devoutless 
devoutlesst (de-vout'les), . [< devout + -less.'] 
Destitute of devotion. E. D. [Rare.] 
devoutlessnesst (de-vout'les-nes), n. Want of 
devotion. [Rare.] 
The last point of this armour be the darts of devoutless- 
?u>'s, umnercifulness, and cpicurisme. 
Up. of Chiehester, Two Sermons, sig. C 6 b. 
devoutly (de-vout'li), adv. [< ME. devoutly, 
dcrotly, -liche ; < deront + -ly 2 .] 1. In a devout 
manner; with devout feelings; with solemn 
reverence and submission to God ; with ardent 
devotion. 
Sunday, the xix Day of Julii, we cam all to Mounte Syou 
to Masse, which was song ther ryght Devowtly. 
Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travel], p. 25. 
At length her grace rose, and with modest paces 
Came to the altar : where she kneel'd, and, saint-like, 
Cast her fair eyes to heaven, and pray'd devoutly. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., iv. 1. 
2. Religiously ; with pious thoughts. 
One of the wise men, having a while attentively and de- 
voutly viewed and contemplated this pillar and cross, fell 
down upon his face. Bacon. 
3. Sincerely; earnestly; solemnly. 
A consummation 
Devoutly to be wish'd. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 1. 
devoutness (de-vout'nes), n. The quality or 
state of being devout. 
devovet (de-vov'), v. t. [< L. devovere, devote: 
see devote, V. *.] To dedicate by vow ; devote ; 
doom to destruction; destine for sacrifice. 
'Twas his own son, whom God and mankind loved, 
His own victorious son, whom he devomd. 
Cowlfy, Davideis, iv. 
devowt (de-vou'), r. t. [< OF. devouer, F. de- 
vouer, devote, give up, < L. devotare, freq. of 
devovere, devote : see devote. The second sense 
is appar. taken from disavow.'] 1. To devote ; 
apply. 
Those clear causes, to the inquiry 
And search of which your mathematical head 
Hath so deoowed itself. 
B. Jonson, Magnetick Lady, i. 1. 
2. To disavow ; disclaim. 
There too the armies angelic devow'd 
Their former rage, and all to mercy bow'd. 
G. Fletcher, Christ's Victory and Triumph. 
dew 1 (du), n. [Early mod. E. also dewe, deaw; 
< ME. dew, den, deaw, < AS. deaw = OFries. 
daw = D. dauw = MLG. dow, douwe, dawe, dau, 
LG. dan = OHG. ton, tau (touw-), MHG. ton 
(touw-), G. tau, tliau = Icel. dogg = Sw. dagg, 
dew, cf . dugg, drizzling rain, = Dan. dug, dew 
(ODan. dugregn, drizzling rain), = Goth. *dagg- 
wus (?), not recorded. From the Scaud. is 
derived E. dag 1 , dew: see dag 1 , deg.~] 1. The 
aqueous vapor which is deposited from the at- 
mosphere by condensation, especially during 
the night, in the form of small drops on the 
surface of bodies. The formation of dew is explained 
by the loss of heat by bodies on the earth's surface through 
radiation at night, by which means they and the air im- 
mediately about them are cooled below the dew-point 
(which see). Dew is thus deposited chiefly on bodies which 
are good radiators and poor conductors of heat, like grass ; 
hence also it appears chiefly on calm and clear nights - 
that is. when the conditions are most favorable for radia- 
tion. It never appears on nights both cloudy and windy. 
In winter dew becomes hoar frost. 
They [in Pern] liaue large and deepe ditches, in which 
they sow or set, and that which groweth is nourished 
with the deaw. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 873. 
Since dew is made of steams of the terrestrial globe, 
which, whilst they retain that form, and were not yet con- 
vened into drops, did swim to and fro in the air, and 
made part of it ; the phenomena that shew the power of 
dew in working on solid bodies may help to manifest how 
copiously the air may be impregnated with subtile saline 
parts. Boyle, Hist, of Air, xi. 
She . . . wash'd her hands with the deic[s] of heav'n, 
That on sweet roses fall. 
Queen Eleanor's Fall (Child's Ballads, VI. 296). 
The dews of the evening most carefully shun, 
Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun. 
Chesterfield, Advice to a Lady in Autumn. 
2. Something likened to dew : (a) As falling 
lightly, or as serving to refresh. 
Never yet one hour in his bed 
Did I enjoy the golden dew of sleep, 
But with his timorous dreams was still awak'd. 
Shak., Rich. III., iv. 1. 
I thought for thee, I thought for all 
My gamesome imps that round me grew, 
The dews of blessing heaviest fall 
Where care falls too. Jean Ingelow. 
(b) As suggestive of the morning, and hence of 
freshness and youth. 
Fair-haired, azure-eyed, with delicate Saxon complexion, 
Having the dew of his youth, and the beauty thereof. 
