Dămned, (dămd, or dăm'ned) p. a. condemned; | Därt'ing-ly, ad. very swiftly, like a dart.
hateful; detestable; abhorred.
Dam-nific, a. procuring loss; mischievous.
Dăm ni-fy, v. a. to endamage; to injure.
Dămp, a. moist; wet; foggy; dejected; sunk.
Damp, n. fog; moisture; vapor; dejection.
Damp, v. a. to wet; to moisten; to depress.
Dămpler, n. that which damps or checks.
Damp'ish, a. moist; inclining to wet.
Dămp ish-ness, a. tendency to moisture.
Damp'ness, n. moisture; fogginess.

Dămp'y, a. moist; damp; dejected; gloomy.
Dam'sel, n. a young maiden; a girl.
Dăm çon, (dămzn) a. a plum.

Dăn, n. the old term of honor for men.
Dance, v. n. to move with measured steps.
Dance, v. a. to make to dance.

Dance, n. a motion of one or more in concert.
Dancer, n. one that practises dancing.
Dancing, n. moving with steps to music.
Dan cing-más ter, n. a teacher of dancing.
Dan de-li-on, n. the name of a plant.
Dan di-prat, n. a conceited little fellow.
Dan'dle, v. n. to fondle; to treat like a child.
Dand ler, n. he that dandles children.
Dand ruff, n. scurf on the head.
Dandy, n. a worthless coxcomb; a fop.
Dane, n. a native of Denmark.

Dash, v. a. to strike against; to besprinkle; to
mingle; to obliterate; to blot; to confound.
Dash, v. n. to fly off; to rush; to strike.
Dash, n. a mark in writing; a line; a blow.
Dashing, a. precipitate; rushing carelessly
Das tard, n. a coward; a poltroon.
Das tard-īze, v. a. to make cowardly.
Das tard-li-ness, n. cowardliness.
Das tard-ly, a. cowardly; mean.

Das tard-y, n. cowardliness; timorousness.
Dalta, n. pl. [L.] truths admitted. See Datum.
Da ta-ry, n. an officer in Rome.

Date, n. the time at which any event happen-
ed, or at which a letter is written; a fruit.
Date, v. a. to note the time.-. n. to begin.
Date less, a. without any fixed term.
Da'tive, a. in grammar, the case that signifies
the person to whom any thing is given.
Datum, n.; pl. data; [L.] a truth admitted.
Dâub, v. a. to smear; to paint coarsely; to flat-
Dâub, v. n. to play the hypocrite.
Dâub, n. coarse painting.

[ter.

Dâubler, n. a coarse, low painter; a flatterer.
Dâub'er-y, n. any thing artful.
[ern. Dâubing, n. plaster; coarse painting.
Mod-Dâub'y, a. viscous; glutinous.

Dane gelt, n. a tax laid upon the English na-
tion by the Danes.

Danish, a. relating to the Danes.
Danger, n. risk; hazard; peril.
Danger, v. a. to endanger. [Little used.]

Dan ger-less, a. without hazard; without risk.
Dan ger-ous, a. full of danger; perilous.
Dan ger-ous-ly, ad. hazardously; with danger.
Dan ger-ous-ness, n. danger; peril.
Dan gle, v. n. to hang loose; to follow.
Dan'gler, n. one who dangles or hangs about.
Dank, a. damp; humid; moist; wet.
Dank, n. damp; moist; wet; humid.
Daphne, n. in botany, the laurel; a plant. [ble.
Dapifer, n. [L.] one who brings meat to ta-
Dap per, a. little and active; pretty; neat.
Dap per-ling, n. a dwarf; a dandiprat.
Dap ple, a. of various colors; variegated.
Dap ple, v. a. to streak; to vary.
Dáre, v. n. [imp. t. durst; pp. dared] to have
courage for any purpose; not to be afraid.
Dare, v. a. [imp. t. & pp. dared] to challenge;
Dar er, n. one who dares or defies. [to defy.
Dár ing, a. bold; adventurous; fearless.
Daring-ly, ad. boldly; courageously.
Daring-ness, n. boldness; fearlessness.
Dark, a. wanting light; opaque; obscure.
Dark, n. darkness; obscurity; want of light.
Dark en, (där kn) v. a. to make dark; to cloud.
Därk en, (där kn) v. n. to grow dark.
Dark en-er, (där kn-er) n. that which darkens.
Därkish, a. dusky; approaching to dark.
Dark ling, a. being in the dark; without light.
Dark ly, ad. obscurely; blindly.
Darkness, n. absence of light; obscurity.
Därk some, (därk'sum) a. gloomy; obscure.
Darling, a. favorite; dear; beloved.
Darling, n. a favorite; one much beloved.
Därn, v.a. to mend a rent or hole.
Dar'nel, n. a weed growing in the fields.
Därn'ing, n. the act of mending holes.
Dart, n. a weapon thrown by the hand.
Dart, v. a. to throw; to shoot; to emit.
Därt, v. n. to fly rapidly, as a dart.
Dart er, n. one who throws a dart.

