dessertspoon (dezertspon)

A spoon inter mediate in size between a table-spoon and a tea-spoon, used for eating de ert. de iatine, de yatine (des'ya-tin), n. [ The right of personal vote belongs to those who po e 100 male serfs, or 300 de iatines of ground. Brougham. The calculation is made per de yatine , or, as we should say, per acre. D. M. Wallace , Ru ia, p. 518. It is singular, however, that where the extent of productive forest in Ru ia is smaller, the yield per de iatine is greater. Nature, XXX. 398. de us (de-sü'), n. [F. de us , soprano, lit. upper part, noun use of de us , over, upon, de , from, + sus , over, upon, susum , occasional contr. of sursum , above, up, upward, contr. of subvorsum , sub , below, + vorsum , orig. neut. pp. of vertere , turn; cf. sub - ver - t .] The French name for soprano , formerly used also by English musicians.