Ductor roller(Printing), the roller which conveys or supplies ink to another roller. Knight.

Ducture
(Duc"ture) n. Guidance. [Obs.] South.

Dudder
(Dud"der) v. t. [In Suffolk, Eng., to shiver, shake, tremble; also written dodder.] To confuse or confound with noise. Jennings.

Dudder
(Dud"der), v. i. To shiver or tremble; to dodder.

I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf.
Ford.

Dudder
(Dud"der), n. [From Duds.] A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer. [Eng.]

Duddery
(Dud"der*y) n. A place where rags are bought and kept for sale. [Eng.]

Dude
(Dude) n. A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations. [Recent]

The social dude who affects English dress and English drawl.
The American.

Dudeen
(Du*deen") n. A short tobacco pipe. [Written also dudheen.] [Irish]

Dudgeon
(Dudg"eon) n.

1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. Gerarde

2. The haft of a dagger. Shak.

3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. Hudibras.

Dudgeon
(Dudg"eon), n. [W. dygen anger, grudge.] Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.

I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility.

Sir T. Scott.

Dudgeon
(Dudg"eon), a. Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.]

By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon,
I would not be an ass.
Beau. & Fl.

Dudish
(Dud"ish) a. Like, or characterized of, a dude.

Duds
(Duds) n. pl. [Scot. dud rag, pl. duds clothing of inferior quality.]

1. Old or inferior clothes; tattered garments. [Colloq.]

2. Effects, in general.[Slang]

Due
(Due) a. [OF. deu, F. , p. p. of devoir to owe, fr. L. debere. See Debt, Habit, and cf. Duty.]

Ductor
(Duc"tor) n. [L., fr. ducere to lead.]

1. One who leads. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

2. (Mach.) A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4. Knight.


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