Dephlogisticated Air
an old name for oxygen, which chemists regarded as common air deprived of phlogiston.
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These 14 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Dephlogisticated Air, Depilatories, Deponent.
Depilatories
chemical agents employed for removing superfluous hair from the skin.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Deposition
the evidence or statement of a witness on oath or affirmation, signed by the justice or other duly authorized official before whom it is given; an affidavit. DÉPÔT (dā pō or dep'ō), a French word in general use as a term for a place where goods are received and stored; hence, in military matters, a magazine where arms, ammunition, etc., are kept. The term is now usually applied to those companies of a regiment which remain at home when the rest are away on foreign service. In the United States it is the common term for a railway station.
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Depot
de'po, a French word meaning a storehouse, as of provisions or merchandise. A railway warehouse for receiving and issuing freight is properly called a depot. The name should not be applied to a railway station designed for the accommodation of passengers. The parcel or baggage room is the only part of a station that might be called properly a depot or store room. A station is a depot only to such extent. In case of a building used for passengers and freight, the term station is to be preferred. See St. Louis
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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.
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Depth
The contact point between a wheel and pinion.
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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.
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Derajat
the fluvial portion of Daman, itself a comparatively narrow strip in the Punjab, India, between the Suliman Mountains and the Indus, and which, when duly irrigated, is singularly fertile. It is divided into four districts and has an area of 20,300 square miles, and a population (1891) of 1,643, 600. Dera Ghazi Khan, the capital of one of the districts, is about 2 miles W. of the Indus. Pop. 27,886. Dera Ismail Khan, capital of another district, is 4½ miles W. of the Indus. Pop. 26,884.
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Derbend
or DER- BENT (der-bent') ("gateway"), a port and capital of the former Russian district of Daghestan, on the W. shore of the Caspian, 140 miles N. W. of Baku. It is charmingly situated among vineyards and orchards and fields of maize and madder, on the declivity of a branch of the Caucasus, which here approaches very close to the water's edge. Derbend in 1485 on Thomas, second Lord Stanley, is surrounded by ancient walls. The upper city forms the citadel, and contains the splendid palace of the ancient khans, now the residence of the Russian governor. The harbor is inaccessible to all but small vessels; but a considerable trade is done at the four large markets held here yearly. Silk and cotton fabrics, earthenware and weapons are manufactured, and saffron is cultivated. Derbend was long considered the key of Persia on the N. W. side. It was captured by the Arabs in 728, by the Mongols in 1220, and frequently changed hands before it was formally incorporated with Russian Caucasia in 1813. In 1920 Daghestan was in the hands of the Bolshevik government of Russia. Pop. about 15,000.
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Derby
dar'by, an English shire, town, and noble family. All these are eclipsed by the fame of the Derby horse-race, instituted by the Earl of Derby in 1780. It is held annually on Epsom Downs, an extensive plain near London, on the Wednesday following Trinity Sunday. The races are for three-year-olds. The course is a mile and a half in length. The colts carry a weight, jockey and all, of 126 pounds; the fillies of 121 pounds. It costs $500 to enter. The winner gets $25,000. Lord Rosebery had an ambition to marry the richest wife in England, to become prime minister, and--note the climax--to win a Derby race. He has succeeded in all three. The shortest time on record is that of Kettledrum in 1861. He ran the mile and a half in 2 minutes 43 seconds. On Derby day London is forsaken. Suburban trains are crowded. Every private vehicle and carriage is out. Superb equipages, with outriders, sweep along the road; a thousand cabs are on the way. Workmen in clean jackets load down the drays. Bootblacks and newsboys, rags and gay ribbons,--afoot, on horseback, or awheel,--all London streams along to see the races. Social distinctions are almost forgotten as duke and newsy go mad in very ecstacy of joy when a favorite wins. The successful jockey is for the time greater than any crowned head of Europe. See Horse-Racing
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Derby (City in New Haven co Conn)
a city in New Haven co., Conn.; at the confluence of the Naugatuck and Housatonic rivers, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; 9 miles W. of New Haven. In 1893 the towns of Birmingham and Derby were consolidated and incorporated as the city of Derby. It is a manufacturing city of much importance and has abundant water power from the two rivers. There are extensive manufactures of brass and iron goods, paper, pins, typewriters, pianos, hosiery, guns, and ammunition, and at one time the old town had a large West India trade and noted shipbuilding yards. A bridge across the Naugatuck river connects Derby with the thrifty manufacturing city of Ansonia. It has several parks, daily and weekly newspapers and a National bank. Pop. (1910) 8,991; (1920) 11,238.
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