DEY
Dey, n. Etym: [See Dairy.]
Defn: A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
DEY Dey, n.; pl. Deys. Etym: [Turk. dai, 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.]
Defn: The governor of Algiers; — so called before the French conquest in 1830.
DEYE
Deye, v. i.
Defn: To die. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DEYNTE; DEYNTEE
Deyn"te, Deyn"tee, n. & a.
Defn: See Dainty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DEZINCIFICATION
De*zinc`i*fi*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc.