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Dueness (?), n. Quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming. T. Goodwin.
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Duenna (?), n.; pl. Duennas (#). [Sp. dueña, doña, fr. L. domina. See .] 1. The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain. Brande.
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2. An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family. Brande & C.
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3. Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess. Arbuthnot.
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Duet (?), n. [ .] (Mus.) A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.
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Duettino (?), n. [It ., dim. fr. duetto a duet.] A duet of short extent and concise form.
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Duetto (?), n. [It., fr. It & L. duo two. See .] See .
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Duff (dŭf), n. [From OE. dagh. √67. See .] 1. Dough or paste. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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2. A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff.
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Duff (dŭf), n. the buttocks; as, get off your duff and get to work. [slang]
Syn. -- rump; ass. []

Duff (dŭf), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Duffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Duffing.] [Etym. uncertain.] [Colloq. or Slang] 1. To treat or manipulate so as to give a specious appearance to; to fake; hence, to cheat.
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2. In Australia, to alter the brands on (cattle, horses, etc.); to steal (cattle, etc.), and alter their brands.
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Duffel (?), n. [D. duffel, from Duffel, a town not far from Antwerp.] 1. A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. [Written also duffle.]
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Good duffel gray and flannel fine. Wordsworth.
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2. Outfit or suppplies, collectively; kit. [Colloq., U. S.]
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Duffel bag. A sack to hold miscellaneous articles, as tools, supplies, or the like.
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Duffer (?), n. 1. A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat. [Slang, Eng.] Halliwell.
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2. A stupid, awkward, inefficient person.[Slang]
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Duffer, n. 1. (Mining) See .
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2. (Zoöl.) Any common domestic pigeon.
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Duffer, n. One who duffs cattle, etc. [Australia]

