown, a phrase in cookery; applied figuratively to one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled. [Colloq.] — Done for, tired out; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead; killed. [Colloq.] — Done up. (a) Wrapped up. (b) Worn out; exhausted. [Colloq.]

DONE Done, a. Etym: [Prob. corrupted from OF. doné, F. donné, p. p. of OF. doner, F. donner, to give, issue, fr. L. donare to give. See Donate, and cf. Donee.]

Defn: Given; executed; issued; made public; — used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.

DONEE
Do*nee", n. Etym: [OF. doné, F. donné, p. p. See the preceding word.]

1. The person to whom a gift or donation is made.

2. (Law)

Defn: Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; — sometimes called the appointor.

DONET
Don"et, n.

Defn: Same as Donat. Piers Plowman.

DONGOLA
Don"go*la, n.

1. A government of Upper Egypt.

2. Dongola kid.

Dongola kid, D. leather, leather made by the Dongola process. — D. process, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin, with a combination of vegetable and mineral agents, so that it resembles kid. — D. race, a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women.

DONI
Do"ni, n. Etym: [Tamil t.] (Naut.)

Defn: A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Written also dhony, doney, and done.]

Balfour.

DONIFEROUS
Do*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. donum gift + -ferous.]

Defn: Bearing gifts. [R.]

DONJON
Don"jon, n. Etym: [See Dungeon.]

Defn: The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle.

DONKEY Don"key, n.; pl. Donkeys. Etym: [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.]

1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.

2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass. Donkey engine, a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes. — Donkey pump, a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; — usually an auxiliary. — Donkey's eye (Bot.), the large round seed of the Mucuna pruriens, a tropical leguminous plant.

DONNA
Don"na, n. Etym: [It. donna, L. domina. See Don, Dame.]

Defn: A lady; madam; mistress; — the title given a lady in Italy.

DONNAT
Don"nat, n. Etym: [Corrupted from do-naught.]

Defn: See Do-naught. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

DONNEE
Don`née", n. [F., fr. donner to give.]

Defn: Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley.

That favorite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own.
Saintsbury.

DONNISM
Don"nism, n. Etym: [Don, n., 2.]

Defn: Self-importance; loftiness of carriage. [Cant, Eng.
Universities]

DONOR Do"nor, n. Etym: [F. donneur, OF. daneor, fr. donner. See Donee, and cf. Donator.]

1. One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.

2. (Law)

Defn: One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; — the opposite of donee. Kent. Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the donors and granters as the donees or grantees. Spelman.

DO-NOTHING
Do"-noth`ing, a.

Defn: Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.

DO-NOTHINGISM; DO-NOTHINGNESS
Do"-noth`ing*ism, Do"-noth`ing*ness, n.

Defn: Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness. [Jocular] Carlyle. Miss
Austen.

DONSHIP
Don"ship, n.

Defn: The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight. Hudibras.

DONZEL
Don"zel, n. Etym: [Cf. It. donzello, Sp. doncel, OF. danzel. See
Damsel, Don, n.]

Defn: A young squire, or knight's attendant; a page. [Obs.] Beau. &
Fl.

DOO
Doo, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A dove. [Scot.]

DOOB GRASS
Doob" grass`. Etym: [Hind. d.] (Bot.)

Defn: A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. [Written also doub grass.]

DOODLE
Doo"dle, n. Etym: [Cf. Dawdle.]

Defn: A trifler; a simple fellow.

DOODLESACK
Doo"dle*sack`, n. Etym: [Cf. G. dudelsack.]

Defn: The Scotch bagpipe. [Prov. Eng.]

DOOLE
Doole, n.

Defn: Sorrow; dole. [Obs.] Spenser.

DOOLY
Doo"ly, n.; pl. Doolies. Etym: [Skr. d.]

Defn: A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin. [Written also doolee and doolie.] [East Indies] Having provided doolies, or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders, in which I put my papers and boxes, we next morning commenced the ascent. J. D. Hooker.

DOOM
Doom, n. Etym: [As. d; akin to OS. d, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom,
Icel. d, Goth. d, Gr. do, v. t. Do, v. t., and cf. Deem, -dom.]

1. Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation. The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. J. R. Green. Now against himself he sounds this doom. Shak.

2. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty. Ere Hector meets his doom. Pope. And homely household task shall be her doom. Dryden.

3. Ruin; death. This is the day of doom for Bassianus. Shak.

4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision. [Obs.] And there he learned of things and haps to come, To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom. Fairfax.

Syn. — Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot; ruin; destruction.

DOOM
Doom, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dooming.]

1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.] Milton.

2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death. Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. Dryden.

3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine. Have I tongue to doom my brother's death Shak.

4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New England] J. Pickering.

5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate. A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties. Macaulay.

DOOMAGE
Doom"age, n.

Defn: A penalty or fine for neglect. [Local, New England]

DOOMFUL
Doom"ful, a.

Defn: Full of condemnation or destructive power. [R.] "That doomful deluge." Drayton.

DOOM PALM
Doom" palm`. Etym: [Ar. daum, dum: cf. F. doume.] (Bot.)

Defn: A species of palm tree (Hyphæne Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia. [Written also doum palm.]

DOOMSDAY
Dooms"day`, n. Etym: [AS. d. See Doom, and Day.]

1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. "My body's doomsday." Shak.

2. The day of the final judgment. I could not tell till doomsday. Chaucer. Doomsday Book. See Domesday Book.

DOOMSMAN
Dooms"man, n. Etym: [Doom + man.]

Defn: A judge; an umpire. [Obs.] Hampole.

DOOMSTER
Doom"ster, n.

Defn: Same as Dempster. [Scot.]

