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right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit. Her obedience, which is due to me. Shak. With dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Gray.

A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note. Burrill.

Fit; becoming. [Obs.] Spenser.

. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other. Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel.

One who engages in a duel. [R.] [Written also dueller.] South.

e act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj. [Written also duelling.]

One who fights in single combat. [Written also duellist.] A duelist . . . always values himself upon his courage, his sense of honor, his fidelity and friendship. Hume.

A duel; also, the rules of dueling. [Obs.] Shak.

See Doña.

Quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming. T. Goodwin.

The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain. Brande.

A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

A duet of short extent and concise form.

See Duet.

To invest. Latham. Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. Luke xxiv. 49. Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts. Book of Common Prayer.

Act of enduing; induement.

A dish made of cheese, eggs, butter, etc., melted together.

To put on, as clothes; to draw on. The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. Sir W. Scott.

The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment. W. Montagu.

Leaf metal of bronze; Dutch metal. See under Dutch.