*did*

n. [ Gr. &unr_; self-taught. ] One who is self-taught; an automath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Diiodide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprising the true sloths.
Syn. -- family Bradypodidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. candēre to be of a glowing white; akin to accend&ebreve_;re, incend&ebreve_;re, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shine. Cf. Candle, Incense. ] 1. White. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The box receives all black; but poured from thence,
The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion. “Candid and dispassionate men.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.

Syn. -- Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable. -- Candid, Fair, Open, Frank, Ingenuous. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Candidatus, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.) fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering, white: cf. F. candidat. ] One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Candidacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement. [ Cant, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Candidacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an infection caused by fungi of the genera Monilia or Candida, especially Candida albicans.
Syn. -- moniliasis, monilia disease. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a candid manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being candid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a family of insects comprising the cicadas.
Syn. -- family Cicadidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

imp. of Do.

n. A treatise on teaching or education. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to teach; akin to L. docere to teach: cf. F. didactique. See Docile. ] 1. Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays. “Didactical writings.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The finest didactic poem in any language. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. excessively prone to instruct, even those who do not wish to be instructed; -- of people. [ Pejorative ]
Syn. -- didactic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a didactic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The didactic method or system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Aptitude for teaching. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or science of teaching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; finger, toe: cf. F. didactyle. ] (Zool.) An animal having only two digits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having only two digits; two-toed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of triangular spade. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For divedapper. See Dive, Dap, Dip, and cf. Dabchick. ] (Zool.) See Dabchick. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Didascalic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. didascalius, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to teach: cf. F. didascalique. ] Didactic; preceptive. [ R. ] Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Daddle. ] To totter, as a child in walking. [ Obs. ] Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Perh. from AS. dyderian to deceive, the letter r being changed to l. ] To cheat or overreach. [ Colloq. ] Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cheat. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Jeremy Diddler, a character in a play by James Kenney, entitled “Raising the wind.” The name is applied to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; = &unr_; matrix, uterus. ] (Zool.) The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or relating to the Didelphia. -- n. One of the Didelphia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Same as Didelphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A marsupial animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Didelphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Same as Didelphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Didelphia. ] (Zool.) Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See Opossum. [ Written also Didelphis. ] See Illustration in Appendix. Cuvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the genus Didus, or the dodo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Didos A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cut a dido, to play a trick; to cut a caper; -- perhaps so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a citadel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. So called in allusion to the classical story of Dido and the bull's hide. ] (Geom.) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area. Tait.

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_;; di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; a drachm. ] A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents. [ 1913 Webster ]

the 2d pers. sing. imp. of Do. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Diduction; separation into distinct parts. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diductio, fr. diducere, diductum, to draw apart; di- = dis- + ducere to lead, draw. ] The act of drawing apart; separation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) See Didymium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; twin. ] (Chem.) A rare metallic substance usually associated with the metal cerium; -- hence its name. It was formerly supposed to be an element, but has since been found to consist of two simpler elementary substances, neodymium and praseodymium. See Neodymium, and Praseodymium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. di`dymos twofold, twin. ] (Bot.) Growing in pairs or twins. [ 1913 Webster ]