Disability
Disability, A Term Used In Law To Denote An Incapacity In Certain Persons Or Classes Of Persons For The Full Enjoyment Of Duties Or Privileges. Thus, Persons Under Age, Insane Persons, Convicted Felons Are Under Disability To Do Certain Legal Acts. This Disability May Be Absolute Or Relative. In The ...
Disarmament
Disarmament. The Word Disarmament Is Used To Cover Two Distinct Conceptions : First, The Complete Abolition Of All Military Armament, Desired By A Certain School Of Advanced Thinkers ; Second, The Reduction And Limitation Of National Arma Ments By A General International Agreement Accepted By All, Or Almost All, States. ...
Discharge
Discharge, A Word Meaning Relief From A Load Or Burden, Hence Applied To The Unloading Of A Ship, The Firing Of A Weapon, The Passage Of Electricity From An Electrified Body, The Issue From A Wound, Etc. From The Sense Of Relief From An Obligation, "dis Charge" Is Also Applied ...
Discharging Arch
Discharging Arch, In Architecture, An Arch (q.v.) Built Over A Lintel Or Square-headed Opening, So As To Take The Weight Of The Wall Above Off The Horizontal Head Of The Opening. In The Great Pyramid Of Giza (c. 300o B.c.), The Entrance Passage Is Roofed With Slabs Of Stone, But ...
Disciples Of Christ Or
Disciples Of Christ Or Christians, An American Protestant Denomination, Founded By Thomas Campbell, His Son Alexander Campbell (q.v.) And Barton Warren Stone (1 7 7 2 1844). Stone Had Been A Presbyterian Minister Prominent In The Kentucky Revival Of 18o1, But Had Revolted Because The Synod Had Condemned Richard Mcnemar, ...
Disclaimer
Disclaimer, A Renunciation Or Disavowal. In Law The Term Is Used More Particularly In The Following Senses: (i) In The Law Of Landlord And Tenant, The Direct Repudiation Of That Relation By The Tenant Setting Up A Distinct Title Either In Himself Or Some Third Party ; In The Law ...
Discount And Discount Houses
Discount And Discount Houses. In Trade A Deduction From The Price Of An Article, Allowed To A Buyer Who Pays Cash, Is Called A Discount. In The Money Market, The Word Usually Means The Rate Allowed To The Buyer For Cash Of A Bill Of Exchange Due At Some Future ...
Discovery
Discovery: See Practice And Procedure. Discoveries And Inventions: See Inventions And Discoveries. ...
Discus Throwing
Discus Throwing. The Art Of Throwing From A Circle 8f T. 2 Tin. Diameter To The Greatest Distance, And So That It Falls Within A 9o° Sector Marked On The Ground, An Implement Weighing 4 Lb. 6.4 Oz. Known As A Discus. The Sport Was Common In The Days Of ...
Disinfectants
Disinfectants, Substances Employed To Neutralize The Action Of Pathogenic Organisms And Prevent The Spread Of Infec Tious Disease. Putting On One Side Sunlight, Perhaps The Best Of All Disinfectants, These Agents May Be Divided Into Three Classes: 1st, Volatile Or Vaporizable Substances, Which Attack Impurities In The Air; 2nd, Chemical ...
Disintegrator
Disintegrator. A Term Rather Loosely Used, But Gen Erally Applied To A Machine Which Breaks Up And Reduces Materials By Impact, As Distinct From One Which Grinds Between Rollers, Or Amongst A Mass Of Loose Balls In A Rotating Drum. There Are Two Main Classes Of Disintegrators : The Cage ...
Disinterested Management
Disinterested Management. A Term Historically Associated With The Regulation And Control Of The Liquor Trade ; Describing A System Of Management Which Has For Its Distinctive Object The Removal Of Private Profit Interest From The Sale (in Some Cases From The Manufacture Also) Of Alcoholic Beverages. It Is Not In ...
