dungpot

A dung-cart. "The rakers, scavengers, and officers hereunto appointed, every day in the week (except Sun days and other holydayes) shall bring carts, dung - pots , or other fitting carriages into all the streets within their respective wards, parishes, and divisions, where such carts, ., can pa , and at or before their approach, by bell, clapper, or otherwise, shall make loud noise and give notice to the inhabitants of their coming."-Calthrop: Reports (1670). ( Nares .) *dung-wet, a. Thoroughly wet or soaked. "Fishermen quaking, dung - we : after a storme."-Nashe: Lenten Stuffe. dùng, v. t. & i. [DUNG, 8.] A. Transitive: I. Ord . Lang .: To manure or dre with dung. "This ground was dunged , and ploughed, and sowed but what shall we do with the crop?"-Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. ii. II. Calico - print .: To immerse in a bath of cow[DUNGING, 8. ] "The use of dunder in the making of rum answers the purpose of yeast in the fermentation of flour."-Edwards. dun-der-bölt, s. [Eng. dunder thunder, and bolt.] A celt. [CELT (2).] "I knew an old woman who used to boil a celt (vulgarly & dunder bolt, or thunderbolt) for some hours." - Polwhele: Trad. & Recoll., ii. 607. dun-der-head, dun-der-pāte, s . [Prob. from dunder, prov. for thunder, and head , or pate . Cf. the use of donner =thunder in German, to increase or intensify the bad meaning of a word.] A blockhead, a numskull, a dolt, a dunce. "I mean your grammar, O thou dunderhead." Beaum. & Flet.. Elder Brother , ii. 4. dun-der-head-ěd, a . [Eng. dunderhead ; -ed.] Like a dunce or a dunderhead. Ler "A dunderheaded old driveller."- Sala : The Ship-Chand B. In trans.: To void excrement. "A wild a , broke loose, ran about trampling and kicking, and dunging in their faces"-Swift: Battle of the Books. IMG:content-0648.png:[blocks in formation] dunging dun-geon, s . [O. Fr. donjon , from Low Latin domnionem, acc us, of domnio a donjon-tower. Dungeon and donjon are the same word.] [DONJoungeon *1. A donjon, the innermost and strongest tower of a fortre or castle, wherein the besieged were wont to make their last stand, when the rest was forced. ( Cotgrave .) 2. A close prison or place of confinement; generally applied to one which is dark and underground. "In the dungeon below all was darkne , stench, lamen tation, disease and death." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. v dungeon-bolt, s. The bolt or bar of a prison. "There is a blank upon my mind, A fearful vision ill-defined, Of raving till my flesh was torn, Of dungeon- bolts and fetters worn." Scott: Rokeby, iv. 22. IMG:content-0649.png:[blocks in formation] dŭn'-geon, v. t. [DUNGEON, 8.] 1. Lit.: To throw into or confine in a dungeon. 2. Fig.: To shut up, to confine in darkne . "Are we dungeoned up from the sight of the sun?" Bp . Hall : Of Contentation. dun'-ģeoned, pa. par. or a. [DUNGEON, v.] *dŭn'-geon-er, s. [Eng. dungeon; -er.] A gaoler. "Dungeoner of my friends." -Keats: Todung-hill, s . & a. [Eng. dung , and hill .] A. As substantive : I. Lit.: A heap or accumulation of dung. "Dying like men, though buried in your dunghills, They shall be famed.' II. Figuratively : Shakesp.: Henry V. , iv. 3. IMG:content-0650.png:[blocks in formation] 1 Ord. Lang.: The act or proce of manuring or dre ing with dung. "It was received of old, that dunging of grounds when the west wind bloweth, and in the decrease of the moon, doth greatly help." -Bacon : Natural Hist. 2. Calico - print .: The removal of the superfluous mordant by pa ing dried calico through a warm mixture of cow-dung and water. It is pa ed through two cisterns six feet by three and four feet deep, the first of which has two gallons of dung to its contents of water, and the other a solution of half the strength. It is quickly pa ed through them in succe ion, washed in a wince-pit, and then in a dash-wheel. A solution of phosphate of lime, phosphate of soda, and gelatine, is sometimes subs tit used for the cow-dung. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. "Like the velvet on her brow; or, like The dunker mole on Venus' dainty cheek." IMG:content-0651.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0652.png:[blocks in formation] *dunt, v . t . & i. [DUNT (1), s.] 1. Trans.: To strike, to beat. Metrical Homilies , p. xii. 2. In trans.: To knock; to strike; to beat, as the "And while my heart wi' life blood dunted I'd bear t in mind." "They call a duo a music of two voices, although there be a third part for the thorough ba , and others for the symphony. In a word, for a duo there must be two prin- cipal parts, between which the melody is equally distrib- uted."- Appendix to Mus. Dict . (1769), p. 13. *du-õ-děc-a-he-dral, a . [DODECAHEDRAL.] *dū-o-dec-a-he-dron, s . [DODECAHEDRON.] *du-õ-dě-çen-ni-al, a. [Latin duodecennis: duodecim =twelve, and ann us =a year.] Consisting of twelve years. ( Ash .) du-o-děç-I-mal, a. & s. [Lat. duodecimus= twelfth; duodecim =twelve.] A. As adjective : IMG:content-0653.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0654.png:[blocks in formation] du-o-děç-im-fid, a. [Lat. duodecim =twelve, and fin do (pa. t. fid i )=to cut, to cleave.] Divided in twelve parts. du-o-děç-1-mo, a. & s. [Latin duodecim = twelve.] A. As adj .: Consisting of twelve leaves to the 2. The size of a book printed on sheets folded into twelve leaves or twenty-four pages; usually written 12mo, and generally so read by printers and pub- lishers. II. Mus.: The interval of a twelfth. III. Print.: Twelve pages to a form. du-ō-dec-im-o-lê (dec as deçh), s. [Ital.] Mus .: A group of twelve notes. du-o-dec-u-ple, a. [Lat. duo=two, and decu- plus tenfold.] Consisting of twelves. dū pe-a-ble, a. [Eng. dupe -able .] That may or can be easily duped, gulled, cheated, or deceived. "Was it to be supposed that Mr. was so very dupe- able a person?"