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<h1>Deturn</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*turn"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>turn</ets>. Cf. <er>Detour</er>.]</ety> <def>To turn away.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir K. Digby.</i>

<h1>Deturpate</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*tur"pate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deturpare</ets>; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>turpare</ets> to make ugly, defile, <ets>turpis</ets> ugly, foul.]</ety> <def>To defile; to disfigure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Deturpation</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Det`ur*pa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A making foul.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Deuce</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deuce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>deux</ets> two, OF. <ets>deus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>duo</ets>. See <er>Two</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gaming)</fld> <def>Two; a card or a die with two spots; <as>as, the <ex>deuce</ex> of hearts</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Tennis)</fld> <def>A condition of the score beginning when<?/ver each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or <i>deuce</i>, which decides the game.</def>

<h1>Deuce</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deuce</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>dusius</ets>, Armor, <ets>dus</ets>, <ets>te\'96z</ets>, phantom, specter; Gael. <ets>taibhs</ets>, <ets>taibhse</ets>, apparition, ghost; or fr. OF. <ets>deus</ets> God, fr. L. <ets>deus</ets> (cf. <er>Deity</er>.)] <def>The devil; a demon.</def> <altsp>[A euphemism, written also <asp>deuse</asp>.]</altsp> <mark></mark>

<h1>Deuced</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu"ced</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Devilish; excessive; extreme.</def> <mark></mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Deu"ced*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<mhw><h1>Deuse, n.; Deused</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deuse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <hw>Deu"sed</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></mhw> <def>See <er>Deuce</er>, <er>Deuced</er>.</def>

<h1>Deuterocanonical</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu`ter*o*ca*non"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ second + E. <ets>canonical</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc.</def>

<h1>Deuterogamist</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu`ter*og"a*mist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Deuterogamy</er>.]</ety> <def>One who marries the second time.</def>

<h1>Deuterogamy</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu`ter*og"a*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ second + <?/ wedding, marriage.]</ety> <def>A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See <er>Bigamy</er>.</def>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<h1>Deuterogenic</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu`ter*o*gen"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ second + root of <?/ to be born.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks.</def>