December. The tenth month of the Roman Calendar when the year was reckoned from March.
Decemvir. One of the ten legislators of Rome appointed to draw up a code of laws.
Decoration Day. 30th May, observed in the United States for decorating the graves of the soldiers who fell in the struggle between the North and South.
Deemster. See “[Doomster].”
Dehaley Street. From the residence of the Dehaleys.
Delaware. After the Governor of Virginia, Thomas West, Lord Delaware, who died on board his vessel while visiting the bay in 1610.
Del Salviati. The assumed name of the famous Italian painter Francesco Rossi, in compliment to his patron, Cardinal Salviati, who was born in the same year as himself.
Demijohn. A corruption of Damaghan, in Persia, a town anciently famous for its glass-ware.
Democracy. From the Greek demos, people, and kratein, to rule. Government by the people.
Denbigh. From Dinbach, the Celtic for “a little fort.”