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devilish cold c c DEUSEA
Very: an epithet which in the English vulgar language is made to agree with every quality or thing; as, devilish bad, devilish good; devilish sick, devilish well; devilish sweet, devilish sour; devilish hot, devilish cold, &c. &c. DEUSEA VILLE.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Deny controvert contradict contravene disprove
ANT: Deny, controvert, contradict, contravene, disprove, disestablish, exclude, neutralize, upset, oppugn, refute.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

decertavit ceteras conterruit compulit domuit
Helvetiorum proeliis felicissime decertavit: ceteras conterruit, compulit , domuit, imperio populi Romani parere assuefecit, et quas regiones, quasque gentes nullae nobis antea litterae , 5 nulla vox, nulla fama notas fecerat, has noster imperator nosterque exercitus et populi Romani arma peragrarunt.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Deo cum Christianus cum dolore
So also Minutius Felix, Adversus Gentes: "Quam pulchrum spectaculum Deo, cum Christianus cum dolore congueditur?
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

de Chazelles Chegaray Comte de
The roll-call verified the presence of two hundred and twenty Representatives, whose names were as follows:— Le Duc de Luynes, d'Andigné de la Chasse, Antony Thouret, Arène, Audren de Kerdrel (Ille-et-Vilaine), Audren de Kerdrel (Morbihan), de Balzac, Barchou de Penhoen, Barillon, O. Barrot, Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire, Quentin Bauchard, G. deBeaumont, Béchard, Behaghel, de Belèvze, Benoist-d'Azy, de Benardy, Berryer, de Berset, Basse, Betting de Lancastel, Blavoyer, Bocher, Boissié, de Botmillan, Bouvatier, le Duc de Broglie, de la Broise, de Bryas, Buffet, Caillet du Tertre, Callet, Camus de la Guibourgère, Canet, de Castillon, de Cazalis, Admiral Cécile, Chambolle, Chamiot, Champannet, Chaper, Chapot, de Charencey, Chasseigne, Chauvin, Chazant, de Chazelles, Chegaray, Comte de Coislin, Colfavru, Colas de la Motte, Coquerel, de Corcelles, Cordier, Corne, Creton, Daguilhon, Pujol, Dahirel, Vicomte Dambray, Marquis de Dampierre, de Brotonne, de Fontaine, de Fontenay, Vicomte de Sèze, Desmars, de la Devansaye, Didier, Dieuleveult, Druet-Desvaux, A. Dubois, Dufaure, Dufougerais, Dufour, Dufournel, Marc Dufraisse, P. Duprat, Duvergier de Hauranne, Étienne, Vicomte de Falloux, de Faultrier, Faure (Rhône), Favreau, Ferre, des Ferrès, Vicomte de Flavigny, de Foblant, Frichon, Gain, Gasselin, Germonière, de Gicquiau, de Goulard, de Gouyon, de Grandville, de Grasset, Grelier-Dufougerais, Grévy, Grillon, Grimault, Gros, Guislier de la Tousche, Harscouët de Saint-Georges, Marquis d'Havrincourt, Hennequin, d'Hespel, Houel, Hovyn-Tranchère, Huot, Joret, Jouannet, de Kéranflech, de Kératry, de Kéridec, de Kermazec, de Kersauron Penendreff, Lèo de Laborde, Laboulie, Lacave, Oscar Lafayette, Lafosse, Lagarde, Lagrenée Laimé, Lainé, Comte Lanjuinais, Larabit, de Larcy, J. de Lasteyrie, Latrade, Laureau, Laurenceau, General Marquis de Lauriston, de Laussat, Lefebvre de Grosriez, Legrand, Legros-Desvaux, Lemaire, Emile Leroux, Lespérut, de l'Espinoy, Lherbette, de Linsaval, de Luppé, Maréchal, Martin de Villers, Maze-Saunay, Mèze, Arnauld de Melun, Anatole de Melun, Merentié, Michaud, Mispoulet, Monet, Duc de Montebello, de Montigny, Moulin, Murat-Sistrière, Alfred Nettement, d'Olivier, General Oudinot, Duc de Reggio, Paillat, Duparc, Passy, Emile Péan, Pécoul, Casimir Perier, Pidoux, Pigeon, de Piogé, Piscatory, Proa, Prudhomme, Querhoent, Randoing, Raudot, Raulin, de Ravinel, de Rémusat, Renaud, Rezal, Comte de Rességuier, Henri de Riancey, Rigal, de la Rochette, Rodat, de Roquefeuille des Rotours de Chaulieu, Rouget-Lafosse, Rouillé, Roux-Carbonel, Saint-Beuve, de Saint-Germain, General Comte de Saint-Priest, Salmon (Meuse), Marquis Sauvaire-Barthélemy, de Serré, Comte de Sesmaisons, Simonot, de Staplande, de Surville, Marquis de Talhouet, Talon, Tamisier, Thuriot de la Rosière, de Tinguy, Comte de Tocqueville, de la Tourette, Comte de Tréveneue, Mortimer-Ternaux, de Vatimesnil, Baron de Vandoeuvre, Vernhette (Hérault), Vernhette (Aveyron), Vézin, Vitet, Comte de Vogué.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