DOOR
Door, n. Etym: [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D.
deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. thür, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan. dör,
Sw. dörr, Goth. daur, Lith. durys, Russ. dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores,
Gr. dur, dvara. . Cf. Foreign.]

1. An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way. To the same end, men several paths may tread, As many doors into one temple lead. Denham.

2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened. At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. Spenser.

3. Passage; means of approach or access. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. John x. 9.

4. An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment
to which it leads.
Martin's office is now the second door in the street. Arbuthnot.
Blank door, Blind door, etc. (Arch.) See under Blank, Blind, etc.
— In doors, or Within doors, within the house.
— Next door to, near to; bordering on.
A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult. L'Estrange.
— Out of doors, or Without doors, and, colloquially, Out doors, out
of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost.
His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. Locke.
— To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door, to charge one
with a fault; to blame for.
— To lie at one's door, to be imputable or chargeable to.
If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door. Dryden.

Note: Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel.

DOORCASE
Door"case`, n.

Defn: The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.

DOORCHEEK
Door"cheek`, n.

Defn: The jamb or sidepiece of a door. Ex. xii. 22 (Douay version).

DOORGA
Door"ga, n. Etym: [Skr. Durga.] (Myth.)

Defn: A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms. [Written also Durga.] Malcom.

DOORING
Door"ing, n.

Defn: The frame of a door. Milton.

DOORKEEPER
Door"keep`er, n.

Defn: One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.

DOORLESS
Door"less, a.

Defn: Without a door.

DOORNAIL
Door"nail`, n.

Defn: The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; — hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail."

DOORPLANE
Door"plane`, n.

Defn: A plane on a door, giving the name, and sometimes the employment, of the occupant.

DOORPOST
Door"post`, n.

Defn: The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.

DOORSILL
Door"sill`, n.

Defn: The sill or threshold of a door.

DOORSTEAD
Door"stead, n.

Defn: Entrance or place of a door. [Obs. or Local] Bp. Warburton.

DOORSTEP
Door"step`, n.

Defn: The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.

DOORSTONE
Door"stone`, n.

Defn: The stone forming a threshold.

DOORSTOP
Door"stop`, n. (Carp.)

Defn: The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.

DOORWAY
Door"way`, n.

Defn: The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.

DOORYARD
Door"yard`, n.

Defn: A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.

DOP; DOOP
Dop, Doop, n.

Defn: A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

DOP
Dop, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Dap, Dip.]

Defn: To dip. [Obs.] Walton.

DOP
Dop, n.

Defn: A dip; a low courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

DOPE
Dope (dop), n. [D. doop a dipping, fr. doopen to dip. Cf. Dip.]

1. Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc.

2. Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate. [Slang or Cant]

3. An absorbent material; esp., in high explosives, the sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps.

4. Information concerning the previous performances of race horses, or other facts concerning them which may be of assistance in judging of their chances of winning future races; sometimes, similar information concerning other sports. [Sporting Slang]

DOPE
Dope, v. t.

1. To treat or affect with dope; as, to dope nitroglycerin; specif.:
(a) To give stupefying drugs to; to drug. [Slang]
(b) To administer a stimulant to (a horse) to increase his speed. It
is a serious offense against the laws of racing. [Race-track Slang]

2. To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope. [Slang]

DOPE-BOOK
Dope"-book`, n.

Defn: A chart of previous performances, etc., of race horses. [Race- track Slang]

DOPEY
Dop"ey, a.

Defn: Affected by "dope"; esp., sluggish or dull as though under the influence of a narcotic. [Slang]

DOPPELGANGER
Dop"pel*gäng`er, n. [G.]

Defn: A spiritual or ghostly double or counterpart; esp., an apparitional double of a living person; a cowalker.

DOPPER
Dop"per, n. Etym: [D. dooper.] [Written also doper.]

Defn: An Anabaptist or Baptist. [Contemptuous] B. Jonson.

DOPPLERITE
Dop"pler*ite, n. Etym: [Named after the physicist and mathematician
Christian Doppler.] (Min.)

Defn: A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jellylike masses.

DOQUET
Doq"uet, n.

Defn: A warrant. See Docket.

DOR Dor, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.

DOR
Dor, n. Etym: [Cf. Dor a beetle, and Hum, Humbug.]

Defn: A trick, joke, or deception. Beau. & Fl. To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. [Archaic] P. Fletcher.

DOR
Dor, v. t.

Defn: To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also dorr.] B.
Jonson.

DORADO Do*ra"do, n. Etym: [Sp. dorado gilt, fr. dorar to gild, fr. L. deaurare. See 1st Dory, and cf. Fl Dorado.]

1. (Astron.)

Defn: A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; — called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphæna.

DORBEETLE
Dor"bee`tle, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See 1st Dor.

DOREE
Do"ree, n. Etym: [See Dory.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See
Illust. of John Doree.

Note: The popular name in England is John Doree, or Dory, well known to be a corruption of F. jaune-dorée, i. e., golden-yellow. See 1st Dory.

DORETREE
Dore"tree`, n.

Defn: A doorpost. [Obs.] "As dead as a doretree." Piers Plowman.

DORHAWK
Dor"hawk`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The European goatsucker; — so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. [Written also dorrhawk.] Booth.

DORIAN
Do"ri*an, a.

1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: Same as Doric, 3. "Dorian mood." Milton. Dorian mode (Mus.), the first of the authentic church modes or tones, from D to D, resembling our D minor scale, but with the B natural. Grove.

DORIAN
Do"ri*an, n.

Defn: A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.

DORIC
Dor"ic, a. Etym: [L. Doricus, Gr.

1. Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order.

Note: This order is distinguished, according to the treatment of details, as Grecian Doric, or Roman Doric.

