Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE

The solid products are known to the trade as grape sugar; the sirupy products as glucose, or mixing sirup. These are harmless, but are only about half as sweet as cane sugar or sucrose.

Dex"trous (?), a., Dex"trous·ly, adv., Dex"trous·ness, n. Same as Dexterous, Dexterously, etc.

Dey (?), n. [See Dairy.] A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dey (?), n.; pl. Deys (#). [Turk. dāi, orig., a maternal uncle, then a friendly title formerly given to middle-aged or old people, especially among the Janizaries; and hence, in Algiers, consecrated at length to the commanding officer of that corps, who frequently became afterward pasha or regent of that province; hence the European misnomer of dey, as applied to the latter: cf. F. dey.] The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.

Deye (?), v. i. To die. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Deyn"te, Deyn"tee (?), n. & a. See Dainty. [Obs.] Chaucer.

De·zinc`i·fi·ca"tion (?), n. The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc.

De·zinc"i·fy (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + zinc + -fy.] To deprive of, or free from, zinc.

Dhole (?), n. (Zoöl.) A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs.

Dho"ny (?), n. A Ceylonese boat. See Doni.

Dhoor"ra, Dhour"ra, or Dhur"ra (?), n. Indian millet. See Durra.

Dhow (?), n. [Ar. dāo?] A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail. [Also written dow.]

Di- (?). [Gr. δισ- twice; akin to ? two, L. bis twice. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Dia-. The L. pref. dis- sometimes assumes the form di-. See Dis-.] A prefix, signifying twofold, double, twice; (Chem.) denoting two atoms, radicals, groups, or equivalents, as the case may be. See Bi-, 2.