Chapter Dreggy to Dyspnœa of D by Soule's Synonymes

booby, noodle, spooney, tony, nincompoop (colloq.), ninny, ninnyhammer, nonny, gaby, flat, sawney, driveller, noddy, natural, innocent, lout, stick, ass, jackass, donkey, owl, goose, coot, loon, calf, non-compos, stupid fellow, silly fellow.

Dunder, n. Lees (of cane juice).

Dunderhead, Dunderpate, n. Simpleton. See dunce.

Dun-diver, n. Goosander, dish-washer, wagtail (Mergus merganser or Mergus castor).

Dung, n. Excrement, ordure, fæces.

Dung, v. a. Manure (with dung).

Dungeon, n. Prison (especially one underground and dark), keep, donjon-keep.

Dungmeers, n. pl. Compost-pits.

Dupe, n. Gull, cully, credulous person.

Dupe, v. a. Cheat, deceive, delude, trick, circumvent, overreach, beguile, cully, chouse, cozen, gull, impose upon.

Duplicate, a. Double, twofold.

Duplicate, n. Copy, transcript, counterpart.

Duplicity, n. Dissimulation, chicanery, guile, deceit, deception, hypocrisy, circumvention, artifice, Machiavelism, double-dealing, falseness, fraud, perfidy, dishonesty.

Durability, n. Durableness, lasting quality.

Durable, a. Permanent, lasting, abiding, continuing, constant, stable.

Durableness, n. Permanence, durability, lasting quality.

Durance, n. See duress.

Duration, n.

1. Continuance (in time), continuation, lasting period.

2. Time, extension in time.

Duress, n. Constraint, restraint, captivity, confinement, imprisonment, durance.

During, prep. For the time of, for the period of.

Dusk, n.

1. Twilight, approach of night or darkness, edge of darkness, nightfall.

2. Dark color, approach to blackness, duskiness.