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DISTRAIN v.
on; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement.
DISTRESS n.
jury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.
DISUNION n.
nd its effect; alienation. Such a disunion between the two houses as might much clouClarendon.
DISUSE v.
To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. "Disuse me from . . . pain." Donne.
DITRICHOTOMOUS a.
Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem. [R.] Loudon.
DIVA n.
A prima donna.
DIVISIONOR n.
One who divides or makes division. [Obs.] Sheldon.
DO v. 7 definitions
u to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. 2 Cor. viii. 1.
DOABLE a.
Capable of being done. Carlyle.
DOCOGLOSSA n.
An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.
DOCTOR n.
knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine.
DOCTORSHIP n.
Doctorate. [R.] Clarendon.
DOFF v.
e's self of. And made us doff our easy robes of peace. Shak. At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. Emerson.
DOING n.
Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do. To render an account of his doings. Barrow.
DOM n.
ly given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.
DOOB GRASS n.
A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. [Written also doub grass.]
DOOM n.
Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation. The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. J. R. Green. Now against himself he sounds this doom. Shak.
DOUAY BIBLE n.
Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published. [Wri…
DOUCEUR n.
A gift for service done or to be done; an honorarium; a present; sometimes, a bribe. Burke.
DRAFT v.
To transfer by draft. All her rents been drafted to London. Fielding.
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