Part 2930

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<h1>Demy</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>De*my"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Demies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[See <er>Demi-</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under <er>Paper</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>demi</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>He was elected into Magdalen College as a <b>demy</b>; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Demy</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>De*my"</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called <i>demy</i>; <as>as, a <ex>demy</ex> book</as>.</def>

<h1>Den</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>denn</ets>; perh. akin to G. <ets>tenne</ets> floor, thrashing floor, and to AS. <ets>denu</ets> valley.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; <as>as, a lion's <ex>den</ex>; a <ex>den</ex> of robbers.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; <as>as, a <ex>den</ex> of vice</as>.</def> "Those squalid <i>dens</i>, which are the reproach of great capitals."

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <ety>[AS. <ets>denu</ets>.]</ety> <def>A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.</def> <mark>[Old Eng. & Scotch]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Den</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To live in, or as in, a den.</def>

<blockquote>The sluggish salvages that <b>den</b> below. <i>G. Fletcher.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Denarcotize</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>De*nar"co*tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of narcotine; <as>as, to <ex>denarcotize</ex> opium</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*nar`co*ti*za"tion</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Denarius</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>De*na"ri*us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Denarii</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. See 2d <er>Denier</er>.]</ety> <def>A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the "penny" of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally <i>ten</i> of the pieces called <i>as</i>.</def>

<h1>Denary</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den"a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>denarius</ets>. See 2d <er>Denier</er>.]</ety> <def>Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; <as>as, the <ex>denary</ex>, or decimal, scale</as>.</def>

<h1>Denary</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den"a*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The number ten; a division into ten.</def>