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Diversification, dé-vér-sé-fè̟-ká'shûn. s. va-||Do, doo. v. a. to act any thing good or bad riation; multiformity; change Do, d83. v. n. to act or behave in any manDiversify, de-ver'sè-fl. v. a. to make different; ner well or ill; to make an end, to conto variegate Laside, sport clude [taught Diversion, de-ver'shun. s. the act of turning Docible, dos'è-bl. a. tractable, easy to be Diversity, de-ver'sé-té. s. difference Docile, dos'sil. a. teachable Diversely, di'vers-lé. ad. in different ways, variously

Divert, dé-vert'. v. a. to turn off; to please Divertise, dé-ver'tiz. v. n. to amuse, to divert Divertisement, de-vêr'tîz-mént. s. diversion, delight

Divertive, de-vêr'tiv. a. recreative, amusive Divest, de-vest'. v. a. to make naked

Divesture, de-ves'tshure. s. the act of putting 4 off

Dividable, de-vi då-bl. a. that may be separated Divide, de-vide'. v. a. to part; to separate Divide, dé-vide'. v. n. to sunder, to break friendship

Dividend, dive-dễnd. s. a share; the number given to be divided

Divider, de-vl'dur. s. a distributer; a disuniter; a particular kind of compass Dividual, de-vid'dál. a. divided, shared, participated

Divination, div-è-ná'shûn. s. prediction or foretelling of future things

Divine, de-vine'. a. partaking of the nature of God [a clergyman Divine, de-vine'. s. a minister of the Gospel, Divine, de-vine'. v. a. to foretell Divine, de-vine'. v. n. tu feel presages; to conjecture

Docility, do-sfl'lé-tè. s. aptness to be taught Dock, dok. s. a place where ships are built o laid up [in a docì

Dock, dok. v. a. to cut short; to lay a ship Docket, dok'it. s. a direction tied upon goods Doctor, dôk'tir. s. title in divinity, law physick, &c.

Doctor, dok'tür. v. a. to physick, to cure Doctoral, dôk'to-rål. a. relating to the degree of a doctor [doctor

Doctorship, dôk'tür-ship. s. the rank of a Doctrinal, dok'trẻ-nál. a. pertaining to the act or means of teaching Doctrine, dok'trin. s. the principles of any sect or master; the act of teaching Document, dok'd-ment. s. precept, instruction Dodecagon, dò-dêk'â-gun. s. a figure of

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Dog, dog. s. a domestick animal; a constellation; a reproachful name

Dog, dog. v. a. to follow any one, watching him with an insidious design Dog-days, dog'daze. s. the days in which the dog-star rises and sets with the sun Doge, doje. s. the title of the chief magistrate of Venice and Genoa

Divinely, de-vine'lè. ad. by the agency or influence of God; in a manner noting a deity [divination Diviner, de-vl'når. s. one that professes Dogged, dôg'gêd. a. sullen, sour, morose Divinity, de-vin'é-té. s. Deity; celestial be-Doggedness, dog'ged-nês, s. gloom of mind, ing; the science of divine things, theology Divisible, dé-viz'è-bl. a. capable of being divided

Divisibility, de-viz-è-bîl'è-tè. s. the quality of admitting division

Division, de vish'un. s. the act of dividing the state of being divided; partition; difference; space

Divisor, de-vl'zår. s. number that divides Divorce, de-vorse'. s. legal separation of husband and wife

Divorce, de-vorse'. v. ». to separate a husband or wife from the other Divulge, dé-vůlje'. v. a. to publish; to pro

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Dogger, dog går. s. a small ship with one
Doggrel, dog'grel. s. mean, worthless verses
Doggish, dog'gish. a. currish, brutal
Doghole, dog'hole. s. a vile hole
Dogkennel, dog'ken-nel. s. a little hut or
house for dogs
[settled notion
Dogma, dog'ma. s. established principle,
Dogmatism, dog'ma-tizm. s. dogmatical as-

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Doings, doo'ingz. s. things done, events, transactions; feats, actions good or bad; stir, bustle, tumult

Doit, doit. s. a small piece of money

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Dole, dole. s. the act of distrib, ting; pro-Doquet, dok it. s. a paper containing a warvisions or money distributed in charity; grief

Dorick, dor'ik. a. a species of architecture invented by the Dorians

Dormant, dormant. a. sleeping; concealed Dormitory, dor'me-tur-e. s. a room with many beds; a burial-place

