Du Potet
One of the original founders of spiritualism in Dupuis France , and one of the first experimentalists in tableturning, either in that country or elsewhere. (See France).
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Du-Sith (Black Elf.)
A little man, believed to be of fairy origin, who killed Sir Lachlan Mor M'Clean at the battle of Trai-Gruinard, in Islay, Scotland , in the year 1598. The story runs that this little man offered his services to Sir James Macdonald, the opponent of Sir Lachlan; and that the latter's death was caused by an arrow which struck him on the head, and was afterwards found to be an Elf-bolt. In reply to a question of Macdonald's the little man replied: "I am called Du-sith, and you were better to have me with you than against you."
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Dual Personality
In every form of cerebral dissociation there is a disturbance of consciousness. Sometimes, and especially in the trance, there occurs what is known as "split consciousness," and the split may be so pronounced that the subject seems to have two or more distinct personalities. The secondary personality may differ from the primary in many ways, and possess entirely distinct intellectual and moral characteristics. The entranced subject may allude to his normal consciousness in the third person, may criticise its opinions and attitude, or even express direct antagonism towards it. The secondary personality sometimes alternates with the primary in such a way as to suggest that two spirits are struggling to possess the same physical organisation. Another peculiarity of this state is that whereas the normal consciousness generally knows nothing of the others, the secondary personalities have full knowledge of each other and of the normal conciousness. Dual personality is not confined to the trance state, but may arise spontaneously. R. L. Stevenson makes effective use of it in his Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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Dublin
UNIVERSITY OF, an institute for higher learning, in Dublin, Ireland, better known as Trinity College. It received a charter from Queen Elizabeth in 1591, and the ground upon which it was built was donated by the Corporation of Dublin. The first chancellor was There William Cecil, Lord Burghley. were in 1919 1,350 students and 88 instructors.
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Dubno
FORTRESS OF, one of a triangle of three strongholds built by the Russians in Galicia (the other two being Lutsk and Rovno )) and which were the ) object of heavy fighting during the operations on the eastern front during the World War. These fortifications enabled the Russians to maintain their lines of communication with the interior and made possible the transfer of forces through the protection they gave to the various railroad lines necessary for such a transfer. The fortress was captured and recaptured several times by the contending forces during the war. During the operations between the Russian Soviet Government and the Polish forces, in the summer of 1920, Dubno was captured by the Poles and was by them held for a short period.
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Ducato
CAPE (dö-kä'tō) (ancient Leukate), an abrupt headland at the S. W. extremity of Leukes or Santa Maura, one of the Ionian Islands, dreaded by sailors for the fierce currents around it. On the summit are remains of a temple of Apollo, and from here criminals were anciently cast into the sea. Here, too, tradition fixes the scene of Sappho's fatal leap, and that of Artemisia of Halicarnassus.
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Ducatoon
formerly a Dutch silver coin worth 3 gulden, 3 stivers, or $1.30. There were coins of the same name in Italy. In Tuscany its value was about $1.35, in Savoy slightly more, and in Venice about $1.18.
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Duck
a stout, plain-woven, canvas-like fabric, made of either linen or cotton. Duck is of various weights and styles of finish, is bleached or unbleached, dyed in plain colors or printed. In true duck, two warp threads are laid together in the loom and woven as one. Duck, as retailed, is usually about twenty-eight inches wide, but for manufacturers' purposes, it is made as wide as 208 inches. Duck in its different qualities is put to a variety of uses. Heavy, unbleached duck is used for awnings, sails, tents, stack covers, etc.; bleached duck for men's summer clothes, women's and children's suits, and waiters' coats and aprons. Fancy striped duck is used for tents and awnings. Elastic linen duck is used as an extra stiffening in men's coats.
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Duck
a species of coarse cloth made of flax, lighter and finer than canvas.
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Duck
the popular name given to various Anatidæ, and especially to those of the two sub-families Anatinæ and Fuligulinæ. The former are called by Swainson, river ducks, or sometimes also true ducks, and the latter sea ducks. A similar distinction into sea ducks and pond ducks had long ago been made by Willughby. The Anatinæ have the bill broad and lengthened, the nostrils basal, the legs very short, and the hinder toe slightly lobed. The Fuligulinæ have the 1 2 3 114 4 あいり DUCKS 1. Ring Necked Duck 3. American Widgeon 2. Surf Scoter 4. Mandarin Duck hinder toe very broad. The Anatinæ, or true ducks, are migratory birds, coming and going in large flocks.
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Dudevant
MADAME. See SAND, GEORGE.
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Dudley
ROBERT, Earl of Leicester. See LEICESTER.
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Dudley
LORD GUILDFORD, son of John, Duke of Northumberland, was married in 1553 to Lady Jane Grey, whose claim to the throne the duke intended to assert on the death of Edward VI. On the failure of the plot Lord Guildford was condemned to death, but the sentence was not carried into effect till the insurrection of Wyatt induced Mary to order his immediate execution ly to the French ideas that then inun- (1554).
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Dudley (JOHN Duke of Northumberland)
JOHN, Duke of Northumberland, son of Sir Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII.; born in 1502. He was left by Henry VIII. one of the executors named in his will, as a kind of joint-regent during the minority of Edward VI. Under that prince he manifested the most insatiable ambition and obtained vast accessions of honors, power, The illness of the and emoluments. king, over whom he had gained complete ascendency, aroused his fears, and he endeavored to strengthen his interest by marrying his son, Lord Guildford Dudley, to Lady Jane Grey, descended from the younger sister of Henry VIII., and persuaded Edward to settle the crown on his kinswoman by will, to the exclusion of his two sisters, the Princesses Mary and Elizabeth. The death of the king, the abortive attempts to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne, and the ruin of all those concerned in the scheme are among the most familiar events in the annals of England. He was beheaded in 1553.
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