Dâugh'ter, (dâw/ter) n. a female offspring of a
man or woman; a female child. Daughter-
in-law, a son's wife.

Dâugh'ter-li-ness, n. quality of a daughter.
Daugh'ter-ly, (dâw ter-le) a. like a daughter.
Da'vit, n. a short piece of timber.
*Däunt, (dänt) [dänt, W. J. F. Ja. Wb. ; dâwnt,
S. E.; dawnt, or dänt, P.] v.a. to discour
age; to fright; to intimidate.
*Däunt less, (dänt/les) a. fearless; bold.
*Däunt less-ness, n. fearlessness. [France.
Dâu phin, n. the heir apparent to the crown of
Dâu'phin-ess, n. the wife of the dauphin.
Daw, n. a bird; the jackdaw.

Dâw dle, v. n. to waste time; to trifle.
Dâw/dler, n. a trifler; a dallier.
Dawn, v. n. to grow light; to glimmer; to open
Dawn, n. break of day; beginning; rise.
Dawning, n. break of day; beginning.
Day, (da) n. the time between the rising and
setting of the sun, called the artificial day;
the time from noon to noon, or from midnight
to midnight, called the natural day; 24 hours;
an age; life; light.-To-day, on this day.
Day-book, (da bûk) n. a tradesman's journal.
Day break, n. dawn; first appearance of day.
Day'dream, n. a vision to the waking senses.
Day/la-bor, n. labor by the day.
Day/la-bor-er, n. one that works by the day.
Day light, (da lit): n. the light of the day.
Day lil-y, n. the same with asphodel.
Day-rule, n. a release for one day.
Day'spring, n. rise of the day; the dawn.
Day star, n. the morning star; Venus.
Day time, n. time in which there is light.
Day/work, n. work imposed by the day.
Day'-writ, (dā'-rit) n. the same as day-rule.
Daze, v. a. to overpower with light.
Dazzle, v. a. to overpower with light.
Dea con, (de'kn) n. an ecclesiastical officer.
Dea'con-ess, (de'kn-es) n. a female deacon.
Dea'con-ry, Dea con-ship, n. office of a deacon.
Děad, (děd) a. deprived of life; inanimate;
dull; spiritless; still; tasteless; vapid,
Dead, (děd) n. dead men in general,
Děad, (děd) n. a still time; depth.

Dead'-dô'ing, p. a. destructive; killing.
Dead-drunk, p. a. drunk and motionless.
Dead'en, (děd dn) v. a. to deprive of any kind
of force or vigor; to make vapid or spiritless.
Dead'ish, a. resembling what is dead; dull.
Dead-lift, n. hopeless exigence.

De-bate'ment, n. controversy; combat.
De-bat'er, n. a disputant; a controvertist.
De-bâuch', v. a. to corrupt; to vitiate; to ruin.
De-bâuch', n. drunkenness; excess; lewdness.
De-bâuch'ed-ness, n. intemperance.
Děb-au-çhee', (děb-o-she') n. rake; drunkard.
De-bauch'er, n. one who debauches.
De-bâuch'er-y, n. intemperance; lewdness.
De-bauch'ment, n. act of debauching.
De-benture, (de-bent yur) n. a certificate; an
instrument by which a debt is claimed; a
certificate of drawback or ahowance.
Deb'ile, a. weak; feeble; faint.
De-bili-tāte, v. a. to weaken; to make faint.

