Chapter XXIX: Part 29

CUT, kut, _v.t._ to make an incision in: to cleave or pass through: to divide: to carve, hew, or fashion by cutting: to wound or hurt: to affect deeply: to shorten: to break off acquaintance with, to pass intentionally without saluting: to renounce, give up: to castrate: to perform or execute, as 'to cut a caper.'--_v.i._ to make an incision: to pass, go quickly: (_slang_) to run away, to be off: to twiddle the feet rapidly in dancing:--_pr.p._ cut'ting; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ cut.--_n._ a cleaving or dividing: a stroke or blow: an act of unkindness: the card obtained by cutting or dividing the pack: an incision or wound: a piece cut off: an engraved block, or the picture from it: manner of cutting, or, fashion: (_pl._) a lot.--_n._ CUT'AWAY', a coat with the skirt cut away in a curve in front--also _adj._--_ns._ CUT'-OFF, that which cuts off or shortens, a straighter road, a shorter channel cut by a river across a bend: a contrivance for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder; CUT'PURSE (_Shak._), one who stole by cutting off and carrying away purses (the purses being worn at the girdle): a pickpocket; CUT'TER, the person or thing that cuts: in a tailor's shop, the one who measures and cuts out the cloth: a small vessel with one mast, a mainsail, a forestaysail, and a jib set to bowsprit-end, any sloop of narrow beam and deep draught; CUT'-THROAT, an assassin: ruffian; CUT'TING, a dividing or lopping off: an incision: a piece cut off: a paragraph from a newspaper: a piece of road or railway excavated: a twig; CUT'-WA'TER, the fore-part of a ship's prow.--CUT A DASH, or FIGURE, to make a conspicuous appearance; CUT-AND-COME-AGAIN, abundant supply, from the notion of cutting a slice, and returning at will for another; CUT-AND-COVER, a method of forming a tunnel by cutting out, arching it over, and then covering in; CUT-AND-DRY, or CUT-AND-DRIED, ready made, without the merit of freshness--from the state of herbs in the shop instead of the field; CUT AND RUN, to be off quickly; CUT DOWN, to take down the body of one hanged by cutting the rope: to reduce, curtail; CUT IN, to strike into, as to a conversation, a game at whist; CUT IT TOO FAT, to overdo a thing; CUT OFF, to destroy, put to an untimely death: intercept: stop; CUT OFF WITH A SHILLING, to disinherit, bequeathing only a shilling; CUT ONE'S STICK, to take one's departure; CUT OUT, to shape: contrive: debar: supplant: to take a ship out of a harbour, &c., by getting between her and the shore; CUT SHORT, to abridge: check; CUT THE COAT ACCORDING TO THE CLOTH, to adapt one's self to circumstances; CUT THE TEETH, to have the teeth grow through the gums--of an infant; CUT THE THROAT OF (_fig._), to destroy utterly; CUT UP, to carve: eradicate: criticise severely: turn out (well or ill) when divided into parts; CUT UP ROUGH, to become quarrelsome.--A CUT ABOVE (_coll._), a degree or stage above; SHORT CUT, or NEAR CUT, a short way. [Prob. W. _cwtau_, shorten.]

CUTANEOUS. See CUTIS.

CUTCH, kuch, _n._ the commercial name for catechu, from the Indian name _kut_.

CUTCHERRY, kuch'[.e]r-i, _n._ an office for public business, a court-house.--Also CUTCH'ERY. [Hind.]

CUTE, k[=u]t, _adj._ an aphetic form of ACUTE.

CUTHBERT, kuth'bert, _n._ the apostle of Northumbria (635-687), whose name lives in (ST) CUTHBERT'S BEADS, a popular name for the perforated joints of encrinites found on Holy Island; (ST) CUTHBERT'S DUCK, the eider-duck.

CUTIKINS, k[=oo]'ti-kinz, _n.pl._ (_Scot._) spatterdashes--also CUITIKINS.

CUTIS, k[=u]'tis, _n._ the skin: the true skin, as distinguished from the cuticle.--_adj._ CUT[=A]N'EOUS, belonging to the skin.--_n._ C[=U]'TICLE, the outermost or thin skin.--_adj._ CUTIC'ULAR, belonging to the cuticle. [L.]

CUTLASS, kut'las, _n._ a short, broad sword, with one cutting edge, used in the navy. [Fr. _coutelas_, augmentative of _couteau_, knife, from L. _cultellus_, dim. of _culter_, a ploughshare, a knife.]

CUTLER, kut'l[.e]r, _n._ one who makes or sells knives.--_n._ CUT'LERY, the business of a cutler: edged or cutting instruments in general. [Fr. _coutelier_, _coutel_, knife.]

CUTLET, kut'let, _n._ a slice of meat cut off for cooking, esp. of mutton or veal--generally the rib and the meat belonging to it. [Fr. _côtelette_, dim. of _côte_, from L. _costa_, a rib.]

CUTTLE, kut'l, _n._ a kind of mollusc, remarkable for its power of ejecting a black inky liquid--also CUTT'LE-FISH.--_n._ CUTT'LE-BONE, the internal shell or bone of the cuttle-fish, used for making tooth-powder and for polishing the softer metals. [A.S. _cudele_.]

CUTTO, CUTTOE, kut'o, _n._ a large knife.

CUTTY, kut'i, _adj._ (_Scot._) short, curtailed.--_n._ a short clay pipe: a short, dumpy girl: applied to a woman, a term of reprobation, serious or playful.--_n._ CUTT'Y-STOOL, the stool of repentance in old Scotch church discipline. [CUT.]

CUVETTE, küv-et', _n._ a trench sunk along the middle of a dry ditch or moat.--Also CUNETTE'. [Fr.]

CYANOGEN, s[=i]-an'o-jen, _n._ a compound of carbon, obtained by decomposing the cyanide of mercury by heat, so called from being an essential ingredient in the formation of Prussian blue.--_n._ CY'ANATE, a salt of cyanic acid.--_adj._ CYAN'IC, of or belonging to cyanogen.--_ns._ CY'ANIDE, a direct compound of cyanogen with a metal; CY'ANINE, the blue colouring matter of violets, &c.; CY'ANITE, a mineral composed of alumina and silica, generally sky-blue; CYANOM'ETER, an instrument for measuring the degrees of blueness of the sky or ocean; CYAN[=O]'SIS, morbid lividness of the skin, blue jaundice.--_adj._ CYANOT'IC.--_ns._ CYAN'OTYPE, a photograph on paper sensitised by a cyanide; CYAN'URET, a cyanide.--CYANIC ACID, an acid composed of cyanogen and oxygen. [Gr. _kyanos_, blue.]

CYAR, s[=i]'ar, _n._ the internal auditory meatus.

CYATHIFORM, s[=i]'a-thi-form, _adj._ like a cup a little widened at top.

CYCAD, s[=i]'kad, _n._ an order allied to _Coniferæ_, but in appearance rather resembling ferns and palms.--_adj._ CYCAD[=A]'CEOUS. [Formed from Gr. _kykas_, an erroneous form of _koikas_, _koiks_, the doom-palm.]

CYCLAMEN, sik'lä-men, _n._ a genus of _Primulaceæ_, native to southern Europe. [Formed from Gr. _kyklamis_, _-inos_.]

CYCLE, s[=i]'kl, _n._ a period of time in which events happen in a certain order, and which constantly repeats itself: an imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens: a series of poems, prose romances, &c., centring round a figure or event--also CY'CLUS: an abbreviation for bicycle and tricycle.--_v.i._ to move in cycles: to ride or take exercise on a bicycle or tricycle.--_adjs._ CY'CLIC, -AL, pertaining to or containing a cycle.--_ns._ CY'CLIST, for bicyclist or tricyclist; CY'CLOGRAPH, an instrument for describing the arcs of circles that have too large a curvature for compasses; CY'CLOID, a figure like a circle: a curve made by a point in a circle, when the circle is rolled along a straight line.--_adj._ CYCLOID'AL.--_ns._ CYCLOID'IAN, one of the fourth order of fishes, according to the classification of Agassiz, having cycloid scales with smooth edges, as the salmon; CYCLOM'ETER, an instrument for measuring circular arcs: an apparatus attached to the wheel of a cycle for registering the distance traversed; CY'CLORN, a cycle-horn. [Gr. _kyklos_, a circle.]

CYCLONE, s[=i]'kl[=o]n, _n._ a circular or rotatory storm.--_adj._ CYCLON'IC. [Coined from Gr. _kykl[=o]n_, pr.p. of _kykloein_, to whirl round--_kyklos_.]

CYCLOPÆDIA, CYCLOPEDIA, s[=i]-kl[=o]-p[=e]'di-a, _n._ the circle or compass of human knowledge: a work containing information on every department, or on a particular department, of knowledge, usually arranged alphabetically.--_adjs._ CYCLOPÆ'DIC, CYCLOPE'DIC. [Gr. _kyklos_, a circle, and _paideia_, learning.]

CYCLOPS, s[=i]'klops, _n._ one of a fabled race of giants who lived chiefly in Sicily, with one eye in the middle of the forehead: a genus of minute freshwater copepods with an eye in front:--_pl._ CYCL[=O]'PES.--_adjs._ CYCLOP[=E]'AN, CYCLOP'IC, relating to or like the Cyclops: giant-like: vast: pertaining to a prehistoric style of masonry with immense stones of irregular form. [Gr. _kykl[=o]ps_--_kyklos_, a circle, and _[=o]ps_, an eye.]

CYCLORAMA, s[=i]-klo-rä'ma, _n._ a circular panorama painted on the inside of a cylindrical surface appearing in natural perspective. [Formed from Gr. _kyklos_, circle, _horama_, view.]

CYCLOSIS, s[=i]-kl[=o]'sis, _n._ circulation, as of blood.

CYCLYOLOSTOMOUS, s[=i]-klos't[=o]-mus, _adj._ round-mouthed, as a lamprey.

CYCLOSTYLE, s[=i]'klo-st[=i]l, _n._ an apparatus for multiplying copies of a writing. [Formed from Gr. _kyklos_, circle, and STYLE.]

CYDER. Same as CIDER.

CYGNET, sig'net, _n._ a young swan. [Acc. to Diez, a dim. of Fr. _cygne_, whose old form _cisne_ (Sp. _cisne_, a swan) is from Low L. _cecinus_, not conn. with L. _cygnus_, Gr. _kyknos_, a swan.]

CYLINDER, sil'in-d[.e]r, _n._ a solid circular or roller-like body, whose ends are equal parallel circles: (_mech._) applied to many cylindrical parts of machines, as any rotating cylindrical portion of a printing-press.--_adjs._ CYLINDR[=A]'CEOUS, somewhat cylindrical; CYLIN'DRIC, -AL, having the form or properties of a cylinder.--_n._ CYLINDRIC'ITY.--_adj._ CYLIN'DRIFORM, in the form of a cylinder.--_n._ CYL'INDROID, a body like a cylinder, but having its base elliptical. [Gr. _kylindros_, _kylindein_, to roll.]

CYMA, s[=i]'ma, _n._ a moulding of the cornice, an ogee.--_ns._ CYM'AGRAPH, an instrument for tracing the outline of mouldings; CYM[=A]'TIUM, a cyma. [Gr. _kyma_, a billow.]

CYMAR, si-mär', _n._ a loose light dress worn by ladies. [See CHIMER.]

CYMBAL, sim'bal, _n._ a hollow brass, basin-like, musical instrument, beaten together in pairs.--_ns._ CYM'BALIST, a cymbal-player; CYM'BALO, the dulcimer.--_adj._ CYM'BIFORM, boat-shaped. [L. _cymbalum_--Gr. _kymbanon_--_kymb[=e]_, the hollow of a vessel.]

CYME, s[=i]m, _n._ a young shoot: (_bot._) term applied to all forms of inflorescence which are definite or centrifugal.--_adjs._ CYM'OID, CYM'OSE, CYM'OUS. [L. _cyma_--Gr. _kyma_, a sprout.]

CYMOPHANE, s[=i]'m[=o]-f[=a]n, _n._ chrysoberyl.--_adj._ CYMOPH'ANOUS, opalescent. [Formed from Gr. _kyma_, wave, _phainein_, to show.]

CYMRIC, kim'rik, _adj._ Welsh.--_n._ CYM'RY, the Welsh, [W. _Cymru_, Wales.]

CYNANCHE, si-nang'k[=e], _n._ a name of various diseases of the throat or windpipe, esp. quinsy. [Gr., _ky[=o]n_, a dog, _anchein_, to throttle.]

CYNIC, -AL, sin'ik, -al, _adj._ dog-like: surly: snarling: austere; misanthropic.--_ns._ CYNAN'THROPY, lycanthropy; CYN'IC, one of a sect of philosophers founded by Antisthenes of Athens (born c. 444 B.C.), characterised by an ostentatious contempt for riches, arts, science, and amusements--so called from their morose manners: a morose man: a snarler; CYN'ICISM, surliness: contempt for human nature: heartlessness, misanthropy.--_adv._ CYN'ICALLY.--_n._ CYN'ICALNESS. [Gr. _kynikos_, dog-like--_ky[=o]n_, _kynos_, a dog; cf. L. _can-is_.]

CYNOCEPHALUS, s[=i]-no-sef'al-us, _n._ the dog-faced baboon: a race of men with dogs' heads. [Gr. _ky[=o]n_, _kynos_, dog, _kephal[=e]_, head.]

CYNOSURE, sin'o-sh[=oo]r, or s[=i]', _n._ the dog's tail, a constellation (_Ursa minor_) containing the north-star; hence anything that strongly attracts attention or admiration. [Gr. _ky[=o]n_, _kynos_, a dog, _oura_, a tail.]

CYPERUS, sip-[=e]'rus, _n._ a tropical genus of _Cyperaceæ_.--_adj._ CYPER[=A]'CEOUS, belonging to, or like, sedge plants. [From Gr. _kypeiros_, sedge.]

CYPHER. Same as CIPHER.

CY PRES, s[=e] pr[=a], in the law of charitable trusts in England, the principle of applying the money to some object _as near as possible_ to the one specified, when this has become impracticable. [O. Fr.]

CYPRESS, s[=i]'pres, _n._ an evergreen tree whose branches used to be carried at funerals; hence a symbol of death.--_adj._ CYP'RINE. [O. Fr. _ciprès_ (Fr. _cyprès_)--L. _cupressus_--Gr. _kyparissos_.]

CYPRIAN, sip'ri-an, _adj._ belonging to the island of _Cyprus_: lewd, licentious--Cyprus being the place where Venus was worshipped.--_n._ a native of Cyprus--also CYP'RIOT: a lewd woman.

CYPRUS, s[=i]'prus, _n._ a thin, transparent, black stuff, a kind of crape.--_n._ CY'PRUS-LAWN (_Milt._). [Prob. named from the island of _Cyprus_.]

CYRENAIC, s[=i]-rin-[=a]'ik, _adj._ pertaining to _Cyrene_, or to the hedonism of its philosopher Aristippus, a pupil of Socrates.

CYRILLIC, sir-il'ik, _adj._ pertaining to the alphabet attributed to St _Cyril_ (9th cent.), distinguished from the other Slavonic alphabet, the Glagolitic.

CYST, sist, _n._ a bag in animal bodies containing morbid matter.--_adjs._ CYST'IC, CYST'IFORM, CYSTOID', having the form of, or contained in, a cyst or bag.--_ns._ CYS'TICLE, a small cyst; CYST[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the bladder; CYS'TOCELE, a hernia formed by the protrusion of the bladder; CYST[=O]'MA, a tumour containing cysts; CYSTOT'OMY, the operation of cutting into the bladder to remove extraneous matter. [Low L. _cystis_--Gr. _kystis_, a bladder.]

CYTHEREAN, sith-e-r[=e]'an, _adj._ pertaining to Venus. [L. _Cythereus_--_Cythera_, an island in the Ægean Sea (now _Cerigo_), celebrated for the worship of Venus.]

CYTISUS, sit'i-sus, _n._ a group of hardy leguminous shrubby plants, with yellow, white, or purple flowers, chiefly in the warmer temperate parts of the Old World. [Gr. _kytisos_.]

CYTOBLAST, s[=i]'to-blast, _n._ the nucleus or germinal spot of a cellule, from which the organic cell is developed.--_n._ CYTOGEN'ESIS, cell-formation. [Gr. _kytos_, a vessel, _blastanein_, to bud.]

CZAR, TSAR, tsär, or zär, _n._ the emperor of Russia:--_fem._ CZARI'NA, TSARI'NA.--_ns._ CZAR'EVITCH, TSAR-, a son of a czar.--CESAR'EVITCH is the title of the eldest son, and CESAREV'NA, of his wife.--_ns._ CZAREV'NA, TSAREV'NA, a daughter of a czar. [Russ. _tsari_, a king; conn. with Ger. _kaiser_, ult. from L. _cæsar_, a king or emperor.]

CZARDAS, zär'das (Hung. pron. chär'dosh), _n._ a Hungarian national dance, consisting of two sections--a slow movement called a _lassu_ or _lassan_, and a quick step, the _friss_ or _friska_.

CZECH, tshek, _n._ a member of the most westerly branch of the Slavic family of races, the term including the Bohemians, or Czechs proper, the Moravians, and the Slovaks: the language of the Czechs, Bohemian, closely allied to Polish.--_adj._, also CZECH'IC.

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the fourth letter in our alphabet, as well as in the Phoenician, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, from which last it was immediately derived--its sound the soft dental mute: (_mus._) the second note in the natural scale.

DAB, dab, _v.t._ to strike gently with something soft or moist, to smear:--_pr.p._ dab'bing; _pa.p._ dabbed.--_n._ a gentle blow: a small lump of anything soft or moist: a species of flounder of light-brown colour, with small dark spots and rough, close-set scales.--_ns._ DAB'BER, a sort of pad for dabbing ink on engraved wood blocks or plates; DAB'CHICK, a small water-fowl, a kind of grebe. [First about 1300; cf. Old Dut. _dabben_, to pinch; Ger. _tappe_, a pat. Confused with DAUB and TAP.]

DAB, dab, _n._ an expert person.--_n._ DAB'STER (_coll._). [Prob. a corr. of ADEPT.]

DABBLE, dab'l, _v.t._ to spatter with moisture.--_v.i._ to play in water with hands or feet: to do anything in a trifling way.--_n._ DABB'LER, one who does things superficially.--_adv._ DABB'LINGLY. [Freq. of DAB.]

DA CAPO, dä kä'p[=o], a term in music, frequently placed at the end of a movement, indicating that the performer must return to the beginning of the music--usually written _D.C._ [It., 'from the beginning'--L. _de_, from, _caput_, head.]

DACE, d[=a]s, DARE, d[=a]r, DART, därt, _n._ a small river fish of the carp family, and of the same genus as the roach, chub, minnow, &c. [M. E. _darce_--O. Fr. _dars_--Low L. _dardus_, a dart or javelin--of Teut. origin. So called from its quickness.]

DACHSHUND, daks'hoond, _n._ a badger-dog. [Ger. _dachs_, a badger, _hund_, dog.]

DACKER, dak'[.e]r, DAKER, d[=a]'k[.e]r, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to lounge, saunter.--Also DAIK'ER.

DACOIT, da-koit', _n._ one of a gang of robbers in India and Burma--also DAKOIT'.--_ns._ DACOIT'Y, DACOIT'AGE, robbery by gang-robbers, brigandage. [Hind. _d[=a]k[=a][=i]t_, a robber.]

DACRYOMA, dak-ri-[=o]'ma, _n._ stoppage of the tear duct. [Formed from Gr. _dakry_, a tear.]

DACTYL, dak'til, _n._ in Latin and Greek poetry, a foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short, so called from its likeness to the joints of a finger; in English, a foot of three syllables, with the first accented, as _mer_'rily, _vi_'olate.--_adjs._ DAC'TYLAR, DACTYL'IC, relating to or consisting chiefly of dactyls.--_ns._ DACTYL'IOMANCY, divination by means of a finger-ring; DAC'TYLIST; DACTYLOG'RAPHY, the science of finger-rings; DACTYLOL'OGY, the art of talking with the fingers, like the deaf and dumb. [L. _dactylus_--Gr. _daktylos_, a finger.]

DAD, dad, DADDY, dad'i, _n._ father, a word used by children.--_n._ DADD'Y-LONG-LEGS, the crane-fly, a familiar insect with long body, legs, and antennæ. [Prob. Celt., W. _tad_, Bret, _tad_, _tat_; cf. Gr. _tata_.]

DAD, dad, _v.t._ to throw against something: to dash.--_n._ a lump: a piece: a blow. [Der. unknown.]

DADDLE, dad'l, _v.i._ to walk in an unsteady manner, as a child or very old person: to totter:--_pr.p._ dadd'ling; _pa.p._ dadd'led. [Perh. conn. with DAWDLE.]

DADDLE, dad'l, _n._ (_slang_) the hand.

DADDOCK, dad'ok, _n._ (_prov._) the heart of a rotten tree.

DADO, d[=a]'do, _n._ in classical architecture, the cubic block forming the body of a pedestal: a skirting of wood along the lower part of the walls of a room, often represented merely by wall-paper, painting, &c. [It.,--L. _datus_ (_talus_, a die, being understood), given or thrown forth--_d[=a]re_, to give.]

DÆDAL, d[=e]'dal, DÆDALIAN, de-d[=a]'li-an, _adj._ formed with art: displaying artistic skill: intricate. [From L. _Dædalus_, Gr. _Daidalos_, the mythical artist who constructed the Cretan labyrinth.]

DÆMON, d[=e]'mon, _n._ a spirit holding a middle place between gods and men, like the dæmon or good genius of Socrates.--_adj._ DÆ'MONIC, supernatural: of power or intelligence more than human. [L. _dæmon_--Gr. _daim[=o]n_, a spirit, a genius, and later a devil. See DEMON.]

DAFF, daf, _v.i._ to play, to play the fool.--_n._ DAFF'ING (_Scot._), foolery, gaiety. [M. E. _daf_, deaf, prob. Ice. _dawfr_ (Sw. _döf_, Dan. _döv_), deaf.]

DAFF, daf, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to put off. [A variant of DOFF.]

DAFFODIL, daf'o-dil, DAFFODILLY, daf'o-dil-i, DAFFODOWNDILLY, daf'o-down-dil'i, _n._ a yellow flower of the lily tribe--also called _King's spear_. [M. E. _affodille_--O. Fr. _asphodile_--Gr. _asphodelus_; the _d_ is prefixed accidentally.]

DAFT, daft, _adj._ (_Scot._) silly, weak-minded, insane, unreasonably merry.--_adv._ DAFT'LY.--_n._ DAFT'NESS. [See DAFF.]

DAG, dag, _n._ a dagger: a hand-gun or heavy pistol, used in the 15th and 16th centuries.--Also DAGGE. [Fr. _dague_; Celt.; cf. Bret. _dag_.]

DAGGER, dag'[.e]r, _n._ a short sword for stabbing at close quarters: (_print._) a mark of reference ([Dagger]), the double dagger ([Double Dagger]) being another.--AT DAGGERS DRAWN, in a state of hostility; LOOK DAGGERS, to look in a hostile manner. [M. E. _dagger_--W. _dagr_ (Ir. _daigear_); cf. Fr. _dague_.]

DAGGLE, dag'l, _v.t._ and _v.i._ to wet or grow wet by dragging on the wet ground.--_n._ DAGG'LE-TAIL, a slattern.--_adj._ slatternly. [Freq. of prov. Eng. _dag_, to sprinkle, from a Scand. root seen in Sw. _dagg_.]

DAGO, d[=a]'go, _n._ (_U.S._) a name applied loosely to Spanish- and Italian-born men. [Prob. a corr. of Sp. _Diego_--L. _Jacobus_.]

DAGOBA, dag'o-ba, _n._ in Ceylon, a dome-like structure of solid masonry, containing relics of a Buddhist saint. [Singh. _d[=a]gaba_.]

DAGON, d[=a]'gon, _n._ the national god of the Philistines, half-man, half-fish. [Heb. _d[=a]g[=o]n_--_dag_, fish.]

DAGUERREOTYPE, da-ger'o-t[=i]p, _n._ a method of taking pictures on metal plates by the light of the sun: a photograph fixed on a plate of copper by a certain process.--_adj._ DAGUER'R[=E]AN.--_n._ DAGUERR[=E]'OTYPY, the art of daguerreotyping. [Fr., from Louis _Daguerre_ (1789-1851).]

DAGWOOD. See DOGWOOD.

DAHABEEAH, da-ha-b[=e]'a, _n._ a Nile-boat with oars, one or two masts, and lateen sails.--Also DAHABI'EH, DAHABI'YEH. [Ar. _dahab[=i]ya_.]

DAHLIA, d[=a]l'i-a, _n._ a genus of garden plants with large flowers. [From _Dahl_, a Swedish botanist.]

DAIDLE, d[=a]'dl, _v.i._ a Scotch form of _daddle_: also to draggle.--_adj._ DAID'LING, feeble: dawdling.

DAIKER, d[=a]'ker, _v.i._ (_prov._) to deck out.

DAILY, d[=a]'li, _adj._ and _adv._ every day.--_n._ a daily paper.

DAIMIO, d[=i]'myo, _n._ a Japanese territorial noble under the old feudal system. [Jap.]

DAINTY, d[=a]n'ti, _adj._ pleasant to the palate: delicate: fastidious: (_Spens._) elegant.--_n._ that which is dainty, a delicacy.--_adj._ DAINT (_Spens._).--_adv._ DAIN'TILY.--_n._ DAIN'TINESS. [M. E. _deintee_, anything worthy or costly. O. Fr. _daintié_, worthiness--L. _dignitat-em_--_dignus_, worthy.]

DAIRY, d[=a]'ri, _n._ the place where milk is kept, and butter and cheese made: an establishment for the supply of milk.--_ns._ DAI'RY-FARM; DAI'RYING; DAI'RYMAID; DAI'RYMAN. [M. E. _deye_.--Ice. _deigja_, a dairymaid; orig. a kneader of dough.]

DAIS, d[=a]'is, _n._ a raised floor at the upper end of the dining-hall where the high table stood: a raised floor with a seat and canopy: the canopy over an altar, &c. [O. Fr. _dais_--Low L. _discus_, a table--L. _discus_, a quoit--Gr. _diskos_, a disc.]

DAISY, d[=a]'zi, _n._ a common wild-flower, growing in pastures and meadows--the name given also to other plants, as the _Ox-eye daisy_, which is a chrysanthemum.--_adj._ DAI'SIED, covered with daisies.--_n._ DAI'SY-CUT'TER, a fast-going horse that does not lift its feet high: a cricket-ball skimmed along the ground. [A. S. _dæges eáge_, day's eye, the sun.]

DAK, däk, DAWK, dawk, _n._ in India, the mail-post: travelling in palanquins carried by relays of bearers. [Hind. _d[=a]k_, a relay of men.]

DAKOIT. See DACOIT.

DALAI-LAMA. See LAMA.

DALE, d[=a]l, DELL, del, _n._ the low ground between hills: the valley through which a river flows.--_n._ DALES'MAN, specifically, an inhabitant of the dales of the Lake District. [Ice. _dalr_, Sw. _dal_; Ger. _thal_.]

DALI, dä'li, _n._ a timber-tree of Guiana, its wood used for staves, &c.

DALILA. See DELILAH.

DALL, dal, _n._ a tile with incised surface: (_pl._) rapids.

DALLOP, dal'op, _n._ (_prov._), a tuft of grass.

DALLY, dal'i, _v.i._ to lose time by idleness or trifling: to play: to exchange caresses:--_pa.p._ dall'ied.--_ns._ DALL'IANCE, dallying, toying, or trifling: interchange of embraces: delay; DALL'IER, a trifler. [M. E. _dalien_, to play; prob. from A.S. _dweligan_, to err; cf. Ice. _dvala_, to delay, Dut. _dwalen_, to err; prob. conn. with _dwell_.]

DALMAHOY, dal'ma-hoi, _n._ a bushy bob-wig, worn in the 18th cent. by chemists, &c.

DALMATIAN, dal-m[=a]'shun, _adj._ belonging to _Dalmatia_, a strip of Austrian territory along the Adriatic.--DALMATIAN DOG, the spotted coach-dog, resembling the pointer in shape.

DALMATIC, dal-mat'ik, _n._ a loose-fitting, wide-sleeved ecclesiastical vestment, worn specially by deacons in the R.C. Church, also sometimes by bishops. [Low L. _dalmatica_, a robe worn by persons of rank in the early Christian centuries, on the pattern of a dress worn in _Dalmatia_.]

DALT, dält, _n._ (_Scot._) a foster-child. [Gael. _dalta_.]

DALTONISM, dal'ton-izm, _n._ colour-blindness: inability to distinguish certain colours.--_adj._ DALT[=O]'NIAN. [So called from the chemist John _Dalton_ (1766-1844), who had this infirmity.]

DAM, dam, _n._ an embankment to restrain water: the water thus confined.--_v.t._ to keep back water by a bank:--_pr.p._ dam'ming; _pa.p._ dammed. [Teut.; Dut. _dam_, Ger. _damm_, &c.]

DAM, dam, _n._ a mother, applied to quadrupeds. [A form of _dame_.]

DAMAGE, dam'[=a]j, _n._ hurt, injury, loss: the value of what is lost: (_coll._) cost: (_pl._) the pecuniary reparation due for loss or injury sustained by one person through the fault or negligence of another.--_v.t._ to harm.--_v.i._ to take injury.--_adj._ DAM'AGEABLE. [O. Fr. _damage_ (Fr. _dommage_)--L. _damnum_, loss.]

DAMAN, dam'an, _n._ the Syrian hyrax, the cony of the Bible. [Syrian.]

DAMAR. Same as DAMMAR.

DAMASCENE, da'mas-[=e]n, _adj._ of _Damascus_.--_v.t._ same as DAMASKEEN.

DAMASK, dam'ask, _n._ figured stuff, originally of silk, now of linen, cotton, or wool, the figure being woven, not printed.--_v.t._ to flower or variegate, as cloth.--_adj._ of a red colour, like that of a damask rose.--_v.t._ DAMASKEEN', to decorate metal (esp. steel) by inlaying or encrusting on it patterns like damask in other metals: to ornament with flowery patterns, to damask.--_ns._ DAMASKEEN'ING, DAMASCEEN'ING, the watered or striated structure seen in certain sword-blades and other weapons: the ornamental incrustation with gold and silver of steel and iron surfaces; DAMASKIN', a Damascus blade: a damaskeened blade; DAM'ASK-PLUM, the damson; DAM'ASK-ROSE, a species of pink-rose; DAM'ASK-STEEL, Damascus steel; DAM'ASSIN, damask with flowered patterns in gold or silver thread.--DAMASCUS BLADE, a Damascus sword, the surface marked by wavy and variegating lines. [From _Damascus_, in Syria, where damask was orig. made.]

DAMBOARD, dam'b[=o]rd, DAMBROD, dam'brod, _n._ (_Scot._) a draughtboard, the pieces being _dams_. [Fr. _jeu de dames_, copied by the Germans as _damenspiel_, by the Swedes as _damspel_, &c., perhaps from the movement of the pieces being like those of the queen (_reine_ or _dame_) in chess.]

DAME, d[=a]m, _n._ the mistress of a house: a matron: a noble lady.--_ns._ DAME'-SCHOOL, a school for children kept by a woman; DAME'S'-V[=I]'OLET, a genus of cruciferous plants, formerly cultivated by ladies in pots for its sweet scent at night. [Fr. _dame_--L. _domina_, a mistress, fem. of _dominus_, a master.]

DAMMAR, dam'mar, _n._ a resin, used for making varnish, obtained from a genus of East Indian conifers.

DAMN, dam, _v.t._ to censure or condemn: to sentence to eternal punishment: to doom.--_n._ an oath: a curse.--_adj._ DAM'NABLE, deserving or tending to damnation: hateful: pernicious.--_n._ DAM'NABLENESS.--_adv._ DAM'NABLY.--_n._ DAMN[=A]'TION, condemnation: (_theol._) the punishment of the impenitent in the future state: eternal punishment.--_adj._ DAM'NATORY, consigning to damnation.--_p.adj._ DAMNED, sentenced to everlasting punishment: hateful: a profane intensive, meaning merely thorough (often written d----d, and softened into _darned_, _dashed_, &c.).--_adv._ very, exceedingly.--_adj._ DAMNIF'IC.--_n._ DAMNIFIC[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ DAM'NIFY, to cause loss to.--_adj._ DAM'NING, exposing to condemnation. [Fr. _damner_--L. _damn[=a]re_, to condemn--_damnum_, loss.]

DAMOCLEAN, dam-[=o]-cl[=e]'an, _adj._ like _Damocles_, flatterer of Dionysius of Syracuse, taught the insecurity of happiness by being made to sit through the feast with a sword suspended by a single hair over his head.

DAMOSEL, dam'o-sel, _n._ Same as DAMSEL.

DAMP, damp, _n._ vapour, mist: moist air: lowness of spirits: (_pl._) dangerous vapours in mines, &c.--_v.t._ to wet slightly: to chill: to discourage: to check: to make dull.--_adj._ moist, foggy: sometimes in the form DAMP'Y.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ DAMP'EN, to make or become damp or moist.--_n._ DAMP'ER, that which checks or moderates: a mechanical appliance for reducing currents, musical vibration, &c.: (_Australia_) a kind of unfermented bread.--_adj._ DAMP'ISH, somewhat damp.--_n._ DAMP'ISHNESS.--_adv._ DAMP'LY.--_n._ DAMP'NESS.--DAMPING OFF (_hort._), the death of plants from excess of moisture. [M. E. _dampen_; akin to Dut. _damp_, Ger. _dampf_, vapour.]

DAMSEL, dam'zel, _n._ a young unmarried woman: a girl. [O. Fr. _damoisele_ (Fr. _demoiselle_), a page--Low L. _domicellus_, dim. of L. _dominus_, a lord.]

DAMSON, dam'zn, _n._ a rather small oval fruited variety of the common plum, esteemed for preserving. [Shortened from _Damascene_--_Damascus_.]

DAN, dan, _n._ a title of honour equivalent to Master or Sir. [O. Fr. _dan_. (Sp. _don_; Port. _dom_)--L. _dominus_, lord. See DAME.]

DAN, dan, _n._ (_prov._) a box for carrying coal: a tub.

DANAKIL, dan'a-kil, _n._ the name given to the numerous nomad and fisher tribes on the coast of North-east Africa. [Ar.]

DANCE, dans, _v.i._ to move with measured steps to music: to spring.--_v.t._ to make to dance or jump.--_n._ the movement of one or more persons with measured steps to music: the tune to which dancing is performed.--_ns._ DANCE'-M[=U]'SIC, music specially arranged for accompanying dancing; DANC'ER, one who practises dancing; DANC'ING, the act or art of moving in the dance; DANC'ING-GIRL, a professional dancer; DANC'ING-MAS'TER, a teacher of dancing.--DANCE A BEAR (_obs._), to exhibit a performing bear; DANCE ATTENDANCE, to wait obsequiously; DANCE OF DEATH, a series of allegorical paintings symbolising the universal power of death, represented as a skeleton; DANCE UPON NOTHING, to be hanged.--LEAD A PERSON A DANCE, to set him on an undertaking under false hopes: to delude.--MERRY DANCERS, the aurora. [O. Fr. _danser_, from Teut.; Old High Ger. _danson_, to draw along.]

DANCETTE, dan-set', _n._ (_her._) a zigzag or indented line or figure: the chevron or zigzag moulding common in Romanesque architecture--also _adj._ [O. Fr. _dent_, _dant_, tooth, notch--L. _dens_.]

DANDELION, dan-de-l[=i]'un, _n._ a common plant with a yellow flower, its leaves with jagged tooth-like edges. [Fr. _dent de lion_, tooth of the lion.]

DANDER, dan'd[.e]r, DAUNDER, dawn'd[.e]r, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to walk leisurely or idly. [Akin to _dandle_.]

DANDER, _n._ a form of DANDRUFF (_vulg._), anger: passion.--RAISE A PERSON'S DANDER, to put him in a temper.

DANDER, _n._ (_Scot._) furnace cinders. [Ety. dub.]

DANDLE, dan'dl, _v.t._ to play with: to fondle or toss in the arms, as a baby. [Prob. Teut.; cf. Ger. _tändeln_--_tand_, a toy.]

DANDRIFF, dand'rif, DANDRUFF, dand'ruf, _n._ a scaly scurf which forms on the surface of the skin under the hair and beard. [Perh. from W. _ton_, surface, skin, and _drwg_, bad (Skeat).]

DANDY, dan'di, _n._ a foppish, silly fellow: one who pays much attention to dress.--_v.t._ DAN'DIFY, to dress up as a dandy.--_adv._ DAN'DILY, like a dandy.--_ns._ DAN'DY-BRUSH, a hard brush of whalebone bristles; DAN'DY-COCK, a bantam; DAN'DY-F[=E]'VER (see DENGUE); DAN'DY-HORSE, a velocipede.--_adj._ DAN'DYISH.--_n._ DAN'DYISM. [Perh. from Fr. _dandin_, a ninny; and prob. from root of _dandle_.]

DANDY, dan'di, _n._ a sloop-like vessel having a jigger-mast abaft.--_n._ DANDY-RIGGED CUTTER.

DANDYPRAT, dan'di-prat, _n._ a dwarf: an urchin. [Ety. dub.]

DANE, d[=a]n, _n._ a native of _Denmark_.--_adj._ DAN'ISH, belonging to Denmark.--_n._ the language of the Danes--(_Spens._) DANISK.

DANEGELD, d[=a]n'geld, _n._ a tax imposed in the 10th cent., to buy off the Danes or to defend the country against them. [A.S. _Dene_, Danes, _geid_, a payment.]

DANG, dang, _v.t._ a minced form of _damn_.

DANGER, d[=a]n'j[.e]r, _n._ peril, hazard, or risk: insecurity: (_obs._) power.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to endanger.--_adj._ DAN'GEROUS, full of danger: unsafe: insecure.--_adv._ DAN'GEROUSLY.--_ns._ DAN'GEROUSNESS; DAN'GER-SIG'NAL. [O. Fr. _dangier_, absolute power (of a feudal lord), hence power to hurt.--Low L. _dominium_, feudal authority--L. _dominus_, a lord. See DUNGEON.]

DANGLE, dang'gl, _v.t._ to hang loosely or with a swinging motion: to follow any one about.--_v.t._ to make to dangle.--_n._ DAN'GLER, one who dangles about others, esp. about women. [Scand., Dan. _dangle_, to dangle; cf. Ice. _dingla_, to swing; Sw. _danka_, to saunter.]

DANIEL, dan'yel, _n._ in phrase A SECOND DANIEL, a wise judge, with reference to the interposition of the wise young Daniel to save Susannah, in one of the Apocryphal additions to the book of Daniel.

DANITE, dan'[=i]t, _n._ one of a secret society amongst the early Mormons. [In allusion to Gen. xlix. 16, 17.]

DANK, dangk, _adj._ moist, wet.--_n._ (_Milt._) water.--_adj._ DANK'ISH, somewhat dank or damp. [Perh. conn. with _dew_. See also DAGGLE.]

DANNEBROG, d[=a]n'e-brog, _n._ the second of the Danish orders instituted by King Waldemar in 1219. [Dan., 'the Danish banner.']

DANSEUSE, dong-süz', _n._ a female dancer: a ballet dancer. [Fr.]

DANSKER, dan'sk[.e]r, _n._ (_Shak._) a Dane.

DANTEAN, dan'te-an, DANTESQUE, dan'tesk, _adj._ like the poet _Dante_: sublime: austere.--_ns._ DAN'TIST, a Dante scholar; DANTOPH'ILIST, a lover of Dante.

DANTON, dan'ton, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to subdue, to daunt. [A form of _daunt_.]

DANUBIAN, dan-[=u]'bi-an, _adj._ pertaining to or bordering on the _Danube_.--DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES, a name applied to Moldavia and Wallachia.

DAP, dap, _v.i._ to drop the bait gently into the water.

DAPHNE, daf'n[=e], _n._ a genus of shrubs or small trees. [Gr.]

DAPPER, dap'[.e]r, _adj._ quick: little and active: neat: spruce.--_n._ DAPP'ERLING, a dapper little fellow. [Dut. _dapper_, brave; cf. Ger. _tapfer_, quick, brave.]

DAPPLE, dap'l, _adj._ marked with spots.--_v.t._ to variegate with spots.--_adjs._ DAPP'ERLY (_Scot._), variegated; DAPP'LE-BAY, of bay colour, variegated with dapples; DAPP'LED; DAPP'LE-GRAY. [See DIMPLE.]

DARBIES, där'biz, _n.pl._ (_slang_) handcuffs. [App. from the personal name _Darby_.]

DARBYITES, där'bi-[=i]ts, _n.pl._ a name given to the Plymouth Brethren. [From their principal founder, J. N. _Darby_ (1800-82).]

DARE, d[=a]r, _v.i._ to be bold enough: to venture:--_pa.t._ durst.--_v.t._ to challenge: to defy.--_n._ (_Shak._) boldness, a challenge.--_n._ DARE'-DEV'IL, a rash, venturesome fellow.--_adj._ unreasonably rash and reckless.--_adjs._ DARE'FUL (_Shak._), full of daring, adventurous; DAR'ING, bold: courageous: fearless.--_n._ boldness.--_n._ DAR'ING-DO (see DERRING-DOE).--_adj._ DAR'ING-HARD'Y (_Shak._), foolhardy.--_adv._ DAR'INGLY.--I DARE SAY, I suppose. [A.S. _durran_, pres. _dearr_; Goth. _daursan_; akin to Gr. _tharsein_.]

DARE, d[=a]r, _v.t._ to frighten, terrify. [M. E. _daren_, to be in fear; cf. Dan. _dirre_, to tremble.]

DARE, d[=a]r. Same as DACE.

DARG, darg, _n._ a day's work: (_Scot._) a task. [Contr. from _dawerk_, _day-wark_, day-work.]

DARIC, dar'ik, _n._ an old gold coin larger than an English sovereign, named after _Darius_ I. of Persia.

DARK, därk, _adj._ without light: black, or somewhat black: gloomy: difficult to understand: unenlightened: secret: sinister.--_n._ absence of light: obscurity: a state of ignorance.--_adv._ (_Shak._) in a state of dark.--_v.t._ DARK'EN, to make dark: to render ignorant: to sully.--_v.i._ to grow dark or darker.--_n._ DARK'-HOUSE (_Shak._), a mad-house.--_adj._ DARK'ISH, somewhat dark: dusky.--_v.i._ DARK'LE, to grow dark.--_adv._ and _adj._ DARK'LING, dark: in the dark.--_advs._ DARK'LINGS (_poet._), in the dark; DARK'LY.--_n._ DARK'NESS.--_adj._ DARK'SOME, dark: (_poet._) gloomy.--_ns._ DARK'Y, DARK'EY, a negro: (_slang_) a policeman's lantern.--DARK AGES, the period of intellectual darkness in Europe, from the 5th to the 15th century.--DARKEN THE DOOR, to enter in at the door.--A DARK HORSE, in racing, a horse whose capabilities are not known: a candidate about whom it is not known till the last moment that he is a candidate.--KEEP DARK, to be silent or secret; KEEP IT DARK, to conceal.--THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS, Satan. [A.S. _deorc_.]

DARLING, där'ling, _n._ a little dear: one dearly beloved: a favourite. [_Dear_, and dim. suff. _-ling_ = _l-ing_.]

DARN, därn, _v.t._ to mend a hole by imitating the texture of the stuff.--_n._ the place darned.--_n._ DARN'ING-NEEDLE. [W. _darn_, a piece, a patch.]

DARN, därn, _v.i._ a minced form of _damn_.

DARNEL, där'nel, _n._ an annual of the rye-grass genus, the tares of Scripture. [Prob. conn. with O. Fr. _darne_, stupid, from its supposed narcotic properties.]

DARRAIGN, DARRAIN. See DERAIN.

DART, därt, _n._ a pointed weapon for throwing with the hand: anything that pierces.--_v.t._ to hurl suddenly: to send or shoot forth.--_v.i._ to start or shoot forth rapidly--freq. DAR'TLE.--_adv._ DART'INGLY. [O. Fr. _dart_; from a Low Ger. root.]

DART. See DACE.

DARTER, därt'[.e]r, _n._ a genus of birds nearly allied to cormorants, heron-like in gait and gesture.

DARTRE, där'tr, _n._ herpes.--_adj._ DAR'TROUS. [Fr.]

DARWINISM, där'win-ism, _n._ the theory of the origin of species propounded by C. _Darwin_ (1809-82).--_adjs._ DARWIN'IAN, DARWIN'ICAL.

DASH, dash, _v.t._ to throw violently: to break by throwing together: to throw water suddenly: to bespatter: to destroy or frustrate: to mix or adulterate.--_v.i._ to strike against: to break against, as water: to rush with violence.--_n._ a violent striking: a rushing or violent onset: a blow: a mark (--) at a break in a sentence: ostentation: a slight admixture.--_ns._ DASH'-BOARD, a board or leathern frame in front of a carriage, to keep off splashes of mud; DASH'ER, one who dashes: (_coll._) one who makes a great show.--_adj._ DASH'ING, rushing: reckless: hasty and rash: gallant.--_adv._ DASH'INGLY.--_ns._ DASH'-POT, a device for preventing too sudden motion in some part of an apparatus; DASH'-WHEEL, a wheel-shaped box with compartments, in which cotton cloth is washed by the revolution of the wheel in liquid.--DASH OFF, to sketch hastily; DASH OUT, to knock out by striking against something. [M. E. _daschen_, _dassen_, to rush, or strike with violence--Scand.; cf. Dan. _daske_, to slap].

DASTARD, das'tard, _n._ a cowardly fellow.--_adj._ shrinking from danger: cowardly.--_adj._ and _adv._ DAS'TARDLY.--_ns._ DAS'TARDNESS, DAS'TARDLINESS, DAS'TARDY. [From a Scand. stem _dast_ = Eng. _dazed_, and Fr. suffix _-ard_. See DAZE.]

DASYMETER, da-sim'e-t[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for testing the density of gases. [Gr. _dasys_, thick, _metron_, measure.]

DASYPUS, das'i-pus, _n._ a genus of armadillos.

DASYURE, das'i-y[=oo]r, _n._ a small carnivorous quadruped of Australia and Tasmania. [Formed from Gr. _dasys_, hairy, _oura_, tail.]

DATA, d[=a]'ta, _n.pl._ facts given or admitted from which other facts may be deduced:--_sing._ D[=A]'TUM. [L. _datum_, _data_, given--_d[)a]re_, to give.]

