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t Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws. Dunglison.

head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. Dunglison.

g finer [than Goldsmith's "Traveler"] had appeared in verse since the fourth book of the "Dunciad." Macaulay.

de; as, to croak disaster. The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. Shak. Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song. Wordsworth.

set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London. Dun-Edin's Cross, a pillared stone, Rose on a turret octagon. Sir W. Scott.

An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus. Dunglison.

To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably. [Colloq.] To crowd out, to press out; specifically, to prevent the publication of; as, the press of other matter crowded out the article. -- To crowd sail (Naut.), to carry an extraordinary amount of sail, with a view to acceler…

inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain. Cruelties worthy of the dungeons of the Inquisition. Macualay.

- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity. Dunglison.

akefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare. Dunglison.

ical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline. Dunglison.

id matter, as from the nose in catarrh; -- sometimes used synonymously with inflammation. Dunglison.

ering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. Dunlop.

ating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses. Dunglison.

A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases. Dunglison.

A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. Dunglison.

ranchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.

General manager; factotum. Under him, Dunstan was the do-all at court, being the king's treasurer, councilor, chancellor, confessor, all things. Fuller.

A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard. This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt. Drayton.