Dead'li-hood, (děd'le-hûd) n. the being dead.
Dead li-ness, (děd le-nes) n. the being deadly.
Deadly, (děd le) a. destructive; mortal.
Deadly, (dědle) ad. mortally; implacably.
Dead'ness, (děd nes) n. frigidity; inactivity.
Dead'nět-tle, (děd net-tl) n. a weed.
Dead-reckoning, (děd'-rek'ning) n. a conjec-
ture of the place where a ship is, by the log.
*Deaf, (děf) [děf, S. W. P. J. E. F. Ja. Ken-De-bil-i-ta'tion, n. act of weakening.
rick, Scott, Barclay, Nures; def, Wb.] a.
wanting the sense of hearing.
*Deaf'en, (děf/fn) [děf fn, S. W. P. J. E. F.
Ja. Kenrick, Scott, Barclay, Nares; de'fn,
Wb.] v. a. to make deaf.

*Deaf ly, (def'le) ad. in a deaf manner.
*Deafness, (děf nes) n. want of hearing.
Deal, (del) n. part; quantity; fir-wood.
Deal, v. a. [imp. t. & pp. dealt, dealed] to dis-
tribute; to divide ; to scatter; to throw about.
Deal, v. n. to traffic; to transact; to act; to in-
De-al bate, v. a. to whiten; to bleach. [tervene.
De-al-bation, n. the act of bleaching.
Dealer, n. one who deals; a trader.
Deal'ing, n. practice; intercourse; traffic.
De-am bu-late, v. n. to walk abroad.
De-am-bu-la'tion, n. act of walking abroad.
De-am'bu-la-to-ry, a. walking abroad.
De-am'bu-la-to-ry, a. a place to walk in.
Dean, n. the second dignitary of a diocese.
Dean er-y, n. the office or house of a dean.
Dean'ship, n. the office of a dean.
Dear, (der) a. beloved; precious; costly.
Dear, n. a darling: a word of endearment.

De-bili-ty, n. weakness; feebleness; languor.
*Debit, [děb'it, F. Wb.; de bit, Ja.] n. money
due for goods sold on credit.
Debit, v. a. to charge with debt.
Deb-o-náir', a. elegant; civil; well-bred.
Deb-o-náir ly, ad. elegantly; with civility.
Deb-o-nair'ness, n. civility; complaisance.
De-bouch', (de-bôch') v. n. to march out.
Debouchure, (da-bô-shūr') n. [Fr.] the mouth
of a river or strait.

Debris, (da-brē1) n. [Fr.] fragments; ruins.
Děbt, (det) n. what one man owes to another.
Debt or, (dět or) n. one that owes money, &c.
Deb-ul-lition, (děb-bul-lish'un) n. bubbling.
Debut, (da-bu') n. [Fr.] the beginning or open-
ing of a discourse, or any design; first ap-
pearance.
Dec'a-chörd,
n. a musical instrument;
Dec-a-chör'don, that which has ten parts.
Dec-a-cu mi-na-ted, a. having the top cut off.
Děc'ade, n. the sum or number of ten.

De-ca den-cy, [de-ka'den-se, S. W. P. J.; děk'-
a-den-se, Ja.] n. decay; fall.

Děc'a-gon, n. a figure having ten equal sides.

Dear bought, (der bâwt) a. purchased at a high | De-calo-gist, n. an expositor of the decalogue.
Dear loved, (der luvd) a. much loved. [price.
Dearly, (der le) ad. in a dear manner.
Deärn, (därn) See Darn.

Dear'ness, n. fondness; love; costliness.
Dearth, (dërth) n. scarcity; want; famine;
barrenness.

Dear'y, n. the diminutive of dear; a darling.
Death, (děth) n. extinction of life; mortality.
Death-běd, (děth'-běd) n. the bed on which a
person dies.

Death'-bod-ing, p. a. portending death.
Death'ful, a. full of slaughter; destructive.
Death' ful-ness, n. appearance of death.
Death less, a. immortal; never-dying.
Death'like, (děth lik) a. resembling death.
Death's'-door, n. a near approach to death.
Deaths/man, (deths man) n. an executioner.
Death ward, (deth wurd) ad. toward death.
Death'watch, (děth wŏch) n. an insect whose
noise is imagined to prognosticate death.
De-âu rāte, v. a. to gild, or cover with gold.
De-bar', v. a. to exclude; to hinder.
De-bark', v. a. to disembark.

