Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DEEP'-THINK-ING, a.

Thinking profoundly.

DEEP'-THROAT-ED, a.

With deep throats. Milton.

DEEP-THROAT-ED, a.

Having a deep throat or voice.

DEEP'-TON-ED, a.

Having a very low or grave tone.

DEEP'-VAULT-ED, a.

Formed like a deep vault or arch. Milton.

DEEP'-WAIST-ED, a.

Having a deep waist, as a ship when the quarter deck and forecastle are raised from four to six feet above the level of the main deck. Mar. Dict.

DEEP-WORN, a.

Worn to great depth. Hopkinson.

DEER, n. [sing. and plur.; Sax. deor; D. dier; G. thier; Sw. diur; Dan. dyr; Polish zwiers; Gr. θηρ, a wild beast. The primary sense is simply roving, wild, untamed; hence, a wild beast.]

A quadruped of the genus Cervus, of several species, as the stag, the fallow deer, the roe-buck, the rane or rane-deer, &c. These animals are wild and hunted in the forest, or kept in parks. Their flesh, called venison, is deemed excellent food.

DEER'-STEAL-ER, n.

One who steals deer.

DEER'-STEAL-ING, n.

The act or crime of stealing deer.

DE'ESS, n. [Fr. deesse.]

A goddess. [Not in use.] Croft.

DE-FACE', v.t. [Arm. difaçza; de and L. facio; Fr. defaire, to undo or unmake.]

1. To destroy or mar the face or surface of a thing; to injure the superficies or beauty; to disfigure; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice.
2. To injure any thing; to destroy, spoil or mar; to erase or obliterate; as, to deface letters or writing; to deface a note, deed or bond; to deface a record.
3. To injure the appearance; to disfigure.

DE-FAC'ED, pp.

Injured on the surface; disfigured; marred; erased.

DE-FACE'MENT, n.

Injury to the surface or beauty; rasure; obliteration; that which mars beauty, or disfigures.

DE-FAC'ER, n.

He or that which defaces; one who injures, mars or disfigures.

DE-FAC'ING, ppr.

Injuring the face or surface; marring; disfiguring; erasing.

DE-FA'CING-LY, adv.

In a defacing manner.

DE-FACTO, a. [L.]

Actually; in fact; in reality; existing; as, a king de facto, distinguished from a king de jure or by right.

DE-FAIL'ANCE, n. [Fr. See Fail.]

Failure; miscarriage. [Obs.] Taylor.

DE-FAL'CATE, v.t. [Fr. defalquer; It. defalcare; Sp. desfalcar; Port. desfalcar; from L. defalco; de and falco, from falx, a sickle.]

To cut off; to take away or deduct a part; used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, &c.

DE-FAL'CA-TED, pp.

Taken away; deducted, as a part.

DE-FAL'CA-TING, ppr.

Deducting from a money account, rents, &c.

DE-FAL-CA'TION, n.

1. The act of cutting off, or deducting a part; deduction; diminution; abatement; as, let him have the amount of his rent without defalcation.
2. That which is cut off; as, this loss is a defalcation from the revenue.

DE-FALK, v.t.

To defalcate. [Not in use.] Bp. Hall.

DEF-A-MA'TION, n. [See Defame.]

The uttering of slanderous words with a view to injure another's reputation; the malicious uttering of falsehood respecting another which tends to destroy or impair his good name, character or occupation; slander; calumny. To constitute defamation in law, the words must be false and spoken maliciously. Defamatory words written and published are called a libel. Blackstone.