Dutch

duch, a. Pert, to Holland, to inhabitants, or their language, — used also, incorrectly, of Germans. — v. To render clear and hard by dipping into hot sand, etc.,— as goose-quills. [G. deutsch, belonging to the people, MHG. diutisk, Goth. thiuda, AS. theod, a people, nation; L. Teutones, Teutons, Skr. tu, to be strong.] — Dutch cheese. A small, round, hard cheese, made from skim milk. —D. clinker. A long, hard brick made in Holland. —D.foil, leaf, or gold. An alloy of copper and zinc, rolled or beaten into thin sheets. — D. oven. A tin screen for baking before a fire a shallow iron kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals.—D. pink. Chalk or whiting dyed yellow, and used in distemper, and for paper-staining, etc. — D. A glazed and painted ornamental used in the jambs of chimneys. Duumvir. See under Duo.