dugout

1. A canoe formed of a single log hollowed out, or of parts of two logs thus hollowed out and afterward joined together at the bottom and ends. [CANOE.] 2. A rough cabin cut in the side of a bank or hill. "Below the shack in social rank is the dug - out , a square cut in a bank with a dirt roof and a door." -Century Mag azine . du-gōng, s. [Malayan dúgóng =a sea-cow.] Zool .: Halicore dugong , an herbivorous mammal, the type of the genus Halicore, and belonging to the order Sirenia, or Manatees. It ranges from ten to twenty feet in to abide. *du-ěl-lō, s . [Ital.] [DUEL.) 1. A duel. IMG:content-0623.jpg:[blocks in formation] "Incorrigibly duelsome on his own account." Thack eray: Paris Sketch - book , ch. ii. due-ne , s . [Eng. due; -ne .] Fitne , pro priety, suitablene , appropriatene , due quality. "This duene imports only what it became God to do." -Good win: Works , vol. ii., pt. iii., p. 21.