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table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household.

Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite. "Some darling science." I. Watts. "Darling sin." Macaulay.

A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.

of eventful time, So fixed the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest. Akenside.

The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.

A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir. A much battered davenport in one of the windows, at which sat a lady writing. A. B. Edwards.

Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.

A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare. Dunglison.

To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. "Dazzled and drove back his enemies." Shak.

A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key. Knight.

resaging death. -- Death damp, a cold sweat at the coming on of death. -- Death fire, a kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode death. And round about in reel and rout, The death fires danced at night. Coleridge. -- Death grapple, a grapple or struggle for life. -- Death in life, a condition but little removed fro…

o debase style by vulgar words. The coin which was adulterated and debased. Hale. It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion with such frivolous disputes. Hooker. And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. Pope.

A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods. [Written also debage.]

A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.

concerning; to determine; to settle. So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. 1 Kings xx. 40. The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then. Shak.

A pack or set of playing cards. The king was slyly fingered from the deck. Shak.

d before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. Buckle.

Beheading. [R.] By a speedy dethroning and decolling of the king. Parliamentary History (1648).

een his beggar, you must tell him, That majesty, to keep decorum, must No less beg than a kingdom. Shak.

all errors they whole plays decry. Dryden. Measures which are extolled by one half of the kingdom are naturally decried by the other. Addison.