Part 3517

<h1>Ductor</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Duc"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>ducere</ets> to lead.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who leads.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See <er>Doctor</er>, <er>4</er>.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<cs><col>Ductor roller</col> <fld>(Printing)</fld>, <cd>the roller which conveys or supplies ink to another roller.</cd></cs>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Ducture</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Duc"ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Guidance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Dudder</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Dud"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[In Suffolk, Eng., to shiver, shake, tremble; also written <ets>dodder</ets>.]</ety> <def>To confuse or confound with noise.</def>

<i>Jennings.</i>

<h1>Dudder</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Dud"der</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To shiver or tremble; to dodder.</def>

<blockquote>I <b>dudder</b> and shake like an aspen leaf. <i>Ford.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dudder</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Dud"der</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Duds</er>.]</ety> <def>A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Duddery</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Dud"der*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A place where rags are bought and kept for sale.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Dude</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Dude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark>

<blockquote>The social <b>dude</b> who affects English dress and English drawl. <i>The American.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dudeen</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du*deen"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A short tobacco pipe.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>dudheen</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Irish]</mark>

<h1>Dudgeon</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Dudg"eon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made.</def>