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Daub
DAUB, verb transitive
1. To smear with soft adhesive matter; to plaster; to cover with mud, slime, or other soft substance.
She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. Exodus 2:3.
2. To paint coarsely.
If a picture is daubed with many bright colors, the vulgar admire it. Watts.
3. To cover with something gross or specious; to disguise with an artificial covering.
So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. Shak.
4. To lay or put on without taste; to deck awkwardly or ostentatiously, or to load with affected finery.
Let him be daubed with lace- Dryden.
5. To flatter grossly.
Conscience will not daub nor flatter. South.
DAUB, verb intransitive To practice gross flattery; to play the hypocrite.
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Destitute
DESTITUTE, adjective [Latin To set. Literally, set from or away.]
1. Not having or possessing; wanting; as destitute of virtue, or of piety; destitute of food and clothing. It differs from deprived, as it does not necessarily imply previous possession.
2.e Needy; abject; comfortless; friendless.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute Psalms 102:17.
DESTITUTE, noun One who is without friends or comfort.
DESTITUTE, verb transitive
1. To forsake.
2. To deprive.
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DIRGE
DIRGE, noun Durj. [Latin , a word used in the funeral service.] A song or tune intended to express grief, sorrow and mourning; as a funeral dirge
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Disquiet
DISQUIET, adjective [dis and quiet.] Unquiet; restless; uneasy. [Seldom used.]
DISQUIET, noun Want of quiet; uneasiness; restlessness; want of tranquility in body or mind; disturbance; anxiety.
DISQUIET, verb transitive To disturb; to deprive of peace, rest or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to harass the body; to fret or vex the mind.
That he may disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. Jeremiah 1:1.
Why hast thou disquieted me. 1 Samuel 28:15.
O my soul, why art thou disquieted within me? Psalms 42:5.
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Divers
DIVERS, adjective. s as z. [Latin , to turn.]
1. Different; various.
Thou shalt not sow thy fields with divers seeds. Deuteronomy 21:1.
Nor let thy cattle gender with divers kinds. Leviticus 19:1.
[This is now generally written diverse.]
2. Several; sundry; more than one, but not a great number. We have divers examples of this kind. [This word is not obsolete even in common discourse, and is much used in law proceedings.]
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DOTH (in British English)
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Verb
archaic or dialect (used with the pronouns he, she, or it or with a noun) a singular form of the present tense of do
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Doxology
DOXOLOGY, noun [Gr., praise, glory; to speak.] In Christian worship, a hymn in praise of the Almighty; a particular form of giving glory to God.
Dullard
DULLARD, adjective Doltish; stupid.
DULLARD, noun A stupid person; a dot; a blockhead; a dunce.