(in 1795) by an association of four Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant. - - Dutch oven,
a tin screen for baking before an open fire or kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron
kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals. — Dutch pink, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and
used in distemper, and for paper staining. etc. Weale. — Dutch rush (Bot.), a species of horsetail
rush or Equisetum (E. hyemale) having a rough, siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; —
called also scouring rush, and shave grass. See Equisetum. — Dutch tile, a glazed and painted
ornamental tile, formerly much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the like.
Dutch was formerly used for German.
Germany is slandered to have sent none to this war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that other
pilgrims, passing through that country, were mocked by the Dutch, and called fools for their pains.
Fuller. Dutch
(Dutch), n.
1. pl. The people of Holland; Dutchmen.
2. The language spoken in Holland.
Dutchman
(Dutch"man) n.; pl. Dutchmen A native, or one of the people, of Holland.
Dutchman's breeches (Bot.), a perennial American herb 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 American twining shrub Its flowers have their calyx tubes
curved like a tobacco pipe.
Duteous
(Du"te*ous) a. [From Duty.]
1. Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is
owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter.
2. Subservient; obsequious.
Duteous to the vices of thy mistress.
Shak. — Du"te*ous*ly, adv. — Du"te*ous*ness, n.
Dutiable
(Du"ti*a*ble) a. [From Duty.] Subject to the payment of a duty; as dutiable goods. [U.S.]
All kinds of dutiable merchandise.
Hawthorne. Dutied
(Du"tied) a. Subjected to a duty. Ames.
Dutiful
(Du"ti*ful) a.
1. Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission,
obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as,
a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.
2. Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.
Syn. — Duteous; obedient; reverent; reverential; submissive; docile; respectful; compliant.
— Du"ti*ful*ly, adv. — Du"ti*ful*ness, n.
Duty
(Du"ty) n.; pl. Duties [From Due.]
