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Denver – Derbyshire Neck

Denver

UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational institution in Denver, Colo.; founded in 1864 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1900: Professors and instructors, 131; students, 1,450; chancellor, H. A. Bucktel, D. D. DENYS. See DENIS.

Deontology

the science of duty; a term used by certain philosophic schools (Bentham, Spencer, and others) to denote their doctrine of ethics.

De Pauw University

a coedu-

Dephlogisticated Air

an old name for oxygen, which chemists regarded as common air deprived of phlogiston. DEPILATORIES (I pull out the hair), chemical agents employed for removing superfluous hair from the skin.

Deponent

a term in Latin grammar applied to verbs having a passive form but an active signification. They are so called because they, as it were, lay down (Lat. depono) or dispense with the signification proper to their form. Deponent is also used in law for a person who makes a deposition.

Deposit

in law, something given or intrusted to another as security for the performance of a contract, as a sum of money or a deed. In commerce, a deposit is generally either money received by banking or commercial companies with a view to employ it in their business, or documents, bonds, etc., lodged in security for loans.

Deposit

in geology, a layer of matter formed by the settling down of mud, gravel, stones, detritus, organic remains, etc., which had been held in suspension in water.

Deprivation

the removing of a clergyman from his benefice on account of heresy, misconduct, etc. It entails, of course, loss of all emoluments, but not the loss of clerical character.

De Profundis

in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, one of the DEPUTY seven penitential psalms, the 130th of the Psalms of David, which in the Vulgate begins with these words, signifying, "Out of the depths." It is sung when the bodies of the dead are committed to the grave.

Deputy

one who exercises an office as representing another. Chamber of Deputies: : the lower of the two legislative chambers in France and in Italy, elected by popular suffrage, and corresponding in some respects to the House of Commons in Great Britain.

Derby Day

the name given to_two days of the racing season among Eng- (2) lish-speaking peoples: (1) The day on which the English Derby is run. (2) Derby is run.

The grand inauguration day of the summer season at Washington Park, Chicago, on which day the American Derby is run.

Derbyshire Neck

a name given to bronchocele, from its being prevalent in some hilly parts of Derby co., England.