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Cup' board, (kub' burd), n. a case with shelves. Cu pid' i ty, n. concupi scence; unlawful longing.

Cu po la, n. a dome; an arched roof.

Cu' ra cy, n. employment of a curate. Cu'rate, n. a parish priest, employed by the beneficiary. Cur' dle, v. to coagulate;

to cause to coagulate. Cur' few, n. an evening peal; a fire plate. Cu ri os' i ty, n. inquisitiveness; a rarity. Cu' ri ous, a. inquisitive;

rare; nice; accurate. Curi ous ly, ad. neatly; artfully; exactly. Cur mud" geon, n. an avaricious, churlish fellow. Cur' ren cy, n. circulation; general recep

tion. Current, a. circulatory; passable n. a running

stream.

Cur' ri er, n. a dresser of leather.

Curse, v. to wish evil to; to execrate; to imprecate. n. torment. Cur sed ly, ad. misera. bly; shamefully. Curso ri ly, ad. hastily; without care.

Cur' so ry, a. hasty; quick; inattentive; careless. Cur tail', v. to cut off; to shorten.

Cur' va ture, n. inflexion; crookedness; manner of bending. Cus to dy, n. imprison ment; care; security. Cus' tom house, n. the

house where duties are collected.

Cus' tom a ry, a. habitu

al; usual ; wonted. Cu ta' ne ous, a. relating to the skin.

Cutlass, n. a broad cutting sword.

Cymbal, n. a musical in

strument.

Cyn' ick, n. a snarler; a misanthrope.

Czar, n. the emperor of Russia.

Cza ri na, n. the empress of Russia.

D.

DAB' BLER, n. one that dabbles in the water; a superficial meddler. Dac' tyle, n. a poetical foot, consisting of one long syllable and two short ones.

Dag 3ger, n. a short sword; a poniard. Daily, a. and ad. every day; very often.

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Date, v. to note the precise time. n. the time when.

Daugh' ter, n. a female offspring.

Daunt' ed, a. dispirited; frightened.

Daunt' less, a. fearless; bold; not dejected. Dawn, v. to grow light; to open. n. the break of day. Daz' zle, v. to overpower with light.

Dea' con, n. one of the lowest order of the clergy.

Dead' ly, a. destructive; mortal; cruel. Dead' ness, n. frigidity;

want of warmth.

Deaf' ness, n. want of the

power of hearing. Deal' er, n. a trader; the person who deals with cards

Deal`ing, n. intercourse ;

practice; traffick. Dearth, n. scarcity; want; barrenness.

Death, n. the extinction of

life; mortality. De bar', v. to exclude; to preclude.

De bark', v. to disembark;

to leave the ship. De base', v. to adulter

ate; to sink into meanness.

De bate', v. to controvert; to dispute; to contest ; to deliberate. n. personal dispute; a controversy; debatement De bauch', v. to corrupt by lewdness or intem. perance.

Deb au 'chee', n. a drunk

ard; a rake.

De ben" ture, n. a writ or note by which a debt is claimed.

De bil' i tate, v. to make

faint; to enfeeble. De bil' i ty, n. weakness; languor; faintness. Deb o nair', a. elegant;

civil; well bred.

Debt' or, n. one who owes money.

Dec' ade, n. the sum of

ten.

Dec' a gon, n. a figure of ten equal sides. Dec' a logue, n. the ten commandments.

De camp', v. to move off.
De can'ter, n. a glass ves-
sel for liquor.
De cap' i tate,

v. to be

head. De cay', v. to decline; to consume. n. a decline. De cease', v. to die. n. a

departure from life.

De ceitful, a. fraudulent; full of deceit.

De ceive', v to delude;

to impose upon.

De ceiver, n. an impos

tor; one who deceives. De cem' ber, n. the last

month in the year. De cem' vi rate, n. a gov

ernment by ten rulers.-De' cen cy, n propriety;

modesty; decorum. De cen' ni al, a. containing ten years.

De' cent, a. becoming;

suitable; modest. De' cent ly, ad. in a prop.

er manner; modestly. De cep' tion, n. a cheat; a fraud.

De cide', v. to determine to settle.

De' ci mal, a. numbered by tens.

De ci' pher, v. to explain; to unravel

De cis ion, n. the termi

nation of a difference. De ci' sive, a. terminating; final; positive.

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De clar' a to ry, a. affirmative; clear; expressive. De clare', v. to make known; to proclaim. De clen' sion, n. declina

tion; variation. De cli' na ble, a. capable

of being declined. Dec li na tion, n. descent; the act of bending. De cline', v. to lean; to decay; to vary words. n. decay; growing worse. De cliv' i ty, n. an oblique or gradual descent. De coc' tion, n. a preparation by boiling.

Dec' o rate, v. to adorn ;

to embellish De co' rous, a. decent ;

suitable; becoming De corum, n. decency;

order; seemliness De coy', v to allure; to

ensnare; to entrap De crease', V. to grow less.

De cree', n. an edict; a

law. v. to appoint; to to order; to sentence. De crep' it, a. wasted and worn by age.

De cry', v. to censure ; to clamour against. Dec' u ple, a. tenfold. Ded' i cate, v. to devote to; to inscribe. Ded i ca' tion, n. cration; an address in the beginning of a book. De duce', v. to gather or infer from.

conse

De du' ci ble, a. what may
be inferred.
De duct', v. to subtract.
De duc' tion, n. abate-

ment; inference. De face', v. to destroy; to raze; to disfigure. De fal ca' tion, n. a dimin

ution; a cutting off. Def a ma' tion, n. slander; reproach; detrac tion.

De fame', v. to censure falsely; to libel.

De fault', n. an omission; defect; failure. De fea si ble, a.

that

which may be annulled, De feat, v. to overthrow; to frustrate. n. an overthrow.

De fect', n. a fault ; a blemish; an imperfection.

De fec' tion, n. failure;

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De fer', v. to put off; to delay.

Def' er ence, n. regard;

respect; submission. De fiance, n. a challenge; an expression of contempt.

De fi" cien cỹ, n. a de. fect; want; imperfection.

De fi" cient, a. failing;

wanting; defective. De file', v. to pollute; to vitiate. n. a lane; a

narrow passage. De fi' na ble, a. that which may be ascertained. De fine', v. to explain; to circumscribe; to de

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De flec' tion, n. deviation;

a turning aside. De form' ed, a. ugly; disfigured; crooked.

De form' i ty, n. ugliness; crookedness.

De fraud', v. to rob by a

trick; to cozen.

De fray', v. to bear char

ges or expenses. De funct', a. dead; extinct. n. a dead man. De fy', v. to challenge; to

de

treat with contempt. De gen' e ra cy, n. parture from virtue; vice.

De gen' e rate, a. unworthy; base. v. to decay in virtue or kind. Deg ra da' tion, n. a pla

cing lower; baseness. De grade', v. to lessen ; to place lower.

De gree', n. quality;

class; station; the 360th part of a circle ; 60 geographic miles. De ject', v. to cast down; to afflict; to grieve. De jec' tion, n. lowness of spirits; weakness. De' i fy, v. to adore. De' i ty, n. the divine being.

De lay', v. to put off; to

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