- dawl
- Cleveland Dialect Listto tire or weary
English dialects glossary. 2013.
dawl
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dalton — /dawl tn/, n. Physics. See atomic mass unit. [1935 40; named after J. DALTON] * * * ▪ Georgia, United States city, seat (1851) of Whitfield county, northwestern Georgia, U.S., encircled by the Cohutta Mountains. Although founded in 1837 as… … Universalium
Dalton — /dawl tn/, n. 1. John, 1766 1844, English chemist and physicist. 2. Robert, 1867 92, U.S. outlaw in the West. 3. a city in NW Georgia. 20,743. 4. a male given name. * * * ▪ Georgia, United States city, seat (1851) of Whitfield county,… … Universalium
Daltonian — /dawl toh nee euhn/, adj. 1. of John Dalton or his atomic theory. 2. of or pertaining to daltonism. [1805 15; J. DALTON + IAN] * * * … Universalium
dolce far niente — /dawl che fahrdd nyen te/ Italian. pleasing inactivity. [lit., (it is) sweet to do nothing] * * * … Universalium
dolce vita — /dawl che vee tah/; Eng. /dohl chay vee teuh/, Italian. sweet life; the good life perceived as one of physical pleasure and self indulgence (usually prec. by la). * * * … Universalium
Dollfuss — /dawl foohs/, n. Engelbert /eng euhl berddt /, 1892 1934, Austrian statesman: premier 1932 34. * * * … Universalium
dolma — /dawl meuh, mah/, n. Near Eastern Cookery. a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, vine leaves, or eggplants stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice, and spices. [1885 90; < Turk dolma lit., something filled, filling, equiv. to dol fill + ma suffix of… … Universalium
Dolní Vestonice — /dawl nyee vye staw nyi tse/ a camping site of Upper Paleolithic mammoth hunters c23,000 B.C. in southern Moravia, Czech Republic, characterized chiefly by Venus figures, ornaments of mammoth ivory, and animal figures of baked clay. * * * … Universalium
Dolton — /dawl tn/, n. a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago. 24,766. * * * … Universalium
dolma — (DAWL mah) [Turkish: something filled] In Near Eastern cooking, a dish of eggplant or grape leaves or peppers, stuffed with a combination of meat, rice, and seasonings … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
