Demotic
or ENCHORIAL ALPHA- BET, a simplification of the hieratic, of the which again was a contraction hieroglyphic characters.
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Demulcents
medicines which tend to soothe or protect the mucous membranes against irritants. They are generally composed of starch, gum, albuminous or oily substances largely diluted.
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Demurrage
in maritime law, (1) the time during which a vessel is detained by the freighter beyond what is named in the charter-party in loading or unloading. A vessel thus detained is said to be on demurrage . (2) The compensation or allowance made by the freighter of a vessel for such delay or detention. Demurrage must be paid in every case except when the delay is caused by tempestuous weather, any fault of the owner , captain, or crew of the vessel, or detention by an enemy. The word is also applied to a similar compensation or allowance payable for delay in loading or unloading railway cars beyond a certain specified period allowed for the purpose. In the Bank of England, demurrage is the allowance of 1½d. per ounce made to the bank in exchanging coins or notes for bullion. The metallic value of standard gold is £3 17s. 10½d. per ounce; at the Bank of England £3 17s . 9d. is given for it without any delay. If it were taken to the mint there would be a delay of some days before it could be converted into coin. The difference of 1½d. per ounce, by which this delay is avoided, is called demurrage.
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Demurrer
in law, a stop at some point in the pleadings , and a resting of the decision of the cause on that point; confesses the fact or facts to be true, but denies the sufficiency of the facts in point of law to support the claim or defense. an issue on matter of law. A demurrer Printing demy
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Demy
a size of paper intervening between royal and crown. Pri measures generally 22 inches by 17½, writing 20 inches by 15½, drawing 22 inches by 17.
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Denain
a town of northern France , in the department of Nord, 6 miles from Valenciennes . It stands in the center of a coal field, and has iron works, etc. A great victory was gained here in 1712 by the French under Villars over the allies under Eugene and Albemarle. Pop. (1906) 23,950.
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Denarius
a silver coin of the Roman Republic and Empire. It was worth about sixteen cents of United States money. It is the silver penny of the New Testament. "Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's." Luke xx: 24. The abbreviation d. for the English penny is derived from the Latin denarius.
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Denatured Alcohol
Ethyl Al. cohol , containing substances "which destroy its character as a beverage or render it unfit for liquid medicinal purposes." ( Act of Congress, June 7, 1906; amended March 2, 1907; Act, Oct. 3, 1913). There are two classes of denatured alcohol, one known as "specially denatured," the other as "completely denatured." The use of the former is restricted to certain industries in which the completely denatured article would stance, as the manufacture of ether, produce harmful effects, such, for inchloral hydrate and numerous synthetics. The most common formula previously used for completely denaturing alcohol was the addition of 10 per cent. zine. In view, however, of the large of methyl alcohol and 1 per cent. of bennumber of deaths and cases of total blindness occurring after the Eighteenth Amendment took effect, this formula was revoked in December, 1919, and hereafter no completely denatured alcohol containing more than 2 per cent. methyl alcohol will be allowed on the market. Alcohol is now commonly denatured with pyridin. Wales, with an area of 662 square miles.
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Denbighshire
a county of north In the northern part the surface is mountainous, about two-thirds being under cultivation. The chief industries are agriculture , including the raising of corn, the making of cheese and butter, and the raising of live stock. There are important coal mines in the county. The chief towns are Denbigh, the capital, Rexham, Ruthin, and Llangollen. Population, about 150,000.
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Denby
EDWIN, an American public He was educated at the Evansville High official , born at Evansville, Ind ., in 1870. father to China, where the latter was School. In 1885 he accompanied his United States Minister. He served in the Chinese Imperial Maritime Custom Service from 1887 to 1897, returning, however, to the United States for a time School of the University of Michigan in in 1894. He graduated from the Law to the bar, engaging in the practice of 1896, and in the same year was admitted law in Detroit. During the Spanish- American War he served as gunner's declaration of war between the United mate on the U. S. S. Yosemite. On the States and Germany he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was made a sergeant in 1917. He served throughout the war , retiring as a major. In 1902-1903 he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, and from 1905 to 1911 was a member of Congress from the First Michigan District. He was selected by President Harding as Secretary of the Navy, and assumed office on March 4, 1921. tyra of the Greeks and Romans), an DENDERAH (den'der-ä) (the Ten- Arab village of Upper Egypt, on the left bank of the Nile, 28 miles N. of Thebes, celebrated for its temple dedicated to Athor, the Egyptian Venus.
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Dendermonde
or TERMONDE, a town of Belgium, province of East Flanders, at the confluence of the Dender with the Scheldt, 12 miles N. W. from Brussels. It is strongly fortfied. Manufactures woolens, linens, tobacco, etc. The town was taken by Marlborough in 1706.
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Dendrite
a stone or mineral on or in which are the figures of shrubs, mosses, or other vegetable growth; an arborescent or dendritic mineral. The colors are due to the traces of organic matter, or of oxides of iron, manganese, or titanium.
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Dendrophis
a genus of snakes, family Dendrophidæ, with smooth scales, which are much larger along the back than on the sides; the sides of the abdomen are_slightly keeled. This genus occurs in India, the East Indies, and Australia, and its members are not venomous. D'ENGHIEN. See ENGHIEN.
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