The sober 
mi^ft^l 
trine 
deturn 
ct and severity of bare preceps en 
rpl^^wtoSe^SiOTne doc- her head to let out when those fellows are here. Dickens. 
Sir K. Digby, Nature of Man's Soul, lii. deucedly deusedly (du'sed-li), adt 
deutoplasm 
deturpatet (de-ter'pat), v. *.; pret. and pp. tie- ishly; confoundedly. 
tiiriia ' i 
It'll be a deuced unpleasant thing if she takes it into oild statement of the law : the name given to 
ickens. the flfth book of the Pentateuch, consisting 
Devil- chiefly of three addresses purporting to have 
been made by Moses to Israel shortly before 
his death. The Mosaic origin of the book is disputed 
To defile. 
Em,, superstitions, heresies, and impieties, which had 
deturjxtted the face of the c'lmrch. 
yr. Taylor, Mss. from Popery, i. i. 
deturpationt (de-ter-pa'shon), [< detnryte : 
see -ation.] The act of defiling or corrupting; 
a corruption. 
The books of the fathers have passed through the cor- 
rections, and demons, and mistakes of transcribers 
Jer. Taylor, Ductor Dubitantmm, iv. 109. 
deuce 1 (dus), n. [Also formerly dense, ducc, 
early mod. E. also dewce, dewse, < ME. dewes, 
deus,< OF. Deus! later Dieux! i.e., God! (used, 
like mod. P. mon Dieut Or. mein Gottl as an 
ejaculation of sudden emotion or surprise), < L. 
deiis, voc.of dens, God: see deity. The common 
derivation from the Celtic (Bret. " dus, teitz, a 
phantom, specter, goblin"; ML. "dusins, dsemo 
apudGallos") is without sufficient support. Cf. 
LG. dus, duns G. daus, taus, used like the E. 
word: LG. deduits! G.derdaus! the deuce! d. 
was der daus! what the deuce! doss dich der 
dans! deuce take you! Cf. Fries, dus, a goblin 
(Outzen)jD.droes, a giant, LG.rfroos, a lubber, 
Holstein drums, a giant, used like dus; D. dc 
droes! LG. de droos! the deuce! LG. dat dt dc 
droos slaa ! Holstein Oat tt de drums hale ! deuce 
takeyou! The particular use of theD.,LG., and 
God be merciful: Deus, God; misereatur, M 
pers. sing. pres. subj. of miseren, be n eiful : 
see wwsewe.] The sixty-seventh psalm, so 
ca n e d from its first words in the Latin version. 
ft^S.^Btt'SrSSJ? &fSS3& 
Prayerj except on the twelfth day of the month, because 
it then occurs as one of the appointed psalms for the day. 
" A 
. word, 
An a) ^ reviati(m of Deuteronomy. 
deutencephalic (du-ten-se-fal'ik or -sef 'a-lik), 
a _ [< deutenceplutloii + -ic.] Same as dicncc- 
phalic. 
deutencephalon (du-ten-sef'a-lon), n. [NL.,< 
(j r _ <5 f Mepof ), second, + f y/rf^a/.of , brain.] Same 
as dtenceplialan. 
deuteriont (du-te'ri-on), n. [NL., < Gr. fevrtpiov, 
or pi. favrtpia, the afterbirth, neut. of Stvrtpios, 
< 6evrepos, second.] In anat., the afterbirth or 
gecundines. 
deutero-. [LL., NL., etc., deutero-, <Gr. oevre- 
p<, fj second, < dvo, = E. two, + compar. suffix 
. T p 0f .] An element in words of Greek origin, 
meaning < second.' 
deuterocanonical(du"te-r6-ka-uon'i-kal),n. [< 
Qr. fcivepof, second, + canonical.] Forming or 
belonging to a second canon.-Deuterocanonical 
books, those books of the Bible as received by the Roman 
deuteropatMa (du'te-ro-path'i-a), n. [NL.: 
8et . ,,,,,.,,,/,,,.] game as deuieropatky. 
deuteropathic (du"te-r6-path'ik), a. [=F.<feu- 
u {l *. ^ fa&rvpathy + -ic.] Pertain- 
ing to delteropathy. 
deuteropathy (du-te-rop'a-thi), n. [= 1 . aeu- 
teropritllie, < NL. di-itteropathia, < Gr. Otvrepof, 
second ' + ****> Buffering.] In pathol., a sec- 
ondary affection, the result of another and an- 
tecedent affection, as retimtis from nephritis. 
deuterOSCOpy (du-te-ros'kp-pi), n. [= 1 . - 
teroscopie, < Gr. devrepoc, second, + -aumrta, <. 
aitmrelv, view.] 1. Second sight. [Bare.] 
i felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, 
whom their gift of dmtemcopy compels to witness things 
unmeet for mortal eyes. 
