Defn: A white, sugarlike substance, C6H8.(OH)2, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar.
DULCITUDE
Dul"ci*tude, n. Etym: [L. dulcitudo, fr. dulcis sweet.
Defn: Sweetness. [R.] Cockeram.
DULCORATE Dul"co*rate, v. t. Etym: [L. dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet.]
Defn: To sweeten; to make less acrimonious. [R.] Bacon.
DULCORATION
Dul`co*ra"tion, n. Etym: [LL. dulcoratio.]
Defn: The act of sweetening. [R.] Bacon.
DULEDGE
Du"ledge, n. (Mil.)
Defn: One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage. Wilhelm.
DULIA
Du*li"a, n. Etym: [LL., fr. Gr. (R. C. Ch.)