DATARY, d[=a]'ta-ri, _n._ an officer in the papal chancery, who dates and despatches documents, grants, &c.--_n._ DAT[=A]'RIA, the office of such. [Low L. _datarius_--L. _datum_--_d[)a]re_, to give.]

DATE, d[=a]t, _n._ the time of any event: a stipulated time: age, period of time.--_v.t._ to affix the date to.--_v.t._ to reckon: to begin.--_adj._ DATE'LESS, without date: without fixed limit: undatable.--OUT OF DATE, antiquated; UP TO DATE, adapted or corrected to the present time: modern. [O. Fr. _date_--L. _datum_, as in _datum Romæ_ = given or written at Rome.]

DATE, d[=a]t, _n._ the fruit of the date-palm.--_ns._ DATE'-PALM, DATE'-TREE, the tree on which it grows, a native of the northern half of Africa and the south-west of Asia; DATE'-PLUM; DATE'-SUG'AR. [Fr. _datte_--L. _dactylus_--Gr. _daktylos_, a finger.]

DATIVE, d[=a]t'iv, _adj._ that is given or appointed.--_n._ the dative case, the oblique case of nouns, &c.--generally indicated in English by _to_ or _for_. [L. _dativus_.]

DATOLITE, dat'[=o]-l[=i]t, _n._ a vitreous calcium borosilicate.

DATUM, d[=a]'tum (see DATA).--_n._ D[=A]'TUM-LINE, the horizontal base-line from which heights and depths are measured.

DATURA, d[=a]-t[=u]'ra, _n._ a genus of plants, of which one, _D. stramonium_, or thorn-apple, has strongly narcotic properties.--_n._ DAT'URINE, a poisonous alkaloid in the foregoing. [Hind. _dhat[=u]r[=a]_.]

DAUB, dawb, _v.t._ to smear: to paint coarsely.--_n._ a coarse painting.--_ns._ DAUB'ER, one who daubs: a coarse painter; DAUB'ERY, DAUB'RY (_Shak._), a daubing, or crudely artful device; DAUB'ING.--_adj._ DAUB'Y, sticky. [O. Fr. _dauber_, to plaster--L. _dealb[=a]re_, to whitewash--_de_, down, and _albus_, white.]

DAUD, daud, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to knock, thump.--_n._ a lump: large piece.--Also DAWD.

DAUGHTER, daw't[.e]r, _n._ a female child: a female descendant: woman (generally).--_ns._ DAUGH'TER-IN-LAW, a son's wife; DAUGH'TERLINESS; DAUGH'TERLING, a little daughter.--_adj._ DAUGH'TERLY, like or becoming a daughter. [A.S. _dohtor_; Scot. _dochter_, Ger. _tochter_, Gr. _thygat[=e]r_.]

DAUNDER, DAUNER. Same as DANDER.

DAUNT, dänt, or dawnt, _v.t._ to frighten: to discourage: to subdue.--_adj._ DAUNT'LESS, not to be daunted.--_adv._ DAUNT'LESSLY.--_n._ DAUNT'LESSNESS.--_v.t._ DAUN'TON, to subdue: to dare. [O. Fr. _danter_ (Fr. _dompter_)--L. _domit[=a]re_--_dom[=a]re_, to tame.]

DAUPHIN, daw'fin, _n._ the name given to the eldest son of the king of France, from 1349 down to 1830:--_fem._ DAU'PHINESS. [O. Fr. _daulphin_ (Fr. _dauphin_)--L. _delphinus_, a dolphin. From the dolphins in the crest of Viennois.]

DAUR, dawr, a Scotch form of _dare_.

DAUTIE. See DAWTIE.

DAUW, daw, _n._ the South African name of Burchell's zebra.

DAVENPORT, d[=a]'ven-port, _n._ a small ornamental writing-desk. [From the maker.]

DAVENPORT-TRICK, d[=a]'ven-port-trik, _n._ the artifice by which a man can free himself from ropes wound round him and tied.

DAVIT, d[=a]v'it, _n._ one of a pair of pieces of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side or stern, having tackle to raise a boat by. [Cf. Fr. _davier_, a forceps.]

DAVY, d[=a]'vi, DAVY-LAMP, d[=a]'vi-lamp, _n._ the safety-lamp for coal-miners of Sir Humphry _Davy_ (1778-1829).

DAVY JONES, d[=a]'vi j[=o]nz, _n._ a sailor's familiar name for the (malignant) spirit of the sea, the devil; hence DAVY JONES'S LOCKER, of the sea, as the grave of men drowned at sea. [Said by some to be a compound of _Duffy_, a West Indian spirit name, and _Jonah_.]

DAW, daw, _v.i._ an old English form of _dawn_.

DAW, daw, _n._ a bird of the crow kind: a jackdaw.--_adj._ DAW'ISH. [From its cry.]

DAWDLE, daw'dl, _v.i._ to waste time by trifling: to act or move slowly.--_n._ DAW'DLER. [Allied to _dandle_ and _dandy_.]

DAWK. See DAK.

DAWN, dawn, _v.i._ to become day: to begin to grow light: to begin to appear.--_n._ daybreak: beginning.--Also DAWN'ING. [A.S. _dagian_, to dawn, _dæg_, day.]

DAWNERING = dandering. [See DANDER (1).]

DAWTIE, daw'ti, _n._ (_Scot._) a darling: a beloved child--also DAUT'IE.--_v.t._ DAUT, to fondle.

DAY, d[=a], _n._ the time of light, from sunrise to sunset: the time from morning till night: twenty-four hours, the time the earth takes to make a revolution on her axis--this being the _solar_ or _natural_ day as distinguished from the _sidereal_ day, between two transits of the same star: a man's period of existence or influence: a time or period.--_ns._ DAY'-BED (_Shak._), a couch or sofa; DAY'-BLIND'NESS, a defect of vision, in which objects are best seen by a dim light; DAY'-BOOK, a book in which merchants, &c., enter the transactions of every day; DAY'BREAK; DAY'-COAL, the upper stratum of coal; DAY'-DREAM, a dreaming or musing while awake; DAY'-FLY, a fly which lives in its perfect form only for a day, one of the ephemera; DAY'-L[=A]'BOUR; DAY'-L[=A]'BOURER; DAY'LIGHT; DAY'-LIL'Y, a flower whose blossoms last only for a day, the hemerocallis.--_adj._ DAY'LONG, during the whole day.--_ns._ DAY'-PEEP (_Milt._), the dawn; DAY'-SCHOL'AR, a boy who attends a boarding-school during the school-hours, but boards at home; DAY'-SCHOOL, a school held during the day, as opposed both to a night-school and to a boarding-school; DAY'-SIGHT = night-blindness; DAYS'MAN, one who appoints a day to hear a cause: an umpire; DAY'SPRING, dawn; DAY'STAR, the morning star; DAY'TIME.--_adj._ DAY'-WEA'RIED (_Shak._), wearied with the work of the day.--_n._ DAY'-WORK.--DAY BY DAY, daily; DAY OF DOOM, the judgment day; DAYS OF GRACE, three days allowed for payment of bills, &c., beyond the day named.--NAME THE DAY, to fix the day of marriage.--ONE OF THESE DAYS, an indefinite reference to the near future.--THE DAY, the time spoken of: (_Scot._) to-day; THE OTHER DAY, not long ago; THE TIME OF DAY, a greeting, as, 'to give a person the time of day,' to greet him. [A.S. _dæg_; Ger. _tag_; not conn. with L. _dies_.]

DAYAK. See DYAK.

DAY-WOMAN, d[=a]'-woom'an, _n._ (_Shak._) a dairymaid.

DAZE, d[=a]z, _v.t._ to stun, to stupefy. [Ice. _dasa_, to be breathless; cf. A.S. _dwæs_, foolish.]

DAZZLE, daz'l, _v.t._ to daze or overpower with any strong light: to confound by brilliancy, beauty, or cleverness.--_ns._ DAZZ'LEMENT, the act of dazzling: that which dazzles; DAZZ'LER; DAZZ'LING.--_adv._ DAZZ'LINGLY. [Freq. of _daze_.]

DEACON, d[=e]'kn, _n._ in Episcopal churches, a member of the order of clergy under priests: in some Presbyterian churches, an officer, distinct from the elders, who attends to the secular affairs of the church: in Congregational and some other churches, an officer who advises the pastor, distributes the elements at the Communion, and dispenses charity: in Scotland, the master of an incorporated company:--_fem._ DEA'CONESS, a female servant of the Christian society in the time of the apostles: in a convent, a nun who has the care of the altar: one of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.--_ns._ DEA'CONHOOD, DEA'CONRY, DEA'CONSHIP. [L. _diaconus_--Gr. _diakonos_, a servant.]

