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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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DING v. 6 definitions

To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.] To ding the book a coit's distance from him. Milton.

DINGDONG n. 2 definitions

The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.

DINGDONG THEORY n.

The theory which maintains that the primitive elements of language are reflex expressions induced by sensory impressions; that is, as stated by Max Müller, the creative faculty gave to each general conception as it thrilled for the first time through the brain a phonetic expression; -- jocosely so called from the analo…

DINGEY; DINGY; DINGHY n. 2 definitions

A kind of boat used in the East Indies. [Written also dinghey.] Malcom.

In a dingy manner.

Quality of being dingy; a dusky hue.

A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and embowered valley.

DINGLE-DANGLE adv.

In a dangling manner.

A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color.

A spendthrift. [Obs.] Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, A dingthrift and a knave Drant.

Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. "Scraps of dingy paper." Macaulay.

Continuing; lasting.

Permanently. Carlyle.

A foreboding. [Obs.]

ACCORDING p. 2 definitions

Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. "This according voice of national wisdom." Burke. "Mind and soul according well." Tennyson. According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat.

ACCORDINGLY adv. 2 definitions

Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak.

Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. -- As*cend"ing*ly, adv. Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a planet. Ferguson. -- Ascending line (Geneol.), the line of relationship traced backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the li…

Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact. -- As*tound"ing*ly, adv.

BACKSLIDING a. 2 definitions

Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. Jer. iii. 14.

BANDING PLANE n.

A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and bands in straight and circular work.