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The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelian. Knight.

In a depraving manner.

In a deprecating manner.

In a depressing manner.

Doing daring or chivalrous deeds. [Obs.] "In derdoing arms." Spenser.

Darling. [Obs.] Chaucer.

By way of derision or mockery.

Daring or warlike. [Obs.] Drad for his derring doe and bloody deed. Spenser.

A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball.

Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards. Descending constellations or signs (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. -- Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. -- Descending series (Math.), a series in which eac…

In a descending manner.

Desert; merit. A person of great deservings from the republic. Swift.

Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man.

Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. -- De*spair"ing*ly, adv. -- De*spair"ing*ness, n.

Contemptuously.

In a desponding manner.

from Detonate. Detonating gas, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. -- Detonating powder, any powder or solid substance, as fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report. -- Detonating primer, a primer expl…

In a detracting manner.

A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t.

A young devil. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.