dullard, dullarde

& a. [Eng. dull; suff. -ard.] A. As subst.: A blockhead, a stupid, doltish person, a dunce. "How now, my flesh, my child? What, makest thou me a dullard in this act? Wilt thou not speak to me?" Shakesp.: Cymbeline, v. 5. dulse B. As adj .: Stupid, doltish, blockish. "I durst e ay the new-found paths, that led To slavish Mosco's dullard sluggishne ." P. Fletcher: Piscatory Eclogues , i. 12. *düll-ard-işm, s. [Eng. dullard; -ism.] Stupidity, doltishne , blockishne . dŭlled, pa. par. or a. [DULL, V.] dŭll-er, s. [Eng. dull; -er.] One who or that which dulls, or makes dull. "Your grace must fly phlebotomy, fresh pork, conger, and clarified whey; they are all dullers of the vital spirits."- Beaum . & Flet .: Phil aster , ii. 2. *dull-er-ỹ, s. [Eng. dull; -ery.」 Dullne , stupidity. "Had pa ed his degrees in all dullery and blockishne ."- Urquhart : Rabelais , bk. ii., ch. ii. dull-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [DULL, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of making dull. "Who am myself attached with wearine , To the dulling of my spirits; sit down and rest." Shakesp.: Tempest , iii. 3. dŭll-Ish, a. [English duil; -ish.] Somewhat or rather dull. "A series of dullish verses."-Prof. Wilson. dŭll-ně , dul-ne , *dol-nes, *dull - nes, *dvl-ne e, s. [Eng. dull ; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being dull in understanding; stupidity, slowne of apprehension. "Nor is the dullne of the scholar to extinguish, but rather to inflame, the charity of the teacher."- South . 2. A lo or absence of liveline or sharpne . "Nature, by a continual use of any thing, groweth to a satiety and dullne either of appetite or working." Bacon . *3. Drowsine ; inclination to sleep. "Here cease more questions; Thou art inclined to sleep. 'Tis a good dullne , And give it way." Shakesp.: Tempest , i. 2. 4. Bluntne of edge. "Dulne e of egge. Obtusitas ."- Prompt . Parv *5. Slowne of motion; sluggishne . 6. Dimne ; lack or absence of luster or brightne . 7. An absence or want of liveline or interest. "Others have disliked the title and the motto of my paper, point out a mistake in the one and a ure me the other has been consigned to dullne by anticipation."Goldsmith: Bee, 4. dul-lỹ, a. & adv. [Eng. dul(l); -ly.] *A. As adj.: Dull. "The dully sound of human footsteps." IMG:content-0632.png:[blocks in formation] "Supinely calm and dully innocent." Lyttelton: Soliloquy of a Beauty in the Country. dù-loc-ra-cỹ, s. [Greek doulos =a slave, and krateō to rule.] A predominance or government of slaves. dŭlse, s. [Gael. duilliasg; Ir. dulisk, duileasg.] Botany: 1. Fucus palm at us , or Rhody men i a palmata , a kind of sea-weed, used in parts of Scotland for food. It is of a reddish-brown color, about ten or twelve inches long, and about half-an-inch in breadth; it is of a leathery consistence. It is found at low water adhering to the rocks. A fermented liquor is made from it in Kamsckatka. In Scotland it is eaten raw; if boiled it is too loosening. "Fishermen go to the rocks at low tide, and gather the Fucus palm at us , dulse ; F. esculent us, badderlock; and F. pinnatifid us, pepper dulse, which are relished in this part of the country, and sell them."-P. Nigg.: Aberdeen Statistics , vii. 207. 2. Nidœa edulis. ( Britten & Holland.) (1) Craw dulse: Bot.: Rhody men i a ciliata . (2) Mountain dulse : IMG:content-0633.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0634.png:[blocks in formation] sutf.-in ( Chem.) (q. v.).] Chem.: Pyro-acetic oil, C6H10O. A colorle , volatile oil, boiling between 120 and 125° It is formed along with acetone by destructive distillation of acetates. It forms a crystalline compound with acid sulphites. Strong nitric acid converts it into oxalic acid. dumb (b silent), *dom, *domb, *dom be, *dome, *doumb, *doum be, *doume, *dum, *dumbe, a. . [A. S. dumb ; cogn. with Icel. dumb i dumb; Sw. dumb: Dut. dom = dull; Dan. dum ; Goth. dumbs =dumb; O. H. Ger. tump , and Ger. dumm . " Dumb is a nasalized form of dub , which appears in Goth. daubs=doaf." ( Skeat .)] IMG:content-0635.png:[blocks in formation] -De Foe. B. As subst.: One who is dumb or deprived of the power of speech. "And it came to pa , when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered." - Luke xi. 14. dumb-barge, dum-barge, s. A barge without sail or oars.