Webster's Dictionary 1913

6373

Ductible

Duc″ti‐ble (?), a. Capable of being drawn out Feltham.

6374

Ductile

Duc″tile (?), a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See Duct.] 1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile...

6375

Ductilimeter

Duc′ti‐lim″e‐ter (?), n. [Ductile + -meter.] An instrument for accurately determining the ductility of metals.

6376

Ductility

Duc‐til″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. ductilité.] 1. The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments.2. Tractableness; pliableness. South.

6377

Duction

Duc″tion (?), n. [L. ductio, fr. ducere to lead.] Guidance. Feltham.

6378

Ductless

Duct″less (?), a. Having to duct or outlet; as, a ductless gland.

6379

Ductor

Duc″tor (?), n. [L., fr. ducere to lead.] 1. One who leads. Sir T. Browne.2. (Mach.) A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4. ...

6380

Ducture

Duc″ture (?), n. Guidance. South.

6381

Dudder

Dud″der (?), v. t. [In Suffolk, Eng., to shiver, shake, tremble; also written dodder.] To confuse or confound with noise. Jennings.

6382

Dudder (2)

Dud″der, v. i. To shiver or tremble; to dodder.I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf. Ford.

6383

Dudder (3)

Dud″der, n. [From Duds.] A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.

6384

Duddery

Dud″der‐y (?), n. A place where rags are bought and kept for sale.

6385

Dude

Dude (?), n. A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations.The social dude who affects English dress and English dr...

6386

Dudeen

Du‐deen″ (?), n. A short tobacco pipe. [Written also dudheen.]

6387

Dudgeon

Dudg″eon (?), n. 1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. Gerarde (1597).2. The haft of a dagger. Shak.3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. Hudibras.

6388

Dudgeon (2)

Dudg″eon, n. [W. dygen anger, grudge.] Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility.Sir T. Scott.

6389

Dudgeon (3)

Dudg″eon, a. Homely; rude; coarse.By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon,I would not be an ass. Beau. & Fl.

6390

Dudish

Dud″ish (?), a. Like, or characterized of, a dude.

6391

Duds

Duds (?), n. pl. [Scot. dud rag, pl. duds clothing of inferior quality.] 1. Old or inferior clothes; tattered garments.2. Effects, in general.

6392

Due

Due (?), a. [OF. deu, F. dû, p. p. of devoir to owe, fr. L. debere. See Debt, Habit, and cf. Duty.] 1. Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable;...

6393

Due (2)

Due, adv. Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.

6394

Due (3)

Due, n. 1. That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or moralit...

6395

Due (4)

Due, v. t. To endue. Shak.

6396

Duebill

Due″bill′ (?), n.(Com.) A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note. Burrill.

6397

Dueful

Due″ful (?), a. Fit; becoming. Spenser.

6398

Duel

Du″el (?), n. [It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See Bellicose, Two, and cf. Duel...

6399

Duel (2)

Du″el, v. i. & t. To fight in single combat.