| Dizen | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dizened p. pr. & vb. n. Dizening. ] [ Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. Distaff. ] 1. To dress; to attire. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out. [ 1913 Webster ] Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ] To-morrow when the masks shall fall
That dizen Nature's carnival. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dozen | n.; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens [ OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal. ] 1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. “Some six or seven dozen of Scots.” “A dozen of shirts to your back.” “A dozen sons.” “Half a dozen friends.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. An indefinite small number. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen. [ 1913 Webster ]
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