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dinner at six after dinner a
And so the day passes till five, when they dress for dinner at six; after dinner a ride.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

despair and soon after died and
Thus spoke that wretch in his despair, and soon after died, and now in vain suffers in eternal torments that penance which he failed to suffer for a short time with the fruits of forgiveness.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

down a shade as dense as
The great still oaks and beeches flung down a shade as dense as that of velvet curtains; and the place was furnished, like a room, with cushioned seats, with rich-coloured rugs, with the books and papers that lay upon the grass.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

deduct abziehen subtract Abzug deduction Abzug
Abwesenheitskarte absence card Abwesenheitsrate absence rate Abwicklung des Handels trade procedure Abwicklungskosten handling costs abzahlen; tilgen; zurückzahlen pay off Abzahlung; Abstottern (Br.) never-never Abzahlungsgeschäft instalment business Abzahlungskauf; Mietkauf hire-purchase Abzahlungskredit instalment credit Abzahlungssystem instalment system Abzahlungssystem tally system Abzahlungsverkauf (Br.) sale on hire-purchase Abzahlungsvertrag; Mietkaufvertrag hire-purchase agreement Abzeichen badge abziehen deduct abziehen subtract Abzug deduction Abzug der Spesen deduction of expenses abzüglich Aufwendungen less disbursements abzüglich Auslagen less expensdes abzüglich Gebühren charges to be deducted abzüglich Gebühren less charges abzugsfähig deductible abzugsfähiger Betrag deductible amount Abzugspflicht deduction at source Achtstundentag eight-hour day Achtung; Hochschätzung esteem addieren add Addiermaschine adding machine adoptieren; festsetzen; annehmen adopt Adressbuch address book Adressbuch directory Adresse address Adressenauswahl address selection Adressenkontrolle mailing list control Adressenliste mailing list Adressenquelle address source Adressiermaschine addressing machine Adressierung addressing Advokat advocate Advokat solicitor AG public limited company Agentur; Geschäftsstelle agency Agenturgebühr agency fee Agenturgeschäft agency business aggressiv aggressive aggressive Verkaufstechnik high-pressure selling Aggressivität aggressiveness Agio; Aufgeld; Gebühr für das Geldwechseln agio Agitator agitator agitieren agitate Agrarerzeugnisse farm produce Agrarland agrarian country Agrarmarkt agricultural commodity market Agrarmarkt farm products market Agrarpolitik agrarian policy Agrarpolitik agricultural policy Agrarreform agrarian reform Agrarrevolution green revolution Agrarüberschuss farm surplus ähnlich similar ähnliche Dokumente similar documents ähnliche Fassungen similar expressions Ahnnehmlichkeiten amenities Akademiker professional classes akademische Bildung university education akklimatisieren acclimatize Akkord piecework Akkordarbeit job work Akkordarbeiter incentive operator Akkordarbeiter operator on incentive Akkordarbeiter piece worker Akkordausgleich timeworkers' bonus Akkordfestsetzung rate fixing Akkordlohn task wages Akkordsatz job rate Akkordschere rate cutting Akkordstunden hours on incentive Akkordsystem
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