3. (Mus.)

Defn: Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war.

DORIC
Dor"ic, n.

Defn: The Doric dialect.

DORICISM
Dor"i*cism, n.

Defn: A Doric phrase or idiom.

DORIS
Do"ris, n. Etym: [L. Doris, the daughter of Oceanus, and wife of
Nereus, Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiæ on the back.

DORISM
Do"rism, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A Doric phrase or idiom.

DORKING FOWL
Dor"king fowl`. Etym: [From the town of Dorking in England.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table.

DORMANCY
Dor"man*cy, n. Etym: [From Dormant.]

Defn: The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.

DORMANT Dor"mant, a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L. dormire; cf. Gr. dra, OSlav. dr.]

1. Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles. It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . . very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people. Burke.

2. (Her.)

Defn: In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; — distinguished from couchant. Dormant partner (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; — called also sleeping or silent partner. — Dormant window (Arch.), a dormer window. See Dormer. — Table dormant, a stationary table. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DORMANT
Dor"mant, n. Etym: [See Dormant, a.] (Arch.)

Defn: A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the
other timbers rest or " sleep." Arch. Pub. Soc.
— Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer.
Halliwell.

DORMER; DORMER WINDOW Dor"mer, or Dor"mer win"dow (, n. Etym: [Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to sleep. See Dormant, a. & n.] (Arch.)

Defn: A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.

DORMITIVE
Dor"mi*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dormitif, fr. dormire to sleep.]

Defn: Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium. Clarke.
— n. (Med.)

Defn: A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.

DORMITORY Dor"mi*to*ry, n.; pl. Dormitories. Etym: [L. dormitorium, fr. dormitorius of or for sleeping, fr. dormire to sleep. See Dormant.]

1. A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school. Thackeray.

2. A burial place. [Obs.] Ayliffe. My sister was interred in a very honorable manner in our dormitory, joining to the parish church. Evelyn.

DORMOUSE
Dor"mouse, n.; pl. Dormice. Etym: [Perh. fr. F. dormir to sleep
(Prov. E. dorm to doze) + E. mouse; or perh. changed fr. F. dormeuse,
fem., a sleeper, though not found in the sense of a dormouse.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; — so called because they are usually torpid in winter.

DORMY
Dor"my, a. [Origin uncertain.] (Golf)

Defn: Up, or ahead, as many holes as remain to be played; — said of a player or side.

A player who is dormy can not be beaten, and at the worst must halve
the match. Encyc. of Sport.

DORN Dorn, n. Etym: [Cf. G. dorn thorn, D. doorn, and G. dornfisch stickleback.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A British ray; the thornback.

DORNICK; DORNOCK
Dor"nick, or Dor"nock, n.

Defn: A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in
Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc.
Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland. [Formerly
written also darnex, dornic, dorneck, etc.] Halliwell. Jamieson.

Note: Ure says that dornock, a kind of stout figured linen, derives its name from a town in Scotland where it was first manufactured for tablecloths.

DORP
Dorp, n. Etym: [LG. & D. dorp. See Thorpe.]

Defn: A hamlet. "A mean fishing dorp." Howell.

DORR
Dorr, n.

Defn: The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor. Robynson
(More's Utopia).

DORR
Dorr, v. t.

1. To deceive. [Obs.] See Dor, v. t.

2. To deafen with noise. [Obs.] Halliwell.

DORRFLY
Dorr"fly`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See 1st Dor.

DORRHAWK
Dorr"hawk`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Dorhawk.

DORSAD
Dor"sad, adv. Etym: [Dorsum +L. ad towards.] (Anat.)

Defn: Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally.

DORSAL Dor"sal, a. Etym: [F. dorsal, LL. dorsalis, fr. L. dorsualis, fr. dorsum back; cf. Gr. Dorse, Dorsel, Dosel.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; — opposed to ventral.

2. (Bot.) (a) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf. (b) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss. Dorsal vessel (Zoöl.), a central pulsating blood vessel along the back of insects, acting as a heart.

DORSAL
Dor"sal, n. Etym: [LL. dorsale, neut. fr. dorsalis. See Dorsal, a.]
(Fine Arts)

Defn: A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.

DORSALE
Dor"sale, n.

Defn: Same as Dorsal, n.

DORSALLY
Dor"sal*ly, adv. (Anat.)

Defn: On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.

DORSE
Dorse, n. Etym: [Cf. L. dorsum the back. See Dorsel, Dosel.]

1. Same as dorsal, n. [Obs.]

2. The back of a book. [Obs.] Books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses. Wood.

DORSE
Dorse, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.

DORSEL
Dor"sel, n. Etym: [See Dosser.]

1. A pannier.

2. Same as Dorsal, n.

DORSER
Dor"ser, n.

Defn: See Dosser.

DORSIBRANCHIATA dor`si*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from L. dorsum back + branchiae gills.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of chætopod annelids in which the branchiæ are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chætopoda.]

DORSIBRANCHIATE
Dor`si*bran"chi*ate, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having branchiæ along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata. — n.

Defn: One of the Dorsibranchiata.

DORSIFEROUS
Dor*sif"er*ous,. Etym: [Dorsum + -ferous; cf. F. dorsifère.] (Biol.)

Defn: Bearing, or producing, on the back; — applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous.

DORSIMESON
Dor`si*mes"on, n. Etym: [Dorsum + meson.]

Defn: (Anat.) See Meson.

DORSIPAROUS
Dor*sip"a*rous, a. Etym: [Dorsum + L. parere to bring forth.] (Biol.)

Defn: Same as Dorsiferous.

DORSIVENTRAL
Dor`si*ven"tral, a. Etym: [Dorsum + ventral.]

1. (Biol.)

Defn: Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: See Dorsoventral.