2. The second view, or that which is seen upon 
a second view; the meaning beyond the literal 
sense ; second intention. [Bare.] 
Not attailling the deuteroscopy, or second intention of 
the wor( j Sj they are fain to omit their consequences, co- 
herences, figures, or tropologies. Sir T. Krmene, Vulg. Err. 
deuterostoma (du-te-ros'to-ma), . ; pi. deute- 
rostomatn (du"te-r6-st6'ma-ta). [NL., < Gr. 
6e - mpo , second!' +' cr6iia, mouth.] A Secon- 
dary blastopore; a blastopore formed after or 
otherwise than as an archseostoma. 
'' 
pr 
appar. 
. wor, u . authorit Thege books are> ln the O id Testament, most 
lated and transposed torms, respectively, ot O f those called the Apocrypha in the King James Bible, 
the word represented by OHG. durs, duns, Hut- and in the New Testament those known as antilegomena. 
^nS s ?ssfsAS i f& a &S$3^^),*. c<*.^ 
' g 
stomatous.] A prime division of the phylum 
v crmes i no ludinff those worms, such as most 
which are 
newhomarriesasecondtime. 
(whence prob. E. ihrustf in Jiob-tlmisli, q. v., 
a hobgoblin). The giants or goblins of Ten- 
tonic mythology, like^he gods ft classical my- 
thology, became identified in popular thought 
with the devils or demons of medieval Chris- 
tianity. Like other words used in colloquial im- 
nrppation deuce has lost definite meaning and 
Eas ^^been'stbTected (ta ^ LGG.,Td ScW 
mixture 8 wlth U otlTe^wordf ^L^ de 
v to V t dices' . LG 
deuterogamy (du-te-rog'a-mi), ,, [= F,^- 
terogamie, < Gr. ievrepayapla, a second marriage, 
< ievTepof, second, + yd//of, man-iage.] A second 
marriage after the death of the first husband 
or wife, or the custom of contracting such mar- 
riages. 
You behold before you ... IJr. Primrose, the monoga- 
"list.. . You here see that ... divine who has so long 
P " 
. . . deuterostomatmu Metazoa the ineso- 
*"** " d 
torv or interiectional Dhrase exnresshie mil- 
tory or mterjectionai pnrases, express 
vou' 'JoT fc e i' Ta^Vou 
Owe! dewee! all goes downe! York Plays, p. 4. 
I wish you could tell what a Duce your Head ails. 
Prior, Down-Hril.it 40. 
It was the prettiest prologue as he wrote It; 
We,, , , he deuce take me ,f I ha n t forgot it. 
To play the deuce, to do mischief or damage ; annoy or 
injure a person or thing : often followed by with. 
Three of them left the door open, and the other two 
pulled it so spitefully in going out that the little bell 
played the very deuce with Hepzibah's nerves. 
Hawthorne, Seven Gables, p. 73. 
deuce 2 (dus), . [Early mod. E. also dewce, dens; 
= MLG. dm = OHG. dus, G. dans = Sw. Dan. 
dus, deuce in cards, < OF. deus, dous, F. deux, < 
L. duos, ace. of duo = E. two, q. v.] 1. In cards 
and other games, two ; a card or die with two 
spots. 2. In lawn-tennis, a stage of the game in 
which both players or sides have scored 40, and 
one must score 2, or, if the other has vantage, 
3 points in succession in order to win the game. 
deuce-ace (dus'as), n. Two and one ; a throw 
of two dice, one of which turns up one and the 
other two. 
Moth. Then, I am sure, you know how much the gross 
sum of deuce-ace amounts to. 
Ann. It doth amount to one more than two. 
Moth. Which the base vulgar call three. 
Shak., L. L. L., i. 2. 
deuced (du'sed), a. [Sometimes written deused, 
and, for colloq. effect, doosed, doosid; < deucel 
+ -ed?. The word combines in a mitigated form 
the ideas of derilisli and damned.] Devilish; ex- 
cessive ; confounded : as, it is a deuced shame : 
often used adverbially. [Slang.] 
Everything is so deuced changed. 
Disraeli, Coningsby, viii. 4. 
deuterogenic (du*te-ro-jen'ik), a. [< Gr. detre- 
pof, second, + yevof, race (see genus), + -ie.] 