D aliae sōlae alterae D aliō
The ordinary genitive and dative of -o- and -ā- stems, from some of the above words, is sometimes found: G. and D. aliae , sōlae , alterae , D. aliō , alterae , &c. CONSONANT STEMS.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Disymwth a sudden abrupt Disyndod a
with UN Disail, a. without foundation Disalw, a. not vile, undebased Disar, a. without offence Disathr, v. untrodden Discar, a. unloved, inamiable Discloff, a. not lame Discudd, a. uncovered Discyfrith, a. uncongenial Discyn, v. to descend, to alight Discynfa, n. place of descent Discyniad, n. a descending Discynol, a. descending Disefyd, a. sudden Disefydlog, a. unstationary Disefydlu, a. to rid of stability Disegur, a. without leisure Diseibiant, a. unindulged Diserch, a. without fondness Diserfyll, a. not tottering Diserth, a. not declivous Diseuthyg, a. not abortive Disgwall, a. without defection Disgwrth, a. without resistance Disgyr, a. without impulse Disiarad, a. tacit, without talk Disigl, a. firm, unshaken Disiomi, v. to undeceive Disiomant, n. indeception Disliw, a. colourless; pale Diso, adv. beneath, below Disodli, v. to trip heels Disoddi, v. to cease sinking Dison, a. without noise, silent Disoniarus, a. unsonorous Disorod, a. pure Disorodi, v. to clear of dross Disothach, a. clear of refuse Dispar, a. without parity; odd Disporth, a. without support Disprofi, v. to disprove Dispur, a. impure, unclean Dispwyll, a. crazy, distracted Dist, n. joist in a floor Distadl, a. object, worthless Distadledd, n. worthlessness Disudd, a. juiceless, sapless Disug, a. juiceless Disut, a. out of order; unwell Disŵn, a. without noise Diswrth, a. not sluggish Diswta, a. not sudden Diswydd, a. without office Diswyn, a. without charm Disyched, a. without thirst Disychedu, v. to allay thirst Disyflyd, a. without motion Disyfyd, a. unstaying: sudden Disylw, a. heedless, inadvertent Disylwedd, a. unsubstantial Disylweddu, v. to unsubtiantiate Disymud, a. immoveable Disymudedd, n. immobility Disymwth, a. sudden, abrupt Disyndod, a. without surprise Disynwyr, a. foolish, senseless Ditiad, n. an uttering Ditian, v. to speak, to say Ditio, v. to utter or express Diunion, a. undoubted Diurddas, a. without dignity Diurddiad, n. degradation Diw, n. entireness: a. total Diwad, a. without denial Diwadnu, v. to trip up heels Diwaddod, a. without dregs Diwaddodi, v. to defecate Diwaddoli, v. to disendow Diwael, a. not vile or base Diwaelod, a. bottomless Diwaelodi, v. to clear of lees Diwag, a. not empty or vague Diwagedd, a. without vanity Diwahan, a. indiscriminate Diwahardd, a. unforbidden Diwahodd, a. uninvited Diwair, a. unimparting; continent, chaste; faithful Diwaith, a. without work Diwala, a. unsatisfied, not full Diwall, a. not lacking Diwalliad, n. a satiating Diwallt, a. hairless, bald Diwallu, v. to provide; to satiate; to divest of want Diwarafun, a. unbegrudged Diware, a. without play Diwarogaeth, n. emancipation Diwarogi, v. to emancipate Diwarth, a. reproachless Diwarthaf, a. without superior Diwarthâu, v. to uncover Diwarthrudd, a. reproachless Diwarthu, v. to clear of reproach Diwarthus, a. unreproachful Diwasanaeth, a. unserviceable Diwasgar, a. undispersed Diwasgod, a. without shelter Diwasgodi, v. to unshelter Diwatwar, a. without mockery Diwedydd, n. the evening; the end of the day Diwedd, n. end conclusion Diweddaf, a. last, latest Diweddar, a. tardy, slow; late Diweddarâu, v. to make late Diweddaru, v. to become late Diweddarwch, n. lateness Diweddglo, n. conclusion Diweddiad, n. ending Diweddol, a. conclusive Diweddu, v. to end, to conclude Diweddwr, n. a finisher Diwegi, a. without vanity Diweirdeb, n. continence Diweirin, a. continent, chaset Diweithred, a. without deeds Diwellâu, v. to cease mending Diwellig, a. not apt to fail Diwellt, a. without grass Diwen, a. without smiling Diweniaeth, a. without flattery Diwenwyn, a. not venomous Diwerth, a. worthless Diwes, a. immediate Diwest, a. visitless, unvisited Diwestl, a. without confusion Diwesu, v. to approximate Diwg, a. not frowning Diwir, a. without truth Diwisg, a. without covering Diwladaidd, a. not rustic Diwlith, a. dewless Diwlydd, a. without vegetation Diwni, a. seamless Diwobrwg, a. rewardless Diwosgo, a. without flinching Diwosgryn, a. without trembling Diwraidd, a. without root Diwregysu, v. to ungirdle Diwreiddiad, n. eradication Diwreiddio, v. to eradicate Diwres, a. without heat Diwrnod, n. a day Diwrnodol, a. diurnal Diwrnodio, v. to do a day’s work Diwrtaith, a. unameliorated Diwrth, a. without opposition Diwrthdro, a. without reverting Diwrtndyn, without contention Diwrthddadl, a. without controversy or dispute Diwrtheb, a. uncontradicted Diwrthladd, a. unrepugnant Diwrthlam, without recurrence Diwrthryn, a. without resistance Diwrthwyneb, a. unopposed Diwrthymdrech, a. irresistible Diwryg, a. feeble, infirm Diwrym, a. seamless Diwybod, a. unknowing Diwyd, a. adherence; assiduous, diligent Diwydiaeth, n. assiduity Diwydio, v. to be diligent Diwydrwydd, n. diligence Diwyg, n. a repaired state: a. not vitiated Diwygiad, n. reformation Dwygiadwy, a. reformable Diwygio, to amend, to reform Diwygol, a. corrective Diwygiwr, n. reformer Diwyl, a. unbashful, impudent Diwyledd, n. impudence Diwyll, n. clearance; culture Diwylliad, n. cultivation Diwylliant, n. culture, worship Diwyllio, v. to cultivate Diwyliodraeth, n. cultivation Diwyn, a. not white or fair Diwyniad, n. a dirtying Diwyno, v. to dirty Diwyr, a. not oblique, straight Diwyth, a. without wrath Diymadferth, a. inactive Diymanerch, a. ungreeted Diymarbed, a. unabstemious Diymarbod, a. unprepared Diymarfer, a. unaccustomed Diymattal, a. unrestrained Diymchwiliad, a. uninquisitive Diymdaro, a. unable to strive Diymdro, a. inflexible Diymddiffyn, a. defenceless Diymddiried, a. unconfiding Diymgais, a. void of exertion Diymgel, a. unsecluding Diymgeledd, a. uncherished Diymgudd, a. unsecluded Diymgyrch, a. unapproached Diymmod, a. steadfast Diymogel, a. unguarded Diymoralw, a. uninquisitive Diymosgryn, a. unable to crawl Diymryson, a. without dispute Diymroad, a. unresolved Diymsyniad, a. insensible Diymwad, a. undeniable Diymwared,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

