dutifulness (dutifulnes)

The quality of being dutiful; submi ion to just authority; habitual performance of duty. At his [the Earl of E ex's] landing, Bryan MacPhelym welcom'd him, tendering unto him all manner of Dutiful ne and Service. Baker , Chronicles, p. 350. Piety or dutifulne to parents was a most popular virtue among the Romans. Dryden. duty (dū'ti), n.; pl. duties (-tiz). [Early mod. E. also dutie, duetie, dewty, dewtie, It doth not stand with the duty which we owe to our heavenly Father, that to the ordinances of our mother the Church we should show ourselves disobedient. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, iii. 9. Take care that your expre ions be prudent and safe, consisting with thy other duties . Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 664. In the middle ages fealty to a feudal lord was accounted a duty , and the a ertion of personal freedom a crime. H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 265. 2. The obligation to do something; the binding or obligatory force of that which is morally right: as, when duty calls, one must obey. For the parents iniurie was reuenged, and the duetie of nature performed or satisfied by the childe. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 138. I taught my wife her duty , made her see What it behoved her see and say and do, Feel in her heart and with her tongue declare. Browning, Ring and Book, I. 227. O hard, when love and duty clash! Tennyson, Prince , ii. It is a erted that we are so constituted that the notion of duty furnishes in itself a natural motive of action of the highest order, and wholly distinct from all the refine ments and modifications of self-interest. Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 189. Duty to one's countrymen and fellow-citizens, which is the social instinct guided by reason, is in all healthy communities the one thing sacred and supreme. W. K. Clifford , Lectures, II. 69. 3. Due obedience; submi ion; compliant or obedient service. Every subject's duty is the king's; but every subject's soul is his own. Shak., Hen. V., iv. 1. 4. A feeling of obligation, or an act manifesting such feeling; an expre ion of submi ive deference or respectful consideration. [Archaic or prov. Eng.] They both attone Did dewty to their Lady, as became. Spenser, F. Q., II. ix. 28. There also did the Corporation of Dover and the Earl of Win chelsea do their duties to him, in like sort. England's Joy (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 27). I must entreat you to take a promise that you shall have the first [copy] for a testimony of that duty which I owe to your love. Donne, Letters, xiv. He craved so for news of Sylvia,... even though it was only that she sent her duty to him. Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, xix. 5. Any requisite procedure, service, busine , or office; that which one ought to do; particularly, any stated service or function: as, the duties of one's station in life; to go or be on duty; the regiment did duty in Flanders. IMG:content-0112.png:[blocks in formation] And was a theef, right swiche a theef was he, His master hadde but half his duetee . To dames discreet, the duties yet unpaid, His stores of lace and hyson he convey'd. D-valve (dē'valv), n. A valve for opening and closing the induction and eduction pa ages of a steam-en- gine cylinder:so called from its valve is shown in fig. 1, where it is seen detached, and at a a, fig. 2, which rep- resents a section of a steam-cylinder and nozles. *dwale (dwal), n. [ dwale , dwole , error, de- lusion, also, in later use, dwale , sleeping-po- tion, deadly nightshade, dwola (rare- ly dwala ), ge - dwola , error, delusion, heresy; cf. D. dwaal- (in comp.), delusion, = OHG. twal a , MHG. twāle , delay; Icel. dvali , sleep, lethargy (Haldorsen), dvala , also dröl , pl. dvalar , a short stay, a stop, pause; Sw. dvala , a trance, ec- stasy, Dan. dvale , torpor, lethargy, a trance ( drale - drik , a sleeping-potion, dvale - bær , man- drake): words variously formed and connected with AS. * dwal , * dwol , dol (= Goth. dwals , etc.), stupid, foolish, dull (see dulll ), and with the secondary verbs AS. dwelian , mislead, intr. err, dwell an , hinder, mislead, dwelian , remain, dwell, etc.; all ult. from the strong verb rep- resented by AS. * dwelan , pret. * dwal , * dwol , pp. ge - dwolen , mislead: see further under dwell , and cf. dwale, v., dwalm .] 