Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 82
Diviner (n.) A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things. -- Locke.
Diviner (n.) Someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers.
Divineress (n.) A woman who divines. -- Dryden.
Diving (a.) That dives or is used or diving.
Diving beetle (Zool.), Any beetle of the family Dytiscid[ae], which habitually lives under water; -- called also water tiger.
Diving bell, A hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above.
Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine.
Diving stone, A kind of jasper.
Diving (n.) An athletic competition that involves diving into water [syn: diving, diving event].
Diving (n.) A headlong plunge into water [syn: dive, diving].
Divinify (v. t.) To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] "Blessed and divinified soul." -- Parth. Sacra (1633).
Divining (a.) That divines; for divining.
Divining rod, A rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who claim to be able to discover water or metals under ground by sensing them through such a rod.
Diviningly (adv.) In a divining manner.
Divinistre (n.) A diviner. [Obs.] " I am no divinistre." -- Chaucer.
Divinities (n. pl. ) of Divinity
Divinity (n.) The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.
When he attributes divinity to other things than God, it is only a divinity by way of participation. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Divinity (n.) The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.
This the divinity that within us. -- Addison.
Divinity (n.) A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.
Beastly divinities, and droves of gods. -- Prior.
Divinity (n.) A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man.
God . . . employing these subservient divinities. -- Cheyne.
Divinity (n.) Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe.
They say there is divinity in odd numbers. -- Shak.
There's such divinity doth hedge a king. -- Shak.
Divinity (n.) The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology.
Divinity is essentially the first of the professions. -- Coleridge.
Case divinity, Casuistry
Divinity (n.) Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force [syn: deity, divinity, god, immortal].
Divinity (n.) The quality of being divine; "ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs".
Divinity (n.) White creamy fudge made with egg whites [syn: divinity, divinity fudge].
Divinity (n.) The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth [syn: theology, divinity].
Divinization (n.) A making divine. -- M. Arnold.
Divinize (v. t.) To invest with a divine character; to deify. [R.] -- M. Arnold.
Man had divinized all those objects of awe. -- Milman.
Divisibility (n.) The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation.
Divisibility . . . is a primary attribute of matter. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Divisibility (n.) The quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons.
Divisible (a.) Capable of being divided or separated.
Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Divisible contract (Law), A contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other.
Divisible offense (Law), An offense containing a lesser offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can be a conviction. -- Di*vis"i*ble*ness, n. -- Di*vis"i*bly, adv.
Divisible (n.) A divisible substance. -- Glanvill.
Divisible (a.) Capable of being or liable to be divided or separated; "even numbers are divisible by two"; "the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible" [ant: indivisible].
Divisible. The susceptibility of being divided.
Divisible. A contract cannot, in general, be divided in such a manner that an action may be brought, or a right accrue, on a part of it. 2 Penna. R. 454. But some contracts are susceptible of division, as when a reversioner sells a part of the reversion to one man, and a part to another, each shall have an action for his share of the rent, which may accrue on a contract, to pay a particular rent to the reversioner. 3 Whart. 404; and see Apportionment. But when it is to do several things, at several times, an action will lie upon every default. 15 Pick. R. 409. See 1 Greenl. R. 316; 6 Mass. 344. See Entire.
Division (n.) The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.
I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. -- Gibbon.
Division (n.) That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.
Division (n.) The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
Communities and divisions of men. -- Addison.
Division (n.) Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.
There was a division among the people. -- John vii. 43.
Division (n.) Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast. -- Chaucer.
I will put a division between my people and thy people. -- Ex. viii. 23.
Division (n.) Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.
The motion passed without a division. -- Macaulay.
Division (n.) (Math.) The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.
Division (n.) (Logic) The separation of a genus into its constituent species.
Division (n.) (Mil.) Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.
Division (n.) (Mil.) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.
Division (n.) (Mil.) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.
Division (n.) (Naut.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.
Division (n.) (Mus.) A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.
Division (n.) (Rhet.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.
Division (n.) (Biol.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.
Cell division (Biol.), A method of cell increase, in which new cells are formed by the division of the parent cell.
In this process, the cell nucleus undergoes peculiar differentiations and changes, as shown in the figure (see also Karyokinesis). At the same time the protoplasm of the cell becomes gradually constricted by a furrow transverse to the long axis of the nuclear spindle, followed, on the completion of the division of the nucleus, by a separation of the cell contents into two masses, called the daughter cells.
Long division (Math.), The process of division when the operations are mostly written down.
Short division (Math.), The process of division when the operations are mentally performed and only the results written down; -- used principally when the divisor is not greater than ten or twelve.
Syn: compartment; section; share; allotment; distribution; separation; partition; disjunction; disconnection; difference; variance; discord; disunion.
Division (n.) An army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve".
Division (n.) One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" [syn: part, section, division].
Division (n.) The act or process of dividing.
Division (n.) An administrative unit in government or business.
Division (n.) Discord that splits a group [syn: division, variance].
Division (n.) A league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" [syn: class, division].
Division (n.) (Biology) A group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category.
Division (n.) (Botany) Taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum.
Division (n.) A unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings [syn: division, air division].
Division (n.) A group of ships of similar type [syn: division, naval division].
Division (n.) An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed.
Division (n.) The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart [syn: division, partition, partitioning, segmentation, sectionalization, sectionalisation].
Division, Eng. law. A particular and ascertained part of a county. In Lincolnshire, division means what riding does in Yorkshire.
Division (n.) (Part) (B2) [ U ] 分配；分配方法 The act of separating something into parts or groups, or the way that it is separated.
// The equal division of labour between workers.
Division (n.) (Part) (B2) [ C ] 部門，處，室，科 A separate part of an army or large organization.
// The sales division.
Division (n.) (Part) (B2) [ C ] （分組賽的）小組 A group of teams that play against each other in a particular sport.
// The team plays in one of the lower divisions.
Division (n.) (Calculation) [ U ] 除法 The calculation of how many times one number goes into another.
Division (n.) (Disagreement) [ C or U ] 分歧；不和 The situation in which people disagree about something.
// Disagreements about defence cuts have opened up deep divisions within the military.
// Division within the party will limit its chances in the election.
Divisional (a.) That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.
Divisional planes (Geol.), Planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.
Divisional (a.) Of or relating to a military division; "divisional artillery".
Divisional (a.) Serving to divide or marking a division; "the divisional line between two states".
Divisional (a.) Constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit; "American divisional (fractional) coins include the dime and the nickel"; "fractional currency is currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit".
Divisionally (adv.) So as to be divisional.
Divisionary (a.) Divisional.
Divisionor (n.) One who divides or makes division. [Obs.] -- Sheldon.
Divisive (a.) Indicating division or distribution. -- Mede.
Divisive (a.) Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference.
It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity. -- J. C. Shairp. -- Di*vi"sive*ly, adv. -- Di*vi"sive*ness, n. -- Carlyle.
Divisive (a.) Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) [syn: dissentious, divisive, factious].
Divisor (n.) (Math.) The number by which the dividend is divided.
Common divisor. (Math.) See under Common, a. divisor.
Divisor (n.) One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?" [syn: divisor, factor].
Divisor (n.) The number by which a dividend is divided.
Divisor, () A quantity that evenly divides another quantity.
Unless otherwise stated, use of this term implies that the quantities involved are integers. (For non-integers, the more general term factor may be more appropriate.)
// 3 is a divisor of 15.
// 3 is not a divisor of 14.
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Divorce (n.) (Law) 離婚 [U] [C]；分離；脫離 [C] [S1] A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii. "from the bond of matrimony."
Divorce (n.) (Law) The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (or a mensa et thoro), "from bed and board".
Divorce (n.) The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
Divorce (n.) Separation; disunion of things closely united.
To make divorce of their incorporate league. -- Shak.
Divorce (n.) That which separates. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Bill of divorce. See under Bill.
Divorced (imp. & p. p.) of Divorce.
Divorcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divorce.
Divorce (v. t.) 與……離婚，使離婚 [（+from）]；使分離；使脫離 [（+from）] To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.
Divorce (v. t.) To separate or disunite; to sunder.
It [a word] was divorced from its old sense. -- Earle.
Divorce (v. t.) To make away; to put away.
Nothing but death Shall e'er divorce my dignities. -- Shak.
Divorce (n.) The legal dissolution of a marriage [syn: divorce, divorcement].
Divorce (v.) Part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" [syn: disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint].
Divorce (v.) (v. i.) 離婚 Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months" [syn: divorce, split up].
Divorce, () The dissolution of the marriage tie was regulated by the Mosaic law (Deut. 24:1-4). The Jews, after the Captivity, were reguired to dismiss the foreign women they had married contrary to the law (Ezra 10:11-19). Christ limited the permission of divorce to the single case of adultery. It seems that it was not uncommon for the Jews at that time to dissolve the union on very slight pretences (Matt. 5:31, 32; 19:1-9; Mark 10:2-12; Luke 16:18). These precepts given by Christ regulate the law of divorce in the Christian Church.
Divorce, () The dissolution of a marriage contracted between a man and a woman, by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, or by an act of the legislature. It is so called from the diversity of the minds of those who are married; because such as are divorced go each a different way from the other. Ridley's Civ. & Eccl. Law, pp. 11, 112. Until a decree of divorce be actually made, neither party can treat the other as sole, even in cases where the marriage is utterly null and void for some preexisting cause. Griffiths v Smith, D. C. of Philadelphia, 3 Penn. Law Journal, 151, 153. A decree of divorce must also be made during the lifetime of both the parties. After the decease of either the marriage will be deemed as legal in all respects. Reeves" Dom. Rel. 204; 1 Bl. Com. 440. See Act of Pennsylvania, March 13, 1815, Sec. 5.
Divorce, () Divorces are of two kinds; 1. a vinculo matrimonii, (q.v.) which dissolves and totally severs the marriage tie; and, 2. a mensa et thoro, (q.v.) which merely separates the parties.
Divorce, () The divorce a vinculo was never granted by the ecclesiastical law except for the most grave reasons. These, according to Lord Coke, (Co. Litt. 235, a,) are causa praecontractus, causa metus, causa impotentiae, seu frigiditatis, causa affinitatis, et causa consanguinitatis. In England such a divorce bastardizes the issue, and generally speaking, is allowed only on the ground of some preexisting cause. Reeves' Dom. Rel. 204-5; but sometimes by act of parliament for a supervenient cause. 1 Bl. Com. 440. When the marriage was dissolved for canonical causes of impediment, existing previous to its taking place, it was declared void ab initio.
Divorce, () In the United States, divorces a vinculo are granted by the state legislatures for such causes as may be sufficient to induce the members to vote in favor of granting them; and they are granted by the courts to which such jurisdiction is given, for certain causes particularly provided for by law.
Divorce, () In some states, the legislature never grants a divorce until after the courts have decreed one, and it is still requisite that the legislature shall act, to make the divorce valid. This is the case in Mississippi. In some states, as Wisconsin, the legislature cannot grant a divorce. Const. art. 4, is. 24.