Longfellow, Miles Standish, i. 
3. Moisture standing in little drops on any- 
thing. 
1584 
Next unto him was Neptune pictured. . . . 
His face was rugged, and his hoarie bed 
Dropped with brackish deaw. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. xi. 40. 
Mountain dew, illicit whisky. [Slang.] 
dew 1 (du), v. t. [< ME. dewen, < AS. cledwian 
= OFries. dawa = D. dauwen = LG. dauen = 
OHG. touwon, towon, towen, MHG. touweti, G. 
tauen, tliauen = Icel. doggva = Sw. dagga, dew, 
cf . dugga, drizzle, = Dan. dugge, dew ; from the 
noun. Cf. bedew.'] To wet with or as if with 
dew ; moisten ; bedew. 
Phoebus himself shall kneel at Ciesar's shrine, 
And deck it with bay garlands dewed with wine. 
B. Jomoii, Poetaster, v. 1. 
Dew'd with showery drops, 
Up-clomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse. 
Tennyson, Lotos-Eaters. 
dew 2 ti " An obsolete spelling 
dewan (de-wan'), . [Also written deewan, and 
more correctly divan, diwdn, < Hind, diwdn, a 
tribunal, council, minister, head officer of 
finance and revenue, < Pers. divan: see divan.'] 
In India: (a) A financial officer formerly ap- 
pointed under the Mohammedan governments 
in each province for the purpose of superintend- 
ing the collection of the revenue, etc. 
Shah Alam gave letters patent to Lord Clive investing 
the English Company with the office of Dtwan. . . . The 
Dewan was the accountant-general or finance minister, 
and looked solely after the revenue and expenditure. 
J. T. Wheeler, Short Hist India, p. 311. 
(6) The chief financial minister of a state, (c) 
The prime minister of a native state, (d) The 
chief native officer of certain government es- 
tablishments, as the mint, (e) In Bengal, a 
native servant in confidential charge of the 
dealings of a house of business with natives, or 
of the aft'airs of a large domestic establishment. 
Yule and Burnett. 
dewani, dewanny (de-wa'ni), n. [< Hind. 
diwdni, prop, adj., relating to adiirdii; as noun, 
the office, jurisdiction, etc. , of a diwdn : see de- 
wan.'} The office of dewan. 
dew-beater (du'be"ter), . 1. One who walks 
out early and brushes off the dew. 
The dew beaters have trod their way for those that come 
after them. Up. Hacket, Abp. Williams, i. 57. 
2. pi. A pair of oiled shoes. Halliwell. 
dewberry (du'ber'i), n. ; pi. dewberries (-iz). 
[< dew* + uerryl ; appar. in allusion to its be- 
ing a low-lying shrub.] 1. In England, the 
popular name of the Rubiis ccesiits, a bramble 
which grows in woods, thickets, hedges, and the 
borders of fields ; the fruit of this plant. The 
fruit is black, with a bluish dewy bloom, and 
of an agreeable acid taste. 
Feed him with apricocks and dew- 
berries, 
With purple grapes, green figs, and mul- 
berries. Shak., M. X. D., iii. 1. 
2. In the United States, the pop- 
ular name of Bubns Canadennis, 
the low blackberry, a trailing 
plant which has a large sweet 
fruit ; the fruit of this plant. 
dew-besprent (du'be-sprent"), 
a. Sprinkled with dew. 
The chewing flocks 
Had ta'en their supper on the savoury 
herb 
Of knot-grass dew-besprent, and were in 
fold. Milton, Comus, 1. 542. 
dew-claw (du'kla), n. 1. The 
rudimentary inner toe of the 
foot, especially the hind foot, 
Of SOme dogS. Left Fore Foot of 
a Terrier. X, dew- 
Ill domestic dogs a hallux is fre- claw. 
quently developed, though often in a 
rudimentary condition, the phalanges and claw being sus- 
pended loosely in the skin, without direct connection with 
the other bones of the foot ; it is called by dog-fanciers 
the dew-claw. W. H. Flower, Encyc. Brit., XV. 438. 
2. The false hoof of deer and other ungulates. 
dew-clawedt (du'klad), a. Furnished with 
dew-claws; ungulate. 
By Browuists I mean not Independents, but dew-clawd 
Seperatists. N. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 11. 
dew-cup (du'kup), n. 1 . The first allowance of 
beer to harvest laborers. Mackay. Also dew- 
drink. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A common name in 
Scotland of the lady's-mantle, Alchemilla vul- 
garis. 
dew-drink (du'dringk), . Same as dew-cup, 1. 
dewdrop (du'drop), n. [= D. dauwdropp-el = 
G. tliautropfen = Dan. dugdraabe = Sw. dagg- 
droppe.~\ A drop of dew. 
I must go seek some dew-drops here, 
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. 