Dismal Swamp
Dismal Swamp, A Large Marshland Lying Partly In South Central Virginia And Partly In North-central North Carolina. Now Somewhat Reduced By Drainage, The Original Area Was About 4o M. Long And From 15 To 25 M. Wide. The Region In Which The Swamp Lies Is A Slightly Undulating Plain, With ...
Disorderly House
Disorderly House, A House Of Prostitution; More Generally, In Law, A House In Which The Conduct Of Its Inmates Is Such As To Become A Public Nuisance, Or A House Where Persons Congregate To The Commission Of Crime. In England, By The Disorderly Houses Act, 1751, The Term Includes Common ...
Dispensation
Dispensation, A Term With Two Main Applications, (i) To The Action Of Administering, Arranging Or Dealing Out, And (2) To The Action Of Allowing Certain Things, Rules, Etc., To Be Done Away With, Relaxed. Of These Two Meanings The First Is To Be Derived From The Classical Latin Use Of ...
Displacement Tonnage
Displacement Tonnage. In Shipping, A Term Used To Describe The Actual Weight Of The Water Displaced By A Ship. It Is Measured By Ascertaining The Cubic Space Occupied By That Part Of The Ship Which Is Immersed And Dividing This By 35, A Ton Of Sea Water Measuring 35 Cubic ...
Disposal Board
Disposal Board. The Conclusion Of The World War Found The British Government Engaged In Gigantic Preparations For A Decisive Campaign In 1919. The Consequent Problems Of Liquidation Of War Commitments And Disposal Of Surpluses Which Faced Great Britain On The Conclusion Of The War Were Far More Complicated And Difficult ...
Disposal Of The Dead
Dead,. Disposal Of The. Monuments And Buildings Set Up By Man For The Use Of The Living Were Seldom Preserved By Him Beyond Their Period Of Usefulness And Seldom Remain In Tact ; But His Arrangements For The Dead Were Usually Made With Permanency In View And Are Frequently Discovered ...
Disposition
Disposition, A Term Used In Psychology To Characterize The Manner In Which Instinctive Tendencies Operate In The Human Organism. The Total Pattern Of Instinctive Mechanisms Is A Per Son's Disposition. The Great Variety Of Human Dispositions Is Due To The Innumerable Combinations Of Relative Intensities With Which Instinctive Impulses May ...
Diss
Diss, A Market Town In The Southern Parliamentary Division Of Norfolk, England ; Near The River Waveney (the Boundary With Suffolk), 95 M. N.e. By N. From London By The L.n.e. Railway. Pop. Of Urban District (1931) 3,422. The Town Lies Pleasantly Upon A Hill Rising Above A Mere, Which ...
Dissection
Dissection, The Separation Into Parts By Cutting, Partic Ularly The Cutting Of An Animal Or Plant Into Parts For The Purpose Of Examination. ...
Dissenter
Dissenter, One Who Dissents Or Disagrees In Matters Of Opinion, Belief, Etc. The Term, From Lat. Dis-sentire, To Disagree, Is, However, Practically Restricted To The Special Sense Of A Member Of A Religious Body In England Which Has Separated From The Established Church ; And While It Has Included English ...
Dissociation
Dissociation, A Separation Or Dispersal, The Opposite Of Association But Of Wider Application (see Association) . In Chemistry The Term Is Given To Chemical Reactions In Which A Substance Decomposes Into Two Or More Substances, And Particu Larly To Cases In Which Associated Molecules Break Down Into Simpler Molecules. Thus ...
Dissolution
Dissolution, The Act Of Dissolving Or Reducing To Con Stituent Parts, Especially Of The Bringing To An End An Association Such As A Partnership Or Building Society. A Dissolution Of Parlia Ment In England Is The End Of Its Existence (see Parliament). ...
Distaff
Distaff, In The Early Forms Of Spinning, The "rock" Or Short Stick Round One End Of Which The Flax, Cotton, Or Wool Is Loosely Wound, And From Which It Is Spun Off By The Spindle. The "distaff" Or "spindle" Side Of A Family Refers To The Female Branch, As Opposed ...
Distance
Distance. The Length In A Straight Line Between Two Objects, Or The Interval In Time Between Two Periods Or Events. In Military Language Distance Means The Space Between Men Or Bodies Of Troops Measured From Front To Rear. ...