Dec'a-logue, (děk'a-log) n. ten commandments.
De-cam'e-ron, n. a volume divided into ten
books.

De-camp', v. n. to shift a camp; to move off.
De-camp ment, n. a shifting the camp.
De-canal, [de-kanal, Ja. Todd; děk'a-nal,
Wb.] a. pertaining to a deanery.
De-cant', v. a. to pour off gently.
Dec-an-ta'tion, n. pouring off clear.
De-can'ter, n. a glass vessel for liquor.
De-cap i-tate, v. a. to behead.
De-cap-i-ta'tion, n. the act of beheading.
Decla-stich, n. a poem of ten lines.

Dec'a-style, n. an assemblage of ten pillars.
De-cay', v. n. to lose excellence; to decline.
De-cay, v. a. to impair; to bring to decay.
De-cay', n. a decline; gradual failure.
De-cay'ed-ness, n. a state of decay.
De-cease, n. death; departure from life.
De-cease', (de-ses') v. n. to die.

De-ceit', (de-set') n. fraud; a cheat; artifice.
De-ceitful, a. fraudulent; full of deceit.
De-ceit ful-ly, ad. fraudulently; with deceit.
De-ceit'ful-ness, n. the being fraudulent.
adul-De-ceiv'a-ble, a. liable to be deceived.

De-bar-kā tion, n. act of disembarking.
De-base', v. a. to degrade; to lower; to
De-base/ment, n. the act of debasing. [terate.
De-basler, n. he who debases.

De-bat'a-ble, a. disputable; contestable.
De-bate', n. a dispute; a quarrel; a contest.
De-bate', v. a. to controvert; to dispute.
De-bate', v. n. to deliberate; to dispute.

De-bate ful, a. contentious; contested.

De-bate ful-ly, ad. in a contentious manner.

De-ceiv'a-ble-ness, n. liableness to be deceived.
De-ceive', (de-sev) v. a. to cause to mistake;
to delude; to impose on; to mock.
De-ceiv'er, n. one who deceives; a cheat.
De-cem/ber, n. the last month of the year.
De-cem'pe-dal, a. ten feet in length.

De-cem'vi-ral, a. belonging to a decemvirate.
De-cěm/vi-rate, n. a government by ten rulers

De cem'vi-ri, n. [L.] the ten governors of Rome. | De-cline', v. a. to bring down; to shun; to re-
De cen-cy, n. propriety; decorum; modesty.
De-cen na-ry, n. tithing; period of ten years.
De-cen ni-al, a. continuing ten years.
De'cent, a. becoming; fit; suitable; modest.
De cent-ly, ad. in a decent, proper manner.
De cent-ness, n. decency; due formality.
De-cept-i-bali-ty, n. liableness to be deceived.
De-cepti-ble, a. liable to be deceived.
De-ception, n. the act of deceiving; fraud.
De-cep'tious, (de-sep'shus) a. deceitful.
De-ceptive, a. having the power of deceiving.
Děç'ep-to-ry, [dés'ep-tur-e, W. Ja. ; de-sep'tur-e,
S. P. Wb. a. containing means of deceit.
De-cerpt', a. cropped; taken off.

De-den-tition, n. loss of the teeth.
Děd'i-cate, v. a. to consecrate; to inscribe.
Děd'i-cate, a. consecrate; devoted.
Děd-j-ca'tion, n. consecration; an address.
Děd i-ca-tor, n. one who dedicates.
Děd'i-ca-to-ry, a. relating to a dedication.
De-di'tion, (de-dish'un) n. a surrender.
De-duce, v. a. to draw from; to infer; to gather.
De-duce'ment, n, inference; thing deduced.
De-da'ci-ble, a. inferable; consequential.
De-du'cive, a. performing deduction.
De-duct', v. a. to subtract; to take away.
De-duction, n. a deducting; inference.
De-duc-tive, a. deducible; inferable.
De-duc tive-ly, ad. by regular deduction.
Deed, n. action; act; exploit; fact; writing.
Dēēm, v. n. to judge; to think; to estimate.
Deem, v. a. to judge; to determine; to suppose.
Deem'ster, n. a judge, in the Isle of Man.
Deep, a. reaching far below the surface; pro-
found; artful; sagacious; dark-colored.
Deep, n. the sea; the main; the ocean.
Deep'en, (de pn) v. a. to make deep; to darken.
Deep'en, (de'pn) v. n. to grow deep or deeper.
Deeply, ad. to a great depth; profoundly.
Deep'ness, n. depth; profundity; sagacity.
Deer, n. a forest animal hunted for venison.
tDeless, n. a goddess.