Unluckily, cattle stealers are by no means so rare as would be desirable; they are locally known as duffers. Baden-Powell.
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Duffle (?), n. See .
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Dufrenite (?), n. [From ��ierre Armand Dufrénoy, a French geologist.] (Min.) A mineral of a blackish green color, commonly massive or in nodules. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.
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Dug (dŭg), n. [Akin to Sw. dägga to suckle (a child), Dan. dægge, and prob. to Goth. daddjan. √66.] A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast.
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With mother's dug between its lips. Shak.
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Dug, imp. & p. p. of .
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Dugong (dụgŏg), n. [Malayan dūyōng, or Javan. duyung.] (Zoöl.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. [Written also duyong.]
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Dugout (dŭgout), n. 1. A canoe or boat dug out from a large log. [U.S.]
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A man stepped from his slender dugout. G. W. Cable.
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2. A place dug out.
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3. A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation. [Western U.S.] Bartlett.
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4. (Baseball) a structure on the edge of the playing field in foul territory, partly below ground and partly above ground, open toward the playing field but roofed and with the other three sides closed. It is typically long and narrow, having benches where the players may sit when not on the playing field; as, the foul ball was tipped into the dugout.
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Dugway (?), n. A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land. [U.S.]
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Duke (dūk), n. [F. duc, fr. L. dux, ducis, leader, commander, fr. ducere to lead; akin to AS. teón to draw; cf. AS. heretoga (here army) an army leader, general, G. herzog duke. See , and cf. , , , , , .] 1. A leader; a chief; a prince. [Obs.]
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Hannibal, duke of Carthage. Sir T. Elyot.
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All were dukes once, who were “duces” -- captains or leaders of their people. Trench.
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2. In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland.
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3. In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king.
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4. pl. The fists; as, put up your dukes. [slang]
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Coloq. Duke's coronet . See Illust. of . -- Coloq. To dine with Duke Humphrey , to go without dinner. See under .
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Duke (dūk) v. i. To play the duke. [Poetic]
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Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence. Shak.
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duke (dūk) v. t. To beat with the fists. [slang]
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Coloq. to duke it out to fight; -- usually implying, to fight with the fists; to settle a dispute by fighting with the fists. See duke, n. sense 4.
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Dukedom (?), n. 1. The territory of a duke.
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2. The title or dignity of a duke. Shak.
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Dukeling, n. A little or insignificant duke. Ford.
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Dukeship, n. The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke. Massinger.
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{ Dukhobors (?), Dukhobortsy (?) }, n. pl. [Russ. dukhobortsy spirit wrestlers; dukh spirit + bortsy wrestlers.] A Russian religious sect founded about the middle of the 18th century at Kharkov. They believe that Christ was wholly human, but that his soul reappears from time to time in mortals. They accept the Ten Commandments and the “useful” portions of the Bible, but deny the need of rulers, priests, or churches, and have no confessions, icons, or marriage ceremonies. They are communistic, opposed to any violence, and unwilling to use the labor of animals. Driven out of Russia proper, many have emigrated to Cyprus and Canada. See , below.
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Dulcamara (?), n. [NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet + amarus bitter.] (Bot.) A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See , n., 3 (a).
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Dulcamarin (?), n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See , 3(a).
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Dulce (?), v. t. To make sweet; to soothe. [Obs.]
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Dulceness, n. Sweetness. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Dulcet (?), a. [OF. doucet, dim. of dous sweet, F. doux, L. dulcis; akin to Gr. � . Cf. .] 1. Sweet to the taste; luscious. [Obs.]
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She tempers dulcet creams. Milton.
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2. Sweet to the ear; melodious; harmonious.
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Their dainty lays and dulcet melody. Spenser.
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Dulciana (?), n. [NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet.] (Mus.) A sweet-toned stop of an organ.
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Dulcification (?), n. [Cf. F. dulcification.] The act of dulcifying or sweetening. Boyle.
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Dulcified (?), a. Sweetened; mollified.
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Coloq. Dulcified spirit or Coloq. Dulcified spirits , a compound of alcohol with mineral acids; as, dulcified spirits of niter.
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Dulcifluous (?), a. [L. dulcis sweet + fluere to flow.] Flowing sweetly. [R.]
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Dulcify (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dulcified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dulcifying.] [L. dulcis sweet + -fy: cf. F. dulcifier.] 1. (Pharm.) To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony. Wiseman.
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2. Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please.
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As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco. Hawthorne.
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Dulciloquy (?), n. [L. dulcis sweet + loqui to speak.] A soft manner of speaking.
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Dulcimer (?), n. [It. dolcemele,r Sp. dulcemele, fr. L. dulcis sweet + melos song, melody, Gr. �; cf. OF. doulcemele. See , and .] (Mus.) (a) An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer. (b) An ancient musical instrument in use among the Jews. Dan. iii. 5. It is supposed to be the same with the psaltery.
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Dulcinea (?), n. [Sp., from Dulcinea del Toboso the mistress of the affections of Don .] A mistress; a sweetheart.
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I must ever have some Dulcinea in my head. Sterne.
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Dulciness (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Dulcino (?), n. (Mus.) See .
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Dulcite (?), n. [Cf. F. dulcite, fr. L. dulcis sweet.] (Chem.) A white, sugarlike substance, C6H8.(OH)2, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar.
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Dulcitude (?), n. [L. dulcitudo, fr. dulcis sweet. Sweetness. [R.] Cockeram.
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Dulcorate (?), v. t. [L. dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet.] To sweeten; to make less acrimonious. [R.] Bacon.
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Dulcoration (?), n. [LL. dulcoratio.] The act of sweetening. [R.] Bacon.
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Duledge (?), n. (Mil.) One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage. Wilhelm.
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Dulia (?), n. [LL., fr. Gr. � servitude, fr. � slave.] (R. C. Ch.) An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God.
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Dull (?), a. [Compar. Duller (?); superl. Dullest.] [AS. dol foolish; akin to gedwelan to err, D. dol mad, dwalen to wander, err, G. toll mad, Goth. dwals foolish, stupid, cf. Gr. � turbid, troubled, Skr. dhvr to cause to fall. Cf. , , , .] 1. Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish. “Dull at classical learning.” Thackeray.
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She is not bred so dull but she can learn. Shak.
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2. Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
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This people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing. Matt. xiii. 15.
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O, help my weak wit and sharpen my dull tongue. Spenser.
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3. Insensible; unfeeling.
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Think me not
So dull a devil to forget the loss
Of such a matchless wife. Beau. & Fl.
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4. Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt. “Thy scythe is dull.” Herbert.
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5. Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.
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6. Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert. “The dull earth.” Shak.
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As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of study a dull brain. Longfellow.
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7. Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.
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Along life's dullest, dreariest walk. Keble.