DORSOVENTRAL
Dor`so*ven"tral, a. Etym: [dorsum + ventral.] (Anat.)

Defn: From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis.

DORSUM
Dor"sum, n. Etym: [L.]

1. The ridge of a hill.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.

DORTOUR; DORTURE
Dor"tour, Dor"ture, n. Etym: [F. dortoir, fr. L. dormitorium.]

Defn: A dormitory. [Obs.] Bacon.

DORY
Do"ry, n.; pl. Dories. Etym: [Named from 1st color, fr. F. dorée
gilded, fr. dorer to gild, L. deaurare. See Deaurate, and cf.
Aureole.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The American wall-eyed perch; — called also doré. See Pike perch.

DORY
Do"ry, n.; pl. Dories (.

Defn: A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.

DORYPHORA
Do*ryph"o*ra, n. Etym: [NL. See Doryphoros.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle.
See Potato beetle.

DORYPHOROS
Do*ryph"o*ros, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Fine Arts)

Defn: 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.

DOSAGE
Dos"age (dos"ayj), n. [Cf. F. dosage. See Dose, v.]

1. (Med.)

Defn: The administration of medicine in doses; specif., a scheme or system of grading doses of medicine according to age, etc.

2. The process of adding some ingredient, as to wine, to give flavor, character, or strength.

DOS—DOS
Dos`-à-dos", adv. [F.]

Defn: Back to back; as, to sit dos-à-dos in a dogcart; to dance dos- à-dos, or so that two dancers move forward and pass back to back.

DOS—DOS
Dos`-à-dos", n.

Defn: A sofa, open carriage, or the like, so constructed that the occupants sit back to back.

DOSE
Dose, n. Etym: [F. dose, Gr. dare to give. See Date point of time.]

1. The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

2. A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.

3. Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one. I am for curing the world by gentle alteratives, not by violent doses. W. Irving. I dare undertake that as fulsome a dose as you give him, he shall readily take it down. South.

DOSE
Dose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dosed; p. pr. & vb. n. dosing.] Etym: [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, "secundum artem." South

3. To give anything nauseous to.

DOSEL
Dos"el, n. Etym: [OF. dossel; cf. LL. dorsale. See Dorsal, and cf.
Dorse, Dorsel.]

Defn: Same as Dorsal, n. [R.]

DOSIMETRY
Do*sim"e*try, n. [NL. dosis dose + -metry.] (Med.)

Defn: Measurement of doses; specif., a system of therapeutics which uses but few remedies, mostly alkaloids, and gives them in doses fixed by certain rules. —Do`si*met"ric (#), a. —Do*sim"e*trist (#), n.

DOSOLOGY
Do*sol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Dose +-logy.]

Defn: Posology. [R.] Ogilvie.

DOSS
Doss, n. [Etym. uncertain.]

Defn: A place to sleep in; a bed; hence, sleep. [Slang]

DOSSEL
Dos"sel, n. Etym: [See Dosel, n.]

Defn: Same as Dorsal, n.

DOSSER Dos"ser, n. Etym: [LL. dosserum, or F.dossier bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back, fr. L. dorsum back. See Dorsal, and cf. Dosel.] [Written also dorser and dorsel.]

1. A pannier, or basket. To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers. Beau. & Fl.

2. A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.

DOSS HOUSE
Doss house.

Defn: A cheap lodging house.

They [street Arabs] consort together and sleep in low doss houses where they meet with all kinds of villainy. W. Besant.

DOSSIER Dos`sier" (dos`syay"; E. dos"si*er), n. [F., back of a thing, bulging bundle of papers, fr. dos back.]

Defn: A bundle containing the papers in reference to some matter.

DOSSIL
Dos"sil, n. Etym: [OE. dosil faucet of a barrel, OF. dosil, duisil,
spigot, LL. diciculus, ducillus, fr. L. ducere to lead, draw. See
Duct, Duke.]

1. (Surg.)

Defn: A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent.

2. (Printing)

Defn: A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.

DOST
Dost, 2d pers. sing. pres.

Defn: of Do.

DOT Dot, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. dos, dotis, dowry. See Dower, and cf. Dote dowry.] (Law)

Defn: A marriage portion; dowry. [Louisiana]

DOT
Dot, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. dott small spot, speck; of uncertain origin.]

1. A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark.

2. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.

DOT
Dot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dotting.]

1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.

2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.

DOT
Dot, v. i.

Defn: To make dots or specks.

DOTAGE
Do"tage, n. Etym: [From Dote, v. i.]

1. Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage. Capable of distinguishing between the infancy and the dotage of Greek literature. Macaulay.

2. Foolish utterance; drivel. The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca. Milton.

3. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection. The dotage of the nation on presbytery. Bp. Burnet.

DOTAL
Do"tal, a. Etym: [L. dotalis, fr. dos, dotis, dowry: cf. F. dotal.
See Dot dowry.]

Defn: Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it. Garth.

DOTANT
Do"tant, n.

Defn: A dotard. [Obs.] Shak.

DOTARD
Do"tard, n. Etym: [Dote, v. i.]

Defn: One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.
The sickly dotard wants a wife. Prior.

DOTARDLY
Do"tard*ly, a.

Defn: Foolish; weak. Dr. H. More.

DOTARY
Do"ta*ry, n.

Defn: A dotard's weakness; dotage. [Obs.] Drayton.

DOTATION Do*ta"tion, n. Etym: [LL. dotatio, fr. L. dotare to endow, fr. dos, dotis, dower: cf. F. dotation. See Dot dowry.]

1. The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.

2. Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation. Blackstone.

DOTE
Dote, n. Etym: [See Dot dowry.]

1. A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n. Wyatt.

2. pl.