de cutest colour coon down
Ise de cutest colour coon down our side.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

Diavolo cried Count Capricornutti Dios
A marked sensation immediately ensued. “Diavolo!” cried Count Capricornutti. “Dios guarda!”
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

dictionary cautus cōnsultus concrētus dēflāgrātus
See 907 , and also in the dictionary cautus , cōnsultus , concrētus , dēflāgrātus , incōnsīderātus , occāsus , nūpta .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

depósito cambio cheques cartas de
—¿Hacen además esos bancos las operaciones mercantiles usuales de depósito, cambio, cheques, cartas de crédito, descuentos de pagarés y operaciones de giros
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

dear coaxed Charlie coming down
"Ah, Sue dear," coaxed Charlie, coming down and putting his arm around her, "you are the nicest little sister in the world, if you did want to box my ears.
— from Harper's Young People, December 9, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

de cette chose comme dépendant
En effet, dès que pour expliquer un certain effet, nous cherchons, au-dessus de l'aveugle mécanisme de la nature, un principe supra-sensible et que nous l'y rapportons en général , nous devons le juger tout entier d'après ce principe; et il n'y a pas de raison pour regarder la forme de cette chose comme dépendant encore en partie de l'autre principe, car alors, dans le mélange de principes hétérogènes, il ne resterait plus de règle sûre pour le jugement.
— from The Philosophy of Natural Theology An Essay in confutation of the scepticism of the present day by William Jackson

did Captain Conviction cleave down
This Captain Secure did Captain Conviction cleave down the head with a two-handed sword, when he received himself three wounds in his mouth.
— from The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World; Or, The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul by John Bunyan

dairy cheese Coffee Coffee DINNER
181 JUNE 24 BREAKFAST LUNCHEON Apricot marmalade Cold poached eggs, à l'estragon Buckwheat cakes Sand dabs, meunière Breakfast sausages German huckleberry cake Rolls American dairy cheese Coffee Coffee DINNER Consommé Créole Salt codfish, Biscayenne Braised sweetbreads, sauce Soubise Roast squab Boiled onions Broiled fresh mushrooms Château potatoes Lettuce and grapefruit salad Baked blackberry roll Coffee Cold poached eggs, à l'estragon.
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler

Dorothy Clandon commonly called Dolly
Let me introduce Miss Dorothy Clandon, commonly called Dolly.
— from You Never Can Tell by Bernard Shaw

demagogue caposquadra commodore capogiro dizziness
List IV COMPOUND WORDS cartapecora (parchment) cartapesta (papier maché) falsariga (guide) madreperla (mother-of-pearl) melagrana (pomegranate) melarancia (orange) biancospino (hawthorn) ficcanaso (busybody) lavamano (wash-stand) mezzogiorno (noon) passatempo (pastime) ragnatela (cobweb) madrevite (vine) guardaportone (doorkeeper) capoluogo (capital) capomaestro ("boss") capofila (pivot-soldier) capopopolo (demagogue) caposquadra (commodore) capogiro (dizziness) capolavoro (masterpiece)
— from The Montessori Elementary Material The Advanced Montessori Method by Maria Montessori

des chapeaux commencée celle des
[192] Breweries, however, and other manufactories had been in operation in the colony as early as 1668, as we glean from the following entry in the Jesuits' Journal :— "Et parce qu'un pais ne peut pas se former entièrement sans l'assistance des manufactures, nous voyons déjà celle des souliers et des chapeaux commencée, celle des toiles et des cuirs projetée, et on attend que la multiplication qui se fait des moutons, produise suffisement des laines pour introduire celle des draps, et c'est ce que nous espérons dans peu puisque les bestiaux se peuplent assez abondamment, entr-autres les chevaux qui commencent à distribuer dans tout le pais.
— from Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir

dropsy chronic coughs c Dose
Diuretic, attenuant, and expectorant; in dropsy, chronic coughs, &c.— Dose , 10 to 20 gr.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson


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