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blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul. Addison. It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. J. D. Forbes.

The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown. Order of Dannebrog, an ancient Danish order of knighthood.

gh to use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. Nares.

cies. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow. And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. 2 Sa. xviii. 14.

dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart. My star that dartles the red and the blue. R. Browning.

e fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vechicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard.

The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.

, or bottom of the ocean. -- Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard.

Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.

t. Acts vii. 11. He with her press'd, she faint with dearth. Shak. Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination. Dryden.

Capable of being deceived; deceivable. Sir T. Browne. -- De*cep`ti*bil"i*ty (, n.

A falling off. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species.

State of being deceived; hallucination. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being declared. Sir T. Browne.

Decretory; authoritative. Sir T. Browne.

Serving to determine; critical. "The critical or decretory days." Sir T. Browne.

The act or posture of lying down. The ancient manner of decumbency. Sir T. Browne.

Intersecting at acute angles. Sir T. Browne.