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ped like a boat; (Bot.) elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as the glumes of many grasses.

edestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column. Hence:

To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten. The warrior's very plume, I say, Was daggled by the dashing spray. Sir W. Scott.

A tuft or clump. [Obs.] Tusser.

A kind of plume, now called damson. See Damson.

sk cheek. Shak. Damask color, a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose. -- Damask plum, a small dark-colored plum, generally called damson. -- Damask rose (Bot.), a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose (Rosa damascena) from Damascus. "Damask roses have not been known in England above one hundre…

A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum.

pended loosely; as, to dangle the feet. And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume. Sir W. Scott.

A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals.

Resembling death. A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. Pope.

A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons.

Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc. -- n.

A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.

Suffering no decrease. [R.] It [the river] flows and flows, and yet will flow, Volume decreaseless to the final hour. A. Seward.

With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.

oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.

Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.

sgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.

One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.

The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard.