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A small copper coin of insignificant value. My dukedom to a beggarly denier. Shak.

nting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful. They easily prevailed, so as to seize upon the vacant, unoccupied, and derelict minds of his [Chatham's] friends; and instantly they turned the vessel wholly out of the course of his policy. Burke. A government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is dereli…

Void; empty; vacant. [Obs.] Spenser.

Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.

A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw.

To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously. [Cant, U.S.]

2 ÷ (time)2; the dimensions of density are mass ÷ (length)3. Dimension lumber, Dimension scantling, or Dimension stock (Carp.), lumber for building, etc., cut to the sizes usually in demand, or to special sizes as ordered. -- Dimension stone, stone delivered from the quarry rough, but brought to such sizes as are requ…

Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. Such water flies, diminutives of nature. Shak.

Deep-sea; as, a dipsey line; a dipsy lead. [Sailor's Cant]

Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- Dis`en*ga"ged*ness, n.

With meaning; significantly. [Obs.] Thou dost snore distinctly; There's meaning in thy snores. Shak.

ctor's stuff, physic, medicine. G. Eliot. -- Doctor fish (Zoöl.), any fish of the genus Acanthurus; the surgeon fish; -- so called from a sharp lancetlike spine on each side of the tail. Also called barber fish. See Surgeon fish.

That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.

nder 9th Chop. -- Dollar fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the United States coast (Stromateus triacanthus), having a flat, roundish form and a bright silvery luster; -- called also butterfish, and Lafayette. See Butterfish. -- Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not le…

One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars p…

ecially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities. [Univ. Cant] "The great dons of wit." Dryden.

Self-importance; loftiness of carriage. [Cant, Eng. Universities]

ick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc.

ptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded. [Political cant, U. S.]

f endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle. O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. Cant. ii. 14. Dove tick (Zoöl.), a mite (Argas reflexus) which infests doves and other birds. -- Soiled dove, a prostitute. [Slang]