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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Dēnse, a. p. 354Having the constituent parts closely united; close; compact; containing much matter in a small space. “All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare.” Ray. “The cloudy barrier dense.” Cowper.Dēnse'ly, adv. p. 354In a dense, compact manner.Dēnse'ness, n. p. 354The quality of being dense; density.Dĕn'si-ty, n. p. 354The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; — opposed to rarity. 2. (Physics.) The proportion of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume; thus, a body having twice the quantity…Dĕnt, n. p. 354A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] “That dent of thunder.” Chaucer. To be from the dent of the French sword clearly exempt and untouched. Hall. 2. The mark made by a blow; a depression or hollow made by the…Dĕnt, v. t. p. 354To make a dent or the mark of a blow upon; to indent. “The houses dented with bullets.” Macaulay.Dēn’tal, a. p. 355Pertaining to the teeth; as, dental surgery. 2. (Gram.) Formed by the aid of the teeth;—said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, s and z are dental letters.Dēn'tal, n. p. 355An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.Den-tā'rī-ā, n. p. 355(Bot.) A genus of cruciferous, perennial plants, so called because the root-stocks are furnished with tooth-like projections; coral-wort; tooth-wort.Dēn’ta-ry, a. p. 355Pertaining to or bearing teeth; as, the dentary plate in fishes. Dana.Dēn’tate or Dēn’tā-ted, a. p. 355Toothed; sharply notched; serrate; as, a dentate leaf. “Serrated or dentated bills.” Paley.Dĕn'/tate-cĭl'/i-ate, a. p. 355(Bot.) Having the margin dentate and fringed or tipped with hairs.Dĕnʹtate-ly, adv. p. 355In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, &c.Dēn'tate-sin'ū-ate, a. p. 355(Bot.) Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.Den-tā'tion, n. p. 355The form or formation of teeth. How did it [a bill] get its barb, its dentation? Paley.Dĕnt'ed, a. p. 355Indented; impressed with little hollows.Den-tēl'lĭ, n. pl. p. 355Modillions. Spectator.Dĕn’ti-cle, n. p. 355A small tooth or projecting point.Den-tĭc'ū-late or Den-tĭc'ū-lā'ted, a. p. 355(Bot.) Notched into little tooth-like projections; finely dentate; as, a denticulate leaf, calyx, or seed.Den-tiē/ū-late-ly, adv. p. 355In a denticulate manner.Den-ti-cu-lā'tion, n. p. 355The state of being set with small notches or teeth. Grew.Dĕn’ti-cūle, n. p. 355(Arch.) A part of a cornice consisting of a flat projecting band set with or cut into dentils.Dĕn’ti-fōrm, a. p. 355Having the form of a tooth or of teeth.Dēn'ti-frīce, n. p. 355A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth.Den-tīg'er-oüs, a. p. 355Bearing teeth.Dēn'til, n. p. 355(Arch.) An ornamental square block or projection in cornices bearing some resemblance to teeth;—used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite order.Dēn'ti-lā'ted, a. p. 355Formed like, or having, teeth.Dēn'ti-lā'tion, n. p. 355The formation of teeth; dentition.Dĕnʹti-lāve, n. p. 355A wash for cleaning the teeth.Dĕn′tĭle, n. p. 355(Conch.) A small tooth, like that of a saw.Den-til'o-quīst, n. p. 355One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.Den-tĭl'o-quy, n. p. 355The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed.Dēn’ti-nal, a. p. 355Belonging to the dentine; as, dentinal tubes. R. Owen.Dēn'tīne, n. p. 355The bony or ivory-like part of the teeth lying directly beneath the enamel. R. Owen.Dĕn’ti-rōs’ter, n. p. 355(Ornith.) A dentirostral bird.Dēn’ti-rōs’tral, a. p. 355(Ornith.) Having a toothed bill;—applied to a group of insessorial birds, having the bill conspicuously notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and thrushes. Swainson.Dēn’ti-rōs’trāte, a. p. 355Dentirostral.Dĕn’ti-scalp, n. p. 355An instrument for cleaning the teeth.Dĕn’tist, n. p. 355One who makes it his business to clean, extract, and repair natural teeth, and to insert artificial ones.Dēn'tist-ry, n. p. 355The art or profession of a dentist.Den-tĭ'tion, n. p. 355The cutting of teeth; the process of growth and the appearance of teeth in the jaw. 2. (Zoöl.) The system of teeth peculiar to an animal. The deciduous dentition is the system of the deciduous teeth…Dēn’tize, v. t. or i. p. 355To cut new teeth, or to have the jaw new furnished with teeth. [Obs.] The old countess . . . did dentize twice or thrice. Bacon.Dĕn’toid, a. p. 355Shaped like a tooth.Dĕn’to-lĭn’gual, a. p. 355(Pron.) Uttered by applying the tongue to the teeth, or, rather, to the gum above the teeth; lingua-dental.Dĕn’to-lin’gual, n. p. 355(Pron.) A letter pronounced by applying the tongue to the teeth, or to the gum above the teeth; as, d, t, s.De-nū'dāte or De-nūde', v. t. p. 355To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip. Denudate is obsolete, or but rarely used.Dĕn'/ū-dā'tion, n. p. 355The act of stripping off covering; a making bare. 2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the action of running water, removing earth, &c., from above; or the excavation of them by running waters or…De-nūn'ci-āte, v. t. p. 355To denounce. [Rare.] “An exigent interest to denunciate this new work.” Burke.De-nŭn'ci-ā'tion, n. p. 355The act of solemnly notifying, declaring, or threatening; the act of informing against, stigmatizing or publicly arraigning. 2. That by which any thing is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or…De-nŭn'ci-ā-tor, n. p. 355One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially evil; one who threatens or accuses.De-nŭn'ci-a-to-ry, a. p. 355Containing a denunciation; pointing out for reprehension or punishment; minatory; accusing.De-ny', v. t. p. 355To contradict; to gainsay; to declare not to be true. We deny what another says, or we deny a proposition. We deny the truth of an assertion, or the assertion itself. 2. To refuse; to reject. They…De-ny',, v. i. p. 355To refuse; not to comply. [Obs.] “Denying to desist.” Fuller. If proudly he deny, Let better counsels be his guides. Chapman.Dē'ob-strūct', v. t. p. 355To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from any thing that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals.De-ŏb'stru-ent, a. p. 355(Med.) Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.De-ōb'stru-ent, n. p. 355(Med.) A medicine which removes obstructions and opens the natural passages of the fluids of the body; an aperient. Dunglison.Dē'o-dānd', n. p. 355(Eng. Law.) A personal chattel which was the immediate occasion of the death of a rational creature, and for that reason given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses…Dē'o-dār' p. 355m. (Bot.) A kind of cedar (Cedrus deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its timber, and also employed as an ornamental tree.De-ō'dor-i-zā'tion, n. p. 355The act of depriving of odor, especially of bad smell resulting from impurities. Gregory.De-ō'dor-īze, v. t. p. 355To deprive of odor, especially of bad smell resulting from impurities. Gregory.