Part 3515

<hw>Duck"bill`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Duck mole</cref>, under <er>Duck</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Duck-billed</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Duck"-billed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a bill like that of a duck</def>.<-- duckbilled platypus, see Duck Mole, above -->.

<h1>Ducker</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Duck"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A cringing, servile person; a fawner.</def>

<h1>Ducking</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Duck"ing</hw>, <tt>n. & a.</tt><def>, from <er>Duck</er>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt></def>

<cs><col>Ducking stool</col>, <cd>a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See <er>Cucking stool</er>. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century. <i>Blackstone. Chambers</i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Duck-legged</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Duck"-legged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Duckling</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Duck"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A young or little duck.</def>

<i>Gay.</i>

<h1>Duckmeat, &or; Duck's-meat</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw><hw>Duck"meat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>Duck's"-meat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Duckweed.</def>

<h1>Duck's-bill</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Duck's"-bill`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the form of a duck's bill.</def>

<cs><col>Duck's-bill limpet</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a limpet of the genus <spn>Parmaphorus</spn>; -- so named from its shape.</cd></cs>

<h1>Duck's-foot</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Duck's"-foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The May apple (<spn>Podophyllum peltatum</spn>).</def>

<h1>Duckweed</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Duck"weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus (<spn>Lemna</spn>) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also <altname>duckmeat</altname>.</def>

<h1>Duct</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Duct</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ductus</ets> a leading, conducting, conduit, fr. <ets>ducere</ets>, <ets>ductum</ets>, to lead. See <er>Duke</er>, and cf. <er>Douche</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.</def>