Part 3549

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

<hw>Dwarf</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become small; to diminish in size.</def>

<blockquote>Strange power of the world that, the moment we enter it, our great conceptions <b>dwarf</b>. <i>Beaconsfield.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dwarfish</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwarf"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; <as>as, a <ex>dwarfish</ex> animal, shrub</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dwarf"ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dwarf"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dwarfling</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwarf"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A diminutive dwarf.</def>

<h1>Dwarfy</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwarf"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Much undersized.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Waterhouse.</i>

<h1>Dwaul, Dwaule</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw><hw>Dwaul</hw>, <hw>Dwaule</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dull</er>, <er>Dwell</er>.]</ety> <def>To be delirious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Junius.</i>

<h1>Dwell</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwell</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dwelled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, usually contracted into <er>Dwelt</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dwelling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>dwellen</ets>, <ets>dwelien</ets>, to err, linger, AS. <ets>dwellan</ets> to deceive, hinder, delay, <ets>dwelian</ets> to err; akin to Icel. <ets>dvelja</ets> to delay, tarry, Sw. <ets>dv\'84ljas</ets> to dwell, Dan. <ets>dv\'91le</ets> to linger, and to E. <ets>dull</ets>. See <er>Dull</er>, and cf. <er>Dwale</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To delay; to linger.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To abide; to remain; to continue.</def>

<blockquote>I 'll rather <b>dwell</b> in my necessity. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thy soul was like a star and <b>dwelt</b> apart. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside.</def>

<blockquote>The parish in which I was born, <b>dwell</b>, and have possessions. <i>Peacham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The poor man <b>dwells</b> in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. <i>C. J. Smith.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To dwell in</col>, <cd>to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on.</cd> "My hopes <i>in<i> heaven to <i>dwell<i>." <i>Shak</i>. -- <mcol><col>To dwell on</col> &or; <col>upon</col></mcol>, <cd>to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; <as>as, to <ex>dwell upon<ex> a subject; a singer <ex>dwells on<ex> a note</as>.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>They stand at a distance, <b>dwelling on</b> his looks and language, fixed in amazement. <i>Buckminster.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest.</syn>

<h1>Dwell</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwell</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To inhabit.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>