Distemper In Art
Distemper In Art Distemper Is One Of The Earliest Known Mediums Of Painting. It Was Used Extensively By The Greeks And Egyptians. It Consists Of A Mixture Of Powdered Colour With Size And It Differs From Tempera In Which Process Egg Is The Medium Used. The French Call All Such ...
Distemper
Distemper. A Distemper In Its Simplest Form Consists Of Whiting, Glue (size) And Water, And Is Sometimes Called Whitewash. The Glue Acts As A Binder, Preventing The Coatings From Rubbing Off. Distempers So Made Are Exceedingly Cheap, Cover Well, And Are Quickly And Easily Applied With Large Brushes, But They ...
Distich
Distich, A Couplet, Consisting Originally Of A Hexameter And Pentameter Line, Containing A Single Idea, As Exemplified In The Greek Anthology. Modern Examples Are To Be Found In The Works Of Goethe And Schiller. See Verse. ...
Distillation
Distillation, An Operation Involving The Conversion Of A Substance Into Vapour Which Is Subsequently Condensed To The Liquid Form. The Process Is Exemplified At Its Simplest When Steam From A Kettle Plays Upon A Cold Surface, Producing Drops Of Dis Tilled Water. The Term, Which Was Originally Applied To The ...
Distortion
Distortion, In Radio, A Term Denoting Change In Wave Form Which Takes Place As A Wave Passes Through A Circuit Or Transmis Sion Medium. Wave Form Distortion May Consist Of : (1 ) The Presence In An Output Wave Of A Circuit Of Components Having Frequencies Not Present In The ...
Distress
Distress, Pressure, Especially Of Sorrow, Pain Or Ill-fortune. As A Legal Term, The Action Of Distraining Or Distraint, The Right Of A Landlord To Seize Cattle Or Goods Of His Tenant For Non-payment Of Rent, Or The Right Of A Person Upon Whose Land Cattle Stray To Seize The Cattle ...
Distribution Of Animals
Distribution Of Animals. A Solution Of The Prob Lems Of Zoogeography, Which Attempts To Explain The Distribution Of Animals On The Earth, May Be Sought In Two Directions. We May Investigate The Distribution Of Related Groups Of Animals In The Separate Regions Of Sea And Land, And From This Seek ...
Distribution Of Terms
Distribution Of Terms. In Logic A Term Is Said To Be Distributed In A Proposition When Explicit Reference Is Made To Its Whole Extent Or Extension. Otherwise (that Is, Not Only When Reference Is Made Explicitly To A Part Only Of The Extension Of The Term, But When Explicit Reference ...
Distribution Of Wealth
Distribution Of Wealth. This Expression Has Been Applied Both To The Distribution Of Wealth And To The Distribution Of Income. To A Considerable Extent, The Distribution Of Income Is Bound Up With The Distribution Of Wealth And Capital. And For Convenience Of Reference The Two Subjects Are Treated In This ...
Distribution
Distribution. In Economics, The Manner In Which The Income Of A Community, Won By Its Own Production Or Gained In Fruitful Exchanges With Other Communities, Is Divided Up Among Its Members. The National Output, Or Aggregate Of Services And Material Goods Produced By The Capital And Labour Of A Nation, ...
Distributive Law
Distributive Law, In Algebra The Law Which Asserts That A(b±c+d) = Ab-l-ac-1-ad, One Of Two Factors (a) Being Dis Tributed, As It Were, Among The Parts (b, C And D) Of The Other Factor (b+c+d). Stated In Words, The Result Of First Adding Sev Eral Numbers And Then Multiplying The ...
Distributor
Distributor, In Electrical Engineering, A Form Of Switch, Generally Rotary, Arranged So That It Transmits Successive Elec Trical Impulses To Definite Points In A Given Order (see High Tension Magneto). ...
