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Show DE DE Dea"MBULATORY. adj. [deambulo, Lat. Relating to the pradice of walking a ~broad DEAN. ». /. [decanus, Latin 3 doyen, Fr. From the Greek word dxe in Englith, ten anciently fet over ten canon becaufe he wa prebendaries at leaft in fome cathedral church o Ayliffe's Parergon As there are tw shurches in England of cathedra the new (th foundation the old an new are thofe which Henry VIIIL. upon fupprefiio of abbeys transformed from abbot or prior, an convent, to dea an chapter tw ar fo ther means of creating thefe deans; for thofe of the ol foundation are brought to their dignity much lik bifhops, the king firft fending out his conge d'elir to the chapter, the chapter then chufing and th bifthop confirming them, and giving his mandat Thofe of the new foundation are to inftal them by a fhorter courfe, inftalled by virtue of the king' letters patent, without cither election or confirmation This wor is alfo applied to divers, that ar chief of certain peculiar churches or chapels; a the dean of the king's chapel, the dean of th " Arches, the dean of St. George's chapel at WindCowell for, and the dean of Bocking in Effex The dean and canons, or prebends, of cathedra churches, were of great ufe in_the church; the were not only to be of counfel with the bifhop fo his revenue, but chiefly for government in caufe ecclefiaftical. Ufe your beft means to prefer fuc to thofe places who are fit for that purpofe. Bacon Dse'anNeEry. # [, [from dean. 1. The office of a dean " chapel-royal Clarendon 2. The revenue ofa dean Put both deans in onej or, if that's too muc trouble Inftead.of the deans make the deanery double. Swift 3. The houfe of a dean [ fro dean. 'Th office and rank of a dean Dryden De'ARBOUGHT. adj. [dear and bought. Purchafed at an high price O fleeting joy Of Paradife, dearbought with lafting woe Miltsn Such dearbought bleflings happen ev'ry day Becaufe we know not for what things to pray Dryden Forget not what my ranfom coft Nor let my dearbought foul be loft Rofeormmon DearrING. 7. /0 [now written darling. Favourite They do feed on neétar, heavenly wife With Hercules and Hebe and the ref Of Venus' dearlings, through her bounty bleft Spenfer Ds'arvry. adv. [from dear. 1. With great fondnefs Your brother Glo'fter hates you ==0h, no, he loves me, and he holds me dear Shakefpeare. ‘The dear, dear name fhe bathes in flowing tears Addifor's Ovid And the laft joy was dearer than the reft. Pope 2. Valuable ; of 2 high price ; coftly For the unqueftionable virtues of her perfon an brough the to thej mercies Who Haft mad thgu in terms fo bloody, and fo dear thine enemies ? Shak. Tavelfth Night Let us return And ftrain what other means is left unto u In our dear peril Shakefpeare's Timon Some dear cauf Will in concealment wrap me up a-while When I am known aright, you fhall not griev Lending me this acquaintance Shak. King Lear Would I had met my deareff foe in heav'n Or ever'] had feen that day. Shakefpeare's Hamlet Thy otker banifh'd fon, with his dear figh My father dotes, and let him #ill dote on He buys his miftrefs dearly with his throne. Dryd 7o DEARN. @. a. [oypnan, Sax. to hide. To mend clothes. See Darn De'arNEss. 7. /. {[from dear. kindnefs love My brother holds you well, and in dearnefs o heart hath holp to effect your enfuing marriage Shakefpeare The whole fenate dedicated an altar to Friend thip, as to a goddefs, in refpect of the great dearzicfs of friendfhip between them two Bacon He who hates his neighbour mortally, and wifel profefs all the dearngf with readinefs to ferve him an friendfhip South 2. Scarcity 3 high price Landlords prohibit tenants from plowing, whic is feen in the dearncfs of corn Savift At laft, as chanc'd them by a foreft fid To pafs, for fuccour from the fcorching ray They heard a rucful voice, that dearnly crie With piercing fhrieks. Spenfer DearTH. 