De-face', v. a. to destroy; to raze; to disfigure.
De-face'ment, n. violation; razure; destruction.
De-fa'cer, n. one who defaces.

De facto, [L.] in fact; indeed a law phrase.
De-fail ance, n. failure; miscarriage.
De-fal'cate, v. a. to cut off; to lop.
De-fal-ca'tion, n. diminution; abatement.
Děf-a-ma'tion, n. slander; calumny; reproach.
De-făm'a-to-ry, a. calumnious; libellous.
De-fame', v. a. to slander; to calumniate.
De-fam'er, n. one who defames.
De-fat'i-ga-ble, a. liable to be weary.
De-fat i-gate, v. a. to weary; to tire.
De-fat-i-ga'tion, n. weariness.

De-fault', n. omission; failure; fault; defect.
De-fault, v. n. to fail in performing a contract.
De-fault'er, n. one that makes default.
De-fea'sance, (de-fa'zans) n. the act of annul-
ling in law, a condition annexed to a deed,
which performed by the obligee, the deed is
rendered void.

De-fěn'sive, n. a safeguard; state of defence.
De-fen'sive-ly, ad. in a defensive manner.
De-fër', v. a. to put off; to delay; to refer to.
Def'er-ence, n. regard; respect; submission.
Defer-ent, n. a vessel conveying fluid.
De-ferment, n. delay.

De-ferrer, n. a delayer; a putter off.
De-fi'ance, n. a challenge; contempt of danger.
De-fi'a-to-ry, a. bearing défiance.

De-fl'cience, (de-fish'ems)){ n. want; defect;

De-fi"cien-cy, (de-fish/en-se) imperfection.
De-ficient, (de-fish'ent) a. failing; wanting.
De-ficient-ly, ad. in a defective manner.
Defi-cit, n. [L.] want; deficiency.

De fi'er, n. a challenger; a contemner. [rupt.
De-file', v.a. to make foul; to pollute; to cor-
De-file', v. n. to march; to go off file by file.
De-file', [de fil', W. P. J. E. F. Ja. Wb.;
děfe-le, S.] n. a long, narrow pass or way.
De-file'ment, n. corruption; pollution.
De-filler, n. one who defiles.
De-fin'a-ble, a. capable of being defined.
De-fine', v. a. to explain; to describe; to cir

cumscribe.

De-fine', v. n. to determine; to decide.
De-fin'er, n. one who explains or describes.
Děfi-nite, a. certain; limited; exact; precise.
Děfi-nite-ly, ad. in a definite manner.
Defi-nite-ness, n. certainty; limitedness.
Děf-j-ni'tion, (děf-e-nish'un) n. a short descrip-
tion of a thing by its properties; explication.
De-fin'i-tive, a. determinate; positive; express
De-fin'i-tive, n. that which ascertains or do
fines.

De-fin'i-tive-ly, ad. positively; decisively
De-fin'i-tive-ness, n. decisiveness.
Def-la-gra-bil'i-ty, n. combustibility.
De-fla'gra-ble, a. combustible.
Defla-grate, v. a. to set fire to.
Děf-la-gration, n. utter destruction by fire.
De-flect', v. n. to turn aside; to deviate.
De-flection, n. deviation; a turning aside.
De-flex'ure, (de-flěk'shur) n. a deviation.
Def-lo-ra tion, n. the act of deflouring.
De-flöûr', v. a. to ravish; to take away a wo-
man's virginity; to take away beauty.
De-flöûrler, n. one who deflours.
Defl-ous, a. flowing down; falling off.
De-flux', or De-flux'ion, n. a downward flow.
Def-ce-da'tion, (děf-fe-da'shun) n. pollution.
De-force', v. a. to keep out of possession.

