Part 3519

<h1>Due</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Due</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Directly; exactly; <as>as, a <ex>due</ex> east course</as>.</def>

<h1>Due</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Due</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll.</def>

<blockquote>He will give the devil his <b>due</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Yearly little <b>dues</b> of wheat, and wine, and oil. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Right; just title or claim.</def>

<blockquote>The key of this infernal pit by <b>due</b> . . . <b>I keep</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Due</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Due</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To endue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Duebill</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Due"bill`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Dueful</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Due"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fit; becoming.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Duel</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>duello</ets>, fr. L. <ets>duellum</ets>, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form <ets>bellum</ets> war, fr. <ets>duo</ets> two: cf. F. <ets>duel</ets>. See <er>Bellicose</er>, <er>Two</er>, and cf. <er>Duello</er>.]</ety> <def>A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other.</def>

<cs><col>Trial by duel</col> <fld>(Old Law)</fld>, <cd>a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel.</cd></cs> <-- NOte: this is the correct spelling of "battel"! -->

<h1>Duel</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du"el</hw>, <tt>v. i. & t.</tt> <def>To fight in single combat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dueler</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du"el*er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who engages in a duel.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>dueller</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Dueling</h1> <Xpage=459>

<hw>Du"el*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>e act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also <tt>adj.</tt></def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>duelling</asp>.]</altsp>