Part 3548

<hw>Duy"ker*bok</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>duiker</ets> diver + <ets>bok</ets> a buck, lit., diver buck. So named from its habit of diving suddenly into the bush.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small South African antelope (<spn>Cephalous mergens</spn>); -- called also <altname>impoon</altname>, and <altname>deloo</altname>.</def>

<h1>Duyoung</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Du*young"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dugong</er>.</def>

<h1>D valve</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>D" valve`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A kind of slide valve. See <cref>Slide valve</cref>, under <er>Slide</er>.</def>

<h1>Dvergr</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dver"gr</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dvergar</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[See <er>Dwarf</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Scand. Myth.)</fld> <def>A dwarf supposed to dwell in rocks and hills and to be skillful in working metals.</def>

<h1>Dwale</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwale</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>dwale</ets>, <ets>dwole</ets>, deception, deadly nightshade, AS. <ets>dwala</ets>, <ets>dwola</ets>, error, doubt; akin to E. <ets>dull</ets>. See <er>Dull</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The deadly nightshade (<spn>Atropa Belladonna</spn>), having stupefying qualities.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>The tincture sable or black when blazoned according to the fantastic system in which plants are substituted for the tinctures.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A sleeping potion; an opiate.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dwang</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwang</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>dwingen</ets> to force, compel.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A kind of crowbar.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A large wrench.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Dwarf</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwarf</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl <plw>Dwarfs</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>dwergh</ets>, <ets>dwerf</ets>, <ets>dwarf</ets>, AS. <ets>dweorg</ets>, <ets>dweorh</ets>; akin to D. <ets>dwerg</ets>, MHG. <ets>twerc</ets>, G. <ets>zwerg</ets>, Icel. <ets>dvergr</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>dverg</ets>; of unknown origin.]</ety> <def>An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.</def>

<note>&hand; During the Middle Ages <i>dwarfs</i> as well as fools shared the favor of courts and the nobility.</note>

<note><i>Dwarf</i> is used adjectively in reference to anything much below the usual or normal size; as, <i>dwarf</i> tree; <i>dwarf</i> honeysuckle.</note>

<cs><col>Dwarf elder</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>danewort.</cd> -- <col>Dwarf wall</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a low wall, not as high as the story of a building, often used as a garden wall or fence.</cd></cs>

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<h1>Dwarf</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwarf</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dwarfed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dwarfing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . . would be stunted and <b>dwarfed</b>, if cut off from a spiritual background. <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></blockquote>