District
District, A Word Denoting In Its More General Sense, A Tract Or Extent Of A Country, Town, Etc., Marked Off For Administrative Or Other 'purposes, Or Having Some Special And Distinguishing Characteristics (see Local Government, Etc.). In Mediaeval Latin The Word Districtus Is Defined By Du Cange As Territorium Feudi, ...
Distyle
Distyle, The Term Given To A Portico Of Two Columns, Es Pecially In The Phrase "distyle In Antis," When The Columns Are Between Antae. (see Antae And Temple.) ...
Dita Bark
Dita Bark, The Bark Of A Fruit Tree (alstonia Sckolaris) Growing In The Philippines And Elsewhere, And Containing Valuable Medicinal Properties. ...
Dithmarschen Or Ditmarsh
Dithmarschen Or Ditmarsh (in The Oldest Form Of The Name Thiatmaresgaho, Dietmar's Gau), A Territory Between The Eider, The Elbe And The North Sea, Forming The Western Part Of The Old Duchy Of Holstein. It Contains About 55osq.m., Half Of Which Consists Of Good Pasture Land, Preserved From Inroads Of ...
Dithyrambic Poetry
Dithyrambic Poetry, The Description Of Poetry In Which The Character Of The Dithyramb Is Preserved. It Remains Quite Uncertain What The Derivation Or Even The Primitive Mean Ing Of The Greek Word 6l0bpayr3os Is. It Was, However, Connected From Earliest Times With The Choral Worship Of Dionysus. The Earliest Dithyrambic ...
Dittersbach
Dittersbach, A Town Of Germany, In The Prussian Pro Vince Of Silesia, 3 M. By Rail S.e. Frem Waldenburg And 5o M. S.w. From Breslau. It Has Coal-mines, Bleach-fields And Match, Chemical And Benzole Works. Population ...
Ditto
Ditto, That Which Has Been Said Before, The Same Thing (from The Lat. Dictum, Something Said, Ital. Detto, Aforesaid) , Frequently Abbreviated Into "do." ...
Diu
Diu, An Island And Town Of India, Belonging To Portugal, And Situated At The Southern Extremity Of The Peninsula Of Kathiawar. The District (area 20 Sq.m.), Which Includes The Village Of Goala On The Mainland And The Fortress Of Simbor, 5 M. W., Is Subject To The Governor-general Of Goa. ...
Diuretics
Diuretics, The Name Given To Remedies Which, Under Cer Tain Conditions, Stimulate An Increased Flow Of Urine. Some Are Absorbed Into The Blood And Stimulate The Kidneys Directly, Causing An Increased Flow Of Blood; Others Act Through The Nervous System. A Second Class Act In Congested Conditions Of The Kidneys ...
Diurnal Motion
Diurnal Motion, The Apparent Motion Of The Heavens From East To West Resulting From The Earth's Rotation On Its Axis From West To East. The Axis Of This Apparent Motion Passes Through The Celestial Poles (coincident In Direction With The Earth's Axis) So That The Stars Appear To Describe Circles ...
Diurnal Variation
Diurnal Variation. The Small Daily Change In Value Of The Magnetic Quantities, Dip, Declination And The Horizontal Component Of The Earth's Magnetic Force. (see Terrestrial Mag Netism.) ...
Diushambe
Diushambe (now Stalinabad), A Small Town In Turkistan, Capital Of The Tadzhik S.s.r., Situated South Of The Hissar Moun Tains, But North Of The Town Of Hissar, On The Diushambe River, A Tributary Of The Kafirnigan River Which Flows Into The Amu-darya. Pop. (1935) 6o,000. It Is The Centre Of ...
Divan
Divan (de-vahn' Or Di-van'), Persian Word, Probably From Aramaic, Meaning A "counting-house, Bureau, Tribunal" ; Thence, On One Side, The "account-books And Registers" Of Such An Office, And On Another, The "room Where The Office Or Tribunal Sits"; Thence Again, From "account-book, Register," A "book Containing The Poems Of An ...
Diver
Diver, A Name Applied To Many Birds, But Properly Re Stricted To The Family Colymbidae, Containing The Single Genus Colymbus. They Are Sea-birds, Strong Swimmers, And Feed Mainly On Fish. Their Legs Are Set Far Back On The Body, So That They Cannot Walk More Than A Few Steps At ...