11. Error; delusion. The Goddes lamb than clenge sale This wreched werld fra sinful duale . To bedde goth Aleyn, and also Jon, Ther nas no more, hem needede no dwale . IMG:content-0113.png:[blocks in formation] (-vi-ri, -vérz). [L., usually, and orig., in pl. du- 2t. A sleeping-potion; a soporific. umviri , more correctly duoviri ( sing.duovir ), i. e., duo viri , two men: duo = E. two ; viri , pl. of vir = AS. wer , a man. Cf. centumvir, decemvir.] In Rom. hist., one of two officers or magistrates united in the same public function. The officers specifically so called were either the highest magistrates of municipal towns or persons appointed for some oсса- sional service, the kind of duty in all cases being indicated by a descriptive term: as, duumviri navales , officers for equipping and repairing the fleet. duumviracy (dū-um'vi-rā-si), n. rate: see- acy .] The union of two persons in authority or office. [Rare.] IMG:content-0114.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0115.png:[blocks in formation] Dwale, or sleeping nightshade, hath round blackish Gerarde, Herball (ed. T. Johnson), ii. 56. 4. In her ., a sable or black color. - Deadly dwale, the Acuistus arbores cens, a small solanaceous tree of tropical America, nearly allied to Atropa . It bears yellow berries. dwale (dwal), v. i.; pret. and pp. dwaled , ppr. dwaling . [See dwell .] To mutter deliriously. Dunglison. [Devons hire, Eng.] dwalm, dwaum (dwäm, dwâm), n. [Sc., also written dualm, dwam ; dwolme , dwolma , a confusion, chaos, hence a gulf, chasm (cf. OS. dwalm , delusion, = OHG. twalm , stupe- faction, a stupefying drink), dwelan , pp. ge- dwolen , mislead, lead into error: see dwell , dwale , and dulll .] A swoon; a sudden fit of sickne . IMG:content-0116.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0117.png:[blocks in formation] dwang (dwang), n. A strut inserted between the timbers of a floor to stiffen them. [Scotch.] dwarf (dwarf), n. and a. [ dwarf , dwerf , where f represents the changed sound (so in LG. below) guttural, which also took a different development in the parallel ME. dwe- rowe , dwerwe (mod. E. as if * dwarrow ; cf. ar- row , barrow , etc.), dwergh , dwerk (whence also dwarfish shrub.-2. Slight; petty; despicable. mod. dial. durgan ), a dwarf, particularly as an, attendant, dweorg , dweorh , a dwarf (def. 1), D. dwerg , a dwarf, = MLG. dwerch , dwarch , dwark = LG. dwarf , a dwarf, contr. dorf , an insignificant person or thing, = OHG. twerg , MHG. twerc, querch, zwerch , G. zwerg , a dwarf, = Icel. dvergr = Sw. and Dan. dverg , a dwarf. The mythological sense appears esp. in Scand., and may be the orig. sense.] I. n. 1. A per- son of very small size; a human being much below the ordinary stature. True dwarfs (some of the most celebrated of whom have been from 3 to le than 2 feet in height) are usually well formed; but dwarfishne is often accompanied by deformity or caused by dispro- portion of parts. In ancient, medieval, and later times, dwarfs have been in demand as personal attendants upon ladies and noblemen; and the ancient Romans practised methods of dwarfing persons artificially, The king is well prepar'd To whip this dwarfish war, these pigmy arms, From out the circle of his territories. IMG:content-0118.png:[blocks in formation] dwell (dwel), n. [ printing , the brief continuation of pre ure in the taking of an impre ion on a hand-pre or an Adams pre , supposed to set or fasten the ink more firmly in the paper. dweller (dwel'er), n. [ dwellere , en , dwell: see dwell , v.] An inhabitant; a res i- dent of some continuance in a place. And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem. Acts i. 19. Burns, Ode on Mrs. Oswald. AS. dwinan , pine away, dwindle, = MD. dwy- nen = LG. dwinen = Icel. dvīna , dvina , dvena Sw. tvina , pine away, languish; cf. Dan. tvine , whine, whimper. Hence dwindle .] To pine; decline, especially by sickne ; fade or waste: usually with away. Duel full i sche dwined a - waie bot he dayes & nigtes. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 578. Mi loue euere wexinge be, So that y neuere dwynne. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 27. He just dwined away , and we hadn't taken but one Dweller on the threshold, in occultism , an imaginary whale before our captain died, and first mate took th' Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, ix. being or spirit, of frightful aspect and malicious charac- studies in psychic science, as a kind of Cerberus guarding vent; (b) dwelian (also in comp. gedwelian and adwelian ) (pret, dwelede , dwelode ), tr. mislead, deceive, intr. err, wander; (c) dwelian (pret. dwelode), intr., remain, dwell (rare in this sense); (d) dwolian , rarely dwalian , comp. ge- dwolian, intr., err, wander; = D. dwalen , err, = MLG. dwelen, dwalen , err, be foolish, LG. dwa- len , intr. err, tr. mislead, cheat, OS. bi - dwelian , hinder, delay, = OHG. twaljan , twellan , MHG. 3. Habitation; residence; abode; lodgment. dwelling (dwel'ing), n. [ dwelling , duell- ing , delay, continuance, an abode, verbal n. of dwellen , dwell.] 