Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: DEW – DEX'TROUS
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DEW, v.t.
To wet with dew; to moisten. – Milton. Dryden.
DEW'BENT, a.
Bent by the dew. – Thomson.
DEW'-BER-RY, n.
The fruit of a species of brier or bramble, that creeps along the ground, of the genus Rubus.
DEW-BE-SPAN'GLED, a.
Spangled with dew-drops. – Gray.
DEW-BE-SPRENT', a.
Sprinkled with dew. [Obs.] – Milton.
Sprinkled with dew. Shenstone.
DEW'-DRENCH-ED, a.
Drenched with dew.
DEW'-DROP, n.
A drop of dew, which sparkles at sunrise; a spangle of dew. – Milton.
DEW'-DROP-PING, a.
Wetting, as with dew. – Thomson.
DEW'ED, pp.
Moistened with dew.
DEW-IM-PEARL'ED, a. [See Pearl.]
Covered with dew-drops, like pearls. – Drayton.
DEW'I-NESS, n.
State of being dewy.
DEW'ING, ppr.
Wetting or moistening with dew.
DEW'-LAP, n. [dew and lap, to lick.]
- The flesh that hangs from the throat of oxen, which laps or licks the dew in grazing. – Addison.
- In Shakespeare, a lip flaccid with age.
DEW'-LAPT, a.
Furnished with a dew-lap.
DEW'LESS, a.
Having no dew.
DEW'-WORM, n.
A worm, called otherwise earth-worm, a species of Lumbricus, which lives just under the surface of the ground.
DEW'Y, a.
- Partaking of dew; like dew; as, dewy mist.
- Moist with dew; as, dewy fields. His dewy locks distilled / Ambrosia. – Milton.
DEX'TER, a. [L. dexter; Gr. δεξιος; Ir. deas.]
Right, as opposed to left; a term used in heraldry, to denote the right side of a shield or coat of arms; as, bend-dexter; dexter-point. – Encyc.
DEX-TER'I-TY, n. [L. dexteritas, from dexter, right, fit, prompt.]
- Readiness of limbs; adroitness; activity; expertness; skill; that readiness in performing an action, which proceeds from experience or practice, united with activity or quick motion. We say, a man handles an instrument, or eludes a thrust, with dexterity.
- Readiness of mind or mental faculties, as in contrivance, or inventing means to accomplish a purpose; promptness in devising expedients; quickness and skill in managing or conducting a scheme of operations. We say, a negation is conducted with dexterity. – Gibbon.
DEX'TRAL, a.
Right, as opposed to left. – Brown.
DEX-TRAL'I-TY, n.
The state of being on the right side.
DEX'TRINE, n.
A substance of a gummy appearance, into which the interior molecules of starch are converted by diastase or acids; used in cookery. It is named from its turning the plane of polarization to the right hand. – Ure.
DEX-TROR'SAL, a. [dexter and vorsus, versus, from verto, to turn.]
Rising from right to left, as a spiral line or helix. – Henry.
DEX'TROUS, a.
- Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active in manual employment; adroit; as, a dextrous hand; a dextrous workman.
- Ready in the use of the mental faculties; prompt in contrivance and management; expert; quick at inventing expedients; as, a dextrous manager. Dextrous the craving, fawning crowd to quit. – Pope.
- Skillful; artful; done with dexterity; as, dextrous management.