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- English Word Duty Definition That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.
- English Word Duty Definition Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.
- English Word Duty Definition Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.
- English Word Duty Definition Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
- English Word Duty Definition 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).
- English Word Duty Definition Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.
- English Word Duumvir Definition One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.
- English Word Duumviral Definition Of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate.
- English Word Duumvirate Definition The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.
- English Word Duumviri Definition of Duumvir
- English Word Duumvirs Definition of Duumvir
- English Word Dux Definition The scholastic name for the theme or subject of a fugue, the answer being called the comes, or companion.
- English Word Duykerbok Definition A small South African antelope (Cephalous mergens); -- called also impoon, and deloo.
- English Word Duyoung Definition See Dugong.
- English Word Dvergar Definition of Dvergr
- English Word Dvergr Definition A dwarf supposed to dwell in rocks and hills and to be skillful in working metals.
- English Word Dwale Definition The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities.
- English Word Dwale Definition The tincture sable or black when blazoned according to the fantastic system in which plants are substituted for the tinctures.
- English Word Dwale Definition A sleeping potion; an opiate.
- English Word Dwang Definition A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them.
- English Word Dwang Definition A kind of crowbar.
- English Word Dwang Definition A large wrench.
- English Word Dwarf Definition An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.
- English Word Dwarf Definition To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
- English Word Dwarf Definition To become small; to diminish in size.
- English Word Dwarfed Definition of Dwarf
- English Word Dwarfing Definition of Dwarf
- English Word Dwarfish Definition Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub.
- English Word Dwarfling Definition A diminutive dwarf.
- English Word Dwarfs Definition of Dwarf