Divorce, () The courts in nearly all the states have power to decree divorces a vinculo, for, first, causes which existed and which were a bar to a lawful marriage, as, precontract, or the existence of a marriage between one of the contracting parties and another person, at the time the marriage sought to be dissolved took place; consanguinity, or that degree of relationship forbidden by law; affinity in some states, as Vermont, Rev. Stat. tit. 16, c. 63, s. 1; impotence, (q.v.) idiocy, lunacy, or other mental imbecility, which renders the party subject to it incapable of making a contract; when the contract was entered into in consequence of fraud. Secondly, the marriage may be dissolved by divorce for causes which have arisen since the formation of the contract, the principal of which are adultery cruelty; willful and malicious desertion for a period of time specified in the acts of the several states; to these are added, in some states, conviction of felony or other infamous crime; Ark. Rev. Stat. c. 50, s. 1, p. 333; being a fugitive from justice, when charged with an infamous crime. Laws of Lo. Act of April 2, 1832. In Tennessee the husband may obtain a divorce when the wife was pregnant at thetime of marriage with a child of color; and also when the wife refuses for two years to follow her husband, who has gone bona fide to Tennessee to reside. Act of 1819, c. 20, and Act of 1835, c. 26 Carr. Nich. & Comp. 256, 257. In Kentucky and Maine,, where one of the parties has formed a connexion with certain religionists, whose opinions. and practices are inconsistent with the marriage duties. And, in some states, as Rhode Island and Vermont, for neglect and refusal on the part of the husband (he being of sufficient ability) to provide necessaries for the subsistence of his wife. In others, habitual drunkenness is a sufficient cause.
Divorce, () In some of the states divorces a mensa et thoro are granted for cruelty, desertion, and such like causes, while in others the divorce is a vinculo.
Divorce, () When the divorce is prayed for on the ground of adultery, in some and perhaps in most of the states, it is a good defence, 1st. That the other party has been guilty of the same offence. 2. That the husband has prostituted his wife, or connived at her amours. 3. That the offended party has been reconciled to the other by either express or implied condonation.
Divorce, () (q. v.) That there was no intention to commit adultery, as when the party, supposing his or her first husband or wife dead, married again. 5. That the wife was forced or ravished.
Divorce, () The effects of a divorce a vinculo on the property of the wife, are various in the several states. When the divorce is for the adultery or other criminal acts of the husband, in general the wife's lands are restored to her; when it is caused by the adultery or other criminal act of the wife, the husband has in general some qualified right of curtesy to her lands; when the divorce is caused by some preexisting cause, as consanguinity, affinity or impotence, in some states, as Maine and Rhode Island, the lands of the wife are restored to her. 1 Hill. Ab. 51, 2. See 2 Ashm. 455; 5 Blackf. 309. At common law, a divorce a vinculo matrimonii bars the wife of dower; Bract. lib. ii. cap. 39, Sec. 4; but not a divorce ti mensa et, thoro, though for the crime of adultery. Yet by Stat. West. 1, 3 Ed. I. c. 84, elopement with an adulterer has this effect. Dyer, 195; Co. Litt. 32, a. n. 10; 3 P. Wms. 276, 277. If land be given to a man and his wife, and the heirs of their two bodies begotten, and they are divorced. a vinculo, &c., they shall neither of them have this estate, but he barely tenants for life, notwithstanding the inheritance once vested in them. Co. Litt. 28. If a lease be made to husband and wife during coverture, and the husband sows the, land, and afterwards they are divorced a vinculo, &c., the husband shall have the emblements in that case, for the divorce is the act of law. Mildmay's Case. As to personalty, the rule of the common law is, if one marry a woman who has goods, he may give them or sell them at his pleasure. If they are divorced, the woman shall have the goods back again, unless the husband has given them away or sold them; for in such case she is without remedy. If the husband aliened them by collusion, she may aver and prove the collusion, and thereupon recover the goods from the alience. If one be bound in an obligation to a feme sole, and then marry her, and afterwards they are divorced, she may sue her former husband on the obligation, notwithstanding her action was in suspense during the marriage. And for such things as belonged to the wife before marriage, if they cannot be known, she could sue for, after divorce, only in the court Christian, for the action of account did not lie, because he was not her receiver to account. But for such things as remain in specie, and may be known, the common law gives her an action of detinue. 26 Hen. VIII. 1.
Divorce, () When a divorce a vinculo takes place, it is, in general, a bar to dower; but in Connecticut, Illinois, New York, and, it seems, in Michigan, dower is not barred by a divorce for the fault of the husband. In Kentucky, when a divorce takes place for the fault of the husband, the wife is entitled as if he were dead. 1 Hill. Ab. 61, 2.