-London Daily Telegraph. dūped, pa . par . or a. [DUPE, v.] IMG:content-0655.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0656.png:[blocks in formation] a given cube. The solution of this problem cannot be effected geometrically, as it requires the con- struct i on of two mean proportionals between two given lines. It may be solved by higher geometry, but its solution in this manner is rather curious than useful. It is also called the Delian problem cated; specifically in physiology, having the quality of dividing into two by natural growth or sponta- neo us division. [DUPLICATE.] du-pli-ca-to-, in compos. [Lat. duplicatus .] Bot., .: Doubly. IMG:content-0657.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Lit .: The state of being double or in two; a division into twos. "In other words, the duplicity thus conjectured does not exist; and of the duplicity or principal division of the Athenœæum, Oct. 14, 1882. ring which does exist those observers had no idea."- 2. Fig .: Doublene of heart or speech; double- dealing, deceit; the act or habit of a uming a false IMG:content-0658.png:[blocks in formation] a want or absence of straightforwardne ; di imu- lati on. "He was compelled to abandon it by the refractory temper of the soldiers, and by the incurable duplicity of the king."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. i. *II. Law : The pleading of two or more distinct matters or single pleas. du-plō-, adv . [Lat. duplus =double, twofold.] Chem.: A prefix used to expre twofold or twice as much; as, duplo - carburet =twofold carburet. du-ply, s. [Formed from Lat. duo =two, and plico to fold, on analogy of reply (q. v.).] Scots Law : A second reply; a pleading formerly in use in inferior courts. duppe, *dup-pen, v. t. & i. [DIP, v.] dup-pěr, s. [DUBBER.] dür-a-bil-I-ty, s. [Fr. durabilité , from Lat. durabilitas , from durabilis =durable (q. v.); Ital. durabilità. The quality or condition of being durable; the power or property of lasting or con- tinuing in any given state; endurance, continuance, durablene ; especially applied to the lasting or continuing of substances without change, perishing, or wearing out. A. As adj .: Lasting, continuing. B. As substantive: durbar dür-bar, s. [Hind. & Pers. darbár, lit.=door of admittance: Pers. dar a door, and bár =admittance.] 1. The audience-chamber in the palaces of the native princes of India; an audience. 2. An official levee or reception held by the Governor-General of India, or by one of the native princes. dur-den, s. [Corrupted from Wel. dyffryn, a valley (?).] A copse, a thicket in a valley. ( Whar ton.) IMG:content-0659.png:[blocks in formation] "For neither factious stone, nor dure full bra e, Nor shining gold, nor mould ring clay it was. Spenser: F. Q., IV. x. 39. *dü're-le , a. [Eng. dure ; -le .] Not lasting or durable; fading, transitory, short. "Yet were that aptitude natural, more inclinable to follow and embrace the false and durele pleasure of the stage-play world, than to become the shadow of God." -Raleigh : History (Pref.). dür-ene, s. [Lat. durus hard; Eng., ., suff. -ene ( Chem.) (q. v.).] Chemistry: Tetra methyl-benzene, C6H2(CH3)4. (1-2-4-5), is formed by the action of sodium on methyl iodide and mono bromo-pseudo cum ene, C6H2Br(CH3)3, di olved in ether. Durene is a crystalline compound, melting at 80°, and boiling at 190°. It is soluble in alcohol, ether, and benzene. Durene is the only known hydrocarbon of the benzene series that is solid at ordinary temperatures. Durene, when oxidized by nitric acid, yields cumylic acid, C6H2 (CH3)3COOH, or durylic acid and cumidic acid, C6H2 (CH3)2 (COOH)2. dür-e , *dur-e e, s . [O. Fr. dure e ; Span. & Port. dureza ; Ital. durezza , from Lat. duritia = hardne , harshne ; durus =hard.] 1. Ord. Lang .: Harshne , strictne , constraint, imprisonment, restraint of liberty, pre ure. "In truth, the Parliament was under dure ."- Macau lay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xx. 2. Law : Dure may be either physical, that is, by actual confinement or restraint of liberty, or moral, that is, by threats or menaces, dure per minas ; in either case the overt act must be to compel a person to do some act, as to execute a deed or commit an offense: in such cases the act is invalid and excusable. Thus, if a man be violently a aulted, and has no other po ible means of escaping death, he is permitted to kill his a ailant; for here the law of nature and self-defense, its primary canon, have made him his own protector. dür-ě , v. t. [DURESS, s.] To place in or subject to dure or restraint; to imprison. "If the party dure ed do make any motion."- Bacon. du-rěs-sõr, s. [Eng. dure ; -or.] Law : One who subjects another to dure . *du-ret', s. (Etym. unknown.] A kind of dance. "The knights take their ladies to dance with them galliards, durets , corantoes." - Beaumont: Masque at Gray's Inn. *du-rět-tą, s. [Lat. durus hard.] A coarse kind of stuff, so called from its wearing well. "Duretta and serge." - Maine: City Match , i. 5. ( Davies .) dûr-ga, s. [DOORGA.] dür-I-an, s. [DURIO.]