Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: DRY'SHOD – DU'CAL
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DRY'SHOD, a.
Without wetting the feet. Is. xi. 15.
DRY'-STOVE, n.
A stove or structure for containing the plants of dry, arid climates.
DRY'VAT, n.
A basket or other vessel not holding water.
DU'AD, n.
Union of two.
DU'AL, a. [L. dualis, from duo, two.]
Expressing the number two; as, the dual number in Greek.
DU'AL-ISM, n. [supra.]
The doctrine of two Gods, a good and an evil one; manicheism. – Murdock.
DU-AL-IS'TIC, a.
Consisting of two. The dualistic system of Anaxagoras and Plato taught that there are two principles in nature, one active, the other passive. – Enfield.
DU-AL'I-TY, n.
- That which expresses two in number. – Hayley.
- Division; separation. – Davies.
- The state or quality of being two. – Hales.
DU'AR-CHY, n. [Gr. δυο and αρχη.]
Government by two persons.
DUB, n.
- A blow. [Little used.] – Hudibras.
- In Irish, a puddle.
DUB, v.i.
To make a quick noise. – Beaum.
DUB, v.t. [Sax. dubban; coinciding with Gr. τυπτω, and Eng. tap. Class Db. Literally, to strike. Hence,]
- To strike a blow with a sword, and make a knight. Se cyng … dubbade his sunu Henric to ridere. The king dubbed his son Henry a knight. – Sax. Chron. An. 1085.
- To confer any dignity or new character. A man of wealth is dubb'd a man of worth. – Pope.
DUB'BED, pp.
Struck; made a knight.
DUB'BING, ppr.
Striking; making a knight.
DU-BI'E-TY, n. [See Doubt.]
Doubtfulness. [Little used.] – Richardson.
DU-BI-OS'I-TY, n.
Dubiousness; doubtfulness.
DU'BI-OUS, a. [L. dubius. See Doubt. The primary sense is probably to turn or to waver.]
- Doubtful; wavering or fluctuating in opinion; not settled; not determined; as, the mind is in a dubious state.
- Uncertain; that of which the truth is not ascertained or known; as, a dubious question.
- Not clear; not plain; as, dubious light. – Milton.
- Of uncertain event or issue. In dubious battle. – Milton.
DU'BI-OUS-LY, adv.
Doubtfully; uncertainly; without any determination. – Swift.
DU'BI-OUS-NESS, n.
- Doubtfulness; a state of wavering and indecision of mind; as, he speaks with dubiousness.
- Uncertainty; as, the dubiousness of the question.
DU'BI-TA-BLE, a. [L. dubito; See Doubt.]
Doubtful; uncertain. [Little used.] But the derivative indubitable is often used.
DU'BI-TA-BLY, adv.
In a dubitable manner.
DU'BI-TAN-CY, n.
Doubt; uncertainty. [Little used.]
DU-BI-TA'TION, n. [L. dubitatio, from dubito, to doubt.]
The act of doubting; doubt. [Little used.] – Brown. Grew.
DU'BI-TA-TIVE, a.
Tending to doubt.
DU'CAL, a. [Fr. Sp. and Port. from duke.]
Pertaining to a duke; as, a ducal coronet. – Johnson.