Part 3529

<hw>Dum"my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dumb</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Silent; mute; noiseless; as a <i>dummy</i> engine.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fictitious or sham; feigned; <as>as, a <ex>dummy</ex> watch</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Dummy car</col>. <cd>See under <er>Car</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dummy</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dum"my</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dummies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who is dumb.</def>

<i>H. Smith.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Drama)</fld> <def>One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A thick-witted person; a dolt.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <def>A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld> <def>The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A floating barge connected with a pier.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<cs><col>To play dummy</col>, <cd>to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dumose, Dumous</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw><hw>Du`mose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Du"mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dumosus</ets>, fr. <ets>dumus</ets> a thornbush, a bramble.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Abounding with bushes and briers.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a compact, bushy form.</def>

<h1>Dump</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dump</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dumpling</er>.]</ety> <def>A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Smart.</i>

<h1>Dump</h1> <Xpage=460>

<hw>Dump</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. dial. Sw. <ets>dumpin</ets> melancholy, Dan.<ets>dump</ets> dull, low, D. <ets>dompig</ets> damp, G. <ets>dumpf</ets> damp, dull, gloomy, and E. <ets>damp</ets>, or rather perh. <ets>dump</ets>, v. t. Cf. <er>Damp</er>, or <er>Dump</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural.</def>

<blockquote>March slowly on in solemn <b>dump</b>. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>