Divorce, () Divorces a mensa et thoro, are a mere separation of the parties for a time for causes arising since the marriage; they are pronounced by tribunals of competent jurisdiction. The effects of the sentence continue for the time it was pronounced, or until the parties are reconciled. A. divorce a mensa et thoro deprives the husband of no marital right in respect to the property of the wife. Reeve's Dom. Rel. 204-5. Cro. Car. 462; but see 2 S. & R. 493. Children born after a divorce a mensa et thoro are not presumed to be the husband's, unless he afterwards cohabited with his wife. Bac. Ab. Marriage, &c. E.
Divorce, () By the civil law, the child of parents divorced, is to be brought up by the innocent party, at the expence of the guilty party. Ridley's View, part 1, ch. 3, sect. 9, cites 8th Collation. Vide, generally, 1 Bl. Com. 440, 441 3 Bl. Com. 94; 4 Vin. Ab. 205; 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 86; Ayl. Parerg. 225; Com. Dig. Baron and Feme, C;-Coop. Justin. 434, et seq.; 6 Toullier, No. 294, pa. 308; 4 Yeates' Rep. 249; 5 Serg. & R. 375; 9 S. & R. 191, 3; Gospel of Luke, eh, xvi. v. 18; of Mark, ch. x. vs. 11, 12; of Matthew, ch. v. 32, ch. xix. v. 9; 1 Corinth. ch. vii. v. 15; Poynt. on Marr. and Divorce, Index, h.t.; Merl. Rep. h.t.; Clef des Lois Rom. h.t. As to the effect of the laws of a foreign state, where the divorce was decreed, see Story's Confl. of Laws, ch. 7, Sec. 200. With regard to the ceremony of divorce among. the Jews, see 1 Mann. & Gran. 228; C. 39. Eng. C. L. R. 425, 428. And as to divorces among the Romans, see Troplong, de l'Influence du Christianisme sur le Droit Civil des Romains, ch. 6. p. 205.
Divorce (n.) (People) (B1) [ C or U ] 離婚 An official or legal process to end a marriage.
// The last I heard they were getting a divorce.
// Divorce is on the increase.
// Ellie wants a divorce.
// What are the chances of a marriage ending in divorce?
Divorce (n.) (Subjects) [ C ] (Formal) 分離，分隔 A separation.
// Why is there such a divorce between the arts and the sciences in this country's schools?
Divorce (v.) (People) （與…）離婚 (B2) [ I or T ] To end your marriage by an official or legal process.
// She's divorcing her husband.
Divorce (v.) (Subjects) [ T ] 割裂，分割（主題） To separate two subjects.
// How can you divorce the issues of environmental protection and overpopulation?
Divorceable (a.) Capable of being divorced.
Divorcee (n.) A person divorced.
Divorcee (n.) A divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband [syn: divorcee, grass widow].
Divorceless (a.) Incapable of being divorced or separated; free from divorce.
Divorcement (n.) Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation.
Let him write her a divorcement. -- Deut. xxiv. 1.
The divorcement of our written from our spoken language. -- R. Morris.
Divorcement (n.) The legal dissolution of a marriage [syn: divorce, divorcement].
Divorcer (n.) The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce. -- Drummond.
Divorcible (a.) Divorceable. -- Milton.
Divorcive (a.) Having power to divorce; tending to divorce. "This divorcive law." -- Milton.
Divot (n.) A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel. [Scot.] -- Simmonds.
Divot (n.) (Golf) A small piece of turf gouged out of the ground by the head of a golf club when making a stroke; as, all divots should be replaced.
Divot (n.) (Golf) The cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke; "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot".
Divot (n.) A piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club).
Divulgate (a.) Published. [Obs.] -- Bale.
Divulgate (v. t.) To divulge. . [Obs.] -- Foxe.
Divulgater (n.) A divulger. [R.]
Divulgation (n.) The act of divulging or publishing. [R.]
Secrecy hath no use than divulgation. -- Bp. Hall.
Divulged (imp. & p. p.) of Divulge.
Divulging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divulge.
Divulge (v. t.) To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.
