<i>Bartlett.</i>
<h1>Dugway</h1> <Xpage=460>
<hw>Dug"way`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>
<h1>Duke</h1> <Xpage=460>
<hw>Duke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>duc</ets>, fr. L. <ets>dux</ets>, <ets>ducis</ets>, leader, commander, fr. <ets>ducere</ets> to lead; akin to AS. <ets>te\'a2n</ets> to draw; cf. AS. <ets>heretoga</ets> (<ets>here</ets> army) an army leader, general, G. <ets>herzog</ets> duke. See <er>Tue</er>, and cf. <er>Doge</er>, <er>Duchess</er>, <er>Ducat</er>, <er>Duct</er>, <er>Adduce</er>, <er>Deduct</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>A leader; a chief; a prince.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Hannibal, <b>duke</b> of Carthage. <i>Sir T. Elyot.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>All were <b>dukes</b> once, who were "duces" -- captains or leaders of their people. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland.</def>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king.</def>
<cs><col>Duke's coronet</col>. <cd>See <er>Illust</er>. of <er>Coronet</er>.</cd> -- <col>To dine with Duke Humphrey</col>, <cd>to go without dinner. See under <er>Dine</er>.</cd></cs>
<h1>Duke</h1> <Xpage=460>
<hw>Duke</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To play the duke.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>
<blockquote>Lord Angelo <b>dukes</b> it well in his absence. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Dukedom</h1> <Xpage=460>
<hw>Duke"dom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>The territory of a duke.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The title or dignity of a duke.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
<h1>Dukeling</h1> <Xpage=460>
<hw>Duke"ling</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little or insignificant duke.</def>
<i>Ford.</i>
<h1>Dukeship</h1> <Xpage=460>
<hw>Duke"ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke.</def>
<i>Massinger.</i>
<h1>Dulcamara</h1> <Xpage=460>
<hw>Dul`ca*ma"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>dulcis</ets> sweet + <ets>amarus</ets> bitter.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Solanum Dulcamara</spn>). See <er>Bittersweet</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <p><b>3</b> <sd>(a)</sd>.</def>
<h1>Dulcamarin</h1> <Xpage=460>
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