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ontrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller.

a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another.

ance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet. Loudon.

To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.] For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, Would dare a woman. Beau. & Fl. To dare larks, to catch them by producing terror through to use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. Nares.

Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne.

oduces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action. Things are at a deadlock. London Times. The Board is much more likely to be at a deadlock of two to two. The Century.

e of a deadly man. Wyclif (Rom. i. 23). Deadly nightshade (Bot.), a poisonous plant; belladonna. See under Nightshade.

The office of a dean. I dont't value your deanship a straw. Swift.

The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). Dr. Prior.

An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru "The decrees of Venice." Sh There went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. Luke ii. 1.…

a duty or service. The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself. Clarendon.

That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small. And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done Gen. xliv. 15. We receive the due reward of our deeds. Luke xxiii. 41. Would…

ddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. Chaucer. The ways in that vale were very deep. Clarendon. A deep line of operations (Military), a long line. -- Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is…

A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do whaas, this evil has happened through the governor's default.

Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding. "Defection and falling away from God." Sir W. Raleigh. The general defection of the whole realm. Sir J. Davies.

ity. Shak. God defend the right! Shak. A village near it was defended by the river. Clarendon.

y removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed. Clarendon.

veloped condition, or lacking certain parts. Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons. Dana.

A small South American rodent (Octodon Cumingii), of the family Octodontidæ.

A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).