Part 2720

<h1>Czechs</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw>Czechs</hw> <tt>(ch?ks)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt>; <sing>sing. <singw>Czech</singw></sing>. <ety>[Named after their chieftain, <ets>Czech</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia.</def>

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<h1>D</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>D</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonent. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Phoenician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to <i>t</i> and <i>th</i>; <as>as, Eng. <i>d</i>eep, G. <i>t</i>ief; Eng. <i>d</i>aughter, G. <i>t</i>ochter, Gr. <?/, Skr. <i>d</i>uhitr</as>. See <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, &root;178, 179, 229.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign <?/ (or <?/ ) the original Tuscan numeral for 1000.</def>

<h1>Dab</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dab</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. corrupted fr. <ets>adept</ets>.]</ety> <def>A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the therd is a <b>dab</b> at an index. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dab</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dab</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. <er>Dabchick</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A name given to several species of <?/ounders, esp. to the European spesies, <i>Pleuronectes <?/imanda</i>. TheAmerican rough dab is <i>Hippoglossoides platessoides</i>.</def>

<h1>Dab</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dab</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Dabbed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr.& vb.n.</tt> <er>Dabbing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>dabben</ets> to strice; akin to OD. <ets>dabben</ets> to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. <ets>tappen</ets> to grope.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.</def>

<blockquote>A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by <b>dabbing</b> it over with fine lint. <i>S. Sharp.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.</def> "To <i>dab</i> him in the neck."

<i>Sir T. More.</i>

<h1>Dab</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dab</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.</def>

<blockquote>Astratch of her clame, a <b>dab</b> of her beack. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small mass of anything soft or moist.</def>

<h1>Dabb</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dabb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large, spine-tailed lizard (<spn>Uromastix spinipes</spn>), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also <altname>dhobb</altname>, and <altname>dhabb</altname>.</def>

<h1>Dabber</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dab"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.</def>

<h1>Dabble</h1> <Xpage=364>