Part 3131

<i>Malcom.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A ship's smallest boat.</def>

<h1>Dingily</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din"gi*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dingy manner.</def>

<h1>Dinginess</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din"gi*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being dingy; a dusky hue.</def>

<h1>Dingle</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of uncertain origin: cf. AS. <ets>ding</ets> prison; or perh. akin to <ets>dimble</ets>.]</ety> <def>A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and embowered valley.</def>

<h1>Dingle-dangle</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din"gle-dan`gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dangling manner.</def>

<h1>Dingo</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color.</def>

<h1>Dingthrift</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Ding"thrift`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A spendthrift.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, A <b>dingthrift</b> and a knave? <i>Drant.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dingy</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din"gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Dingier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Dingiest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>dung</ets>. Cf. <er>Dungy</er>.]</ety> <def>Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.</def> "Scraps of <i>dingy</i> paper."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Dinichthys</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Di*nich"thys</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ terrible + <?/ fish.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length.</def>

<h1>Dining</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & a.</tt> <def>from <er>Dine</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<note>&hand; Used either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, <i>dining</i> hall or <i>dining</i>-hall, <i>dining</i> room, <i>dining</i> table, etc.</note>

<h1>Dink</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Dink</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>Trim; neat.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark> <i>Burns</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Dink"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dink</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Dink</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deck; -- often with <i>out</i> or <i>up</i>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Dinmont</h1> <Xpage=414>