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"The fourth letter of the English alphabet and a vocal consonant. The English letter is from Latin which is from Greek which took it from Ph/nician the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly

"A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve under Slide."

"A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert." — "A name given to several species of flounders esp. to the European species Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides." — "To strike or to

"A large spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes) found in Egypt Arabia and Palestine; -- called also dhobb and dhabb."

"of Dab"

"That with which one dabs; hence a pad or other device used by printers engravers etc. as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink."

"of Dab"

"To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet." — "To play in water as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water." — "To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a sm

"of Dabble"

"One who dabbles." — "One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler."

"of Dabble"

"In a dabbling manner."

"A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps) allied to the grebes remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick dobchick dipchick didapper dobber devil-diver hell-diver and pied-billed grebe."

"A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica)."

"One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept."

"From the beginning; a direction to return to and end with the first strain; -- indicated by the letters D. C. Also the strain so repeated."

"A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare."

"One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds the rough-haired and the smooth-haired."

"Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians." — "A native of ancient Dacia."

"One of a class of robbers in India who act in gangs."

"The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits."

"Same as Dacotas."

"A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~) one long followed by two short or one accented followed by two unaccented; as L. tegm/n/ E. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joi

"Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic." — "Of or pertaining to a finger or toe or to the claw of an insect crustacean."

"A dactyl."

"Pertaining to consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as dactylic verses." — "A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as these lines are dactylics." — "Dactylic meters."

"An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments." — "The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem."

"The art or process of gem engraving."

"The art of writing or engraving upon gems." — "In general the literature or history of the art."

"That branch of archaeology which has to do with gem engraving." — "That branch of archaeology which has to do with finger rings."

"Divination by means of finger rings."

"A writer of dactylic verse."

"An inflammatory affection of the fingers."

"The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb."

"Dactyliomancy."

"The art of numbering or counting by the fingers."

"Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free as in the gurnards."

"The scaly covering of the toes as in birds."

"A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body with one tentacle but no mouth. See Siphonophora."

"Father; -- a word sometimes used by children."