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Shak.

Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil.

Tennyson.

2. Right; just title or claim.

The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep.

Milton.

Due, v. t. To endue. [Obs.] Shak.

Due"bill` (?), n. (Com.) A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note. Burrill.

Due"ful (?), a. Fit; becoming. [Obs.] Spenser.

Du"el (?), n. [It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See Bellicose, Two, and cf. Duello.] A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. 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.

Du"el, v. i. & t. To fight in single combat. [Obs.]

Du"el*er, n. One who engages in a duel. [R.] [Written also dueller.] South.

Du"el*ing, n. The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj. [Written also duelling.]

Du"el*ist (?), n. [F. duelliste.] 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.

||Du*e"lo (?), n. [It. See Duel.] A duel; also, the rules of dueling. [Obs.] Shak.

||Du*e"ña (?), n. [Sp.] See Doña.

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Due"ness (?), n. Quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming. T. Goodwin.

Du*en"na (?), n.; pl. Duennas (#). [Sp. dueña, doña, fr. L. domina. See Dame.] 1. The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain. Brande.

2. An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family. Brande & C.

3. Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess. Arbuthnot.

Du*et" (?), n. [Duetto.] (Mus.) A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

||Du`et*ti"no (?), n. [It ., dim. fr. duetto a duet.] A duet of short extent and concise form.

||Du*et"to (?), n. [It., fr. It & L. duo two. See Two.] See Duet.

Duff (df), n. [From OE. dagh. &radic;67. See Dough.] 1. Dough or paste. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.