Webster's Dictionary 1913

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D

D (dē) 1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Phœnician, the probable ult...

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D valve

D″ valve′ (?). (Mech.) A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide.

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Dab

Dab (dăb), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.] A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the third...

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Dab (2)

Dab, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zoöl.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuron...

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Dab (3)

Dab (dăb), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Dabbed (dăbd); p. pr. & vb. n.Dabbing.] [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope....

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Dab (4)

Dab (?), n. 1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.A scratch of her claw, a dab of her beak. Hawthorne.2. A small mass of anything s...

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Dabb

Dabb (dȧb), n.(Zoöl.) A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; — called also dhobb, and dhubb.

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Dabber

Dab″ber (dăb″bẽr), n. That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.

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Dabble

Dab″ble (dăb″b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dabbled (–b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Dabbling (–b'lĭng).] [Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.] To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to spr...

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Dabble (2)

Dab″ble, v. i. 1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge. Wordsworth.2. To work in slight or sup...

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Dabbler

Dab″bler (dăb″blẽr), n. 1. One who dabbles.2. One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler. “our dabblers in politics.” Swift.

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Dabblingly

Dab″bling‐ly (?), adv. In a dabbling manner.

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Dabchick

Dab″chick′ (dăb″chĭk′), n. [For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.] (Zoöl.) A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in di...

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Daboia

‖Da‐boi″a (?), n.(Zoöl.) A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica).

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Dabster

Dab″ster, n. [Cf. Dab an expert.] One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept.☞ Sometimes improperly used for dabbler; as, “I am but a dabster with gent...

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Dacapo

‖Da′ca″po (?). head or beginning.] (Mus.) From the beginning; a direction to return to, and end with, the first strain; — indicated by the letters D. C. Also, the strain so repe...

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Dace

Dace (?), n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See Dart a javelin.] (Zoöl.) A small European ...

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Dachshund

‖Dachs″hund′ (?), n. [G., from dachs badger + hund dog.] (Zoöl.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; — called also badger dog. There are two kin...

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Dacian

Da″cian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians. — n. A native of ancient Dacia.

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Dacoit

Da‐coit″ (dȧ‐koit″), n. [Hind. ḍakait, ḍākāyat.] One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.

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Dacoity

Da‐coit″y (?), n. The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits.

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Dacotahs

Da‐co″tahs (?), n. pl.; sing. Dacotan (�). (Ethnol.) Same as Dacotas. Longfellow.

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Dactyl

Dac″tyl (dăk″tĭl), n. [L. dactylus, Gr. δάκτυλοσ a finger, a dactyl. Cf. Digit.] 1. (Pros.) A poetical foot of three sylables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one acc...

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Dactylar

Dac″tyl‐ar (dăk″tĭl‐ẽr), a. 1. Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean.

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Dactylet

Dac″tyl‐et (?), n. [Dactyl + �et.] A dactyl.

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Dactylic

Dac‐tyl″ic (dăk‐tĭl″ĭk), a. [L. dactylicus, Gr. δακτυλικόσ, fr. δάκτυλοσ.] Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.

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Dactylic (2)

Dac‐tyl″ic, n. 1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.2. pl. Dactylic meters.