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The dominion of demons. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

To disappoint. [Obs.] When his expectation is destituted. Fotherby.

In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground. Some cut off the dewclaws [of greyhounds]. J. H. Walsh.

To discourse in dialogue. Fotherby.

Powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together. [Obs.]

A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis). [Corruptly written dielytra.]

An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; -- called also dill-seed. Dr. Prior.

ncivility. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Herbert.

To clear from a bay. Sherburne.

To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

Dismission. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.

To sing; to warble a little tune. Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes. Herbert.

A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.

resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite. -- Dogtooth violet (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also dog's-tooth violet.]

An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. [Written also duyong.]

Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt. "Thy scythe is dull." Herbert.

Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy. " A . . . dumpish and sour life." Lord Herbert. -- Dump"ish*ly, adv. -- Dump"ish*ness, n.

ative, or one of the people, of Holland. Dutchman's breeches (Bot.), a perennial American herb (Dicentra cucullaria), with peculiar double-spurred flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra. -- Dutchman's laudanum (Bot.), a West Indian passion flower (Passiflora Murucuja); also, its fruit. -- Dutchman's pipe (Bot.), an America…

ffort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body. Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease. Herbert. Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching. Swift.