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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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Dū'ti-ful, a. p. 421Performing the duties or obligations required by law, justice, or propriety; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient; respectful; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant…Dū'ti-ful-ly, adv. p. 421In a dutiful manner; obediently; submissively; reverently; respectfully.Dū'ti-ful-ness, n. p. 421The state of being dutiful; obedience; reverence; respect; as, dutifulness to parents. Dryden.Dū'ty, n. p. 421That which is due from one person to another; that which is owing; especially, that which a person is bound, by any natural, moral, or legal obligation, to do, or refrain from doing; the relation or…Dū-ŏm'vĭr, n. p. 421(Rom. Antiq.) One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.Du-ŭm'vi-ral, a. p. 421Pertaining to the duumviri or the duumvirate.Du-ūm'vi-rate, n. p. 421The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.Du-yŏng', n. p. 421See DUGONG.D'-välve, n. p. 421See SLIDE-VALVE.Dwāle, n. p. 421(Her.) A sable or black color. 2. (Bot.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna), having stupefying or poisonous qualities. 3. A potion serving to stupefy. Chaucer.Dwarf, n. p. 421An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of the species or kind; especially, a diminutive man. ☞ In Scandinavian mythology, dwarfs were diminutive and deformed beings, dwelling in…Dwarf, v. t. p. 421To hinder from growing to the natural size; to lessen; to make or keep small; to stunt. Addison.Dwarf'ish, a. p. 421Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; low; petty; despicable; as, a dwarfish animal; a dwarfish shrub. Dryden.Dwarfish-ly, adv. p. 421Like a dwarf.Dwarf'ish-ness, n. p. 421Smallness of stature; failure to reach a reasonable standard of attainment; as, dwarfishness of person or of intellect.Dwarf'-wall, n. p. 421(Arch.) A low wall, not as high as the story of a building, often used as a garden wall or fence. Gwilt.Dwaul or Dwale, v. i. p. 421To be delirious. [Obs.] Junius.Dwĕll, v. i. p. 421To abide as a permanent resident, or to inhabit for a time; to live during a considerable period in a place; to have a habitation for some time or permanence; to be domiciled; to remain. The parish…Dwĕll, v. t. p. 421To inhabit. [Rare.] “We who dwell this wild.” Milton.Dwĕll'er, n. p. 421An inhabitant; a resident of some continuance in a place. Dryden.Dwĕll'ing, n. p. 421Habitation; place of residence; abode; domicile. Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jer. xlix. 33. God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men. Milton.Dwĕll'ing-house, n. p. 421A house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building.Dwĕll'ing-plāce, n. p. 421The place of residence.Dwĕlt, p. p. p. 421of dwell. See DWELL.Dwin'dle, v. i. p. 421To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away. Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into…Dwin'dle, v. t. p. 422To make less; to bring low. Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught. Thomson. 2. To break; to disperse. Clarendon.Dwin'dle, n. p. 422The process of dwindling; decline; degeneracy. “The dwindle of posterity.” Johnson.Dwīne, v. i. p. 422To waste away; to faint; to disappear; to pine. [Obs. or Prov.] Gower. Still as he sickened, seemed the doves, too, dwining. Mrs. A. S. Menteath.Dȳ-ăd'ic, a. p. 422Pertaining to the number two; consisting of two parts or elements. Dyadic arithmetic, a system in which only two significant figures are used; — the same as binary arithmetic. See BINARY.Dȳe, v. t. p. 422To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to. “Cloths to be dyed of divers colors.” Trench.Dȳe, n. p. 422A coloring liquor; color; stain; tinge. 2. The same as DIE, a lot. [Obs.] “Such is the dye of war.” Spenser.Dȳe'-house, n. p. 422A building in which dyeing is carried on.Dȳ'er, n. p. 422One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like.Dȳ'er’s-weed, n. p. 422(Bot.) A species of Reseda (R. luteola), which furnishes a yellow dye. Loudon.Dȳe'-stüff, n. p. 422Material for dyeing. Simmonds.Dȳe'-wood, n. p. 422Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.Dȳ'ing, a. p. 422Destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies. 2. Supporting a dying person; as, a dying bed. 3. Pertaining to death; manifested in the hour of death; as, dying hour; dying words. The…Dȳ'ing, n. p. 422The act of expiring; loss of life; death.Dȳ'ing-ly, adv. p. 422In a dying manner; as if at the point of death.Dȳ'ing-ness, n. p. 422Faintness or exhaustion, as of a dying person; hence, languor, whether simulated or real; voluptuous lassitude; languishment. Tenderness becomes me best, a sort of dyingness; you see that picture…Dȳke, n. p. 422See DIKE.Dȳ'nam, n. p. 422A unit of measure for dynamical effect, or work; an amount of operation or work equivalent to raising a weight of one pound through the distance of one foot in one second of time.Dȳ-năm'e-ter, n. p. 422(Opt.) An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a double-image micrometer applied to the eye-end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of…Dy̆n'a-mĕt'ric-al, a. p. 422Pertaining to a dynameter.Dȳ-năm'ic or Dȳ-năm'ic-al, a. p. 422Pertaining to strength or power, or to dynamics. Science, as well as history, has its past to show, — a past indeed, much larger; but its immensity is dynamic, not divine. J. Martineau. 2. Relating…Dȳ-năm'ics, n. sing. p. 422That branch of mechanics which treats of the action of forces producing motion in bodies; the science of moving forces; — opposed to statics. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] 2. The moving moral, as…Dȳn'a-mĭsm, n. p. 422The doctrine of Leibnitz, that all substance involves force.Dȳn'a-mŏm'e-ter, n. p. 422An instrument for measuring force or power, especially that of animals, men, or machines, the strength of materials, &c. It usually consists of a spring, to be compressed by the applied force, and an…Dȳn'a-mo-mĕt'rĭc or Dȳn'a-mo-mĕt'rĭc-al, a. p. 422Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measure of force: as, dynamometrical instruments.Dȳ'năst, n. p. 422A ruler; a governor; a prince. [Obs.] Wood. 2. A dynasty; a government. [Obs.]Dȳ-năs'tĭa, n. p. 422A tyrant. [Obs.] Milton.Dȳ-năst'ĭc, a. p. 422Relating to a dynasty or line of kings. Motley.Dȳ-năs'ti-dan, n. p. 422(Entom.) One of a tribe of beetles, of a gigantic size.Dȳ'nas-ty, n. p. 422The authority or relation of government; sovereignty; especially, a race or succession of kings, of the same line or family, who govern a particular country; as, the dynasties of Egypt or Persia. He…Dy-nŏm'e-ne, n. p. 422(Zoöl.) A genus of crustacea, including only the single species D. hispida, found in the Isle of France.Dȳs. p. 422An inseparable prefix, from the Greek δυς-, hard, ill, and signifying ill, bad, hard, difficult, and the like.Dȳs'ela-site, n. p. 422(Min.) A mineral, usually fibrous, of a white or yellowish color and somewhat pearly luster, consisting chiefly of silicate of lime; — so called from its great toughness. Dana.Dȳs'cra-sy, n. p. 422(Med.) An ill habit or state of the constitution. Coxe. In nature sin is a cause of dyscrasies and distempers. Eps. Taylor.Dȳs'da-sĭte, n. p. 422(Min.) The same as DYSCLASITE.Dȳs'en-tĕr'ĭc or Dȳs'en-tĕr'ĭc-al, a. p. 422Pertaining to, accompanied with, or proceeding from, dysentery. 2. Afflicted with dysentery; as, a dysenteric patient.