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<p><mhw>\'d8<hw>D\'82`bu`tant"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; fem. <hw>D\'82`bu`tante"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>. <ety>[F., p. pr. of <ets>d\'82buter</ets> to have the first throw, to make one's <ets>d\'82but</ets>. See <er>D\'82but</er>.]</ety> <def>A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>D\'82`bu`tante"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>fem. n.</pos> <def>A young woman making her first appearance in society, especially one who is one of the honorees at a debutante cotillion. See <er>cotillion</er>{4}.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Dec"a-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>pref.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Ten</er>.]</ety> <def>A prefix, from Gr. <grk>de`ka</grk>, signifying <it>ten</it>;</def> <specif>specifically</specif> <fld>(Metric System)</fld>, <def>a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is <sig>ten times</sig> the principal unit.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p>\'d8<hw>De*cac`e*ra"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>de`ka</grk> ten + <grk>ke`ras</grk> a horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also <altname>Decapoda</altname>. <altsp>[Written also <asp>Decacera</asp>.]</altsp> See <er>Dibranchiata</er>.</def></p>
-<p><mhw>{ <hw>Dec"a*chord</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Dec`a*chor"don</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>deka`chordos</grk> tenstringed; <grk>de`ka</grk> ten + <grk>chordj`</grk> a string.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.</def><br/
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Dec"a*chord</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Dec`a*chor"don</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>deka`chordos</grk> tenstringed; <grk>de`ka</grk> ten + <grk>chordh`</grk> a string.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Something consisting of ten parts.</def> <rj><au>W. Watson.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Dec`a*cu"mi*na`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>decacuminare</ets> to cut off the top. See <er>Cacuminate</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the point or top cut off.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Dec"ad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A decade.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><q>Averill was a <qex>decad</qex> and a half his elder.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/

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