Defn: Natural endowments. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

DOTE Dote, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Doted;p. pr. & vb. n. Doting.] Etym: [OE. doten; akin to OD. doten, D. dutten, to doze, Icel. dotta to nod from sleep, MHG. t to keep still: cf. F. doter, OF. radoter (to dote, rave, talk idly or senselessly), which are from the same source.] [Written also doat.]

1. To act foolishly. [Obs.] He wol make him doten anon right. Chaucer.

2. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel. Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. Dryden. He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. South.

3. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; — with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child. Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote. Shak. What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love. Pope.

DOTE
Dote, n.

Defn: An imbecile; a dotard. Halliwell.

DOTED
Dot"ed, a.

1. Stupid; foolish. [Obs.] Senseless speech and doted ignorance. Spenser.

2. Half-rotten; as, doted wood. [Local, U. S.]

DOTEHEAD
Dote"head`, n.

Defn: A dotard. [R.] Tyndale.

DOTER
Dot"er, n.

1. One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard. Burton.

2. One excessively fond, or weak in love. Shak.

DOTERY
Dot"er*y, n.

Defn: The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel. [R.]

DOTH
Doth, 3d pers. sing. pres.

Defn: of Do.

DOTING
Dot"ing, a.

Defn: That dotes; silly; excessively fond.
— Dot"ing*ly, adv.
— Dot"ing*ness, n.

DOTISH
Dot"ish, a.

Defn: Foolish; weak; imbecile. Sir W. Scott.

DOTTARD
Dot"tard, n. Etym: [For Dotard ]

Defn: An old, decayed tree. [R.] Bacon.

DOTTED
Dot"ted, a.

Defn: Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects. Dotted note (Mus.), a note followed by a dot to indicate an increase of length equal to one half of its simple value; thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and a dotted quarter to three eighth notes. — Dotted rest, a rest lengthened by a dot in the same manner as a dotted note.

Note: Notes and rests are sometimes followed by two dots, to indicate an increase of length equal to three quarters of their simple value, and they are then said to be double-dotted.

DOTTEREL
Dot"ter*el, a. Etym: [Cf. Dottard.]

Defn: Decayed. "Some old dotterel trees." [Obs.] Ascham.

DOTTEREL
Dot"ter*el, n. Etym: [From Dote, v. i.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, or Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler. In catching of dotterels we see how the foolish bird playeth the ape in gestures. Bacon.

Note: The ringed dotterel (or ring plover) is Charadrius hiaticula.

2. A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull. Barrow.

DOTTING PEN
Dot"ting pen`.

Defn: See under Pun.

DOTTREL
Dot"trel, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Dotterel.

DOTTY
Dot"ty, a. [From 2d Dot.]

1. Composed of, or characterized by, dots.

2. [Perh. a different word; cf. Totty.] Unsteady in gait; hence, feeble; half-witted. [Eng.]

DOTY
Do"ty, a. Etym: [See Dottard.]

Defn: Half-rotten; as, doty timber. [Local, U. S.]

DOUANE
Dou`ane", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A customhouse.

DOUANIER
Dou`a"nier", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: An officer of the French customs. [Anglicized form douaneer.]

DOUAR
Dou"ar, n. Etym: [F., fr. Ar. d.]

Defn: A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets.

DOUAY BIBLE
Dou"ay Bi"ble. Etym: [From Douay, or Douai, a town in France.]

Defn: A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; — done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published. [Written also Doway Bible. Called also the Rheims and Douay version.]

DOUB GRASS
Doub" grass`.(Bot.)

Defn: Doob grass.

DOUBLE Dou"ble, a. Etym: [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. Two, and Full, and cf. Diploma, Duple.]

1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc. Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 2 Kings ii. 9. Darkness and tempest make a double night. Dryden.

2. Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled. [Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake, Float double, swan and shadow. Wordsworth.

3. Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere. With a double heart do they speak. Ps. xii. 2.

4. (Bot.)

Defn: Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double.

Note: Double is often used as the first part of a compound word, generally denoting two ways, or twice the number, quantity, force, etc., twofold, or having two. Double base, or Double bass (Mus.), the largest and lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the contrabasso or violone. — Double convex. See under Convex. — Double counterpoint (Mus.), that species of counterpoint or composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by setting one of them an octave higher or lower. — Double court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four players, two on each side. — Double dagger (Print.), a reference mark (||) next to the dagger (|) in order; a diesis. — Double drum (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both ends. — Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States having the value of 20 dollars. — Double entry. See under Bookkeeping. — Double floor (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below. See Illust. of Double-framed floor. — Double flower. See Double, a., 4. — Double-framed floor (Arch.), a double floor having girders into which the binding joists are framed. — Double fugue (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects. — Double letter. (a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature. (b) A mail requiring double postage. — Double note (Mus.), a note of double the length of the semibreve; a breve. See Breve. — Double octave (Mus.), an interval composed of two octaves, or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth. — Double pica. See under Pica. — Double play (Baseball), a play by which two players are put out at the same time. — Double plea (Law), a plea alleging several matters in answer to the declaration, where either of such matters alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. Stephen. — Double point (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of a curve are called double points, since they possess most of the properties of double points (see Conjugate). They are also called acnodes, and those points where the branches of the curve really cross are called crunodes. The extremity of a cusp is also a double point. — Double quarrel. (Eccl. Law) See Duplex querela, under Duplex. — Double refraction. (Opt.) See Refraction. — Double salt. (Chem.) (a) A mixed salt of any polybasic acid which has been saturated by different bases or basic radicals, as the double carbonate of sodium and potassium, NaKCO3.6H2O. (b) A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as common alum, which consists of the sulphate of aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium. — Double shuffle, a low, noisy dance. — Double standard (Polit. Econ.), a double standard of monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are made legal tender. — Double star (Astron.), two stars so near to each other as to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such stars may be only optically near to each other, or may be physically connected so that they revolve round their common center of gravity, and in the latter case are called also binary stars. — Double time (Mil.). Same as Double-quick. — Double window, a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them.

