Webster's Dictionary 1913

6616

Duskiness

Dusk″i‐ness, n. The state of being dusky.

6617

Duskish

Dusk″ish, a. Somewhat dusky. “ Duskish smoke.” Spenser. — Dusk″ish‐ly, adv. — Dusk″ish‐ness, n.

6618

Duskness

Dusk″ness, n. Duskiness. Sir T. Elyot.

6619

Dusky

Dusk″y (?), a. 1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.Through dusky lane and wrangling mart. Keble.2. Tending to blackness in color; partially blac...

6620

Dust

Dust (dŭst), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; pe...

6621

Dust (2)

Dust (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dusted; p. pr. & vb. n.Dusting.] 1. To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.2. To sprinkle with d...

6622

Dust-point

Dust″–point′ (–point′), n. An old rural game.With any boy at dust-point they shall play. Peacham (1620).

6623

Dustbrush

Dust″brush′ (?), n. A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture.

6624

Duster

Dust″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, dusts; a utensil that frees from dust. Specifically: (a) (Paper Making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from ra...

6625

Dustiness

Dust″i‐ness (?), n. The state of being dusty.

6626

Dustless

Dust″less, a. Without dust; as a dustless path.

6627

Dustman

Dust″man (–măn), n.; pl.Dustmen (–mĕn). One whose employment is to remove dirt and refuse. Gay.

6628

Dustpan

Dust″pan′ (–păn′), n. A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from the floor.

6629

Dusty

Dust″y (–y̆), a. [Compar.Dustier (–ĭ‐ẽr); superl.Dustiest (–ĭ‐ĕst).] [AS. dystig. See Dust.] 1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; al...

6630

Dutch

Dutch (?), a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig., popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG. diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS. peód...

6631

Dutch (2)

Dutch, n. 1. pl. The people of Holland; Dutchmen.2. The language spoken in Holland.

6632

Dutchman

Dutch″man (?), n.; pl.Dutchmen (�). A native, or one of the people, of Holland.Dutchman's breeches(Bot.), a perennial American herb (Dicentra cucullaria), with peculiar double-s...

6633

Duteous

Du″te‐ous (?), a. [From Duty.] 1. Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or...

6634

Dutiable

Du″ti‐a‐ble (?), a. [From Duty.] Subject to the payment of a duty; as dutiable goods.All kinds of dutiable merchandise. Hawthorne.

6635

Dutied

Du″tied (?), a. Subjected to a duty. Ames.

6636

Dutiful

Du″ti‐ful (?), a. 1. Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal s...

6637

Duty

Du″ty (?), n.; pl.Duties (#). [From Due.] 1. That which is due; payment.When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy duty. Tyndale.2. That which a person ...

6638

Duumvir

‖Du‐um″vir (?), n.; pl. E. Duumvirs (#), L. Duumviri (#). [L., fr. duo two + vir man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.

6639

Duumviral

Du‐um″vi‐ral (?), a. [L. duumviralis.] Of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate.

6640

Duumvirate

Du‐um″vi‐rate (?), n. [L. duumviratus, fr. duumvir.] The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.

6641

Dux

‖Dux (?), n.(Mus.) The scholastic name for the theme or subject of a fugue, the answer being called the comes, or companion.

6642

Duykerbok

‖Duy″ker‐bok (?), n. [D. duiker diver + bok a buck, lit., diver buck. So named from its habit of diving suddenly into the bush.] (Zoöl.) A small South African antelope (Cephalou...