DEAD, ded, _adj._ without life: death-like: at rest, of a ball: cold and cheerless: without vegetation: utter: unerring.--_v.t._ to deaden, dull.--_adv._ in a dead manner.--_n._ the time of greatest stillness, as 'the dead of night.'--_adjs._ DEAD'-ALIVE', DEAD'-AND-ALIVE', dull, uneventful; DEAD'-BEAT, quite overcome; DEAD'-BORN, still-born.--_n.pl._ DEAD'-CLOTHES, clothes in which to bury the dead.--_n._ DEAD'-COL'OURING, the first broad outlines of a picture.--_adjs._ DEAD'-DO'ING (_Spens._), putting to death, destructive; DEAD'-DRUNK, completely drunk.--_v.t._ DEAD'EN, to make dead: to deprive partly of vigour or sensation: to blunt: to lessen.--_ns._ DEAD'-EYE, (_naut._), a round, flattish wooden block with a rope or iron band passing round it, and pierced with three holes for a lanyard; DEAD'-FALL, a trap operated by a weight that, when its support is removed, falls upon and kills or holds an animal; DEAD'-FREIGHT, money paid for the empty space in a ship by a person who engages to freight her, but fails to make out a full cargo; DEAD'-HEAD (_U.S._), one who is allowed, without payment, to ride in a public carriage, sit in a theatre, or hold a privilege having a money value; DEAD'-HEAT, a heat or race in which no one gains the advantage; DEAD'-HOUSE, the house or room where (in hospitals, police-offices, &c.) dead bodies are kept till buried: a mortuary; DEAD'-LETT'ER, a letter undelivered and unclaimed at the post-office: a law or ordinance which has been made but never enforced; DEAD'-LEV'EL, a stretch of land without any rising ground: sameness; DEAD'-LIFT, a lift made without help, leverage, &c.; hence an effort under discouraging conditions.--_n.pl._ DEAD'-LIGHTS, storm-shutters for a cabin window.--_ns._ DEAD'LINESS; DEAD'-LOCK, the case when matters have become so complicated that all is at a complete standstill.--_adj._ DEAD'LY, causing death: fatal: implacable.--_adv._ in a manner resembling death.--_ns._ DEAD'LY-NIGHT'SHADE, the plant Belladonna (q.v.); DEAD'-MARCH, a piece of solemn music played at funeral processions, esp. of soldiers; DEAD'-MEAT, the flesh of animals ready for the market.--_n.pl._ DEAD'-MEN, empty bottles after a carouse.--_ns._ DEAD'NESS; DEAD'-NETT'LE, a genus of plants of the natural order _Labiatæ_, so called because they resemble nettles but do not sting; DEAD'-PAY, continued pay dishonestly drawn for men actually dead; DEAD'-RECK'ONING, an estimation of a ship's place simply by the log-book; DEAD'-ROPE, a rope not running in any block; DEAD'-SET, a determined and prolonged attempt; DEAD'-SHOT, an unerring marksman.--_adj._ DEAD'-STROKE, without recoil.--_ns._ DEAD'-WALL, a wall unbroken by windows or other openings; DEAD'-WA'TER, the eddy water closing in behind a ship's stern as she sails; DEAD'-WEIGHT, a heavy or oppressive burden; DEAD'-WIND, a wind coming directly ahead or opposed to a ship's course; DEAD'-WOOD, pieces of timber laid on the upper side of the keel at either end, useless material; DEAD'-WORK, work, itself unprofitable, which is necessary as a preliminary, as the opening of a mine.--DEAD AS A DOOR-NAIL, absolutely dead; DEAD LANGUAGE, one no longer spoken; DEAD-MEN'S BELLS, the foxglove; DEAD-MEN'S FINGERS, a very common coelenterate belonging to the _Actinozoa_--also _Cow-paps_ and _Mermaid's glove_; DEAD-MEN'S SHOES, a situation formerly held by some one now dead; DEAD'S PART (_Scots law_), the part of a man's movable property which he may bequeath by will, and which is not due to wife and children.--BE DEAD SET AGAINST, to be utterly opposed to.--PUT THE DEAD WOOD ON (_U.S. slang_), to gain a great advantage over. [A.S. _deád_; Goth. _dauths_, Ger. _todt_, from root of _die_.]

DEAF, def, _adj._ dull of hearing: unable to hear at all: not willing to hear: inattentive.--_v.t._ DEAF'EN, to make deaf, partly or altogether: to stun: to render impervious to sound.--_n._ DEAF'ENING, stuffing put into floors, partition-walls, &c. to prevent sounds from passing through.--_adv._ DEAF'LY.--_ns._ DEAF'-MUTE, one who is both deaf and dumb; DEAF'NESS. [A.S. _deáf_; Dut. _doof_, Ger. _taub_.]

DEAL, d[=e]l, _n._ a portion; an indefinite quantity: a large quantity; the act of dividing cards: (_U.S._) a bargain: a fir or pine board: timber.--_v.t._ to divide, to distribute: to throw about: to deliver.--_v.i._ to transact business: to act: to distribute cards.--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ dealt (delt).--_ns._ DEAL'ER, one who deals: a trader; DEAL'-FISH, a genus of ribbon-fishes; DEAL'ING, manner of acting towards others: intercourse of trade. [A.S. _d['æ]lan_--_d['æ]l_, a part; Ger. _theilen_--_theil_, a part or division. A doublet of _dole_. By some, however, _deal_, a plank, is taken as a doublet of _thill_, from A.S. _thel_, a plank.]

DEAMBULATORY, d[=e]-am'b[=u]-la-to-ri, _n._ a passage or aisle round the choir and apse of a church. [L. _deambul[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to walk about.]

DEAN, d[=e]n, _n._ a small valley.--Also DENE. [A.S. _denu_, a valley. Cf. DEN.]

DEAN, d[=e]n, _n._ a dignitary in cathedral and collegiate churches who presides over the other clergy: the president of faculty in a college; the chief chaplain of the Chapel Royal: the chief judge of the Court of Arches: the president of a trade-guild.--_ns._ DEAN'ERY, the office of a dean: a dean's house; DEAN'SHIP, the office or dignity of a dean.--DEAN OF ARCHES, dean of the Court of Arches (see ARCH); DEAN OF FACULTY, president of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland: DEAN OF GUILD, a municipal functionary in Scotland, who has authority over building and altering of houses.--RURAL DEAN, one who, under the bishop, has the special care and inspection of the clergy in certain parishes. [O. Fr. _deien_ (Fr. _doyen_)--Low L. _decanus_, a chief of ten--L. _decem_, ten.]

DEAR, d[=e]r, _adj._ high in price: costly: scarce: highly valued: beloved: (_Shak._), earnest, inmost.--_n._ one who is dear or beloved.--_adv._ at a high price.--_adj._ DEAR'-BOUGHT.--_n._ DEAR'LING (_Spens._), a darling.--_adj._ DEAR'-LOVED.--_adv._ DEAR'LY.--_ns._ DEAR'NESS; DEAR'Y, one who is dear. [A.S. _deóre_, _dýre_; cog. with Ger. _theuer_.]

DEAR, d[=e]r, _interj._ indicating surprise, pity, or other emotion, as in 'Oh dear!' 'Dear me!' 'Dear, dear!'--prob. elliptical in 'Dear help us!' &c. [Sometimes doubtfully referred to _Dio mio_ (It. 'My God'), or to some compound of Fr. _Dieu_.]

DEARN, DEARNFUL, DERNLY. See DERN, &c.

DEARTH, d[.e]rth, _n._ dearness, high price: scarcity: want: famine; barrenness.--_adj._ DEARTH'FUL (_Scot._), expensive.

DEASIL, d[=e]'sh[=e]l, _n._ (_Scot._) motion according to the apparent course of the sun--opp. to _Withershins_.--Also DEA'SOIL, DEI'SHEAL, DEA'SIUL. [Gael.]

DEARTICULATE, d[=e]-ar-tik'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to disjoint.

DEASPIRATE, d[=e]-as'pir-[=a]t, _v.t._ to remove the aspirate.

DEATH, deth, _n._ state of being dead: extinction or cessation of life: manner of dying: mortality: a deadly plague: cause of death: spiritual lifelessness: the killing of the animal in hunting.--_ns._ DEATH'-ADD'ER, a poisonous Australian snake; DEATH'-AG'ONY, the struggle often preceding death; DEATH'-BED, the bed on which one dies, the last illness; DEATH'-BELL, the passing bell; DEATH'-BLOW, a blow that causes death; DEATH'-DAMP, a cold, clammy sweat preceding death.--_n.pl._ DEATH'-D[=U]'TIES, duties paid to government on the inheritance of property, real or personal, after the death of the former owner.--_n._ DEATH'-FIRE, a kind of light supposed to presage death.--_adjs._ DEATH'FUL, DEATH'LY, deadly, destructive; DEATH'LESS, never dying: everlasting.--_n._ DEATH'LESSNESS.--_adj._ DEATH'-LIKE (_Shak._), like a dead person, deadly.--_n._ DEATH'LINESS.--_adj._ DEATH'-MARKED, marked for or by death, destined to die.--_n._ DEATH'-MASK, a plaster-cast taken from the face after death.--_adj._ DEATH'-PRAC'TISED (_Shak._), threatened with death by malicious arts.--_ns._ DEATH'-RATE, the proportion of deaths to the population; DEATH'-RATT'LE, a rattling in the throat which sometimes accompanies the last uneasy breathings of a dying person; DEATH'S'-DOOR, the point of death; DEATH'S'-HEAD, the skull of a human skeleton, or a figure of it; DEATH'S'-MAN (_Shak._), the public executioner; DEATH'-STROKE, a death-blow; DEATH'-THROE, the dying agony; DEATH'-T[=O]'KEN (_Shak._), a sign or token of impending death, a plague-spot; DEATH'-TRAP, an unsafe building, vessel, or place that shuts up its occupants to almost certain death; DEATH'-WARR'ANT, an order from the authorities for the execution of a criminal; DEATH'-WATCH, a watch by a dying person: a popular name for several insects which produce a ticking noise, specially audible in the stillness of a death-chamber; DEATH'-WOUND, a wound which caused death.--DEATH'S'-HEAD MOTH, a species of hawk-moth, having pale markings on the back of the thorax somewhat like a skull.--BE DEATH ON, to be fond of, to be good at; BE IN AT THE DEATH, in hunting, to be up on the animal before the dogs have killed it.--DO, or PUT, TO DEATH, to kill: to cause to be killed.--GATES, or JAWS, OF DEATH, death's door, the point of death.--TO DEATH, expressive of intensity, very much. [A.S. _deáth_; Ger. _tod_. See DEAD and DIE.]

