The capital city of Ireland. Population (2000) = nk.

Same as Duboisine.

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.

Of or pertaining to a duke.

In the manner of a duke, or in a manner becoming the rank of a duke.

A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries in Europe; originally, one struck in the dominions of a duke.

A silver coin of several countries of Europe, and of different values.

The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.

The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.

Any bird of the subfamily Anatin/, family Anatid/.

having a beak resembling that of a duck.

Having a bill like that of a duck; as, a duck-billed dinosaur.

same as Duck Mole, under Duck.

Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged.

Having the form of a duck's bill.

The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).

Duckweed.

See Duck mole, under Duck, n.

One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.

n. a., from Duck, v. t. i.

A young or little duck.

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.

a special loved one; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment.

Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.

Capable of being drawn out

Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.

An instrument for accurately determining the ductility of metals.

The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments.

Guidance.

Having to duct or outlet; as, a ductless gland.

One who leads.

Guidance.

A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.

A place where rags are bought and kept for sale.

A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations.

A short tobacco pipe.

Homely; rude; coarse.

Like, or characterized of, a dude.

Old or inferior clothes; tattered garments.

To endue.

A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note.

Fit; becoming.

To fight in single combat.

One who engages in a duel.

The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj.

One who fights in single combat.

A duel; also, the rules of dueling.

See Do/a.

Quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming.

The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain.

A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

A duet of short extent and concise form.

See Duet.

To treat or manipulate so as to give a specious appearance to; to fake; hence, to cheat.

A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.

One who duffs cattle, etc.

See Duffel.

A mineral of a blackish green color, commonly massive or in nodules. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.

imp. p. p. of Dig.

An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia.

A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land.

To play the duke.

To beat with the fists.

The territory of a duke.

A little or insignificant duke.

The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke.

A Russian religious sect founded about the middle of the 18th century at Kharkov. They believe that Christ was wholly human, but that his soul reappears from time to time in mortals. They accept the Ten Commandments and the /useful/ portions of the Bible, but deny the need of rulers, priests, or churches, and have no confessions, icons, or marriage ceremonies. They are communistic, opposed to any violence, and unwilling to use the labor of animals. Driven out of Russia proper, many have emigrated to Cyprus and Canada. See Raskolnik, below.

A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n., 3 (a).

A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3(a).

To make sweet; to soothe.

Sweetness.

Sweet to the taste; luscious.

A sweet-toned stop of an organ.

The act of dulcifying or sweetening.

Sweetened; mollified.

Flowing sweetly.

To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony.

A soft manner of speaking.

An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer. An ancient musical instrument in use among the Jews. Dan. iii. 5. It is supposed to be the same with the psaltery.

A mistress; a sweetheart.

See Dulceness.

See Dolcino.

A small bassoon, formerly much used.

A white, sugarlike substance, C6H8.(OH)2, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar.

Sweetness.

To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.

The act of sweetening.

One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage.

An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God.

To become dull or stupid.

Stupid; doltish.

Having a gloomy look.

Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity.

Having poor eyesight.

Stupid.

A stupid person; a dunce. Stupid.

One who, or that which, dulls.

A blockhead; a dolt.

Somewhat dull; uninteresting; tiresome.

The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness.

Dull.

In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.

See Doulocracy.

A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. [Written also dillisk.]

The ring plover.

In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it (anything) ought to be; properly; regularly.

Pertaining to, or set with, briers or bushes; brambly.

To put to silence.

To render simpler, so as to be comprehensible or usable by unintelligent people; to simplify; -- of texts or devices.

An exercising weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise.

A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.

same as dumfound.

same as astounded.

causing astonishment.

A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer.

In silence; mutely.

The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.

Dumose.

To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment.

same as dumbfounded.