Part 3521

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Dough or paste.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; <as>as, plum <ex>duff</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Duffel</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Duf"fel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>duffel</ets>, from <ets>Duffel</ets>, a town not far from Antwerp.]</ety> <def>A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>duffle</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>Good <b>duffel</b> gray and flannel fine. <i> Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Duffer</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Duf"fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat.</def> <mark>[Slang, Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stupid, awkward, inefficient person.</def><mark>[Slang]</mark>

<h1>Duffle</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Duf"fle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Duffel</er>.</def>

<h1>Dufrenite</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Du*fren"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <?/<?/ierre Armand <ets>Dufr\'82noy</ets>, a French geologist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a blackish green color, commonly massive or in nodules. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.</def>

<h1>Dug</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dug</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Akin to Sw. <ets>d\'84gga</ets> to suckle (a child), Dan. <ets>d\'91gge</ets>, and prob. to Goth. <ets>daddjan</ets>. <?/<?/<?/.]</ety> <def>A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast.</def>

<blockquote>With mother's <b>dug</b> between its lips. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dug</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dug</hw>, <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt><def>of <er>Dig</er>.</def>

<h1>Dugong</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Du*gong"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Malayan <ets>d<?/y<?/ng</ets>, or Javan. <ets>duyung</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An aquatic herbivorous mammal (<spn>Halicore dugong</spn>), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>duyong</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Dugout</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dug"out`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A canoe or boat dug out from a large log.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<blockquote>A man stepped from his slender <b>dugout</b>. <i> G. W. Cable.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A place dug out.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation.</def> <mark>[Western U.S.]</mark>