A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.
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A feat. [Obs.] See Do, n.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the d/gling; as, d/glic acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid.
The beaked whale (Bal/noptera rostrata), from which d/gling oil is obtained.
One who does; one who performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.
The 3d pers. sing. pres. of Do.
The skin of the doe.
To put off dress; to take off the hat.
A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar, with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the fiber from the cards.
To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.
The dog-rose.
a corner of a page turned down to mark a place.
Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book; as, an old book with dog-eared pages.
Having a face resembling that of a dog.
A male fox. See the Note under Dog, n., 6. The Arctic or blue fox; -- a name also applied to species of the genus Cynalopex.
Having a head shaped like that of a dog; -- said of certain baboons.
Inhuman; cruel.
Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.
A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.
Extremely weary.
See Dogbane.
The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog.
A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also goldseed.
Hound's-tongue.
Of or pertaining to a doge.
The office or dignity of a doge.
A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.
The berry of the dogwood; -- called also dogcherry.
The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.
A light one-horse carriage, commonly two-wheeled, patterned after a cart. The original dogcarts used in England by sportsmen had a box at the back for carrying dogs.
The act of drawing after, or pursuing, deer with a dog.
The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
Dogate.
Without a doge.
a motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.
Sullen; morose.
In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution.
Sullenness; moroseness.
A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.
A sailor belonging to a dogger.
Docket. See Docket.
Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal.
Damn; -- used to express displeasure or annoyance; as, doggone it!.
Damned; darned; -- used as an informal intensifier; as, he's a doggoned good golfer.
Same as Doggerel.
A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment.
a motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.
One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet.
In a dogmatic manner; positively; magisterially.
The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness.
A dogmatist.
The science which treats of Christian doctrinal theology.
The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.
One who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold and arrogant advancer of principles.
To deliver as a dogma.
One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
The character, or individuality, of a dog.
One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
Sick as a dog sometimes is very sick.
The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively.
Pretended sleep.
A cramp.
See Canine tooth, under Canine.
A gentle trot, like that of a dog.
A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.
A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, p. m.
The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.
a motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major diatonic scale in solmization, usually written do.
The capital city of Qatar. Population (2000) = 300,000.
Daughters.
A kind of woolen stuff.
Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money.
A very small coin; a doit.
Docimastic.
See Lepidosiren.
A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums.
Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish.
Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution.
A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors.
To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.
Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
Sorrowful.
Plaintively. See Doloroso.
A dark, crystalline, igneous rock, chiefly pyroxene with labradorite. Coarse-grained basalt. Diabase. Any dark, igneous rock composed chiefly of silicates of iron and magnesium with some feldspar.
Of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava.
Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful.
imp. of Delve.
The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic.
a genus of rodents including the maras.
Barrel-shaped, or like a cask in form.
a natural family of oceanic tunicates.
A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, and having alternate generations.
A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells.
a small, usually flexible figure representing a human being, especially a toy baby for a little girl; a child's puppet.
A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains. A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined.
A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the United States; -- called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream.
small food fish (Poronotus triacanthus) of the Atlantic coast.
a house so small that it is likened to a child's dollhouse. Sometimes used in reference to a small house with especially elaborate exterior decoration.
See Dolman.
A child's mane for a doll.
a dish composed of well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants of minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock, stuffed into tomatoes or green peppers, or wrapped in grape leaves; -- popular in the near east.
A long robe or outer garment, with long sleeves, worn by the Turks.
plural of dolma; -- sometimes used as a singular form.
A cromlech. See Cromlech.
A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar.
Pertaining to dolomite.
To convert into dolomite.
Pain; grief; distress; anguish.
Producing pain.
Causing pain or grief.
Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musical direction.
Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.
a stone or rock entirely composed of the mineral dolomite.
same as dolorous.
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