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.

  1. That which expresses two in number. – Hayley.
  2. Division; separation. – Davies.
  3. The state or quality of being two. – Hales.

DU'AR-CHY, n. [Gr. δυο and αρχη.]

Government by two persons.

DUB, n.

  1. A blow. [Little used.] – Hudibras.
  2. 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,]

  1. 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.
  2. 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.]

  1. Doubtful; wavering or fluctuating in opinion; not settled; not determined; as, the mind is in a dubious state.
  2. Uncertain; that of which the truth is not ascertained or known; as, a dubious question.
  3. Not clear; not plain; as, dubious light. – Milton.
  4. 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.

  1. Doubtfulness; a state of wavering and indecision of mind; as, he speaks with dubiousness.
  2. 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.