Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 103
Drysaltery (n.) The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter.
Dry-shod (a.) Without wetting the feet.
Dry-stone (a.) Constructed of uncemented stone.
Dryth (n.) Alt. of Drith.
Drith (n.) Drought.
Duad (n.) A union of two; duality.
Dual (a.) Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek.
Dualin (n.) An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion.
Dualism (n.) State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction
Dualism (n.) A view of man as constituted of two original and independent elements, as matter and spirit.
Dualism (n.) A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good and the other evil.
Dualism (n.) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate.
Dualism (n.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other.
Dualist (n.) One who believes in dualism; a ditheist.
Dualist (n.) One who administers two offices.
Dualistic (a.) Consisting of two; pertaining to dualism or duality.
Duality (n.) The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual character or usage.
Duan (n.) A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song.
Duarchy (n.) Government by two persons.
Dubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Dub.
Dubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dub.
Dub (v. t.) To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.
Note: The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword.
Dub (v. t.) To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.
A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. -- Pope.
Dub (v. t.) To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.]
His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. -- Morte d'Arthure.
Dub (v. t.) To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as:
Dub (v. t.) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.
Dub (v. t.) To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. -- Halliwell.
Dub (v. t.) To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it. -- Tomlinson.
Dub (v. t.) To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
To dub a fly, To dress a fishing fly. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
To dub out (Plastering), To fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.
Dub (v. i.) To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs." -- Beau. & Fl.
Dub (v. t.) To add sound to an existing recording, audio or video; -- often used with in. The sound may be of any type or of any duration.
Dub (v. t.) To mix together two or more sound or video recordings to produce a composite recording.
Dub (n.) A blow. [R.] -- Hudibras.
Dub (n.) A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Dubb (n.) [Ar.] (Zool.) The Syrian bear. See under Bear. [Written also dhubb, and dub.]
Dub (n.) The new sounds added by dubbing.
Dub (v.) Give a nickname to [syn: dub, nickname].
Dub (v.) Provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
Dub (v.) Raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted" [syn: knight, dub].
Dubber (n.) One who, or that which, dubs.
Dubber (n.) A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc. [Also written dupper.] -- M'Culloch.
Dubbing (n.) The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc.
Dubbing (n.) The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz.
Dubbing (n.) A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing.
Dubbing (n.) The body substance of an angler's fly. -- Davy.
Dubieties (n. pl. ) of Dubiety.
Dubiety (n.) Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.
Dubiosities (n. pl. ) of Dubiosity.
Dubiosity (n.) The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing.
Dubious (a.) Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined. "Dubious policy." -- Sir T. Scott.
A dubious, agitated state of mind. -- Thackeray.
Dubious (a.) Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer.
Dubious (a.) Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle.
Dubiously (adv.) In a dubious manner.
Dubiousness (n.) State of being dubious.
Dubitable (a.) Liable to be doubted; uncertain.
Dubitancy (n.) Doubt; uncertainty.
Dubitate (v. i.) To doubt.
Dubitation (n.) Act of doubting; doubt.
Dubitative (a.) Tending to doubt; doubtful.
Duboisia (n.) Same as Duboisine.
Duboisine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree (Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with hyoscyamine. It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye.
Ducal (a.) Of or pertaining to a duke.
Ducally (adv.) In the manner of a duke, or in a manner becoming the rank of a duke.
Ducat (n.) A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries in Europe; originally, one struck in the dominions of a duke.
Ducatoon (n.) A silver coin of several countries of Europe, and of different values.
Duces tecum () A judicial process commanding a person to appear in court and bring with him some piece of evidence or other thing to be produced to the court.
Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.
Duchesse d'Angouleme () A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor.
Duchies (n. pl. ) of Duchy.
Duchy (n.) The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.
Duck (n.) A pet; a darling. -- Shak.
Duck (n.) A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.
Duck (n.) (Naut.) pl. The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. [Colloq.]
Ducked (imp. & p. p.) of Duck.
Ducking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Duck.
Duck (v. t.) To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. -- Fielding.
Duck (v. t.) To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.
Duck (v. t.) To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. " Will duck his head aside." -- Swift.
Duck (v. i.) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.
In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day. -- Dryden.
Duck (v. i.) To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.
The learned pate Ducks to the golden fool. -- Shak.
Duck (n.) (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae.
Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas); the wood duck ({Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America ({Cairina moschata). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
Duck (n.) A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. -- Milton.
Bombay duck (Zool.), A fish. See Bummalo.
Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zool.), A species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zool.) See Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zool.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
Duck hawk. (Zool.) (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zool.), A small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus, mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, To throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:
To play at ducks and drakes, With property, to throw it away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
Lame duck. See under Lame.
Duck (n.) Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs.
Duck (n.) (Cricket) A score of nothing by a batsman [syn: duck, duck's egg].
Duck (n.) Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild).
Duck (n.) A heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and Tents.
Duck (v.) To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him".
Duck (v.) Submerge or plunge suddenly.
Duck (v.) Dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [syn: dip, douse, duck].
Duck (v.) Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep].
Duckbill (n.) See Duck mole, under Duck, n.
Compare: Duck mole
Duck mole (n.) (pl. Duck moles) (Obs.) The platypus.
Compare: Platypus
Platypus (n.) 【動】鴨嘴獸 (Zool.) The duck mole. See under Duck.
Syn: Duck Mole, duckbill, duck-bill platypus, duck-billed platypus.
Platypus (n.) Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae [syn: platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus].
Duck-billed (a.) Having a bill like that of a duck.
Ducker (n.) One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.
Ducker (n.) A cringing, servile person; a fawner.
Ducking () n. & a., from Duck, v. t. & i.
Duck-legged (a.) Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged.
Duckling (n.) A young or little duck.
Duckmeat (n.) Alt. of Duck's-meat.
Duck's-meat (n.) Duckweed.
Duck's-bill (a.) Having the form of a duck's bill.
Duck's-foot (n.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).
Duckweed (n.) A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat.
Duct (n.) Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
Duct (n.) One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.
Duct (n.) A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.
Duct (n.) Guidance; direction.
Ductible (a.) Capable of being drawn out.
Ductile (a.) 易延展的；柔軟的；易教導的 Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.
Ductile (a.) Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads.
Ductile (a.) Easily influenced [syn: {ductile}, {malleable}].
Ductile (a.) Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy" [syn: {ductile}, {malleable}, {pliable}, {pliant}, {tensile}, {tractile}].
Ductilimeter (n.) An instrument for accurately determining the ductility of metals.
Ductility (n.) The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments.
Ductility (n.) Tractableness; pliableness.
Duction (n.) Guidance.
Ductless (a.) Having to duct or outlet; as, a ductless gland.
Ductless (a.) Not having a duct; as, a ductless gland.
Ductless gland (n.) Any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream. Also called Endocrine gland.