Divers And Diving Apparatus
Divers And Diving Apparatus. The Earliest Reference To The Practice Of Diving Occurs In The Iliad, 16, Where Patroclus Compares The Fall Of Hector's Charioteer To The Action Of A Diver Diving For Oysters. Thucydides Mentions The Employment Of Divers During The Siege Of Syracuse To Saw Down The Barriers ...
Divertimento
Divertimento (fr. Divertissement), In Music, A Class Of Work Popular In The I8th Century And In The Nature Of An Orches Tral Suite, Consisting Of Several Movements, Usually Light And Simple In Character. Mozart Wrote Many. Serenade And Cassation Were Other Names For Much The Same Kind Of Composition. The ...
Dives Sur Mer
Dives-sur-mer, A Small Port And Seaside Resort Of North Western France In The Department Of Calvados, On The Dives, 15 M. N.e. Of Caen By Road. Pop. (1931) 5,466. Dives Is The Harbour Whence William The Conqueror Sailed To England In Io66. In The Porch Of Its Church (i4th And ...
Divide
Divide, A Term Used Technically, Chiefly In America, For Any High Ridge Forming A Water-parting Between Two Valleys. For Special Senses Of The Verb "to Divide" See Division. In A Parlia Mentary Sense, To Divide (involving A Separation Between Aye And No) Is To Take The Opinion Of The House ...
Dividend
Dividend, The Net Profit Periodically Divided Among The Proprietors Of A Joint Stock Company Or Corporation In Proportion To Their Respective Holdings And As Determined By The Class Of Their Holdings. From Lat. Dividendum, A Thing To Be Divided. Dividend Is Not Interest, Although The Word Dividend Is Fre Quently ...
Dividing Engine
Dividing Engine, An Instrument Used In Engineering And Physics For Constructing Finely Divided Scales, Ruling The Diffraction—gratings Used In Spectroscopy (q.v.) And So On. (see Graduation.) ...
Dividivi
Dividivi, The Native And Commercial Name For The Astrin Gent Pods Of Caesalpinia Coriaria, A Leguminous Shrub Of The Sub Family Caesalpinioideae, Growing In Low Marshy Tracts In The West Indies And The North Of South America. The Plant Is Between 20 And 3oft. In Height, And Bears White Flowers. ...
Divination
Divination, The Process Of Obtaining Knowledge Of Secret Or Future Things By Means Of Oracles, Omens Or Astrology, From Contact With Superhuman Or Divine Sources. Divination Is Prac Tised In All Grades Of Culture. The Information Is Commonly Held To Come Directly Or Indirectly From Superior, Non-human Sources. In The ...
Divining Rod
Divining-rod. The Art Of Using A Divining-rod For Dis Covering Something Hidden Is Of Immemorial Antiquity, And The Roman Virgula Diving, Used In Taking Auguries By Means Of Casting Bits Of Stick, Is Described By Cicero And Tacitus. The Particular Form Of Virgula F Urcata, Or Forked Twig Of Hazel ...
Division
Division, A General Term For The Action Of Breaking Up A Whole Into Parts (from Lat. Dividere, To Break Up Into Parts, Separate). Thus, In Political Economy, The Phrase "division Of Labour" Implies The Assignment To Particular Workmen Of The Various Portions Of A Whole Piece Of Work; In Mathematics ...
Divorce
Divorce. It Is The General Rule That Marriage Is Contracted For An Indefinite Length Of Time Or For Life, Although Even In The Latter Case It May Very Frequently Be Dissolved, For Some Reason Or Other, During The Lifetime Of The Partners. ...
Diwaniyeh
Diwaniyeh, A Town In Iraq In 31 ° 58' N. And 45° E. About 40 M. Below Hilla On The Euphrates, Here Crossed By A Floating Bridge, And On The Baghdad-basra Railway. The Town Is A Frontier Post On The Edge Of The Desert, And Is A Strategic Military Point. ...