DEAVE, d[=e]v, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to render deaf. [See DEAF.]

DEAW, d[=u], _v.t._ (_Spens._) to bedew.

DEBACLE, de-bak'l, _n._ a breaking up of ice on a river: (_geol._) a sudden flood of water leaving its path strewed with debris. [Fr. _débâcle_; _de_, and _bâcler_, to bar--L. _baculus_, a stick.]

DEBAR, de-bär', _v.t._ to bar out from: to exclude: to hinder:--_pr.p._ debar'ring; _pa.p._ debarred'.--_n._ DEBAR'MENT. [L. _de_, from, and _bar_.]

DEBARK, de-bärk', _v.t._ or _v.i._ to land from a ship or boat: to disembark.--_ns._ DEBARK[=A]'TION, DEBARC[=A]'TION. [Fr. _débarquer_--_des_ = L. _dis_, away, and _barque_, a ship.]

DEBARRASS, de-bär'as, _v.t._ to disembarrass, disentangle, free. [Fr. _débarrasser_; _de_, and _barre_, a bar.]

DEBASE, de-b[=a]s', _v.t._ to lower: to make mean or of less value: to adulterate.--_adj._ DEBASED', degraded: (_her._) reversed.--_n._ DEBASE'MENT, degradation.--_adj._ DEBAS'ING, tending to lower or degrade.--_adv._ DEBAS'INGLY. [L. _de_, down, and _base_, low.]

DEBATE, de-b[=a]t', _n._ a contention in words or argument: (_obs._) strife.--_v.t._ to contend for in argument: (_arch._) to fight for.--_v.i._ to deliberate: to join in debate.--_adjs._ DEBAT'ABLE, liable to be disputed; DEBATE'FUL (_Spens._), quarrelsome.--_ns._ DEBATE'MENT (_Spens._, _Shak._), controversy; DEBAT'ER.--_adv._ DEBAT'INGLY.--DEBATABLE LAND, a tract of border land between Esk and Sark claimed both by England and Scotland. [O. Fr. _debatre_--L. _de_, and _batu[)e]re_, to beat.]

DEBAUCH, de-bawch', _v.t._ to lead away from duty or allegiance: to corrupt with lewdness: to pervert.--_v.i._ to indulge in revelry.--_n._ a fit of intemperance or debauchery.--_p.adj._ DEBAUCHED', corrupt: profligate.--_adv._ DEBAUCH'EDLY.--_ns._ DEBAUCH'EDNESS; DEB'AUCHEE, a libertine; DEBAUCH'ER; DEBAUCH'ERY, excessive intemperance: habitual lewdness; DEBAUCH'MENT. [O. Fr. _desbaucher_ (Fr. _débaucher_), to corrupt--_des_ = L. _dis_, and _baucher_, to hew--_bauche_ or _bauc_, a beam, a course of stones.]

DEBEL, de-bel', _v.t._ (_Milt._) to conquer in war. [Fr. _débeller_--L. _debell[=a]re_--_de_, from, and _bell[=a]re_, to carry on war, from _bellum_, war.]

DEBENTURE, de-bent'[=u]r, _n._ a written acknowledgment of a debt: a deed of mortgage given by a railway or other company for borrowed money: a certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a repayment of the duty paid on their importation.--_p.adj._ DEBENT'URED, entitled to drawback or debenture, as goods. [L. _debentur_, there are due, 3d pers. pl. pass. of _deb[=e]re_, to owe--the first word of the receipt.]

DEBILITATE, de-bil'i-t[=a]t, _v.t._ to make weak: to impair the strength of.--_adj._ DEB'ILE (_arch._), weak, feeble.--_ns._ DEBILIT[=A]'TION; DEBIL'ITY, weakness and languor: a weak action of the animal functions. [L. _debilit[=a]re_, _[=a]tum_--_debilis_, weak--_de_, not, _habilis_, able. See ABILITY.]

DEBIT, deb'it, _n._ a debt or something due: an entry on the debtor side of an account.--_v.t._ to charge with debt: to enter on the debtor side of an account.--_n._ DEB'ITOR (_Shak._), a debtor. [L. _debitum_, what is due, from _deb[=e]re_, to owe.]

DEBITUMINISE, d[=e]-bi-t[=u]'mi-n[=i]z, _v.t._ to deprive of bitumen.

DÉBLAI, d[=a]-bl[=a]', _n._ the earth excavated from a ditch to form a parapet. [Fr.]

DEBONAIR, deb-o-n[=a]r', _adj._ of good appearance and manners: elegant: courteous: gay.--_adv._ DEBONAIR'LY.--_n._ DEBONAIR'NESS. [Fr. _de_, of, _bon_, good, _air_, appearance, manner.]

DEBOSH, de-bosh', an old form of _debauch_.

DEBOUCH, de-b[=oo]sh', _v.i._ to march out from a narrow pass or confined place.--_ns._ DEBOUCH'MENT, the act of debouching; DEBOUCHURE', the mouth of a river or strait. [Fr. _déboucher_--_de_, from, _bouche_, the mouth--L. _bucca_, the cheek.]

DÉBOUCHÉ, de-boo-sh[=a]', _n._ an opening, a passage: a market. [Fr.]

DEBRIS, de-br[=e]', _n.sing._ and _pl._ rubbish: ruins: a mass of rocky fragments. [Fr., from _briser_, akin to _bruise_.]

DEBRUISED, de-br[=oo]zd', _p.adj._ (_her._) surmounted or partly covered by one of the ordinaries. [O. Fr. _debrusier_--_de_, apart, _brusier_, to break.]

DEBT, det, _n._ what one owes to another: what one becomes liable to do or suffer: a state of obligation or indebtedness: a duty: (_B._) a sin.--_p.adj._ DEBT'ED (_Shak._), indebted, obliged to.--_ns._ DEBT'EE, a creditor; DEBT'OR, one who owes a debt: the side of an account on which debts are charged.--DEBT OF HONOUR, a debt not recognised by law, but binding in honour--esp. gambling and betting debts; DEBT OF NATURE, death.--ACTIVE DEBT, a debt due to one, as opposed to _Passive debt_, a debt one owes; FLOATING DEBT, miscellaneous public debt, like exchequer and treasury bills, as opposed to _Funded debt_, that which has been converted into perpetual annuities like consols in Britain.--IN ONE'S DEBT, under a pecuniary obligation to one. [O. Fr. _dette_--L. _debitum_, _deb[=e]re_, to owe.]

DÉBUT, de-bü' (_u_ sounded as in Scot. _gude_), _n._ a beginning or first attempt: a first appearance before the public, as of an actor, &c.--_n._ DÉBUTANT', one who makes his first appearance before the public:--_fem._ DÉBUTANTE'. [Fr. _début_, a first stroke--_débuter_--_de_, from, _but_, aim, mark.]

DECACHORD, dek'a-kord, _n._ an ancient musical instrument with ten strings: anything having ten parts. [Gr. _dekachordos_--_deka_, ten, and _chord[=e]_, a string.]

DECACUMINATED, d[=e]-ka-k[=u]'mi-n[=a]-ted, _adj._ having the top cut off.

DECADE, dek'[=a]d, DECAD, dek'ad, _n._ a group of ten, esp. a series of ten years.--_adj._ DEC'ADAL. [Fr. _décade_--Gr. _dekas_--_deka_, ten.]

DECADENCE, dek'a-dens, or de-k[=a]'-, DEC'ADENCY (or de-k[=a]'-), _n._ state of decay: a term for a school in modern French literature not distinguished for vigour or originality.--_adj._ DEC'ADENT (or de-k[=a]'-), decaying.--_n._ something decaying or decayed. [Fr.,--Low L. _decadentia_, from L. _de_, down--_cad[)e]re_, to fall.]

DECAGON, dek'a-gon, _n._ a plane figure of ten angles and sides.--_adj._ DECAG'ONAL. [Gr. _deka_, and _g[=o]nia_, an angle.]

DECAGRAMME, DECAGRAM, dek'a-gram, _n._ a weight of ten grammes, equal to 0.353 oz. [Fr.,--Gr. _deka_, ten, and _gramma_, a weight; L. _granum_, a grain.]

DECAGYNIA, dek-a-jin'i-a, _n._ a class of plants in the Linnæan system having ten pistils.--_adjs._ DECAGYN'IAN, DECAG'YNOUS. [Gr. _deka_, ten, _gyn[=e]_, a woman.]

DECAHEDRON, dek-a-h[=e]'dron, _n._ a solid figure having ten faces.--_adj._ DECAH[=E]'DRAL. [Gr. _deka_, and _hedra_, a seat.]

DECALCIFY, de-kal'si-f[=i], _v.i._ to deprive of lime: to take the calcareous matter out of bones, teeth, &c.--_n._ DECALCIFIC[=A]'TION. [L. _de_, away from, _calx_, _calcis_, lime, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]

DECALCOMANIA, d[=e]-kal-k[=o]-m[=a]'ni-a, _n._ the process of transferring pictures to marble, glass, wood, &c. [Fr.]