1. Delay. Chaucer.-21. Con- twellen, twelen, tr. hinder, delay, intr. linger, wait, Icel. dvelja , intr. wait, tarry, tr. delay, defer, refl. dveljask , stay, make a stay, = Sw. dväljas , intr., dwell, = Dan. dvæle , intr., linger, loiter; all secondary verbs, more or le mix- ed in forms and senses, and with numerous I ne dar no leng dwelle her, For ihe was sent as Me ager. Therefore euery man bithinke him weel How litil while is his dwellynge . Ne no wighte maie, by my clothing, Wete with what folke is my dwelling . for Latin denarius , & penny, and wt . for weight . dyad (di'ad), (di'ad), n. and a. [LL. dyas ( dyad- ), IMG:content-0119.png:[blocks in formation] The condition of that fardel, the place of your dwelling , 4. A place of residence or abode; an abiding- place; specifically, a house for residence; a dwelling-house. Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jer. xlix. 33. There was a neat white dwelling on the hill, which we took to be the parsonage. B. Taylor , Northern Travel, p. 350. dwelling-house (dwel'ing-hous), n. occupied or intended to be occupied as a res i- dence. Go, and let The old men of the city, ere they die, Ki thee, the matrons dwell about thy neck. IMG:content-0120.png:[blocks in formation] The mind must abide and dwell upon things, or be always a stranger to the inside of them. South . Do you not, for instance, dwell on the thought of wealth and splendour till you covet these temporal ble ings? J. H. Newman , Parochial Sermons, i. 89. Then Lance lot lifted his large eyes; they dwelt Deep-tranced on hers. I must not dwell on that defeat of fame. Tennyson, Guinevere. To dwell under one's vine and fig-tree, to live in one's own home; enjoy the po e ion of a home in one's own right. 1 Ki. iv. 25. =Syn. 2. Abide , Sojourn, Con- Who dwell this wild, constrain'd by want, come forth, To town or village. Milton , P. R., i. 331. dwellynge place .] A place of residence; an abiding-place. hav not here a dwellynge place for evere. Wyclif , Select Works (ed. Arnold), III. 197. There, where seynt Kateryne was buryed, is nouther Chirche ne Chapelle, ne other duellynge place . Mandeville , Travels, p. 62. The Church of Christ hath been hereby made, not "a den of thieves," but in a manner the very dwelling -place of foul spirits. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vii. 24. This wretched Inn, where we scarce stay to bait, We call our Dwelling -place. Cowley , Pindaric Odes, xii. 1. dwelt (dwelt). Preterit and past participle of dwindle (dwin'dl), v . i.; pret. and pp. dwindled , ppr. dwindling. [Freq. (for * dwinle ) of ME. dwinen , waste away, dwine: see dwine .] 1. Το diminish; become le ; shrink; waste or con- sume away: with by or from before the cause, and to , in , or into before the effect or result: as, the body dwindles by pining or consumption; an estate dwindles from waste; an object dwin- dles in size as it recedes from view; from its constant exposure, the regiment dwindled to a IMG:content-0121.png:[blocks in formation] The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation. Goldsmith, Vicar, iii. =Syn. 1. Diminish , etc. (see decrease ); attenuate, become attenuated, decline, fall off, fall away. dwindlet (dwin'dl), n. [ dwindle , v.] Grad- ual decline or decrease; a wasting away; de- generacy; decline. ages, he might still be great among his contemporaries, with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity. dwindlement (dwin'dl-ment), n . [ dwindle +-ment.] A dwindled state or condition; de- creased size, strength, etc. Dyak (di'ak), n . One of a native race inhab- iting Borneo, the largest island of the Malay archipelago. The Dyaks are numerically the leading people of the island, and are usually believed to be its aborigines. Also Dayak , Dayakker. dyakis-dodecahedron (di"a-kis-dō"dek-a-he'- dron), n. [ δυάκις , twice, + δωδεκάεδρον , α dodecahedron: see dodecahedron .] Same as diploid . The dyakisdodecahedron , bounded by twenty-four tra- pezoids with two sides equal, has twelve short, twelve long, and twenty-four intermediate edges. Encyc. Brit ., XVI. 355. dye IMG:content-0122.png:[blocks in formation] And creeping shrubs of you sand dyes Waved in the west wind's summer sighs.