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dactile
† ˈdactile Obs. [? f. dactyl n.] ? v. intr. To run quickly and nimbly. (If not a misprint for ductile adj., as treated by Gifford, or for tactile.)a 1637 B. Jonson Mortimer's Fall, Thy form doth feast mine eye, thy voice mine ear..And softness of thy skin my very touch, As if I felt it dactile throu...
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ductile
ductile, a. (ˈdʌktɪl, -aɪl) Also 7 -il. [a. F. auctile (13–14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. ductilis that may be led or drawn, f. dūcĕre to lead.] 1. Of metal: a. That may be hammered out thin; malleable; flexible, pliable, not brittle. Still frequent in literary use: for technical use, see b.a 1340 ...
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tribrach
▪ I. tribrach1 Prosody. (ˈtraɪbræk, ˈtrɪb-) In 6 tribracchus, 8 tribrachus, 8–9 -ys; 7 tribrack. [ad. L. tribrachys, a. Gr. τρίβραχυς, f. tri- + βραχύς short. Cf. F. tribraque (Littré).] A metrical foot consisting of three short syllables.1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. xiii. (Arb.) 133 For your foot...
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spondee
spondee (ˈspɒndiː) Also 4, 6–7 sponde, 6 -ie, spondæ, 7 -æe. [ad. L. spondē-us, incorrectly spondæ-us (sc. pes), ad. Gr. σπονδεῖος, f. σπονδή solemn drink-offering; or a. F. spondée (= It. spondeo, Sp. and Pg. espondeo).] 1. Pros. A metrical foot consisting of two long syllables. Also attrib.α a 139...
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dactyl
dactyl, n. (ˈdæktɪl) Also 5 -ylle, 5–6 -ile, 6 -il, -ill, 7–9 -yle. [ad. (perh. through F. dactyle) L. dactylus, a. Gr. δάκτυλος, a finger, a date, a dactyl (from its 3 joints).] † 1. The fruit of the date-palm; a date. Obs.[1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxvi. (1495) 678 The frute of the palme i...
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