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<hw>Dew"lapped`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with a dewlap.</def>

<h1>Dewless</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>Dew"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no dew.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Dew-point</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>Dew"-point`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Meteor.)</fld> <def>The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere.</def>

<h1>Dewret</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>Dew"ret`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Dew</ets> + <ets>ret</ets>, v. t.]</ety> <def>To ret or rot by the process called <i>dewretting</i>.</def>

<h1>Dewretting</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>Dew"ret`ting</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine.</def>

<h1>Dewrot</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>Dew"rot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See <er>Dewretting</er>.</def>

<h1>Dewworm</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>Dew"worm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Earthworm</er>.</def>

<h1>Dewy</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>Dew"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>dewy</b> mist Went and watered all the ground. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When <b>dewy</b> eve her curtain draws. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew.</def>

<blockquote><b>Dewy</b> sleep ambrosial. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.</def>

<h1>Dexter</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>Dex"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L.,; akin to Gr. <?/, <?/, Skr. <ets>dakshi<?/a</ets> (cf. <ets>daksh</ets> to be strong, suit); Goth. <ets>taihswa</ets>, OHG. <ets>zeso</ets>. Cf. <er>Dexterous</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to <i>sinister</i>, or <i>left</i>.</def>

<blockquote>On sounding wings a <b>dexter</b> eagle flew. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>On the right-hand side of a shield, <i>i</i>. <i>e</i>., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Dexter chief</col>, &or; <col>Dexter point</col></mcol> <fld>(Her.)</fld>, <cd>a point in the dexter upper corner of the shield, being in the dexter extremity of the chief, as A in the cut.</cd> -- <col>Dexter base</col>, <cd>a point in the dexter lower part or base of the shield, as B in the cut.</cd></cs>