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‖ [ L., for catching. ] A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Addenda [ L., fr. addere to add. ] A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Addendum circle (Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Rankine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adumbrans, p. pr. of adumbrare. ] Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adumbratus, p. p. of adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overshadow; to shade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adumbratio. ] 1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Faintly representing; typical. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Agenda [ L., neut. of the gerundive of agere to act. ] 1. Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book; also, a list of items to be considered. See agenda. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [ In this sense, usually Agenda. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ a trade name, from Carbon + corundum. ] A beautiful crystalline compound, silicon carbide (SiC), consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; -- also called carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used as an abrasive. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ or }. Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum; -- a foprm of sandpaper. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. 1. (Computers) An complete and exact copy of the contents of a computer core{ 9 }, usually produced as a file when some serious error occurs in the execution of a computer program, and used for debugging the program which produced the error. [ PJC ]

2. Hence: A full account of a person's knowledge on some specific topic, usually produced in response to a question of some kind. It is a mildly deprecatory term, suggesting that the person producing the account was unable to prepare a more concise and understandable summary of the information; as, I just need the essentials, not a core dump. [ PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Corrigenda [ L. ] 1. A fault or error to be corrected. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A correction of an error, especially in a printed document. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Corundums [ Also corindon. ] [ From Hind. kurand corundum stone. ] (Min.) The mineral alumina (Al2O3), as found native in a crystalline state. Transparent varieties are used as gemstones, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The name corundum is sometimes restricted to the non-transparent or coarser kinds. Emery is a dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with magnetic iron ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Credenda [ L., fr. credere to believe. ] (Theol.) A thing to be believed; an article of faith; -- distinguished from agendum, a practical duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great articles and credenda of Christianity. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. both deaf and unable to speak; without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech. Same as Deaf-mute. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. dumus bramble. ] Pertaining to, or set with, briers or bushes; brambly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put to silence. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. &unr_; blind. See Deaf, and cf. Dummy. ] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. [ 1913 Webster ]

To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show. [ 1913 Webster ]

This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To pierce into the dumb past. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Lacking intelligence; having poor judgment; stupid; dull-witted; -- of persons. [ PJC ]

5. Exhibiting poor judgment or lack of wisdom; leading predictably to unfavorable consequences; -- of actions. [ PJC ]

Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute. --
Dumb ague, or
Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined “chill.” [ U.S. ] --
Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction to man, who is a “speaking animal.” --
Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. Halliwell. --
Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family (Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. --
Dumb crambo. See under crambo. --
Dumb show. (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. “Inexplicable dumb shows and noise.” Shak. (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. --
To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech.

Syn. -- Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An exercising weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ignorant or foolish person.
Syn. -- dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To render simpler, so as to be comprehensible or usable by unintelligent people; to simplify; -- of texts or devices.
[ PJC ]

v. t. same as dumfound.
Syn. -- confuse, perplex, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, puzzle, mystify, baffle, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, trounce, confound, be confusing to, make confused. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. same as astounded.
Syn. -- amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted, stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. astonished and confounded.
Syn. -- amazed, dumfounded. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. causing astonishment. [ Narrower terms: incredible (vs. credible), unbelievable ]
Syn. -- astonishing, astounding, dumfounding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ The first part is prob. of imitative origin. See Dor a beetle. ] (Zool.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In silence; mutely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mil.) A kind of man-stopping bullet, designed to fragment inside the body and thus inflict a severed and painful wound; -- so named from Dumdum, in India, where bullets are manufactured for the Indian army. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ From L. dumetum a thicket. ] (Bot.) Dumose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dumfounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dumfounding. ] To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [ Written also dumbfound. ] Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. same as dumbfounded.
Syn. -- amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, flabbergasted, stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To dumfound; to confound. [ Written also dumbfounder. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. same as dumbfounding.
Syn. -- astonishing, astounding, dumbfounding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A dumbledor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who feigns dumbness. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Dumb. ] 1. Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dummy car. See under Car. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dummies 1. One who is dumb. H. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Drama) One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An ignorant or thick-witted person; a foolish person; a dolt.
Syn. -- dope, boob, booby, pinhead, dumbbell. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

6. (Railroad) A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Card Playing) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A floating barge connected with a pier. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

To play dummy, to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it.

{ } a. [ L. dumosus, fr. dumus a thornbush, a bramble. ] 1. Abounding with bushes and briers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having a compact, bushy form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Dumpling. ] A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing. [ Eng. ] Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. dial. Sw. dumpin melancholy, Dan.dump dull, low, D. dompig damp, G. dumpf damp, dull, gloomy, and E. damp, or rather perh. dump, v. t. Cf. Damp, or Dump, v. t. ] 1. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits or a mild depression; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

March slowly on in solemn dump. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

Doleful dumps the mind oppress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was musing in the midst of my dumps. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The ludicrous associations now attached to this word did not originally belong to it. “Holland's translation of Livy represents the Romans as being `in the dumps' after the battle of Cannæ.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Absence of mind; revery. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune. [ Obs. ] “Tune a deploring dump.” “Play me some merry dump.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An old kind of dance. [ Obs. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dumped p. pr. & vb. n. Dumping. ] [ OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. Dump sadness. ] 1. To knock heavily; to stump. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc. [ U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dumping car or
Dumping cart, a railway car, or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called also dump car, or dump cart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is dumped. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mining) A pile of ore or rock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a coarse term for defecation.
Syn. -- shit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter; also, a heap of dumped matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fee paid for the privilege of dumping loads; called in some cases tipping fee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cart that can be tilted to empty the contents without handling them.
Syn. -- tumbrel, tumbril. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Railroads) same as dump car.
Syn. -- dumping car, dumping cart, dump car. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. p. p. of dump, v. t.; as, The money was there, dumped all over the floor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as dump truck.
Syn. -- dump truck. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of being dumpy. [ 1913 Webster ]