Dixie Highway
Dixie Highway, An American Thoroughfare Extending From Lake Michigan And Lake Huron To Tallahassee, Jackson Ville And Miami, Fla. A Branch Running Through Nashville, Tenn., Is Called The "dixie B Line." Paved Or Improved Throughout, It Has A Length Of 3,989 M., 1,930 M. In Its Western And 2,169 M. ...
Dixie Highway_2
Dixie Highway, An American Thoroughfare Beginning At Sa Vannah, Ga., And Ending At San Diego, Calif. About 2,66o M. In Length, It Is One Of The Most Di Rect Routes From The Atlantic To The Pacific Through The South. It Is Mostly Improved Or Graded With Pavements In California And ...
Dixie
Dixie, A Popular Name Given To The Southern States Of The United States Which Lie South Of The Mason And Dixon Line. There Are Various Reasons Given For The Name, One Of The Most Plausible Being That It Had Its Origin In Money Issued By A Bank In New Orleans ...
Dixon Denham
Denham, Dixon (1786-1828), English Traveller In Cen Tral Africa, Was Born In London. He Served In The Campaigns In Portugal, Spain, France And Belgium, And Received The Waterloo Medal. In 1821 He Volunteered To Join Dr. Oudney And Hugh Clapperton (q.v.), Who Had Been Sent By The British Government Via ...
Dixon
Dixon, A City Of Northern Illinois, U.s.a., On The Rock River And The Lincoln Highway, 98m. W. Of Chicago; The County Seat Of Lee County. It Is Served By The Chicago And North Western And The Illinois Central Railways. The Population Was 8,191 In 1920 (91% Native White), And Was ...
Dizful
Dizful, A Town And District In The Province Of Khuzistan, Persia, In 32° 2 5' N., And 48° 35' E., Anciently Known As An Damish. It Is 65o Ft. Above Sea-level On The Left Bank Of The Ab-i Diz, Tributary Of The River Karun, Here Crossed By An Imposing Bridge ...
Djakovo
Djakovo, A City Of Croatia Slavonia, Yugoslavia. Pop. (i921) 7,987. Djakovo Is A Roman Catholic Episcopal See, Whose Occupant Bears The Title Of Bishop Of Bosnia, Slavonia And Sirmium (srijem). Bishop Strossmayer (1815-19o5), Did Much To Foster The Sense Of Racial Kinship Among The Yugoslays, And The Town Became A ...
Dmitrievsk
Dmitrievsk, A Town In The Stalin District Of The Ukrain Ian S.s.r. Long. 38° 48' E. Lat. 47° 56' N. In 1897 It Was A Village With A Population Of 512, But In 1917 Its Coal Mines Were De Veloped And Metal And Chemical Industries Established. Its Popu Lation (1926) ...
Dnepropetrovsk
Dnepropetrovsk, Formerly Ekaterinoslav, A Town In A County Of The Same Name, In The Ukrainian S.s.r. It Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The Dnieper River Above The Rapids In 48° 21' N. And 35° 4' E. Alt. 210 Ft. 1927 Under American Direc Tion, The Construction Of A ...
Dnieper
Dnieper, One Of The Most Important Rivers Of Europe (the Borysthenes Of The Greeks, Danapris Of The Romans, Uzi Or Uzu Of The Turks, Eksi Of The Tartars, Elice Of Visconti's Map [1381], Lerene Of Contarini [1437], Luosen Of Baptista Of Genoa [154], And Lussem In The Same Century). It ...
Dniester
Dniester, A River Of South-eastern Europe Belonging To The Basin Of The Black Sea. It Rises On The Northern Slope Of The Car Pathian Mountains In Poland, And For 15o Miles From Za Leszczyky To Karmassy, Where It Forms A Broad Estuary As It Flows Into The Black Sea, Is ...
Doab
Doab, A Name Applied In India, According To Its Derivation (do, Two, And Ab, River), To The Stretch Of Country Lying Between Any Two Rivers, As The Bari Doab Between The Sutlej And The Ravi, The Rechna Doab Between The Ravi And The Chenab, The Jech Doab Between The Chenab ...