Of secondary origin: specifically applied in 
geology to those rocks which have been de- 
rived from the protogenic rocks by mechanical 
action. 
deuteromesal (du'te-ro-me'sal), a. [< Gr. deit- 
repof, second, + /uaof, middle, + -al.] Literal- 
ly, second and median: applied in entomology, 
by Kirby and other early entomologists, to a 
series of cells in the wings of hymeuopterous 
insects, called the first and third discoidal and 
first apical cells by most modern hymenopter- 
ists. 
Deuteronomic (du // te-ro-nom'ik), a. [< Deuter- 
onomy + -ic.] Of or pertaining to the book of 
Deuteronomy: as, the Deuteronomic code. 
Deuteronomical (du"te-ro-nom'i-kal), . Same 
as Deuteronomic. 
This is the second code, and is called the Deuteronomi- 
cal Code, because it makes up the bulk of the liook of 
Deuteronomy. Micart, Nineteenth Century, XXII. 39. 
Deuteronomist (du-te-ron'o-mist), n. [< Deu- 
teronomy + -ist.] 1. The writer or one of the 
writers of the book of Deuteronomy. 
It appears certain that the decalogue as it lay before 
the Deuteronomist did not contain any allusion to the cre- 
ation. Encyc. Brit., XXI. 125. 
2. One of the school of criticism which regards 
Deuteronomy as a product of an era of Jewish 
history long subsequent to the days of Moses. 
Deuteronomistic (du-te-ron-o-mis'tik), a. [< 
Deuteronomist + -ic.] Of or pertaining to the 
writer or writers of the book of Deuteronomy. 
The word is used in that school of criticism which regards 
Deuteronomy as a product of an era of J ewish history long 
subsequent to the days of Moses. 
The process of ' ' prophetic " or " Deuteronomistic " edit- 
ing. Encyc. Brit., XXI. 111. 
Deuteronomy (du-te-ron'o-mi), n. [= F. de/i- 
teronome = Sp. Pg. It. deuteronomio, < LL. deu- 
teronomium,CljGr. Sfvrtpov6^iov, the second law, 
the fifth book of the Pentateuch, < Gr. AtiTe/xif, 
second, + vouoc, law.] The second law, or sec- 
Huxley, Encyc. Brit., II. 52. 
Hpiitprozooid fdu'te-ro-zo'oid) IX Gr (Sefcre- 
ucl ^JtimnSULtiv ~\ A Rpcmidsrv VoSid- 
Pt, second, + ~ooia, q. V.J AE 
a zoeid^duced by gemmation from a zooid ; 
deuthydroguret deutohydroguret (dut-, du'- 
to-hi-drog'n-ret), . [< Gr &w( tp0 f) second, 
+ hydrogen) + -uret.-] In cfcew. an oW I term for 
a compound of two equivalents of hydrogen 
with one of some other element, 
deuto- TAbbr. of deutero-, < Gr. Mrtpof. sec- 
< W^Storf*0-.] In eke,,,., a. prefiS which 
denotes strictly the second term in an order or 
a series. Often used as equivalent to bi. or di- with 
reference to the constitution of compounds, distinguish- 
'" the + 
deutohydroguret, 
mala, cheek-bone, jaw, < mandere, chew, masti- 
cate : see mandible.] The second pair of jaws, 
or mouth-appendages, of the Myriapoda, form- 
ing the so-called labium or under lip of Savigny 
and later authors. In the chilognaths they have a su- 
perficial resemblance to the labium of winged insects ; but 
the corresponding pair of appendages in Chilopoda are 
not only unlike the labium of Hexapotla, but entirely 
different in structure from the homologous parts in chilog- 
' -,-, /.,,-, t - -^'is-n ,, 
deutomalal (thi-to-ma lal), . 
HMitnmaVar fdu tt nfi'lar 1 )' f< deutomula + 
^ i Of or iiertainm? to the deutomala of a 
"' ; J J or P erta 
my .+ Q ^- t / , n K Or foi, 
deutomerite (d u- tome, -i it) , ,, [< Gr ^ 
^.jgof), se no, f ptpof ', a it, -r (ce i in 
zool., the larger posterior one of the 
of a dicystidaii or septate ">&*,' &*** 
gashed from the smaller antei 
J>rotomente. 
deutoplasmfdii tp-plazm), . | W.tetortepot), 
second, + Tr'f-aafui, anything formed, < TAoffffHK, 
form, mold.] In emlryol., secondary, nutritive 
pl asmi or food-yolk: a term applied by the 
younger Van Beneden to that portion of the 
yolk of an egg or ovum which furnishes food 
for the nourishment of the embryo, but does 
]10 t enter directly into its formation or germi- 
nation. The grent bulk of the yolk of meroblastic ova, 
as birds' esss, consists of the nutritive deutoplasm or food- 
