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Conspicuously; showily. [Colloq.] A dashingly dressed gentleman. Hawthorne.

"dealt with him" on the sin of rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly held out. Hawthorne. Return . . . and I will deal well with thee. Gen. xxxii. 9.

read abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse. It grew to be a widely diffused opinion. Hawthorne. -- Dif*fus"ed*ly, adv. -- Dif*fus"ed*ness, n.

To melt; to dissolve; to thaw. [Obs.]

To render insecure; to put in danger. [Obs.] Fanshawe.

te of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction. A man of continual dissolution and thaw. Shak.

Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects. Diurnal aberration (Anat.), the aberration of light arising from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent direction of motion of light. -- Diurnal arc, the arc described by the sun…

place of low resort. [Slang] The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city. J. Hawthorne.

arch and iron. "A rich gown of velvet, and a ruff done up with the famous yellow starch." Hawthorne. -- To do way, to put away; to lay aside. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To do with, to dispose of; to make use of; to employ; -- usually preceded by what. "Men are many times brought to that extremity, that were it not for God th…

To strip; to divest; to undress. Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear. Crashaw.

hich builds large nests in trees. -- Duck barnacle. (Zoöl.) See Goose barnacle. -- Duck hawk. (Zoöl.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. -- Duck mole (Zoöl.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck (…

A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer. [Eng.]

A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat. [Slang, Eng.] Halliwell.

ollify; to sweeten; to please. As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco. Hawthorne.

figure of that first ancestor invested by family tradition with a dim and dusky grandeur. Hawthorne.

ct to the payment of a duty; as dutiable goods. [U.S.] All kinds of dutiable merchandise. Hawthorne.

oughly. He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system dyed in the wool. Hawthorne.

s is brought Her infant's thrilling kiss. Keble. A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys. Hawthorne. Conceit and grief an eager combat fight. Shak.

safety. Burke. The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them. Hawthorne.

sky had been but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it vanished with their sorrow. Hawthorne.