DUEL. A single combat at a time and place appointed in consequence of a challenge; a practice which had its uses and abuses, now prohibited.
DUELLO. An Italian word expressive of duelling, long appropriated into our language.
DUFF. Pudding or dough.
DUFFERS. Low pedlars; also those women who assist smugglers. Also, cowardly fellows.
DUG-OUT. A canoe.
DUKE OF YORK. A nickname for a particular storm trysail used in the northern seas.
DULCE, Dulse, Delse. Iridea dulce, one of the edible fuci. It is an article of trade in America and Holland, and is plentiful on the rocky coasts of Ireland and western England. It probably derived its name from being sweet and pleasant, not requiring cooking.
DULEDGE PLATES. An old name for the tyre-streaks or iron plates on the circumference of the wheel of a field-piece. Duledge was also used for dowel, the wooden pin connecting the felloes.
DULL'D. When said of the wind, fallen or moderated.
DULLISH. The Manx term for the marine eatable leaf dillisk.