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to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.

A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

ded. Motley. Domiciliary visit (Law), a visit to a private dwelling, particularly for searching it, under authority.

him. Dominican nuns, an order of nuns founded by St. Dominic, and chiefly employed in teaching. -- Dominican tertiaries (the third order of St. Dominic). See Tertiary.

either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played Hoyle.

ants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee. Kent. Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the donors and granters as the donees or grantees. Spelman.

and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler. In catching of dotterels we see how the foolish bird playeth the ape in gestures. Bacon.

Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.

emnopithecus nemæus), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China.

A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod. [Colloq.]

A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted. Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year. Marshal…

A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.

The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2)

One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind.

A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench.

The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.

A net for catching the larger sorts of birds; also, a dragnet. Crabb.

ragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.

A dredging machine.

Bow drill, Breast drill. See under Bow, Breast. -- Cotter drill, or Traverse drill, a machine tool for drilling slots. -- Diamond drill. See under Diamond. -- Drill jig. See under Jig. -- Drill pin, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem of the key. -- Drill sergeant (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whos…