dwarf elder

Bot.: Atropa Belladonna . (Withering.) dwell, *duel, *duelle, *dwellen, v. i. & t. [A. S. Dut. dwalen=to err; Icel. dvelja to dwell, to delay; Sw. dväljas = to dwell; Dan. dvæle = to linger; O. H. Ger. twaljan ; M. H. Ger. twellen = to graria. ( Britten & Holland.) dwarf-gra -tree, s. Bot.: A liliaceous plant, Xanthorrhœa humilis, found in Tasmania. The base of the leaves is eatable. IMG:content-0676.png:[blocks in formation] A. Intransitive : *1. To go wrong, to err, to wander, to go astray. "Fra thi bodes noght dweled I." Early English Psalter ; Ps . cxviii. 110. *2. To remain, to delay, to stay. "If schold long duelle Alle that so the for to saye." Legend of St. Gregory, 609. 3. To reside, to abide in a place, to have a habitation, to be a resident or inhabitant. "They gave no part unto the Levites in the land save cities to dwell in." -Joshua xiv. 4. 4. To live or make one's abode in any form of habitation; to sojourn. "Abraham sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles." -Heb . ix. 9. *5. To abide, to remain, to continue in any state. "You shall not seal to such a bond for me; I'll rather dwell in my nece ity." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , i. 3. 6. To have one's seat, to abide, to exist. "Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me."- Romans vii. 17. *7. To be turned or attracted toward; to hang upon. "The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell." Shakesp.: Sonnet 5. *8. To depend upon, to be in the power or control "My hopes in heaven do dwell." "It is reported that a good strong canvas, spread of. (Followed by in.) over a tree grafted low, soon after it putteth forth, will dwarf it, and make it spread."-Bacon: Natural History. Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., iii. 2. 2. To stand upon, to make much of, to stick to. "Fain would I dwell on form." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet , ii. 2. 3. To hang upon; to fix the attention closely on. "They stand at a distance dwelling on his looks."_ 5. To depend upon; to be attached to. "What great danger dwells upon my suit?" Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , 206. Who dwell this wild, constrained by want, come forth." Milton: P. R., i. 330, 331. 2. To implant, to establish as an inhabitant of. "The promise of the Father, who shall dwell His spirit within them." Milton: P. L., xii. 487, 488. *dwell, *duelle, s. [Icel. dvöl .] Delay. "He withoute duelle this dede gan wide tell i." Kind heart Jesu , 1,079. IMG:content-0677.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0678.png:[blocks in formation] away. *dwin'-dle, s. [DWINDLE, v.] The act, state, or proce of dwindling away; degeneration. "Growing every day greater in the dwindle of pos- terity."-Johnson: Life of Milton. C. As subst.: The act, state, or proce of becom- ing le or fading away. *dwine, *dwyne, *dwynyn, v . i . [A. S. dwinan .] To dwindle, pine, or fade away. [DWINDLE, v .] "Als grete stormes dose a flour to dwyne ." Hampole : Prick of Conscience, 703. dwin'-Ing, pr . par., a. & s. [DWINE.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the IMG:content-0679.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To stain or color in any way. "Enough of Greeks shall due thy spear with gore, But thou and Diomed be foes no more." IMG:content-0680.png:[blocks in formation] "With like confusion different nations fly, Of various habit, and of various dye ." IMG:content-0681.png:[blocks in formation] "They call drinking deep, dyeing scarlet ."- Shakesp .: Henry IV., Pt . I. , ii. 4. dye (1), s . [1. S. deág , dedh =color, hue.] I. Ordinary Language : IMG:content-0682.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0684.png:[graphic][graphic][graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][graphic][graphic][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][graphic][graphic][graphic][graphic] 1. Roman. 2. Cliff dwelling (aboriginal American). 3. Egyptian. 4. A yrian dyer