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Having a deceitful look. [R.] "Deceitful meanings is double- eyed." Spenser.

Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.

Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the doyen of French physicians. "This doyen of newspapers." A. R. Colquhoun.

Dry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Not having tears in the eyes.

See Drier. Sir W. Temple.

Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity. Shak.

To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs. Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. Trench. The soul is dyed by its thoughts. Lubbock. To dye in the grain, To dye in the wool (Fig.), to dye firmly; to imbue thoroughly. He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue…

A building in which dyeing is carried on.

The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently and uniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc.

One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like. Dyer's broom, Dyer's rocket, Dyer's weed. See Dyer's broom, under Broom.

A material used for dyeing.

Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.

Sharp-sighted as an eagle. "Inwardly eagle-eyed." Howell.

One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.

One employed by another.

One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.

A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.

An eruption of pustules.

One who enjoys.