Dole, dole. v. a. to deal, to distribute
Doleful, dele'fill. a. sorrowful, feeling grief
Dolefully, dole'fől-lé. ad, in a doleful manner
Dolefulness, dole'fül-nes. s. sorrow, melan-Dormouse, dor'mouse. s. a small animal which
choly

Dolesome, dole'sům. a. melancholy, gloomy
Doll, dol. s. a little girl's puppet
Dollar, dol'lår. s. a foreign coin of different
value
[grief or pain
Dolorifick, dol-d-ririk. a. that which causes
Dolorous, dol'd-rus. a. sorrowful, doleful
Dolour, do'lir. s. grief, sorrow; lamentation
Dolphin, dol'fin. s. a fish

[pola

Dolt, dolt. s. a heavy stupid fellow
Doltish, dolt'ish. a. stupid, blockish
Domain, do-måne'. s. dominion, estate
Dome, dome. s. an hemispherical arch, a cu-
Domestical, do-mês'tè-kâl.
Domestick, do-mês'tik.

a. belonging to the house; intestine [domestick Domesticate, dò-mês'tè-kåte. v. a. to make Domiciliary, dắm-ề-silyä-rẻ. a. intruding into private houses under pretence of searching for enemies or contraband goods Dominant, dom'è-nânt. a. predominant, ascendant [the rest Dominate, dom'è-nate. v. a. to prevail over Domination, dóm-e-na'shun. s. power, dominion; tyranny [power Dominator, dom'è-na-tor. s. the presiding Domineer, dom-è-nèèr'. v. n. to rule with insolence, to act without control Dominical, do-mîn'è-kål. a. that which notes the Lords's day, or Sunday Dominion, do-min'yon. s. sovereign authority; territory; region, district; predominance, ascendant; an order of angels Don, don. s. the Spanish title for a gentleman Donation, do-na'shun. s. the act of giving any thing; the grant by which any thing is given Donative, don'a-tiv. s. a gift, a present Done, dun. part. pass. of the verb do Done, din. int. the word by which a wager is concluded

Donor, do'nor. s. a giver, a bestower Doom, doom. v. a, to condemn; to command judicially; to destine Doom, doom. s. judicial sentence, judgment; condemnation; destruction Doomsday, doomz'då. s. the day of judgment Doomsday-book, dỏỏmz'då-böök. s. a book made by order of William the Conqueror, in which the estates of the kingdom were registered

passes a large part of the winter in sleep Dose, dose. s. so much of any medicine as is taken,at one time

Dost, dist. the second person of do Dot, dôt. s. a small point or spot in writing Dot, dôt. v. a. to make dots or spots Dotage, do'tadje. a. imbecility of mind; excessive fondness [woman

Dotal, do'tal. a. relating to the portion of a Dotard, do'tard. s. a man whose age has impaired his intellects

Dote, dote. v. n. to have the intellects im paired by age or passion; to regard with excessive fondness

Doth, duth. the third person of do
Dotingly, do'ting-le. ad. fondly
Dottard, dot'tård. s. a tree kept low by cut-
ting

Double, dib'bl. a. two of a sort, twice as

much; two-fold, of two kinds; having twice the effect or influence; deceitful, acting two parts

Double, dub'bl. v. a. to increase to twice the quantity; to enlarge the stake to twice the sum in play, to wind in running Double, dub'bl. s. twice the quantity or number; a trick, a shift, an artifice Double-dealer, dûb-bl-dé'lůr. s. a deceitful person [dissimulation Double-dealing, dub-bl-dé'ling. s. artifice, Double-minded, dûb-bl-mind'éd. a. deceitful,

insidious

Doublet, dib'bl-êt. s. the inner garment of a man, the waist-coat; two, a pair Doubly, dub'bl-é. ad. in twice the quantity Doubt, doût. v. a. to question; to fear, te suspect [fear, to distrust Doubt, doit. v. D. to hold questionable; to Doubt, doût. s. uncertainty of mind, suspense; suspicion Epler

Doubter, don'tur. s. one who entertain scru Doubtful, doůt'fil. a. ambiguous; uncertain Doubtfully, dout'fül-é. ad. ambiguously, un certainly [biguity Doubtfulness, doůt'föl-nês. s. dubiousness, m Doubtless, dout'lês. a. without fear Doubtless, dodt'les. ad. without doubt, un questionably