Divulge not such a love as mine. -- Cowper
Divulge (v. t.) To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.]
God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven. -- Milton.
Divulge (v. t.) To impart; to communicate.
Which would not be To them [animals] made common and divulged. -- Milton.
Syn: To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell.
Divulge (v. i.) To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging." -- Shak.
Divulge (v.) Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out].
Divulsive (a.) Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting.
Diwali (n.) [C or U] (also Divali) 排燈節（印度教秋季節日）A Hindu festival in October/ November that is celebration of light and of hopes for the following year.
Dixie (n.) A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War. [U.S.]
Syn: Dixieland, Dixie Land, the Confederacy, Confederate States of America, the South.
Dixie (n.) A song popular in the Confederate states during the American Civil War, and still played as a nostalgic anthem by those patriotic to the American south. It was written by Daniel D. Emmett in 1859. whistle Dixie to talk unrealistically; to engage in unrealistic or overoptimistic fantasies; as, that ain't just whistlin' Dixie.
Dixie (n.) The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 [syn: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland].
Dixie (n.) A large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps.
Dizened (imp. & p. p.) of Dizen.
Dizening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dizen.
Dizen (v. t.) To dress; to attire. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Dizen (v. t.) To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.
Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out. -- Goldsmith.
To-morrow when the masks shall fall That dizen Nature's carnival. -- Emerson.
Dizen (v.) Dress up garishly and tastelessly [syn: bedizen, dizen].
Dizz (v. t.) To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle. [Obs.] -- Gayton.
Dizzard (n.) A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.] -- Diz"zard*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Dizzily (adv.) In a dizzy manner or state.
Dizzily (adv.) In a giddy light-headed manner; "he walked around dizzily" [syn: dizzily, giddily, light-headedly].
Dizziness (n.) Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.
Dizziness (n.) A reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall [syn: dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigo].
Dizzy (a.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.
Alas! his brain was dizzy. -- Drayton.
Dizzy (a.) Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.
To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder. -- Macaulay.
Dizzy (a.) Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless. "The dizzy multitude." -- Milton.
Dizzied (imp. & p. p.) of Dizzy.
Dizzying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dizzy.
Dizzy (v. t.) To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.
If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. -- Sir W. Scott.
Dizzy (a.) Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" [syn: dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous].
Dizzy (a.) Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light- headed, lightheaded, silly].
Dizzy (v.) Make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace".
Djereed (n.) Alt. of Djerrid.
Djerrid (n.) A blunt javelin used in military games in Moslem countries.
Djerrid (n.) A game played with it. [Written also jereed, jerrid, etc.]
Jjinn (n. pl. ) of Djinnee.
Djinns (n. pl. ) of Djinnee.
Djinnee (n.) See Jinnee, Jinn.
Note: Jinn is also used as sing., with pl. jinns.
Dnieper (n.) 聶伯河，或稱第聶伯河 A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea [syn: Dnieper, Dnieper River].
Do. (n.) An abbreviation of Ditto.
Do (n.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet.
Din (imp.) of Do.
Done (p. p.) of Do.
Doing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Do.
Do (v. t. or auxiliary) To place; to put. [Obs.] -- Tale of a Usurer (about 1330).
Do (v. t. or auxiliary) To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive. [Obs.]
My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences. -- W. Caxton.
I shall . . . your cloister do make. -- Piers Plowman.
A fatal plague which many did to die. -- Spenser.
We do you to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. -- 2 Cor. viii.
Note: We have lost the idiom shown by the citations (do used like the French faire or laisser), in which the verb in the infinitive apparently, but not really, has a passive signification, i. e., cause . . . to be made.
Do (v. t. or auxiliary) To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve.
The neglecting it may do much danger. -- Shak.
He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good not harm. -- Shak.
Do (v. t. or auxiliary) To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can.
Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work. -- Ex. xx. 9.
We did not do these things. -- Ld. Lytton.
You can not do wrong without suffering wrong. -- Emerson.
Hence: To do homage, honor, favor, justice, etc., to render homage, honor, etc.