Dengue
said to be a mistake for English dandy; the disease, when it first made its appearance in the British West India Islands, being called the dandy-fever, from stiffness and constraint caused to the limbs. This the Spaniards mistook for their word dengue = prudery, a continued fever common in the United States and in the East and West Indies, and Africa. The chief symptoms are severe pains in forehead, limbs, back, and joints, with an eruption like measles, measles, or rather erysipelas, with painful swellings.
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Denim
a heavy, twill-woven, cotton fabric used for workmen's overalls, blouses, jumpers, and shirts, and for children's rompers. It is dyed in plain colors and loom-figured in stripes or checks. A superior grade, woven from cotton of a fine count, and frequently printed, is used for upholstery, draperies, sofa cushions, and a variety of household purposes. It is known as art denim. A fine, smoothly finished variety, is also used for women's skirts and children's suits. See Twill
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Denis
ST., a town of France, in the department of Seine, 6 miles N. of Paris. A chapel in honor of St. Denis was founded at this place, in 250. Dagobert was buried here in 580. Dagobert I. founded the abbey in 636, and it has ever since been the place of sepulcher for the French monarchs. The first church was finished in 775, and the present edifice, commenced in 1130, was completed in 1281. A battle between the Roman Catholics and the Huguenots was fought in its vicinity, Nov. 10, 1567, when the latter were victorious, De Montmorenci, the Roman Catholic leader, being mortally wounded. By a decree of the Convention, Aug. 6, 1793, the royal tombs were opened, but they were restored by Napoleon I. in 1806. The abbey was suppressed in 1792. Pop. (1906) 64,790.
or DENYS, ST. (den-e'), first Bishop of Paris, in the 3d century. He was sent from Rome, about A. D. 250, to convert the pagans of Gaul. He built many churches, and selected Paris as the seat of his bishopric. During the persecution of the Christians under Aupersecution relian, he was condemned to death by the Roman governor Pescennius, and beheaded in 272.
or DENNIS, a name much affected by the faithful of the Roman Catholic Church, and particularly among the Irish. The appellation has acquired a similar position position in the United States with the name Jonah, for an analogous reason. "Your name is Dennis," means you are doomed to disappointment.
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Denison
a city in Grayson co.. Tex.; on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf, alf, the Texas and Pacific, and other railroads; 106 miles N. of Dallas. It is a noted cattle-shipping place; the farming trade center of the surrounding country, and an important railroad point. It has manufactures of cotton, cotton-seed oil, creosote, grain elevators, iron, and machinery, daily and weekly papers, high school, electric lights, water works, and 2 National banks. Pop. (1910) 13,632; (1920) 17,065.
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Dennewitz
a small Prussian village in the circle of Potsdam, province of Brandenburg, famous for the battle between the French and Prussians, Sept. 6, 1813, in which the latter, aided toward the end by Russian and Swedish armies, were victorious.
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Denney
JOSEPH VILLIERS, an American educator, born at Aurora, III., in 1862. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1885 and studied law in the law department of the same institution. After carrying on post-graduate studies in Germany and France he engaged in journalism for two years. He was then engaged in teaching in the high schools until 1891, when he was appointed assistant professor of rhetoric at the Ohio State University. He became successively professor of rhetoric and English literature, literature, and and dean of the College of Arts, Philosophy, and Science at that institution. He was a member of several learned societies and was the editor of many well-known works in English language and literature.
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Dennison
a village of Ohio, in Tuscarawas co. It is on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad and on the Panhandle Ohio Canal. The notable buildings include a hospital and a public library, and its industries include railway workshops and sewerpipe works. Pop. (1910) 4,008; (1920) 5,524.
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Dennison University
an educational institution in Granville, O.; founded in 1831, under the auspices of Baptist Church; reported at the end of 1899: Professors and instructors, 46, students, 900; president, C. W. Chamberlain, D. D.
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Denny
COLLINS, an American Methodist Episcopal bishop and educator ucator,, born in Winchester, Va., in 1854. He graduated from Princeton University in 1876 and after studying law began practicing in Baltimore in 1877. In 1880 he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the South and was engaged in missions with that denomination for several years, and from 1891 to 1910 he was professor of mental and moral philosophy at the Vanderbilt University. In the latter year he was appointed bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the South. From 1910 he was secretary of the College of Bishops. He was a member of the Virginia Council of National Defense in 1917. He was also a member of the Virginia War History Commission. He was a frequent contributor to denominational magazines.
GEORGE HUTCHESON, an American educator, born in Hanover county, Va., in 1870. He graduated from Hampden-Sidney College in 1891 and afterward took post-graduate studies in several universities, becoming a tutor in Hampton-Sidney College. From 1896 to 1899 he was professor of Latin, acting president, and president of Washington and Lee University, and in 1912 was elected president of the University of Alabama. He was a member of many educational societies and in 1912 was president of the Alabama State Board of Arbitration. He was the author of several books on educational subjects.
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Density
that quality of a body which depends upon the denseness or close cohesion of its constituent particles. It is estimated by the proportion which the bulk bears to the weight. Thus, if there be two bodies of equal bulk, but of different weights, then the body of greater weight is of greater density. Thus the density is seen to be directl proportional to the quantity of matter, and indirectly proportional to the bulk.
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