Dough, dò. s. unbaked paste

Doughty, don'tè. a. brave, illustrious, eminens

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Doughy, do'è. a. unsound, soft

Douse, douse v. a. to put over head suddenly in the wate

[water Douse, douse. v. n. to fall suddenly into the Dove, dův. s. a wild pigeon

Dovecot, dův kot. s. a pigeon-house Dovetail, dúv'tále. 8. 9 formf jointing two bodies together, where that which is inserted has the form of a wedge reversed Dowager, dou'ä-jur. s. a widow with a join[woman Dowdy, dide. s. an awkward, ill-dressed Dower, don'ůr. . a jointure; endowDowery, dou'ůr-é.

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ment, gift Dowerless, dod'år-lês. a. without a fortune Dowlas, don'lás. s. a coarse kind of linen Down, doun. s. soft feathers soft wool; or tender hair; a large open plain Down, doun. prep. along a descent, from a higher place to a lower

Down, doun. ad. on the ground; below the horizon

Draggle, drag'gl. v. n. to grow dirty by be ing drawn along the ground Dragon, dråg'un. s. a serpent; a constellation Dragonlike, drag'un-like. a. furious, fiery |Dragoon, dra-guồn 5. a kind of soldier that serves either on horse or foot

Drain, disne. v. a. to empty; to make quite dry

Drain, dråne. s. the channel through which liquids are gradually drawn

Drake, dråke. s. the male of the duck
Dram, drâm. s. the eighth part of an unce
a small quantity; spirits
Drama, dra'må. s. a poem accommodated to
action; a play

Dramatical, dra-måt'è-kál.
Dramatick, drå-mât ́ik.
by action

a. represented

Dramatically, drå-mât'è-kâl-é. ad. by repre

sentation

Dramatist, drâm'â-tist. s. the author of dramatick compositions

for demolitionDrank, drank. the pret. of drink

Down, doun. int. an exhortation to destruction Draper, dra'pår. s. one who sells cloth Downcast, don'kast. a. bent down, directed Drapery, dra'pur-é. s. clothwork; the dress

[fabricks

to the ground Downfal, don'fall. s. ruin; destruction of Downhill, doun 'hil. s. declivity, descent Downlying, doin-ll'ing, a. near childbirth Downright, doun-rite'. ad. in plain terms Downright, don'rite. a. plain, open Downward, don'wird. Downwards, doun'wurdz.

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dok'sé. s. a whore, a loose wench Doze, doze. v. n. to slumber

Doze, doze, v. a. to stupefy, to dull

Dozen, duz'zn. s. the number of twelve

Deziness, du'zé-nes. s. sleepiness, drowsiness Dozy, do zè. a. sleepy, sluggish

Drab, dråb. s. a strumpet

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Draw, draw. v. n. to perform the office of a beast of draught; to act as a weight; to contract; to advance; to unsheath; to practise the art of delineation; to take a card out of the pack, to take a lot Drawback, draw'bak. s. money given back for ready payment

Drawbridge, draw'bridje. s. a bridge made to be lifted up

Drawer, draw'ur. s. one employed in procuring water from the well; one whose business is to draw liquors from the cask; that which has the power of attraction; a box in a case [tation

Drachm, drâm. s. an old Roman coin; the Drawing, dråw'ing. s. delineation, represen

euth part of an ounce

Laff, draf. s. any thing thrown away.
Drag, drag. v. a. to pull by force

Drag, drag. v. n. to hang so low as to trail upon the ground

Drag, drag. s. a net; an instrument with

books; a kind of car drawn by the hand Dragnet, drag'net. s. a net drawn along the bottom of the water

Drawing-room, draäw'ing-room. s. the room

in which company assemble at court; the company assembled there

Drawn, drawn. part. from draw. equal, where each party takes his own stake; with a sword unsheathed; open, unclosed; evicerated; induced

Drawwell, dråw'wêl. s. a well out of which water is drawn by a long cord

Draggle, drag'gl. v. a. to make dirty by drag-Drawl, dråwl. v. n. to utter any thing in a

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Dray, dra. Draycart, dra'kårt. beer is carried

s. the car on which

Drayman, dra'min. s. one that attends a dray
Dread, drêd. s. fear, terror, awe
Dread, dred. a. frightful; awful, venerable in
the highest degree
Dread, drêd. v. n. to be in fear