Dobbs Ferry
Dobbs Ferry, A Village Of Westchester County, New York, On The East Bank Of The Hudson River, Opposite The Northern End Of The Palisades, Tom. N. Of New York City. It Is Served By The New York Central Railroad. The Population Was 5,741 In 193o. It Is The Seat Of ...
Dobeln
Dobeln, A Town Of Germany, In The Land Of Saxony, On The (freiberg) Mulde, Two Arms Of Which Embrace The Town As An Island, 35 M. S.e. From Leipzig By Rail, And At The Junction Of Lines To Dresden, Chemnitz, Riesa And Oschatz. Pop. ) 24,703. The Nikolai-kirche, Dating In ...
Doberan
Doberan, A Town And Watering-place In The Land Of Mecklenburg, Germany, Lying About 2m. From The Shores Of The Baltic And 7 W. Of Rostock By Rail. Pop. 5,30o. Besides The Ruins Of A Cistercian Abbey Founded By Pribislaus, Prince Of Mecklenburg, In 1173, And Secularized In 1552, It Possesses ...
Dobrici
Dobrici (or Bazargic), Capital Of The Department Of Calia Cra, Southern Dobruja, Rumania. Pop. (1928) 19,000. Dobrici Is The Centre Of A Postal District, And Has "a Large Annual Fair For Cattle, Horses And Sheep. The Small Ports Of Balcik And Cavarna Are Situated Some 15 M. Away, On The ...
Dobritch
Dobritch, A Large Town In Dobruja (q.v.). Pop. (est.) 14,50o. The Town Is Noted As The Centre Of A Great Fair, Principally For Cattle And Horses. This Is Held In The Summer, But Has Declined In Importance In Recent Years. ...
Dobruja
Dobruja, A Region Of South-east Rumania, Bounded North And West By The Danube, East By The Black Sea, And South By Bulgaria. Its Area Is 23,262 Sq.km., The Population (1926) Approx Imately 7oo,000. It Comprises The Four Districts Of Tulcea, Con Stanta, Durostor And Bazargic. It Consists Of Low Mountains, ...
Docetae
Docetae, A Name Applied To Those Thinkers In The Early Christian Church Who Held That Christ, During His Life, Had Not A Real Or Natural, But Only An Apparent To Appear) Or Phantom Body. The Name Is First Used By Theodoret (ep. 82) As A General Description, And By Hippolytus ...
Dochmiac
Dochmiac [gr. Boxµri, "a Hand's Breadth"], A Form Of Verse, Consisting Of Dochmii Or Pentasyllabic Feet (usually U — — V — ), In English, "rebel, Slaves, Rebel." ...
Dock Warrant
Dock Warrant, In Law. A C-.:ocumen:1-_,y :he Owner Of A Marine Or River Dock Certi:-ies :ea: The 1...older Is Entitled To Goods Imported And Warehoused In The Docks. In The Factors Act 1889. It Is Included In The Phrase -do,--....:ment Of Title- And Is Deftne:_: As Any Document Or Writing. ...
Dock
Dock, In Botany, The Name Applied To The Plants Constituting A Section Of The Genus Rumex, Family Polygonaceae. They Are Bi Ennial Or Perennial Herbs With A Stout Rootstock, And Glabrous Linear-lanceolate Or Oblong-lanceolate Leaves With A Rounded, Ob Tuse Or Hollowed Base And A More Or Less Wavy Or ...
Docket
Docket, In Law, A Brief Summary Of A Case, Or A Memoran Dum Of Legal Decisions ; Also The Alphabetical List Of Cases Down For Trial, Or Of Suits Pending. Such Cases Are Said To Be "on The Docket." In Commerce A Docket Is A Warrant From The Custom House, ...
Docks
Docks. The Principal Function Of A Commercial Port Is To Provide Means Whereby Cargoes May Be Discharged From And Loaded Into Vessels Frequenting It For The Purpose. The Transfer Of Goods May Be From Ship To Quay Warehouses And Other Storage Places; Or To Wagons On The Quays; Or To ...
