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abode Dibrid a priceless Dibridd
Diawlio, v. to call the devil Diaws, a. unapt Diawydd, a. without avidity Dib, n. a fall, a depth Dibaid, a. unceasing, incessant Dibaith, a. indistinct Diball, a. sure, infallible Dibara, a. not durable, short Dibarod, a. unprepared Dibarch, a void of respect Dibech, a. without sin, sinless Diben, a. headless, endless Dibenaeth, a. without a chief Diberchen, a. unpossessed Diberfedd, a. without entrails Diberthynas, a. irrelevant Diberygl, a. without danger Dibetrus, a. unhesitating Dibil, a. having no peel Dibl, n. a skirt; a daggle Diblaid, a. without party Diblant, a. childless Dible, n. skirts; daggles Dibleth, a. unplaited Diblaid, n. bedaggling Diblysg, a. without shell or husk Diblo, v. to daggle, to draggle Diblog, a. bedaggled Diblu, a. featherless, unfledged Diblwyf, a. having no parish Diblydd, a. not mellow or soft Diblyg, a. without a fold Dibobl, a without people Diboen, a. painless; unwearied Diboeth, a. without heat Diborth, a. helpless, unaided Dibr, n. a saddle Dibra, v. to put on a saddle Dibraidd, a. without flocks Dibrawf, a. without proof Dibres, a without copper Dibreswyl, a. having no abode Dibrid, a. priceless Dibridd, a. without earth Dibryn, a. unscanty, unscarce Dibrïod, a. unmarried Dibrudd, a. indiscreet Dibrwy, a. improvident Dibryd, a. inopportune Dibryder, a. without anxiety Dibryn, a. without purchase Dibrysur, a. not diligent Dibur, a. impure Dibwyll, a. senseless, witless Dibwys, a. not heavy, light Dibybyr, a. void of energy Dibyn, n. a steep, a hanging Dibynai, n. a pendulum Dibynaidd, a. pendulous Dibyniad, n.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

a degree as possible duration
It may be said in general that in addition to giving fruit or vegetable juices the milk should be either raw or heated to as low a degree as possible (duration of heating as well as height of temperature).
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess

and discounter at Paris during
GIRARD, banker and discounter at Paris during the Restoration; perhaps also somewhat of a pawnbroker; an acquaintance of Esther Gobseck's.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

and dates and promised documents
[131] rendered a decision that it should be settled by the Provincial of the Order concerned,” replied Pecson, again breaking out into a laugh, as though he were dealing with an insignificant matter, he cited names and dates, and promised documents that would prove how justice was dispensed.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

answered Darya Alexandrovna putting down
“Oh, yes,” answered Darya Alexandrovna, putting down her sunshade, “but....” “No,” he broke in, and unconsciously, oblivious of the awkward position into which he was putting his companion, he stopped abruptly, so that she had to stop short too.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

again dreamed a painful dream
When he fell into a heavy sleep on the sofa on the verandah, without having had the courage to open a single one of the three envelopes, he again dreamed a painful dream, and once more that poor, “sinful” woman appeared to him.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

at daybreak and put Don
Nevertheless, I will go to the hacienda at daybreak, and put Don Pedro on his guard."
— from The Bee Hunters: A Tale of Adventure by Gustave Aimard

a dignified and proud demeanor
The difficulty he experienced in uttering the first words had now given place to a dignified and proud demeanor.
— from The Lerouge Case by Emile Gaboriau

a dispute about politics destroyed
At first Long-Ghost and Captain Guy hit it off very well; until, in an unlucky hour, a dispute about politics destroyed their harmonious association.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various

as Dominion and Provincial Departments
Horticultural [Pg 248] societies, as well as Dominion and Provincial Departments of Agriculture, commonly give selected lists with descriptions of the different varieties.
— from Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Department of Education

away done away put down
The word here rendered abolished is elsewhere translated “destroyed,” “made void,” “made of none effect,” “brought to nothing,” “vanished away,” “done away,” “put down.”
— from Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke

a Delirium a parched dry
On the 17th of January 1759, James Donaldson , a young Man of nineteen Years of Age, was admitted into the Hospital for a Fever, attended with a Stupor and a Delirium, a parched dry Tongue, and other Symptoms of a Fever of the inflammatory Kind, for which he had been blooded, and used other Evacuations.
— from An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Donald Monro

Alexander desiring a purely defensive
Alexander, desiring a purely defensive war, was cold; but late in 1811 he agreed, in case of an attack on Prussia, to advance as far as the Vistula, "if possible."
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 3 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

are dislodged and pushed down
Smaller and soft portions, if impeded in the passage, as when it has been narrowed by previous disease, are dislodged and pushed down by the cautious use of a small probang or œsophagus bougie.
— from Elements of Surgery by Robert Liston

a deep almost purple discoloration
On the face was a most awful look, a terrible stare and contortion of the features, and a deep, almost purple, discoloration.
— from Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

and dyes are positively dangerous
All highly colored articles have been carefully avoided, as cheap paints and dyes are positively dangerous in children's mouths.
— from Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity Second Edition by Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John


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