Chapter Dreggy to Dyspnœa of D by Soule's Synonymes

Dryad, n. Wood-nymph.

Dry-goods. Textile fabrics (as distinguished from groceries).

Dry-rot, n. Sap-rot, powder-post.

Dualism, n.

1. Parseeism, Zoroastrianism, Mazdeism, Manicheism, doctrine of two supreme principles (good and evil).

2. (Met.) Natural realism, doctrine of two primal realities (mind and matter).

Dub, v. a. Name, style, term, denominate, designate, call, entitle, christen.

Dubiety, n. (Rare.) Doubtfulness, dubiousness, uncertainty.

Dubious, a.

1. Doubtful, undecided, hesitant, uncertain, wavering, fluctuating, unsettled.

2. Uncertain, doubtful, equivocal, ambiguous, not plain, not clear.

Duck, v. a. Immerse, plunge, souse, dip.

Duck, v. n.

1. Dive, plunge, dip, immerse one’s self.

2. Bow, cringe, dodge (downward).

Duck-bill, n. Ornithorhynchus, platypus, mullangong, tambreet, water-mole, duck-mole.

Duck-hawk, n. Harpy, marsh-harrier, moor-buzzard (Circus œruginosus).

Ducking-stool, n. Trebuchet, tumbrel, castigatory, cucking-stool.

Duct, n. Conduit, channel, canal, pipe, tube.

Ductile, a.

1. Tractable, compliant, docile, yielding, facile.

2. Pliant, flexible, easily bent.

3. Extensible, capable of being drawn out.