Part 571

Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence.

Shak.

Duke"dom (?), n. 1. The territory of a duke.

2. The title or dignity of a duke. Shak.

Duke"ling, n. A little or insignificant duke. Ford.

Duke"ship, n. The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke. Massinger.

Dul`ca*ma"ra (?), n. [NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet + amarus bitter.] (Bot.) A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n., 3 (a).

Dul`ca*ma"rin (?), n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3(a).

Dulce (?), v. t. To make sweet; to soothe. [Obs.]

Dulce"ness, n. Sweetness. [Obs.] Bacon.

Dul"cet (?), a. [OF. doucet, dim. of dous sweet, F. doux, L. dulcis; akin to Gr. &?; . Cf. Doucet.] 1. Sweet to the taste; luscious. [Obs.]

She tempers dulcet creams.

Milton.

2. Sweet to the ear; melodious; harmonious.

Their dainty lays and dulcet melody.

Spenser.

||Dul`ci*an"a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet.] (Mus.) A sweet-toned stop of an organ.

Dul`ci*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dulcification.] The act of dulcifying or sweetening. Boyle.

Dul"ci*fied (?), a. Sweetened; mollified.

Dulcified spirit or spirits, a compound of alcohol with mineral acids; as, dulcified spirits of niter.

Dul*cif"lu*ous (?), a. [L. dulcis sweet + fluere to flow.] Flowing sweetly. [R.]

Dul"ci*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dulcified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dulcifying.] [L. dulcis sweet + -fy: cf. F. dulcifier.] 1. (Pharm.) To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony. Wiseman.

2. Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please.

As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco.

Hawthorne.

Dul*cil"o*quy (?), n. [L. dulcis sweet + loqui to speak.] A soft manner of speaking.

Dul"ci*mer (?), n. [It. dolcemele,r Sp. dulcemele, fr. L. dulcis sweet + melos song, melody, Gr. &?;; cf. OF. doulcemele. See Dulcet, and Melody.] (Mus.) (a) An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer. (b) An ancient musical instrument in use among the Jews. Dan. iii. 5. It is supposed to be the same with the psaltery.

Dul*cin"e*a (?), n. [Sp., from Dulcinea del Toboso the mistress of the affections of Don Quixote.] A mistress; a sweetheart.