Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Dayfly

Day″fly′ (dā″flī′), n.(Zoöl.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly;...

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Daylight

Day″light′ (–līt), n. 1. The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.2. pl. The eyes. Wright.

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Daymaid

Day″maid′ (–mād′), n. A dairymaid.

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Daymare

Day″mare′ (dā″mâr′), n. [Day + mare incubus.] (Med.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightm...

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Daysman

Days″man (dāz″măn), n. [From day in the sense of day fixed for trial.] An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.Neither is there any daysman betwixt us. Job ix. 33.

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Dayspring

Day″spring′ (dā″sprĭng′), n. The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning. Milton.The tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring fr...

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Daytime

Day″time′ (–tīm′), n. The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.

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Daywoman

Day″wom′an (–wo͝om′an), n. A dairymaid.

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Daze

Daze (dāz), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dazed (dāzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Dazing.] [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. dae...

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Daze (2)

Daze, n. 1. The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze.2. (Mining) A glittering stone.

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Dazzle

Daz″zle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dazzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dazzling (?).] [Freq. of daze.] 1. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.Those heav...

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Dazzle (2)

Daz″zle, v. i. 1. To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design. Pope.2. To be overpowered by light; to...

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Dazzle (3)

Daz″zle, n. A light of dazzling brilliancy.

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Dazzlement

Daz″zle‐ment (?), n. Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne.

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Dazzlingly

Daz″zling‐ly (?), adv. In a dazzling manner.

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De bene esse

‖De be″ne es″se (?). (Law) Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. Abbott.

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De facto

‖De′ fac″to (?). Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, — distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.

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De jure

‖De′ ju″re (?). By right; of right; by law; — often opposed to de facto.

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De rigueur

‖De ri′gueur″ (?). [F. See 2d Rigor.] According to strictness (of etiquette, rule, or the like); obligatory; strictly required.

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De-

De– (?). A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis- apart, away; or sometim...

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Deacon

Dea″con (dē″k'n), n. [OE. diakne, deakne, deken, AS. diacon, deacon, L. diaconus, fr. Gr. � a servant or minister, a minister of the church; of uncertain origin. In sense 2 prob...

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Deacon (2)

Dea″con (?), v. t. To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, — usually with off. See Line, v. t.☞ The expression is derived from a former custom in the Con...

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Deacon (3)

Dea″con (?), v. t. With humorous reference to hypocritical posing: To pack (fruit or vegetables) with the finest specimens on top; to alter slyly the boundaries of (land); to ad...

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Deaconess

Dea″con‐ess (?), n.(Eccl.) A female deacon; as: (a) (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons. (b) (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.) A wom...

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Deaconhood

Dea″con‐hood (?), n. The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.

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Deaconry

Dea″con‐ry (?), n. See Deaconship.

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Deaconship

Dea″con‐ship, n. The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.