2 /. [from dear. 1. Scarcity which makes food dear Vor. Dryden Will come when it will come Shake[peare' Fulius Cfar Hemuft his a&éfiieveal, / From the firft moment of his vital breath To his laft hour of unrepenting deathe clean.sh data import.tsv out README Dryden z. Mortality; deftruction How did you dar To trade and traffick with Macbeth In riddles and affairs of death Shakefpeare 3. The ftate of the dead In fwinifh flee Their drenched natureslie, as in a deatbs Shakefp 4. The manner of dying Thou fhalt die the deaths of them that are flai in the midft of the feas Ezekiel, xxviile 8 a fkeleton In times of dearth, it drained muclr coi out o the kingdom, to furnifh us with corn from foreig Bacon There have been terrible years dearths of corn 2, Want need famine Pity the dearth that I have pined in By longingfor that food fo long a time. Shakefp Of every tree that in the garden grows Eat freely with glad heart ; fear here no dearzh Milton 3. Barrennefs; fterility The French have brought on themfelves that dearth of plot, and narrownefs of imagination which may be obferved in all their plays. Dryden 70 DEARTI'CULATE. w. a. [de and articulus, Latin.] To disjoint ; to difmem the tranfgreffions, they which are called migh receive the promife of eternal inheritance IfT gaze now, 'tis but to fe ‘What manner of death's head "twill be When it is fre From that frefh upper fkin The gazer's joy, and fin Suckling 6. Murder; the a& of deftroying life unlawfully As in manifefting the fweet influenc of his mercy, on the fevere ftroke of his juftice; fo i this, not to fuffer a2 man of death to live. Bacon 7. Caufe of death They cried out, and faid, O thou man of God there is dearh in the pot 2 Kings, iv. 40 He caught his death the laft county-feflions whete he would go to fee juftice done to a poo widow woman Addifort 8. Deftroyer All the endeavours Achilles ufed to meet wit Hector, and be the death of him, is the intrigu which comprehends the battle of the laft day. Broome's View of Epic Poetrye 9. [In poetry. The infirument of death Deaths invifible come wing'd with fire They hear a dreadful noife, and ftraight expire Dryders Sounded atonce the bow, and fwiftly flie The feather'd death, and hifles thro' the fkies Drydes Oft, as in airy rings they fkim the heath The clam'rous lapwings feel the leaden a'eath. ope ber Dia Struck pale and bloodlefs. Shak. Titus Andronicus. . DEA H. 2./ [oeaf, Saxon. Dear. #. A word of endearment 3 1. The extinttion of life; the departur darling of the foul from the body That kif He is the mediator of the New Teftament X carrie from thee, dear 5 and my true li that by means of death, for the redemption o Hath virgin'd it e'er fince. Shakefpeare's Coriolanus Go, dear; gach minute does new danger bring Death, a neceflary end Shakefpeare Shakefpeare Jpeare for deer; {ad ; hateful ; grievous boldnef either in nativity or death It is rarely bought, and then alfo bought dearl enough with fuch a fine Bacon Turnus fhall dearly pay for faith forfworn And corps, and {words, and fhields, on Tyber born. Dryden 2. At an high price and every place is ftrewed with beggars ; bu dearths are common in better climates, and ou evils here lie much deeper Savift foolit is divinity in odd numbers, I had rather be married to a dearb's head with a bone in his mouth, than to either of thefe parts Wha fay ther Wotton mind, he loved her dearly What made direGors cheat the South-fea year To feed on venfon when it fold fo dear Pope 3. Scarce ; not plentiful: as, 2 dear year 4. It feems to be fometimes ufed in Shake The 5. The image of mortality reprefented b Dxr'arw~1Y.adv. [oeonn, Sax.] Secretly privately ; unfeen. Obfolete DEAR. adj. [oeon, Saxon. 1. Beloved ; favourite; darling Hangs o'er the tomb How lavith nature has adorn'd the year too, muf Take her by the hand, away with her to th deanery, and difpatch it quickly Shakefpear De‘ansuir. n. See, my dear 1. Fondnefs He could no longer keep the dearery of th DE 10 [In theology. Damnation eterna torments We pray that God will keep us from all fin"an wickednefs fro our ghoftly enemy everlafting death an fro Church Catechifm De'atu-BED. #n. /. [death and bed.] Th bed to which a man is confined by mortal ficknefs Sweet foul, take heed, take heed of perjury Thou art on thy death-bed Shakefpeare's Othella Thy death-bed is no lefler than the lan Wherein thou lieft in reputation fick Shake[peare's Richard 1¥ Thefe are fuch things as a man fhall remembe with joy upon his death-bed; fuch as fhall chee and war agony his heart even i that laft and bitte Scuth's Sermons Thea round our death-bed ev'ry friend fhoul run And joy us of our conqueft early won. Dryd. Fab A death-bed figure is certainly the moft humbling fight in the world. Collier on the Value of Life A death-bed repentance ought not indeed to b negle€ted, becaufe it is'the laft thing that we ca do drterbury Fame can never make us lie down contentedl on a death-bed Po} De‘aturvL. adj. [death and full.] Fu Heb. ix, 15 of flaughter ; deftructive ; murderous 3 You |