dewy (ew as u), deawie

[Eng. dew; -v.] skill or expertne gained by practice or expeI. Ordinary Language: 1. Full of or accompanied with dew. "But from the earth a dewy mist Went up, and watered all the ground." Milton: P. L., vii. 333, 334. 2. Resembling dew. "I would these dewy tears were from the ground." Shakesp.: Richard III., v. 3. 3. Covered with dew; roscid. "The herds and flocks are yet abroad to crop The dewy gra ." Words worth: Excursion, bk. v. 4. Falling gently like dew; refreshing. "Immersed in dewy sleep ambrosial." Cowper: Homer's Iliad, bk. ii. II. Bot .: Having the appearance of being covered with dew; roscid. *dewy-feathered, a. Falling gently as dew. "And the waters murmuring, With such consort as they keep Entice the dewy - feathered sleep." *dewy-skirted, a. dew. Milton: Il Penseroso, 144-46. rience. "The fiery youth who was to be The heir of his dexterity." Long fellow: The Building of the Ship. 3. Mental quickne or readine ; promptne in contriving or inventing means to attain an object or accomplish a purpose; skill in the management of an affair; tact, cleverne . "Dundee was contending with difficulties which all his energy and dexterity could not completely overcome." Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xiii. Crabb, thus discriminates between dexterity , addre , and ability : " Dexterity respects the manner of executing things; it is the mechanical facility of performing an office: addre refers to the use of means in executing: ability to the discernment of the things themselves. Dexterity and addre are but in fact modes of ability : the former may be acquired: the latter is the gift of nature: we may have ability to any degree, but dexterity and ad dre are positive degrees of ability . To form a good government there must be ability in the prince or his ministers: addre in those to whom the detail Skirted or accompanied by of operations is intrusted; and dexterity in those to "The dewy - skirted clouds imbibe the sun." Thomson: Autumn, 960. děx-a-mine, s. [Gr. dexamené a receptacle, a reservoir.] Zool . A small genus of Crustaceans, family Gam maride, order Amphipod a; established by Leach. Dexamine spinosus is very common on the southern coasts of England, and is often taken in the shore net or found beneath stones among the rocks at low tide. In general appearance the Dexamine are not unlike their allies the Sand-hoppers or Sand-fleas. The antenne are long, slender, and three-jointed; there are fourteen legs, the first and second pairs being monodactyle, with a small compre ed hand, the other pairs are furnished with simple claws; the body, including the head, has twelve joints. děx-1-ą, s. [Gr. dexia =the right hand.] Entom.: A genus of Dipterous insects, the type of the family Dexiariæ.