Part 3546

<hw>Dutch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>duitsch</ets> German; or G. <ets>deutsch</ets>, orig., popular, national, OD. <ets>dietsc</ets>, MHG. <ets>diutsch</ets>, <ets>tiutsch</ets>, OHG. <ets>diutisk</ets>, fr. <ets>diot</ets>, <ets>diota</ets>, a people, a nation; akin to AS. <ets>pe\'a2d</ets>, OS. <ets>thiod</ets>, <ets>thioda</ets>, Goth. <ets>piuda</ets>; cf. Lith. <ets>tauta</ets> land, OIr. <ets>tuath</ets> people, Oscan<-- ??sic --> <ets>touto</ets>. The English have applied the name especially to the Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. <er>Derrick</er>, <er>Teutonic</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.</def>

<cs><col>Dutch auction</col>. <cd>See under <er>Auction</er>.</cd> -- <col>Dutch cheese</col>, <cd>a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk.</cd> -- <col>Dutch clinker</col>, <cd>a kind of brick made in Holland. It is yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.</cd> -- <col>Dutch clover</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>common white clover (<spn>Trifolium repens</spn>), the seed of which was largely imported into England from Holland.</cd> -- <col>Dutch concert</col>, <cd>a so-called concert in which all the singers sing at the same time different songs.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark> -- <col>Dutch courage</col>, <cd>the courage of partial intoxication. <mark>[Slang]</mark> <i>Marryat</i>.</cd> -- <col>Dutch door</col>, <cd>a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened, while the upper part remains open.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Dutch foil</col>, <col>Dutch leaf</col>, &or; <col>Dutch gold</col></mcol>, <cd>a kind of brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also <altname>Dutch mineral</altname>, <altname>Dutch metal</altname>, <altname>brass foil</altname>, and <altname>bronze leaf</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Dutch liquid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a thin, colorless, volatile liquid, <chform>C2H4Cl2</chform>, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or olefiant gas; -- called also <altname>Dutch oil</altname>. It is so called because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four Hollandish chemists. See <er>Ethylene</er>, and <er>Olefiant</er>.</cd><-- = ethylene chloride --> -- <col>Dutch oven</col>, <cd>a tin screen for baking before an open fire or kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals.</cd> -- <col>Dutch pink</col>, <cd>chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in distemper, and for paper staining. etc. <i>Weale</i>.</cd> -- <col>Dutch rush</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of horsetail rush or Equisetum (<spn>E. hyemale</spn>) having a rough, siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; -- called also <altname>scouring rush</altname>, and <altname>shave grass</altname>. See <er>Equisetum</er>.</cd> -- <col>Dutch tile</col>, <cd>a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the like.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; <i>Dutch</i> was formerly used for <i>German</i>.</note>

<blockquote>Germany is slandered to have sent none to this war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that other pilgrims, passing through that country, were mocked by the <b>Dutch</b>, and called fools for their pains. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dutch</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Dutch</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The people of Holland; Dutchmen.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The language spoken in Holland.</def>

<h1>Dutchman</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Dutch"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dutchmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A native, or one of the people, of Holland.</def>

<cs><col>Dutchman's breeches</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a perennial American herb (<spn>Dicentra cucullaria</spn>), with peculiar double-spurred flowers. See <i>Illust<i>. of <er>Dicentra</er>.</cd> -- <col>Dutchman's laudanum</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a West Indian passion flower (<spn>Passiflora Murucuja</spn>); also, its fruit.</cd> -- <col>Dutchman's pipe</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an American twining shrub (<spn>Aristolochia Sipho</spn>). Its flowers have their calyx tubes curved like a tobacco pipe.</cd></cs>

<h1>Duteous</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du"te*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Duty</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; <as>as, a <ex>duteous</ex> son or daughter</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Subservient; obsequious.</def>

<blockquote><b>Duteous</b> to the vices of thy mistress. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Du"te*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Du"te*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dutiable</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du"ti*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Duty</er>.]</ety> <def>Subject to the payment of a duty; as <i>dutiable</i> goods.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<blockquote>All kinds of <b>dutiable</b> merchandise. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dutied</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du"tied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Subjected to a duty.</def>

<i>Ames.</i>

<h1>Dutiful</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du"ti*ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; <as>as, a <ex>dutiful</ex> son or daughter; a <ex>dutiful</ex> ward or servant; a <ex>dutiful</ex> subject.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; <as>as, <ex>dutiful</ex> affection</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Duteous; obedient; reverent; reverential; submissive; docile; respectful; compliant.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Du"ti*ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Du"ti*ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>