De-feaş'i-ble, a. capable of being annulled.
De-feat', n. an overthrow; frustration. [trate.
De-feat', v. a. to overthrow; to undo; to frus-De-force'ment, n. a withholding by force.
Děf e-cate, v. a. to purify; to refine; to clear.
Defe-cate, a. purged from lees or foulness.
Děf-e-ca tion, n. purification.
De-fect', n. a fault; imperfection; a blemish.
De-fect-i-bili-ty, n. the state of falling.
De-fecti-ble, a. imperfect; deficient; wanting.
De-fection, n. want; failure; apostasy; revolt.
De-fective, a. full of defects; imperfect; faulty.
De-fective-ly, ad. wanting the just quantity.
De-fěc tive-ness, n. state of being imperfect.
De-fence', n. guard; vindication; resistance.
De-fence'less, a. unarmed; unguarded; weak,
De-fenceless-ly, ad. in an unprotected manner.
De-fence less-ness, n. an unprotected state.
De-fend', v. a. to protect; to vindicate; to repel.
De-fend'a-ble, a. capable of being defended.
De-fen'dant, n. a person accused or sued.
De-fender, n. one who defends; an advocate.
De-fen'sa-tive, n. defence; a bandage.
De-fen'si-ble, a. that may be defended; right.
De-fěn'sive, a. serving to defend.

De-för, v. a. to disfigure; to spoil the form.
De-for-ina'tion, n. a defacing; a disfiguring.
De-förmed', (de-förmd') p. a. ugly; disfigured.
De-form'ed-ly, ad. in an ugly manner.
De-förm'ed-ness, n. ugliness.
De-förm'er, n. one who defaces or deforms.
De-förm'i-ty, n. ugliness; defect.
De-frâud', v. a. to rob by trick; to cheat.
De-frâu-da tion, n. privation by fraud.
De-frâud'er, n. one who defrauds.
De-fraud ment, n. privation by fraud.
De-fray', v. a. to bear the charges of.
De-frayler, n. one who defrays.
De-fray'ment, n. payment; compensation.
Děft, a. neat; handsome; gentle. [son.
De-funct', a. dead; deceased.-n. a dead per-
De-fy', v. a. to challenge; to dare; to brave.
De-gen'er-a-cy, n. decay of virtue or goodness.
De-gen'er-ate, v. n. to decay in virtue or in
kind.

| De-gĕn'er-ate, a. decayed in virtue; base.

| De-līb-er-a'tion, n. act of deliberating; thought
De-lib'er-a-tive, a. containing deliberation.
De-lib'er-a-tive-ly, ad. in a deliberate manner.
Děl'i-ca-cy, n. daintiness; nicety; softness.
politeness; gentle treatment; tenderness.
Del i-cate, a. nice; dainty; fine; polite; soft.
Děl i-cate-ly, ad. in a delicate manner.
Deli-cate-ness, n. tenderness; softness.
De "cious, (de-lish'us) a. highly pleasing;
very grateful; sweet; agreeable; charming.
De-1"cious-ly, ad. in a delicious manner.
De-licious-ness, n. delight; great pleasure.
Děl-i-gation, n. in surgery, a binding up.
De-light', (de-lit') n. joy; great pleasure; sat-
isfaction.

De-light', (de-līt') v. a. to please greatly.
De-light', (de-lit') v. n. to have delight.
De-light ful, (de-lit ful) a. highly pleasing.
De-light fully, ad. in a delightful manner.
De-light ful-ness, n. great pleasure; delight.
De-lin'e-a-ment, n. a drawing; a picture.
De-lin'e-ate, v. a. to design; to sketch; to paint.
De-lin-e-a'tion, n. the first draught; a drawing.
De-lin'e-a-ture, n. delineation.

De-lin'quen-cy, n. a fault; a misdeed.

De-lin quent, (de-ling kwent) n. an offender.

Delist, n. one who believes in the existence of Děl'i-quate, v. n. & a. to melt; to dissolve.