Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DE-MURE'NESS, n.

Gravity of countenance; soberness; a modest look. Sidney.

DE-MUR'RAGE, n. [See Demur.]

An allowance made to the master of a trading vessel, for delay or detention in port beyond the appointed time of departure. This expense is paid by the merchant who causes the detention.

DE-MUR'RED, pp.

Stopped; objected to.

DE-MUR'RER, n.

1. One who demurs.
2. In law, a stop at some point in the pleadings, and a resting of the decision of the cause on that point; an issue on matter of law. A demurrer confesses the fact or facts to be true, but denies the sufficiency of the facts in point of law to support the claim or defense. A demurrer may be tendered to the declaration, to the plea, to the replication, to the rejoinder, &c. Blackstone.

DE-MUR'RING, ppr.

Stopping; pausing; suspending proceedings or decision; resting or abiding on a point in law.

DE-MY', n. [Fr. demi, half.]

1. A particular size of paper; a kind of paper of small size.
2. A half fellow at Magdalen college, Oxford.

DEN, n. [Sax. den, dene, denn, a valley; It. tana; Fr. taniere; Ir. tuinnedhe.]

1. A cave or hollow place in the earth; usually applied to a cave, pit, or subterraneous recess, used for concealment, shelter, protection, or security; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers or thieves. The beasts go into dens. Job xxxvii. The children of Israel made themselves dens. Judges vi.
2. As a termination, in names of places, it denotes the place to be in a valley or near a wood.

DEN, v.i.

To dwell as in a den.

DE-NAR'COT-IZE, v.t. [de and narcotic.]

To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. Journ. of Science.

DE-NA'RI-US, n. [L. from deni, ten.]

A Roman coin of the value of about sixteen or seventeen cents; so called from the letter X upon it. In law-books, it is used for an English penny.

DEN'A-RY, a. [L. denarius.]

Containing ten.

DEN'A-RY, n.

The number ten. Digby.

DE-NA'TION-AL-IZE, v.t. [de and nation.]

To divest of national character or rights, by transference to the service of another nation. A ship built and registered in the United States, is denationalized by being employed in the service of another nation and bearing its flag. French Decrees. Dec. of the Prince Regent.

DE-NA'TION-AL-IZ-ED, pp.

Deprived of national rights.

DE-NA'TION-AL-IZ-ING, ppr.

Depriving of national rights.

DE-NAT'UR-AL-IZE, v.t. [de and naturalize.]

To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.

DE-NAT'U-RAL-IZ-ED, pp.

1. Made unnatural. Ed. Rev.
2. Deprived of naturalization or acquired citizenship in a foreign country.

DE-NAT'UR-AL-IZ-ING, ppr.

1. Making unnatural.
2. Depriving of acquired citizenship in a foreign country.

DE-NAY', n.

Denial; refusal. [Obs.] Shak.

DE-NAY', v.t.

To deny. [Obs.] Spenser.

DEN'DRA-CHATE, n. [Gr. δενδρον, a tree, and αχατης, agate.]

Arborescent agate; agate containing the figures of shrubs or parts of plants. Encyc.

DEN'DRITE, n. [Gr. δενδρον, a tree, and λιθος, a stone, a contraction of dendrolite.]

A stone or mineral, on or in which are the figures of shrubs or trees; an arborescent mineral. Fourcroy.

DEN-DRIT'IC, or DEN-DRIT'IC-AL, a.

Containing the figures of shrubs or trees.

DEN'DROID, a. [Gr. δενδρον, a tree, and ειδος, form.]

Resembling a shrub.

DEN'DROIT, n.

A fossil which has some resemblance in form to the branch of a tree. Dict. of Nat. Hist.