Part 3524

<h1>Dulciloquy</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dul*cil"o*quy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dulcis</ets> sweet + <ets>loqui</ets> to speak.]</ety> <def>A soft manner of speaking.</def>

<h1>Dulcimer</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dul"ci*mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>dolcemele</ets>,r Sp. <ets>dulcemele</ets>, fr. L. <ets>dulcis</ets> sweet + <ets>melos</ets> song, melody, Gr. <?/; cf. OF. <ets>doulcemele</ets>. See <er>Dulcet</er>, and <er>Melody</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An ancient musical instrument in use among the Jews. <i>Dan. iii. 5</i>. It is supposed to be the same with the psaltery.</def>

<h1>Dulcinea</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dul*cin"e*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., from <ets>Dulcinea del Toboso</ets> the mistress of the affections of Don <er>Quixote</er>.]</ety> <def>A mistress; a sweetheart.</def>

<blockquote>I must ever have some <b>Dulcinea</b> in my head. <i>Sterne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dulciness</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dul"ci*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See D<er>ulceness</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dulcite</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dul"cite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dulcite</ets>, fr. L. <ets>dulcis</ets> sweet.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, sugarlike substance, <chform>C6H8.(OH)2</chform>, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar.</def>

<h1>Dulcino</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dul*ci"no</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dolcino</er>.</def>

<h1>Dulcitude</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dul"ci*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dulcitudo</ets>, fr. <ets>dulcis</ets> sweet.</ety> <def>Sweetness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Dulcorate</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dul"co*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dulcoratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dulcorare</ets>, fr. <ets>dulcor</ets> sweetness, fr. <ets>dulcis</ets> sweet.]</ety> <def>To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Dulcoration</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dul`co*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>dulcoratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of sweetening.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Duledge</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Du"ledge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage.</def>

<i>Wilhelm.</i>

<h1>Dulia</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Du*li"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL., fr. Gr. <?/ servitude, fr. <?/ slave.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God.</def>

<h1>Dull</h1> <Xpage=460>