Dockyards And Naval
Dockyards A..nd Naval B.k.ses. 11-.7 --1 Bases - - - T ; 2 _ Aa:_ -le Aza: 7-e Hi; 7 =:". =:. =_ -2:•=.: _ 7 This = - - ••• _ 7=-2. 172 7: 22y By - E- - --7_ - - _..c- - • _ - 7. - ...
Doctor
Doctor (lat. For "teacher"), The Title Conferred By The Highest University Degree. Originally There Were Only Two Degrees, Those Of Bachelor And Master, And The Title Doctor Was Given To Certain Masters As A Merely Honorary Appellation. At Bologna It Seems To Have Been Conferred In The Faculty Of Law ...
Doctors Commons
Doctors' Commons, The Name Formerly Applied To A Society Of Ecclesiastical Lawyers In London, Forming A Distinct Profession For The Practice Of The Civil And Canon Laws. Some Members Of The Profession Purchased In 1567 A Site Near St. Paul's, On Which At Their Own Expense They Erected Houses (de ...
Doctrinaires
Doctrinaires, The Name Given To The Leaders Of The Moderate And Constitutional Royalists In France After The Second Restoration Of Louis Xviii. In 1815. In 1816 The Nain Jaune Re F Ugie, A French Paper Published At Brussels By Bonapartist And Liberal Exiles, Began To Speak Of Royer-collard As The ...
Dodder
Dodder, The Popular Name Of The Annual, Rootless, Leafless, Twining, Parasitic Plants Forming The Genus Cuscuta, Formerly Re Garded As Representing A Distinct Family Cuscutaceae, But Now In Cluded In The Convolvulaceae. The Genus Contains Nearly Too Species And Is Widely Distributed In The Temperate And Warmer Parts Of The ...
Dodecanese
Dodecanese (twelve Islands), In The Aegean Sea Are Situated Near The Coast Of Asia Minor And Are A Possession Of Italy. The Term First Appears In The 9th Century And Was Used In The Middle Ages For The Cyclades. Since The Italian Occupation It Has Been Applied To "the 13 ...
Dodecastyle
Dodecastyle, The Term Given To A Portico That Has 12 Columns In Front, Or To A Building Whose Chief Feature Is Such A Portico. ...
Dodge City
Dodge City, A City Of South-western Kansas, U.s.a., On The Arkansas River, At An Altitude Of 2,478ft.; The County Seat Of Ford County. It Is On Federal Highways 5os And 154, And Is Served By The Rock Island And The Santa Fe Railways. The Popu Lation In 1925 Was 6,099; ...
Dodona
Dodona, In Epirus, The Seat Of The Most Ancient And Vener Able Of All Hellenic Sanctuaries. Its Ruins Are At Dramisos, Near Tsacharovista. Though The Greeks Of The South Looked On The Inhabitants Of Epirus As Barbarians Nevertheless For Dodona They Maintained A Certain Reverence. Its Temple Was Dedicated To ...
Dog Days
Dog Days, Hot Summer Days, When Sirius, The Dog-star, Rises. Doge, The Title Of The Chief Magistrate In The Extinct Lics Of Venice And Genoa. For The Character Of The Office At Venice See The Articles Commune, Mediaeval; Bucentaur. In Genoa The Institution Of The Doge Dates From 1339. At ...
Dog Licences
Dog Licences. The Great Growth Of Dog-keeping Is Re Vealed By The Record Of The Dog Licence Duties, Which Show That The Dog Populations Have Become Enormous. In Great Britain Dogs Over Six Months Old Must Have A Licence Which Costs 7s. 6d. A Year. Dogs Used As Guides By ...
Dog Tooth
Dog-tooth, In Architecture, A Band Decoration Of Adjoin Ing, Projecting Triangles, Called, From Its Saw-tooth Shape, In French, Dent De Scie. Early Examples Of This Decoration Are Found In Syria And In The Mesopotamian Valley, E.g., In The Palace Front At Rabbath-ammon (built Either In The Last Years Of The ...