de Acton see Acton de Aldeburgh
157 Claes Heynen, 144 Clare, 32 ; arms, 525 ; Earls of, 32 , 86 , 125 Clare, Margaret de, arms, 524 Clarence, Duke of, label, 496 , 498 ; Duke of, Lionel, 362 ; arms, 494 ; Duke of, Thomas, 32 , 505 Clarenceux King of Arms, 29 , 30 , 32 , 591 ; arms of, 47 ; arms and insignia of, 587 Clarendon, arms, 250 ; Sir Roger de, 466 , 521 Claret colour, 73 Clarion, 292 Clark-Kennedy, Col. Alexander, augmentation, 594 Clarke, arms, 249 Clayhills, arms of, 74 , 204 Cleland, 214 Clenched, 169 Clergyman, 61 ; grant to, 324 Clerk of Pennycuick, crest, 167 Clerke, Bart., arms, 136 , 595 ; Sir John, 596 Cleves, Anne of, 597 ; lilies, 273 Clifford, arms, 263 Clifton, 55 Clinton, De, arms, 296 Clippingdale, crest, 202 Clisson, Oliver de, supporter, 411 Clogher, See of, arms, 164 Close, 200 , 235 , 243 , 245 Clothes, embroidery upon, 17 Clouds, 87 , 94 , 294 ; as compartment, 444 Clux, Sir Hertong von, K.G., arms, crest, mantling, 387 Coat of arms, origin, 108 ; what it must consist of, 69 Cobbe (Bart., ext.), arms, 256 Cobham, arms, 486 ; Lord, arms, crest, mantling, 387 ; Lord (Sir John Oldcastle), 596 Cochrane, arms, 228 Cochrane, Adm. Sir Alex., K.B., augmentation, 4 Cock, 246 Cockatrice, 225 , 227 ; as supporters, 438 Cockburn-Campbell, 594 Cockfish, 231 Cocoanut-tree, 263 Codfish, 256 Coffee-plant, 266 Coffee-tree, 263 Cogan, arms, 266 Cognisance, 455 Co-heir, 68 ; or co-heiress, 526 Cokayne, arms, 246 , 344 , 489 Coke, 214 Coldingham, Prior and Monks of, 504 Cole, arms, 258 Coles, crest, 285 Colfox, 198 Collared and chained, 215 Collars, 58 College of Arms, 28 , 29 , 38 , 61 , 70 , 73 , 77 , 324 , 329 , 345 , 385 , 465 ; arms of, 47 , 244 Collingwood, Lord, augmentation, 592 Colman, arms, 96 Cologne, 49 ; arms, 297 Colossus, 166 Colours, 5 , 74 , 405 ; of nature, 74 ; simple names of, 77 ; for mantlings, 385 , 393 ; Rules about, 85 Colston, arms, 256 Columbine, 74 ; flowers, 271 Column, 285 Colville of Culross, Viscount, supporters, 217 Comb, 299 Combed, 227 , 246 Comber, crest, 197 Combination, rule against, 81 Commoner, arms of, 58 ; impaling, 531 Companion of any Order, helmet of, 571 Comparisoned, 201 Compartments, 441 ; blazon of, 444 ; mottoes on, 448 Composite charge, 86 Compton, arms, 284 Comyn, arms, 280 , 412 Conan, 15 Conder, 111 Coney, 214 Conjoined arms, rules as to, 526 Conjoined in leure, 239 Connaught, Duke of, label, 497 Connaught, Prince Arthur of, 364 Conrad, the Furrier, 83 Conran, crest, 209 Consort, Prince, 597 ; descendants of, bear, 541 Consort, Queen, crown, 361 Constable, Lord High, 27 Constabulary, Royal Irish, badge, 457 Constance, Queen, seal, 273 Continent, quarterings on the, 548 ; grant on the, 68 Continental, arms, 74 , 104 Continental heraldry, 146 Contourné, 186 Contre-hermin, 78 Contra-naiant, 255 Contre Vair, 82 Conyers, 292 ; arms, 403 , 482 Cook, crest, 289 Cooper, arms, 206 , 265 Cope, William, arms, 269 Corbet, arms, 248 ; crest, 213 ; motto, 451 Corbie, 248 Cordelière, Order of the, 579 Corke, arms, 190 Cornfield, crest, 265 Cornflower, 272 Cornish chough, 248 Cornwall, crest, 248 ; Duchy of, 254 , 469 , 486 ; Earl of, Edmond Plantagenet, seal, 524 ; Earl of, Piers Gaveston, 238 ; Earl of, Richard, 412 ; seal, 237 Coronation, 42 , 45 ; Invitation Cards, 470 Coronets, 58 , 350 , 363 , 373 ; foreign, 375 ; of rank, 362 , 367 ; Order concerning, 365 Corporate seal, 88 Cost, 115 Costume of an officer of arms, 41 , 42 Cotter, arms, 257 , 259 Cottise, 113 , 115 , 119 Cottised, 123 , 134 Cotton, Sir Robert, 143 Cotton-plant, or tree, 5 , 263 , 266 Counterchanged, 103 , 121 Counter-embowed, 170 Counter-flory, 96 Counter-passant, 187 Counter-potent, 84 , 85 Counter vair, 82 , 83 Countess, robe or mantle, 366 ; coronet, 366 Couped, 128 , 134 , 150 , 169 , 186 , 264 Courant, 201 , 205 , 208 Courcelles, Marguerite de, 410 Courcey, arms, 84 Courtenay, 71 , 154 ; arms, 479 Coutes, 55 Cow, 205 , 207 Coward, 197 , 225 Cowbridge, 207 Cowell, arms, 207 Cowper, arms, 301 ; Earl, 413 ; supporters, 75 , 437 Cowper-Essex, crest, 376 Crab, 255 Crackanthorpe, crest, 265 Craigmore, 112 Crane, 247 Cranstoun, arms, 247 ; crest, 247 ; motto, 451 Cranworth, Lord, supporters, 437 Crawford, crest, 215 ; Lord (Sir David Lindsay), 412 ; Reginald, 408 ; Rev. J. R., 472 ; Earl of, 114 Crawhall, arms, 248 Crawshay, 204 ; arms, 298 Crenelle, 93 Crescent, 146 , 289 , 488 , 515 Crespine, 227 Crests, 28 , 57 , 58 , 61 , 62 , 86 , 156 , 158 , 166 , 213 , 320 , 322 , 323 , 324 , 326 , 331 , 332 , 333 , 334 , 349 , 370 , 376 , 402 , 419 , 438 , 518 ; angle of, 76 ; badge as a, 456 ; bastardising, 519 ; coronets, 373 , 375 , 379 ; differencing on, 490 , 512 ; label upon, 71 ; made of, 335 ; position of, 346 Creyke, arms, 248 Crined, 168 Cri-de-guerre, 58 , 452 Crisp, crest, 227 ; Molineux-Montgomerie, crest, 251 Crocodile, 217 , 218 Croker, crest, 288 Cromwell, 55 ; seals, 541 Crookes, Sir William, arms, 294 ; crest, 321 ; motto, 451 Crosier, 6 , 59 , 289 Cross, arms, 278 Cross, 15 , 91 , 93 , 95 , 103 , 107 , 108 , 110 , 127 , 135 , 158 ; botonny, 128 , 130 , 132 ; calvary, 128 ; cleché voided and pometté, 129 ; crosslet, 129 , 130 , 131 ; crosslet, differencing by, 485 ; crosslets, 89 ; dancetté, 93 ; fleurette, 128 ; flory, 128 ; moline, 128 , 488 ; of St. Andrew, 131 ; parted and fretty, 129 ; patée or formée, 129 , 130 ; patée quadrant, 129 ; patonce, 129 ; pieces, 109 ; potent, 85 , 129 ; quarter-pierced, 129 ; tau or St. Anthony's, 129 ; of St. George, 25 Crow, 248 Crown, 11 , 45 , 73 , 350 ; civic, 157 ; Imperial State, 359 ; of England, 358 ; palisado, 370 ; vallary, 370 , 378 Crusades, 17 Crusilly, 89 , 100 , 131 Cubit arm, 169 Cuffe, 94 Cuffed, 171 Cuirass, 293 Cuisses, 55 Cullen, 49 Cumberland, Dukes of, 364 , 496 ; label, 498 Cumbræ, College of the Holy Spirit of, 162 Cumin, Alexander, 412 Cumming-Gordon, 113 ; arms, 138 , 541 ; arms, crest, motto, and supporters, 418 Cummins, arms, 280 Cuninghame, 427 Cunliffe, arms, 214 Cunninghame, arms, 126 ; supporters, 428 ; Montgomery, supporters, 214 Cup-bearer, Grand Butler or, insignia of, 581 Cups, 85 , 288 Cure, 207 Curiosities of blazon, 74 "Curiosities of Heraldry," 15 , 417 Curzon, arms, 249 ; motto, 451 Cushions, 290 Cypress-trees, 263 D'Albrets, supporters, 417 D'Albrey, Arnaud, supporters, 418 D'Alençon, Duc, 360 ; arms, 487 ; Comte, Jean IV., supporter, 410 D'Angoulême, Counts, arms, 487 D'Arcy, arms, 267 , 268 , 482 , 484 d'Artois, Counts, arms, 487 D'Aubernoun, Sir John, 50 , 51 d'Auvergne, Dauphins, 254 Dabrichecourt, Sir Sanchet, mantling, 389 Dacre, Lord, arms, 300 ; Sir Edmond, arms, 485 Dakyns, crest, 377 ; motto, 451 Dalrymple, J. D. G., F.S.A., 148 Daly, crest, 205 Dalzells, 416 Dalziel, 165 , 432 Dalziell, 165 Dammant, arms, 268 Danby, 68 ; arms, 286 Dancetté, 91 , 93 Daniels, 163 Dannebrog, Order of the, 569 Dannecourt, 229 Darbishire, 125 , 129 Darcy de Knayth, Baroness, 546 ; supporter, 436 ; see D'Arcy Darnaway, 39 Dartmouth, arms, 164 ; Earl of, arms, 209 ; supporters, 436 Darwen, town of, arms, 266 Dashwood, Bart., Sir George John Egerton, 223 ; supporters, 436 Daubeney, 68 ; arms, 147 ; crest, 265 ; badge, 458 ; mantling, 389 Daughters, arms of, 572 ; difference marks, 492 Dauphin, 253 ; arms, 486 Dauphiny, 408 Davenport, 350 , 352 , 358 , 359 ; crest, 165 David II., 40 , 144 ; seal, 274 , 409 Davidson, crest, 375 Davies, 169 ; arms, 296 ; motto, 451 ; Sir Thomas, crest, 381 Davis, Cecil T., 55 Davis, Col. John, F.S.A., crest, 339 de Acton, see Acton de Aldeburgh, see Aldeburgh de Arundel, see Arundel
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