Syn. -- Lifeless; inanimate; dead; stupid; doltish; heavy; sluggish; sleepy; drowsy; gross; cheerless; tedious; irksome; dismal; dreary; clouded; tarnished; obtuse. See .
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Dull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Duller (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dulling.] 1. To deprive of sharpness of edge or point. “This . . . dulled their swords.” Bacon.
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Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. Shak.
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2. To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
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Those [drugs] she has
Will stupefy and dull the sense a while. Shak.
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Use and custom have so dulled our eyes. Trench.
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3. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish. “Dulls the mirror.” Bacon.
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4. To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
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Attention of mind . . . wasted or dulled through continuance. Hooker.
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Dull, v. i. To become dull or stupid. Rom. of R.
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Dullard (?), n. [Dull + -ard.] A stupid person; a dunce. Shak. -- a. Stupid. Bp. Hall.
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Dull-brained (?), a. Stupid; doltish. Shak.
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Dull-browed (?), a. Having a gloomy look.
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Duller (?), n. One who, or that which, dulls.
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Dull-eyed (?), a. Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity. Shak.
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Dullhead (?), n. A blockhead; a dolt. Ascham.
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Dullish, a. Somewhat dull; uninteresting; tiresome. “A series of dullish verses.” Prof. Wilson.
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Dullness, n. The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also dulness.]
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And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope.
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Dull-sighted (?), a. Having poor eyesight.
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Dullsome (?), a. Dull. [R.] Gataker.
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Dull-witted (?), a. Stupid.
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Dully (?), adv. In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.
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Supinely calm and dully innocent. G. Lyttelton.
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Dulocracy (?), n. See .
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Dulse (dŭls), n. [Cf. Gael. duileasg; duille leaf + uisge water. Cf. .] (Bot.) A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. [Written also dillisk.]
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The crimson leaf of the dulse is seen
To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter. Percival.
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Dulwilly (?), n. [Prob. imitative.] (Zoöl.) The ring plover. [Prov. Eng.]
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Duly (?), adv. In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it (anything) ought to be; properly; regularly.
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Dumal (?), a. [L. dumus bramble.] Pertaining to, or set with, briers or bushes; brambly. [R.]
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Dumb (?), a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. � blind. See , and cf. .] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. J. C. Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. De Foe.
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Coloq. Deaf and dumb . See . -- Coloq. Dumb ague , or Coloq. Dumb chill , a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined “chill.” [U.S.] -- Coloq. Dumb animal , any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction to man, who is a “speaking animal.” -- Coloq. Dumb cake , a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. Halliwell. -- Coloq. Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family (Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. -- Coloq. Dumb crambo . See under . -- Coloq. Dumb show . (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. “Inexplicable dumb shows and noise.” Shak. (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. -- Coloq. To strike dumb , to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech.

Syn. -- Silent; speechless; noiseless. See .
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Dumb, v. t. To put to silence. [Obs.] Shak.
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dumbbell, dumb-bell (?), n. An exercising weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise.
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2. an ignorant or foolish person.
Syn. -- dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead.
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dumbfound v. same as .
Syn. -- confuse, perplex, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, puzzle, mystify, baffle, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, trounce, confound, be confusing to, make confused.
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dumbfounded adj. 1. same as .
Syn. -- amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted, stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck.
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2. astonished and confounded.
Syn. -- amazed, dumfounded.
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dumbfounding adj. causing astonishment. [Narrower terms: incredible (vs. credible), unbelievable]
Syn. -- astonishing, astounding, dumfounding.
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Dumbledor (?), n. [The first part is prob. of imitative origin. See a beetle.] (Zoöl.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. [Prov. Eng.]
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Dumbly (?), adv. In silence; mutely.
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Dumbness, n. The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.
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Dumb-waiter (?), n. A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.
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Dumdum bullet (?). (Mil.) A kind of man-stopping bullet, designed to fragment inside the body and thus inflict a severed and painful wound; -- so named from Dumdum, in India, where bullets are manufactured for the Indian army.
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Dumetose (?), a. [From L. dumetum a thicket.] (Bot.) Dumose.
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Dumfound (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dumfounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dumfounding.] To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also dumbfound.] Spectator.
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dumfounded adj. same as .
Syn. -- amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted, stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck.
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dumfounder (?), v. t. To dumfound; to confound. [Written also dumbfounder.]
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dumfounding adj. same as .
Syn. -- astonishing, astounding, dumbfounding.
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Dummador (?), n. A dumbledor.
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Dummerer (?), n. One who feigns dumbness. [Obs.] Burton.
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Dummy (?), a. [See .] 1. Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
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2. Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.
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Coloq. Dummy car . See under .
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Dummy, n.; pl. Dummies (�). 1. One who is dumb. H. Smith.
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2. A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.
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3. An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc.
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4. (Drama) One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.
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5. A thick-witted person; a dolt. [Colloq.]
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6. (Railroad) A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.
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7. (Card Playing) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.
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8. A floating barge connected with a pier. Knight.
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Coloq. To play dummy , to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it.

{ Dumose (?), Dumous (?), } a. [L. dumosus, fr. dumus a thornbush, a bramble.] 1. Abounding with bushes and briers.
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2. (Bot.) Having a compact, bushy form.
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Dump (dŭmp), n. [See .] A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing. [Eng.] Smart.
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Dump, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. dumpin melancholy, Dan.dump dull, low, D. dompig damp, G. dumpf damp, dull, gloomy, and E. damp, or rather perh. dump, v. t. Cf. , or , v. t.] 1. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits or a mild depression; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural.
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March slowly on in solemn dump. Hudibras.
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Doleful dumps the mind oppress. Shak.
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I was musing in the midst of my dumps. Bunyan.
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