Dreadful, dred'fil. a. terrible, frightful
Dreadfully, dred'ful-lé. ad. terribly, fright-
fully
(intrepidity
Dreadlessness, dred'les-nes. s. fearlessness,
Dreadless, dred'les. a. fearless, intrepid
Dream, drème. s. a phantasm of sleep, the
thoughts of a sleeping man

Drink, drink. v. a. to suck up, to absorb
Drink, drink. s. liquor to be swallowed
Drinkable, drink'a-bl. a. that may be drunk
Drinker, drink'ur. s. a drunkard
Drip, drip. v. a. to let fall in drops
Drip, drip. s. that which falls in drops
Dripping, drip'ing. s. the fat which house-
wives gather from roast meat

Drive, drive. v. a. pret. drove, part. pass.
driven, or drove. to force along; to urge
in any direction; to guide a carriage
Drive, drive. v. n. to go as impelled by an
external agent; to rush with violence; to
pass in a carriage; to tend to; to strike at
with fury

Dream, drème. v. n. to have the representa-Drive), driv'vl. v. n. to slaver; to date
tion of something in sleep; to think idly; Drivel, driv'vl. s. slaver
to be sluggish

Dream, drème. v. a. to see in a dream
Dreamer, dre'můr. s. one who has dreams

an idle fanciful man; a mope

Dreamless, dreme'lês. a. without dreams
Drear, drère. a. mournful, dismal
Dreary, dre're. a. sorrowful, gloomy
Dredge, drêdje. s. a kind of net
Dredge, dredje. v. a. to gather with a dredge
Dregginess, dreg'gé-nés. s. fulness of dregs,

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Dress, dres. v. a. to clothe; to adorn; to
cover a wound, to curry
[dress
Dress, dres. s. clothes; skill of adjusting
Dresser, dres'sûr. s. one who dresses; a sort
of kitchen table

Dressing, dressing. s. the application to a sore
Dressing-room, dres'sing-room. s. the room
in which clothes are put on
Dressy, dres'se. a. showy in dress
Dribble, drib'bl. v. n. to fall weakly and
slowly

Driblet, drib'let. s. a small sum, odd money

in a sum

Drier, drl'ur. s. that which has the quality of
absorbing moisture
Drift, drift. s. impulse; violence; any thing
driven at random; aim of action; scope
of a discourse
[throw on heaps
Drift, drift. v. a. to drive; to urge along; to
Drill, dril. v. a. to pierce any thing with a
drill; to perforate; to teach recruits their
[are bored; an ape
Drill, dril. & an instrument with which holes
Drink, drink. v. n. pret. drank, or drunk;
part. pass. drunk, or drunken. to swallow
liquors, to quench thirst

exercise

Driveller, driv'vl-år. s. a fool, an idiot
Driven, driv'vn. part. of drive

Driver, drl'vår. s. the person or instrument
who gives any motion by violence ;
who drives

one

Drizzle, driz'zl. v. n. to fall in slow drops
Drizzly, driz'zl-è. a. shedding small rain
Droll, drôle. s. a jester, a buffoon
Droll, drôle. a. comick, farcical
Droll, drôle. v. n. to jest, to play the buffoon
Drollery, dro'lur-è. s. idle jokes; buffoonery
Dromedary, drum'è-da-re. s. a sort of camel
Drone, drone. s. the bee which makes no

honey; a pipe of a bagpipe; a sluggard
Drone, drone. v. n. to live idly
Dronish, dro'nish. a. idle, sluggish
Droop, drôôp. v. n. to languish with sorrow,
to grow weak

Drop, drop. s. a globule of moisture; diamond hanging in the ear

Drop, drop. v. a. to pour in drops; to let fall; to let go; to utter slightly to cease to bedrop, to bespeckle

Drop, drop. v. n. to fall in drops; to fall; to

vanish, to come to nothing

Dropping, dropping. s. that which falls in
Droplet, drop'let. s. a little drop [drops
Dropsical, drop'sé-kål. a. diseased with a
dropsy

Dropsy, drop'sè. s. a collection of water in
body
[feculence

Dross, dros. 8. the scum of metals; refuse,
Drossiness, dros'sè-nés. s. foulness, feculence
Drossy, dros'sè. a. full of dross; foul
Drought, drout. s. dry weather; thirst
Droughty, drou'tè. a. wanting rain, thirsty
Drove, drove. s. a body or number of cattle;
a crowd, a tumult
Drove, drove. pret. of drive

