Part 3547

<h1>Duty</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Duties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[From <er>Due</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is due; payment.</def> <mark>[Obs. as signifying a material thing.]</mark>

<blockquote>When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy <b>duty</b>. <i>Tyndale.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.</def>

<blockquote>Forgetting his <b>duty</b> toward God, his sovereign lord, and his country. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hence, any assigned service or business; <as>as, the <ex>duties</ex> of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on <ex>duty</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>With records sweet of <b>duties</b> done. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To employ him on the hardest and most imperative <b>duty</b>. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Duty</b> is a graver term than obligation. A <b>duty</b> hardly exists to do trivial things; but there may be an obligation to do them. <i>C. J. Smith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.</def> "My <i>duty</i> to you."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <def>The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.</def>

<note>&hand; An impost on land or other real estate, and on the stock of farmers, is not called a <i>duty</i>, but a <i>direct tax</i>. <mark>[U.S.]</mark></note>

<cs><col>Ad valorem duty</col>, <cd>a duty which is graded according to the cost, or market value, of the article taxed. See <er>Ad valorem</er>.</cd> -- <col>Specific duty</col>, <cd>a duty of a specific sum assessed on an article without reference to its value or market.</cd> -- <col>On duty</col>, <cd>actually engaged in the performance of one's assigned task.</cd></cs>

<h1>Duumvir</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Du*um"vir</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Duumvirs</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Duumviri</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. <ets>duo</ets> two + <ets>vir</ets> man.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.</def>

<h1>Duumviral</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Du*um"vi*ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>duumviralis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate.</def>

<h1>Duumvirate</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Du*um"vi*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>duumviratus</ets>, fr. <ets>duumvir</ets>.]</ety> <def>The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.</def>

<h1>Dux</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dux</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., leader.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The scholastic name for the theme or subject of a fugue, the answer being called the <i>comes</i>, or companion.</def>

<h1>Duykerbok</h1> <Xpage=463>