desert and stabbed Amurath during a
It took place not in the reign of Amurath, but in that of his predecessor Orchan.—M.] Note 542 ( return ) [ Ducas has related this as a deliberate act of self-devotion on the part of a Servian noble who pretended to desert, and stabbed Amurath during a conference which he had requested.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

down a sob a dry alien
"They see they ain't able to do nothing, an' they want my boy to die some'r's else, to save the county the expense of—of—" and she choked down a sob, a dry, alien thing in her scrawny neck.
— from The Hills of Refuge: A Novel by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben

departed as slowly and deliberately as
With grave faces and indifferent manner they ground the apples, and departed as slowly and deliberately as they came; verily men of the autumn, harbingers of the fall of the year.
— from Round About a Great Estate by Richard Jefferies

directions about slavery and divorce and
The time when he gave directions about slavery and divorce and polygamy—he was beautifully broad-minded in all those matters, and to kill witches and to stone an ox that gored any one, and how to disembowel the lambs used for sacrifice, and what colours to use in the tabernacle."
— from The Seeker by Harry Leon Wilson

downhearted and sentimental and discouraged about
And along about December twenty-third I always got so downhearted and sentimental and discouraged about the whole darned universe I nearly died with melancholy.
— from The Old Soak, and Hail And Farewell by Don Marquis


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