Drover, dro'vår. s. one who drives cattle
Drown, droůn. v. a. to suffocate in water; to
overwhelm in water; to overflow, to bury
in an inundation

Drown, droun..v. n. to be suffocated by water

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Druggist, drug'gist. s. one who sells drugs
Druid, dra'id. s. priest of the ancient Britons
Drum, drum. s. an instrument of military
musick; the tympanum of the ear
Drum, drum. v. n. to beat a drum

Ducat, dúk'it. s. a coin struck by dukes; in
silver valued at about four shillings and
sixpence, in gold at nine shillings and six-
pence
[ness
Duck, dik. s. a water-fowl; a word of fold
Duck, důk. v. n. to dive under water
Duck, dik. v. a. to put under water
Duck-legged, duk'legd. a. short-legged
Duckling, duk'ling. s. a young duck
Duct, dukt. s. guidance, direction
Ductile, dúk'til. a. Bexible, pliable
Ductility, dûk-til'è-te. s. flexibility; com
pliance
[ness, ill-wil
Dudgeon, did′jun. 8. a small dagger; sullen-
Due, dù. a. owed; proper, fit
Due, d. ad. exactly, directly
Due, dd. s. that which may be justly claimed;
right, just title

Duel, du'il. s. a combat between two
Duel, dull. v. n. to fight a single combat
Dueller, du'il-lor. s. a single combatant
Duelling, du'il-ling. s. the act of fighting a

duel

Dullist, dul-list. s. one who fights a duel Drum-major, drum-må'jur. s. the chief drum-Duenna, dá-én'nå. s. an old woman kept to

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Dry, drl.v. a. to free from moisture; to exhale moisture; to drain Dry, dri. v. n. to grow dry Dryad, drl'ad. s. a wood-nymph Dryads, drl'adz. s. the English plural of Dryad [the same word Dryades, drl'á-dez. s. the Latin plural of Dryer, dr'lur. s. that which has the quality of absorbing moisture [barrenly Dryly, drl'iẻ. ad. without moisture; coldly; Dryness, dri'nês. s. want of moisture Drynurse, dri-nurse. s. a woman who brings up and feeds a child without the breast Dryshod, drished. a. without treading above the shoes in the water

Dual, do'al. a. expressing the number two Dub, dub. v. a. to make a man a knight; to

confer any kind of dignity

Dubious, du'bé-is. a. doubtful, uncertain
Dubiously, dube-us-lè, ad. uncertainly
Dubitable, ba'bé-ta-bl. a. doubtful
Ducal, dukál. a. pertaining to a duke

guard a younger

Dug, dig. s. a nipple, a teat

Dug, dig, pret. and part. pass. of dig Duke, duke. s. one of the highest order of nobility in England

Dukedom, dike'dům. s. the possession of

duke; the title or quality of a duke Dulcet, dil'set. a. sweet, luscious; harmonious Dulcify, důl'sé-fi. v. a. to sweeten Dulcimer, dil'sé-můr. s. a musical instrument Duleorate, důl'ko-råte. v. a. to sweeten Dulcoration, dúl-ko-ra'shun. s. the act o

sweetening

Duil, dil, a. stupid; blunt; sad
Dull, dol. v. a. to stupefy; to blunt
Dully, dul'lè. ad. stupidly; sluggishly
Dulness, dil'née. s. stupidity; drowsiness;
dimness

Duly, du'lè. ad. properly, fitly
Dumb, dům. a. mute, incapable of speech
Dumbly, dûm'lé. ad. mutely, silently
Dumbness, dům'nes. s. incapacity to speak
Dump, dump. s. sorrow, melancholy
Dumpish, dump'ish. a. sad, melancholy
Dumpling, dump'ling. s. a sort of pudding
Den, dau. a. colour partaking of brown and
black
Imeace and importunity
Dun, dun. v. a, to claim a debt with vehe-
Dun, dun. S. a clamorous, troublesome

creditor

Dunce, dinse. s. a dolt, a thickskull

Dung, dung. s. the excrement of animals, used to fatten ground

Dung, dung. v. a. to fatten with dung Dungeon, din'jún. s. a close subterraneous prison

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