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One who loves the truth. Truth-lover was our English Duke. Tennyson.

England under twenty pounds a year. Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. Addison.

ty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind. The duke had a pleasant and vacant face. Sir H. Wotton. When on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood. Wordsworth.

ion; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues. Which of the dukes he values most. Shak.

tendance, esp. at table. The waiters stand in ranks; the yeomen cry, "Make room," as if a duke were passing by. Swift.

while; at times. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser. Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, There was a duke that highte Theseus. Chaucer.

as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff. This first sad whisk Takes off thy dukedom; thou art but an earl. J. Fletcher.

ent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.] -- White rhinoceros. (Zoöl.) (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Indicus). See Rhinoceros. (b) The umhofo. -- White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain or…

Power or skill in flying. [R.] Duke of Argyll.

A sportsman; a hunter. [The duke] is a better woodman than thou takest him for. Shak.