DOUBLE
Dou"ble, adv.

Defn: Twice; doubly.
I was double their age. Swift.

DOUBLE
Dou"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doubled; p. pr. & vb. n. Doubling.]
Etym: [OE. doblen, dublen, doublen, F. doubler, fr. L. duplare, fr.
duplus. See Double, a.]

1. To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length. Double six thousand, and then treble that. Shak.

2. To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; — often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth. Prior. Then the old man Was wroth, and doubled up his hands. Tennyson.

3. To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as. Thus reënforced, against the adverse fleet, Still doubling ours, brave Rupert leads the way. Dryden.

4. To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the
direction of motion.
Sailing along the coast, the doubled the promontory of Carthage.
Knolles.

5. (Mil.)

Defn: To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.

DOUBLE
Dou"ble, v. i.

1. To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much. 'T is observed in particular nations, that within the space of three hundred years, notwithstanding all casualties, the number of men doubles. T. Burnet.

2. To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction. Doubling and turning like a hunted hare. Dryden. Doubling and doubling with laborious walk. Wordsworth.

3. To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false. What penalty and danger you accrue, If you be found to double. J. Webster.

4. (Print.)

Defn: To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet. To double upon (Mil.), to inclose between two fires.

DOUBLE
Dou"ble, n.

1. Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like. If the thief be found, let him pay double. Ex. xxii. 7.

2. Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet,

2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred.

3. That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold. Rolled up in sevenfold double Of plagues. Marston.

4. A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice. These men are too well acquainted with the chase to be flung off by any false steps or doubles. Addison.

5. Something precisely equal or counterpart to another; a counterpart. Hence, a wraith. My charming friend . . . has, I am almost sure, a double, who preaches his afternoon sermons for him. Atlantic Monthly.

6. A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.

7. Double beer; strong beer.

8. (Eccl.)

Defn: A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. Shipley.

9. (Lawn Tennis)

Defn: A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles.

10. (Mus.)

Defn: An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites.

DOUBLE-ACTING
Dou"ble-act`ing, a.

Defn: Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.

DOUBLE-BANK
Dou"ble-bank", v. t. (Naut.)

Defn: To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. To double-bank an oar, to set two men to pulling one oar.

DOUBLE-BANKED
Dou"ble-banked`, a.

Defn: Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart.

DOUBLE-BARRELED; DOUBLE-BARRELLED
Dou"ble-bar`reled, or Dou"ble-bar`relled, a.

Defn: Having two barrels; — applied to a gun.

DOUBLE-BEAT VALVE
Dou"ble-beat` valve".

Defn: See under Valve.

DOUBLE-BREASTED
Dou"ble-breast`ed, a.

Defn: Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.

DOUBLE-CHARGE
Dou"ble-charge`, v. t.

1. To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.

2. To overcharge. Shak.

DOUBLE DEALER
Dou"ble deal"er.

Defn: One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person.
L'Estrange.

DOUBLE DEALING
Dou"ble deal"ing.

Defn: False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing.
Shak.

DOUBLE-DECKER
Dou"ble-deck"er, n.

1. (Naut.)

Defn: A man-of-war having two gun decks.

2. A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. [Colloq.]

DOUBLE-DYE
Dou"ble-dye`, v. t.

Defn: To dye again or twice over.
To double-dye their robes in scarlet. J. Webster.

DOUBLE-DYED
Dou"ble-dyed`, a.

Defn: Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.

DOUBLE-ENDER Dou"ble-end"er, n. (a) (Naut.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end. (b) (Railroad)

Defn: A locomotive with pilot at each end. Knight.

DOUBLE-ENTENDRE
Dou"ble-en*ten"dre, n. Etym: [F. double double + entendre to mean.
This is a barbarous compound of French words. The true French
equivalent is double entente.]

Defn: A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.

DOUBLE-EYED
Dou"ble-eyed`, a.

Defn: Having a deceitful look. [R.] "Deceitful meanings is double- eyed." Spenser.

DOUBLE-FACED
Dou"ble-faced`, a.

1. Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.

2. Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous. Milton.

DOUBLE FIRST Dou"ble first`. (Eng. Universities) (a) A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics. (b) One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics. Beaconsfield.

DOUBLEGANGER
Dou"ble*gang`er, n. [G. doppelgänger; doppel double + gänger walker.]

Defn: An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger.

Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger.
C. Kingsley.

DOUBLE-HANDED
Dou"ble-hand"ed, a.

1. Having two hands.

2. Deceitful; deceptive. Glanvill.

DOUBLE-HEADED
Dou"ble-head"ed, a.

Defn: Having two heads; bicipital. Double-headed rail (Railroad), a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost.

DOUBLEHEARTED
Dou"ble*heart"ed, a.

Defn: Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys.

DOUBLE-HUNG
Dou"ble-hung`, a.

Defn: Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; — said of a window.

DOUBLE-LOCK
Dou"ble-lock`, v. t.

Defn: To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.

DOUBLE-MILLED
Dou"ble-milled`, a.

Defn: Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; — said of cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere.

DOUBLEMINDED
Dou"ble*mind"ed, a.

Defn: Having different minds at different times; unsettled;
undetermined.
A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. Jas. i. 8.

DOUBLENESS
Dou"ble*ness, n.

1. The state of being double or doubled.

2. Duplicity; insincerity. Chaucer.

DOUBLE PEDRO
Double pedro.

