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I never heard of it except as turf dug up by golf iron.
divot 7
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5Scot dial.< ?6
1 [Scot.] a thin slice of turf used as for roofing
2 Golf a lump of turf dislodged by a player‘s club in making a stroke
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dockwalloper
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5DOCK1 + WALLOPER6 [Colloq.] LONGSHOREMAN
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decorticate
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3cat#ed, 3cat#ing 5< L decorticatus, pp. of decorticare < de3, from + cortex, bark: see CORTEX6 to remove the bark, husk, or peel from
de[cor#ti[ca4tion
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de[cor4ti[ca#tor
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Also a medical term in brain injury. Patient cannot respond to commands, has abnormal
muscular flexion. Next worse stage is absence of cerebral funtions, decerebrate. extension only.
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dogbane
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5so named because said to be poisonous to dogs6 designating a family (Apocynaceae, order Gentianales) of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees, including frangipani and periwinkle
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any of a genus (Apocynum) of sometimes poisonous plants of the dogbane family, with opposite, entire leaves, small white or pink flowers, and milky juice
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dogwatch
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Naut. either of the two duty periods (from 4 to 6 P.M. and from 6 to 8 P.M.) that are half the length of a normal period
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dolabrate (adjective satellite) -
1. having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver
Synonyms: dolabriform
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dolomite
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5after D=odat de Dolomieu (1750-1801), Fr geologist6
1 a common rock-forming mineral, CaMg(CO3) 2, often occurring in extensive beds
2 any of several rocks similar to dolomite in composition
A bit of trivia. Name dolomite is from a formation in Italian Alps, near where "Ötzi" was found.
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A dogwatch is half as long as a regular one. it is "cur-tailed".
"Dear Word Detective: I'm reading a Patrick O'Brian novel about the Royal Navy during the
Napoleonic Wars and was wondering about the actual origin of the term "dog watch."
According to O'Brian's characters it's called the "dog watch" because it's "cur-tailed." This of
course brings to mind the phrase "that dog won't hunt." I'm sure there is a terribly close
relationship between the Royal Navy and your average hillbilly just waiting to be revealed. --
Stuart Zimmerman, via the internet."
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