Shak., M. N. D., ii. 1. 
dewtry 
deweH, and . An obsolete spelling of dew 1 . 
dewe 2 t, <t. An obsolete spelling of duel. 
dewe 3 t, ' t- See due 2 . 
deweylite (du'i-lit), . [< Chester Dewcy, an 
American scientist (1784-1867), + -lite.] A 
hydrated silicate of magnesium occurring in 
amorphous masses of a yellowish color and re- 
sembling gum arabic. It is related to serpen- 
tine, but contains more water. 
dewfall (du'fal), n. [= Dan. dug/ald.] 1. The 
falling of dew; a fall of dew. 
Expanding while the dewfall flows. 
Moore, Lalla Kookli, Light of the Harem. 
Noiseless as dew-fall, heed it well 
Thy Father s call of love ! 
Whittier, Call of the Christian. 
2. The time when dew begins to fall ; early 
evening. 
dewfult, See due/id. 
dew-grass (du'gras), n. The cocksfoot-grass, 
Dactylis glomerata. [Eng.] 
dewiness (du'i-nes), . [< dewy + -ness.'] The 
state of being covered or damp with dew. 
dewittt (de-wif ),r.t. [After two Dutch states- 
men named De Witt, opponents of William III., 
Prince of Orange, massacred in 1672 by a mob, 
without inquiry.] To lynch. [Rare.] 
To her I leave thee, gloomy peer. 
Think on thy crimes committed ; 
Repent, and be for once sincere ; 
Thou ne'er wilt be J)e-WUtcd. 
Prior, The Viceroy, St. 65. 
One writer, in a pamphlet which produced a great sen- 
sation, expressed his wonder that the people had not, 
when Tourville was riding victorious in the Channel, De- 
witted the nonjuring prelates. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xvi. 
dewlap (du'lap), . [< ME. dewlap, dewlappe 
(= Dan. doglcep); < dew 1 + lap 1 (= Dan. leap), 
a loose hanging piece. Otherwise explained, 
fancifully, as the part which laps or licks the 
dew in grazing : see lap 3 .'] 1. The fold of skin 
that hangs from the throat of oxen and cows ; 
hence, the pendulous skin under the throat of 
some other animals, as dogs. 
Large rolls of fat about his shoulders slung, 
And from his neck the double dewlap hung. 
Add/son. 
2. The flesh on the human throat when flaccid 
with age. [Humorous and rare.] 
And, when she drinks, against her lips I bob, 
And on the wither'd dewlap pour the ale. 
Shak., M. N. D., ii. 1. 
3. The large median fleshy fold or single wattle 
of the domestic turkey. 
There is a great difference [between the wild and the 
tame turkey] in the possession by the latter of an enormous 
dewlap. 
S. F. Baird, Birds of North America (ed. 1858), p. 616. 
4. pi. In Jter., same as wattles. 
dewlapped, dewlapt (du'lapt), a. Furnished 
with a dewlap, or a similar appendage. 
My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind ; . . . 
Crook-knee'd and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls. 
Shak., M. N. D., iv. 1. 
dew-plant (du'plant), /. 1. Same as ice-plant. 
2. Same as xundetc. 
dew-point (du'point), n. [= D. dauwpunt = 
Dan. dugpunkt.'} The temperature indicated 
by the thermometer when dew begins to be de- 
posited ; that temperature of the air at which 
the moisture present in it just saturates it. 
See saturation. The more humid the atmosphere, 
the less the difference between its temperature and that 
of the dew-point, and vice versa. When the air is satu- 
rated with moisture and any colder body is brought into 
contact with it, deposition of moisture or dew immediately 
takes place on its surface. See hyyromfter. 
When a body of moist air is cooled, the point of satura- 
tion is gradually reached ; and when saturated, any fur- 
ther cooling causes a deposition of dew : hence the tem- 
perature at which this occurs is called the_ date-point. 
Huxley, Physiography, p. 57. 
dew-retted (du'ref'ed), a. Betted or rotted 
by exposure to dew. 
dew-retting (du'refing), n. The exposure of 
hemp or flax to the action of dew by spreading 
it on grass, to render easier the separation of 
the fiber from the feculent matter. Also dew- 
rotting, dew-softening. 
dew-shoe (du'sho), n. The heel of the sheath 
of a sword, which touches the ground. 
When the godlike Siguror strode through the full-grown 
field of corn, the dew-shoe of his seven-span sword was 
even with the upright ears. 
Grimm, Tent. Mythol. (trans.), I. 387. 
dewstone (du'ston), . A species of limestone 
occurring in Nottinghamshire, England, which 
is supposed to collect a large quantity of dew 
on its surface. 
dewtry (du'tri), . [Cf. Vatnra.~] The thorn- 
apple, Datura Stramonium. S. Butler, Hudibras. 