Defn: Cinch (the game).

DOUBLE-QUICK
Dou"ble-quick`, a. (Mil.)

Defn: Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.

DOUBLE-QUICK
Dou"ble-quick`, n.

Defn: Double-quick time, step, or march.

Note: Double-quick time requires 165 steps, each 33 inches in length, to be taken in one minute. The number of steps may be increased up to 180 per minute.

DOUBLE-QUICK
Dou"ble-quick`, v. i. & t. (Mil.)

Defn: To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.

DOUBLER
Dou"bler, n.

1. One who, or that which, doubles.

2. (Elec.)

Defn: An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.

DOUBLE-RIPPER
Dou"ble-rip"per, n.

Defn: A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other. [Local, U. S.]

DOUBLE-SHADE
Dou"ble-shade`, v. t.

Defn: To double the natural darkness of (a place). Milton.

DOUBLE-SURFACED
Dou"ble-sur"faced, a.

Defn: Having two surfaces; — said specif. of aëroplane wings or aërocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.

DOUBLET Doub"let, n. Etym: [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See Double, a.]

1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.

2. (Print.)

Defn: A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.

3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century.

4. (Lapidary Work)

Defn: A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone.

5. (Opt.)

Defn: An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. W. H. Wollaston.

6. pl. (See No. 1.)

Defn: Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.

7. pl. Etym: [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.]

Defn: A game somewhat like backgammon. Halliwell.

8. One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc.

DOUBLETHREADED
Dou"ble*thread`ed, a.

1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

2. (Mech.)

Defn: Having two screw threads instead of one; — said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads.

DOUBLE-TONGUE
Dou"ble-tongue`, n.

Defn: Deceit; duplicity. Now cometh the sin of double-tongue, such as speak fair before folk and wickedly behind. Chaucer.

DOUBLE-TONGUED
Dou"ble-tongued`, a.

Defn: Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii. 8.

DOUBLE-TONGUING
Dou"ble-tongu`ing, n. (Mus.)

Defn: A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.

DOUBLETREE
Dou"ble*tree`, n.

Defn: The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.

DOUBLETS
Doub"lets, n. pl.

Defn: See Doublet, 6 and 7.

DOUBLING
Dou"bling, n.

1. The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.

2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. Dryden.

3. (Her.)

Defn: The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.

4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.

DOUBLOON
Doub*loon", n. Etym: [F. doublon, Sp. doblon. See Double, a., and cf.
Dupion.]

Defn: A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup.

DOUBLURE
Dou`blure", n. [F.]

1. (Bookbinding) The lining of a book cover, esp. one of unusual sort, as of tooled leather, painted vellum, rich brocade, or the like.

2. (Paleon.) The reflexed margin of the trilobite carapace.

DOUBLY
Dou"bly, adv.

1. In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation. Dryden.

2. Deceitfully. "A man that deals doubly." Huloet.

DOUBT Doubt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dou; p. pr. & vb. n. Doubting.] Etym: [OE. duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; akin to dubius doubtful. See Dubious.]

1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined. Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment. Hooker. To try your love and make you doubt of mine. Dryden.

2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. [Obs.]

Syn. — To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur; scruple; question.

DOUBT
Doubt, v. t.

1. To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it. To admire superior sense, and doubt their own! Pope. I doubt not that however changed, you keep So much of what is graceful. Tennyson. To doubt not but. I do not doubt but I have been to blame. Dryden. We doubt not now But every rub is smoothed on our way. Shak.

Note: That is, we have no doubt to prevent us from believing, etc. (or notwithstanding all that may be said to the contrary) — but having a preventive sense, after verbs of "doubting" and "denying" that convey a notion of hindrance. E. A. Abbott.

2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of. [Obs.]
Edmond [was a] good man and doubted God. R. of Gloucester.
I doubt some foul play. Shak.
That I of doubted danger had no fear. Spenser.

3. To fill with fear; to affright. [Obs.] The virtues of the valiant Caratach More doubt me than all Britain. Beau. & Fl.

DOUBT
Doubt, n. Etym: [OE. dute, doute, F. doute, fr. douter to doubt. See
Doubt, v. i.]

1. A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation. Doubt is the beginning and the end of our efforts to know. Sir W. Hamilton. Doubt, in order to be operative in requiring an acquittal, is not the want of perfect certainty (which can never exist in any question of fact) but a defect of proof preventing a reasonable assurance of quilt. Wharton.

2. Uncertainty of condition. Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee. Deut. xxviii. 66.

3. Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread. [Obs.] I stand in doubt of you. Gal. iv. 20. Nor slack her threatful hand for danger's doubt. Spenser.

4. Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled;
objection.
To every doubt your answer is the same. Blackmore.
No doubt, undoubtedly; without doubt.
— Out of doubt, beyond doubt. [Obs.] Spenser.

Syn. — Uncertainty; hesitation; suspense; indecision; irresolution; distrust; suspicion; scruple; perplexity; ambiguity; skepticism.

DOUBTABLE
Doubt"a*ble, a. Etym: [OF. doutable, L. dubitabilis, from dubitare.
Cf. Dubitable.]

1. Capable of being doubted; questionable.

2. Worthy of being feared; redoubtable. [Obs.]

DOUBTANCE
Doubt"ance, n. Etym: [OF. doutance. Cf. Dubitancy.]

Defn: State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DOUBTER
Doubt"er, n.

Defn: One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.

DOUBTFUL
Doubt"ful, a.

1. Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure. Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful. Shak. With doubtful feet and wavering resolution. Milton.

2. Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, or certain; questionable; not decided; not easy to be defined, classed, or named; as, a doubtful case, hue, claim, title, species, and the like. Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good. Shak. Is it a great cruelty to expel from our abode the enemy of our peace, or even the doubtful friend [i. e., one as to whose sincerity there may be doubts] Bancroft.

