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Disforest or Disafforest. To turn into common land. To return 

 from the privilege of a forest to the state of common ground, 

 or to remove the forest laws from the bounds and view of 

 certain lands. By charter of Henry III many forest areas 

 were disafforested. 



Dishonour oJ a Bill. When the person on whom a bill is drawn 

 fails to accept it or pay it when due, he is said to dishonour 

 it. The act of drawing or of indorsing a bill implies an 

 obligation to pay it, and the person in whose favour it 

 is drawn has thus recourse against the drawer and indorsers 

 should the drawee fail to accept or pay. In order to pre- 

 serve this recourse it is indispensable that notice of dishonour 

 shall at once be given to the drawer and indorsers as pre- 

 scribed by the Bills of Exchange Act. 



Dispatch Money. The amount called for under a charterparty 

 (where so agreed) when a vessel is loaded in less time than the 

 charterparty allows. It is a payment for saving the ship's 

 time. 



Divining-rod. A forked branch of hazel, suspended by the two 

 prongs between the balls of the thumbs, supposed by its 

 inclination to indicate the presence of water springs, the 

 locality of precious metals, buried wealth, etc. This has 

 the flavour of the Black Art or old days of Witchcraft. See 

 "Witch Hazel." 



Djati Wood. A kind of teak exported from Java. Djati is the 

 Malay name for teak. 



Dock Warrant. A document issued by the Dock authorities as 

 a receipt for goods warehoused. By custom it appears to 

 represent the goods and is freely transferr-ed accordingly. 



)og or Dogs. A short heavy piece of steel, bent and pointed 

 at one end and with an eye or ring at the other, or two 

 similar pieces of bent steel attached and used scissor- 

 fashion to hoist logs by means of a crane. It is used for 

 many purposes in logging. 



)olphin. A cluster of piles to which boom logs are secured. 



)oor. The frame or barrier of boards or other material usually 

 turning on hinges, by which the entrance way into a house 

 or apartment is closed and opened. The component parts 

 of an ordinary house frame door are as follows : The horizontal 

 pieces of the frame, named respectively, the top rail, the 

 bottom rail and the lock rail (in which the lock is fixed) ; 

 the outside vertical pieces, known as "stiles"; the inter- 

 mediate vertical parts termed " munting," and the openings 

 of the frame, which are filled with thin boards called " panels." 



