Webster's Dictionary 1913

6400

Dueler

Du″el‐er, n. One who engages in a duel. [Written also dueller.] South.

6401

Dueling

Du″el‐ing, n. The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj. [Written also duelling.]

6402

Duelist

Du″el‐ist (?), n. [F. duelliste.] One who fights in single combat. [Written also duellist.]A duelist... always values himself upon his courage, his sense of honor, his fidelity ...

6403

Duelo

‖Du‐e″lo (?), n. [It. See Duel.] A duel; also, the rules of dueling. Shak.

6404

Dueña

‖Du‐e″ña (?), n. See Doña.

6405

Dueness

Due″ness (?), n. Quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming. T. Goodwin.

6406

Duenna

Du‐en″na (?), n.; pl.Duennas (#). [Sp. dueña, doña, fr. L. domina. See Dame.] 1. The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain. Brande.2. An elderly lady holding a station bet...

6407

Duet

Du‐et″ (?), n. [Duetto.] (Mus.) A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

6408

Duettino

‖Du′et‐ti″no (?), n. [It., dim. fr. duetto a duet.] A duet of short extent and concise form.

6409

Duetto

‖Du‐et″to (?), n. [It., fr. It & L. duo two. See Two.] See Duet.

6410

Duff

Duff (dŭf), n. [From OE. dagh. √67. See Dough.] 1. Dough or paste. Halliwell.2. A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; — a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff.

6411

Duff (2)

Duff (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Duffed; p. pr. & vb. n.Duffing.] 1. To treat or manipulate so as to give a specious appearance to; to fake; hence, to cheat.2. In Australia, to alte...

6412

Duffel

Duf″fel (?), n. [D. duffel, from Duffel, a town not far from Antwerp.] A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. [Written also duffle.]Good duffel gray and fl...

6413

Duffel (2)

Duf″fel, n. Outfit or suppplies, collectively; kit.

6414

Duffel bag

Duffel bag. A sack to hold miscellaneous articles, as tools, supplies, or the like.

6415

Duffer

Duf″fer (?), n. 1. A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat. Halliwell.2. A stupid, awkward, inefficient person.

6416

Duffer (2)

Duf″fer, n. 1. (Mining) See Shicer.2. (Zoöl.) Any common domestic pigeon.

6417

Duffer (3)

Duf″fer, n. One who duffs cattle, etc.Unluckily, cattle stealers are by no means so rare as would be desirable; they are locally known as duffers. Baden-Powell.

6418

Duffle

Duf″fle (?), n. See Duffel.

6419

Dufrenite

Du‐fren″ite (?), n. [From ��ierre Armand Dufrénoy, a French geologist.] (Min.) A mineral of a blackish green color, commonly massive or in nodules. It is a hydrous phosphate of ...

6420

Dug

Dug (dŭg), n. [Akin to Sw. dägga to suckle (a child), Dan. dægge, and prob. to Goth. daddjan. √66.] A teat, pap, or nipple; — formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow ...

6421

Dug (2)

Dug, imp. & p. p. of Dig.

6422

Dugong

Du‐gong″ (dụ‐gŏg″), n. [Malayan d�y�ng, or Javan. duyung.] (Zoöl.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilob...

6423

Dugout

Dug″out′ (dŭg″out), n. 1. A canoe or boat dug out from a large log.A man stepped from his slender dugout. G. W. Cable.2. A place dug out.3. A house made partly in a hillside or ...

6424

Dugway

Dug″way′ (?), n. A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land.

6425

Duke

Duke (?) n. [F. duc, fr. L. dux, ducis, leader, commander, fr. ducere to lead; akin to AS. teón to draw; cf. AS. heretoga (here army) an army leader, general, G. herzog duke. Se...

6426

Duke (2)

Duke, v. i. To play the duke.Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence. Shak.