3. Characterized by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase.

4. Of uncertain issue or event. We . . . have sustained one day in doubtful fight. Milton. The strife between the two principles had been long, fierce, and doubtful. Macaulay.

5. Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious. [Obs.] I am doubtful that you have been conjunct And bosomed with her. Shak.

Syn. — Wavering; vacillating; hesitating; undetermined; distrustful; dubious; uncertain; equivocal; ambiguous; problematical; questionable.

DOUBTFULLY
Doubt"ful*ly, adv.

Defn: In a doubtful manner.
Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.

DOUBTFULNESS
Doubt"ful*ness, n.

1. State of being doubtful.

2. Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness. " The doubtfulness of his expressions." Locke.

3. Uncertainty of event or issue. Bacon.

DOUBTING
Doubt"ing, a.

Defn: That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts.
— Doubt"ing*ly, adv.

DOUBTLESS
Doubt"less, a.

Defn: Free from fear or suspicion. [Obs.]
Pretty child, sleep doubtless and secure. Shak.

DOUBTLESS
Doubt"less, adv.

Defn: Undoubtedly; without doubt.

DOUBTLESSLY
Doubt"less*ly, adv.

Defn: Unquestionably. Beau. & Fl.

DOUBTOUS
Doubt"ous, a. Etym: [OF. dotos, douteus, F. douteux.]

Defn: Doubtful. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DOUC
Douc, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A monkey (Semnopithecus nemæus), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China.

DOUCE Douce, a. Etym: [F. doux, masc., douce, fem., sweet, fr. L. duleis sweet.]

1. Sweet; pleasant. [Obs.]

2. Sober; prudent; sedate; modest. [Scot.] And this is a douce, honest man. Sir W. Scott.

DOUCEPERE Douce"pere`, n. Etym: [F. les douze pairs the twelve peers of France, renowned in romantic fiction.]

Defn: One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war. [Written also douzepere.] [Obs.] Big-looking like a doughty doucepere. Spenser.

DOUCET; DOWSET
Dou"cet, Dow"set, n. Etym: [F. doucet sweet, dim. of doux. See
Douce.]

1. A custard. [Obs.]

2. A dowcet, or deep's testicle.

DOUCEUR
Dou`ceur", n. Etym: [F., fr. doux sweet. See Douce.]

1. Gentleness and sweetness of manner; agreeableness. Chesterfield.

2. A gift for service done or to be done; an honorarium; a present; sometimes, a bribe. Burke.

DOUCHE Douche, n. Etym: [F., fr. It. doccia, fr. docciare to flow, pour, fr. an assumed LL. ductiare, fr. L. ducere, ductum, to lead, conduct (water). See Duct.]

1. A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath.

2. (Med.)

Defn: A syringe.

DOUCINE
Dou"cine, n. Etym: [F.] (Arch.)

Defn: Same as Cyma, under Cyma.

DOUCKER
Douck"er, n. Etym: [From aouck, for duck. See Duck, v. t.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A grebe or diver; — applied also to the golden-eye, pochard, scoter, and other ducks. [Written also ducker.] [Prov. Eng.]

DOUGH Dough, n. Etym: [OE. dagh, dogh, dow, AS. dah; akin to D. deeg, G. teig, Icel. deig, Sw. deg, Dan. deig, Goth. daigs; also, to Goth. deigan to knead, L. fingere to form, shape, Skr. dih to smear; cf. Gr. Feign, Figure, Dairy, Duff.]

1. Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough.

2. Anything of the consistency of such paste. To have one's cake dough. See under Cake.

DOUGH-BAKED
Dough"-baked`, a.

Defn: Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection; unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

DOUGHBIRD
Dough"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.

DOUGHFACE
Dough"face`, n.

Defn: A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded. [Political cant, U. S.]

DOUGH-FACED
Dough"-faced`, a.

Defn: Easily molded; pliable.

DOUGHFACEISM
Dough"face`ism, n.

Defn: The character of a doughface; truckling pliability.

DOUGHINESS
Dough"i*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being doughy.

DOUGH-KNEADED
Dough"-knead`ed, a.

Defn: Like dough; soft.
He demeans himself . . . like a dough-kneaded thing. Milton.

DOUGHNUT
Dough"nut, n.

Defn: A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.

DOUGHTILY
Dough"ti*ly, adv.

Defn: In a doughty manner.

DOUGHTINESS
Dough"ti*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery.

DOUGHTREN
Dough"tren, n. pl. Etym: [See Daughter.]

Defn: Daughters. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DOUGHTY Dough"ty, a. [Compar. Doughtier; superl. Doughtiest.] Etym: [OE. duhti, dohti, douhti, brave, valiant, fit, useful, AS, dyhtig; akin to G. tüchtig, 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.

Defn: 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.

DOUGHY
Dough"y, a.

Defn: Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion.

DOULOCRACY
Dou*loc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A government by slaves. [Written also dulocracy.] Hare.

DOUM PALM
Doum" palm` (doom" päm`).

Defn: See Doom palm.

DOUPE
Doupe, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The carrion crow. [Written also dob.] [Prov. Eng.]

DOUR
Dour, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dur, L. durus.]

Defn: Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
[Scot.]
A dour wife, a sour old carlin. C. Reade.

DOURA
Dou"ra, n.

Defn: A kind of millet. See Durra.

DOUROUCOULI
Dou`rou*cou"li, n.

Defn: See Durukuli.

DOUSE
Douse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doused; p. pr. & vb. n. Dousing.] Etym:
[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.)

Defn: To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.

DOUSE
Douse, v. i.