$H Duair. Assyria
|
The modern name of the Assyrian city or
district called Dirki. (1876c1) |
$H Duban.
|
The Assyrian name of a city or district ca=
lled
by the Accadians Dur-ank=
-i.
Its site is not known. (1876c1) |
$H Dubutna.
|
A king of the Patina, a tribe inhabiting t=
he
Northern part of the river |
$H Duck. Heraldry
|
(Her.) This bird som=
etimes
appears on a shield as a common charge, but is usually shown without feet=
or
beak, and in this case should be properly called a cannet. ILLUS.
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$H Duck‑bills. Old English
|
O.E. Broad‑toe=
d shoes
of the 15th century.(1883m1) |
$H Dugab. Babylon
|
An official title among the Babylonians. T=
he
nature of the office is not certainly known. (1876c1) |
$H Dujsiati.
|
A country in |
$H Duke. Heraldry
|
Her. The highest rank and title in the British peera= ge; first introduced by Edward III. in the year 1337, when he created the Bla= ck Prince the first English duke (in Latin "dux"). The coronet of a duke, arbitrary in its adornment until the 16th century was far advanced,= is now a circlet, heightened with eight conventional strawberry‑leaves= , of which in representation three and two half‑leaves are shown. (Boutell.) Fig. 273. Duke's coronet.(1883m1)
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$H Dulcimer. Music
|
A musical instrument=
, the
prototype of our pianoforte. It was very early known to the Arabs and
Persians, who called it santir. One of its old European Dames is the cimbal.=
The
Hebrew nebel=
,
or perhaps the psanterin
mentioned by Daniel, is supposed to have been a dulcimer; the psalterion of
the Greeks also. A hand organ of the Middle Ages was called a
dulcimer.(1883m1) |
$H Dulshara. &qu=
ot;Lord
of Mount =
Seir
|
In ancient Nabathean<=
/span>
mythology the great national solar deity. He was compared by the Greek
writers to the Greek deity Dionysos. (1876c1)=
|
$H Dumah.
|
The Hebrew name of the Arabian capital cit=
y Addumu, which see. Also
Doomat-el-Jendel. (1876c1) |
$H Dunanu.
|
A tribe in |
$H Dunanu.
|
The last king of the =
Gambuli.
He was taken captive by Assurbanipal against =
whom
he had revolted, and made to enter |
$H Dungeon. Architecture
|
(Arch.) The term dungeon has come to mean a place=
of
close confinement, because in the vault below that part of the mediaeval
castle called the donjon (q.v=
.)
prisoners were shut up. It is of course the same word as donjon, and
originally conveyed no idea of imprisonment.(1891a1) |
$H Dungi.
|
An early king of |
$H Duni.
|
A Chaldean dis=
trict,
from whence all the lower empire was named. It has been compared with the
Eden of Hebrew history. (1876c1) |
$H Dun=
kirk
|
A manufactory of mod=
ern
faience which only existed for a short time in the 18th century, and was
closed within a year. The works are therefore very rare. Jacquemart
mentions a clock bearing a close resemblance to certain Dutch products,
inscribed Di=
ckhoof
and A. Duisburg, and by the l=
atter
name identified as |
$H Dunni-shemesh.
|
An Elamite city
destroyed by Sennacherib. (1876c1) |
$H Dunnusaidu.
|
The phonetic name of the Babylonian monarc=
h Dungi, king of |
$H Dunnusaidu.
|
A Babylonian city founded by Dungi, king of |
$H Dun-pa-uddu.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>
|
The Assyrian name of the planet Mercury du=
ring
the month Nisan. (1876c1) |
$H Duns. Celtic
|
Celtic. Ancient hill forts of =
the
simplest kind, consisting of a round or oval earthen wall and ditch on a
rising ground, probably contemporary with the pit dwellings.(1883m1) |
$H Dunster. Old English
|
O.E. Broad‑clo=
th made
in Somersetshire, temp. Edward
III.(1883m1) |
$H Dur.
|
An Elamite city
destroyed by Sennacherib. (1876c1) |
$H Dur-ahisu. (?= )
|
A Babylonian city on or in a river, which =
was
conquered by Samsi-Vul or Samas
Rimmon, king of |
$H Dur-an.
|
An Assyrian city on the borders of Minni where Assurbanipal
collected his forces before defeating Ahsera,=
the
king of that country. (1876c1) |
$H Duran.
|
The governor of the Assyrian cities which =
were
reconquered from the Ela=
mites
by Sennacherib. (1876c1) |
$H Dur-ank-i.
|
The Accadian n=
ame of
a city or district called Duban by the Assyri=
ans.
Its site is not known. (1876c1) |
$H Dur-asshur-akh-iddin= . "Fortress of Esarhaddon."
|
The name given by the Assyrians to the cit=
y of
|
$H Dur-assur. "Castl=
e
of Assur
$H Dur-athura.
|
A Babylonian city on the river Surappi, taken by Sargon II. on=
his invasion of |
$H Dur-baladh. <= span class=3DGramE>"The Fortress of Life."
|
An Assyrian city which revolted to Assurdan, and was reconquered<=
/span>
by Samas-Rimmon. (1876c1) |
$H Dur-banit.
|
The name given by the Assyrians to the cit=
y of
|
$H Dur-bil-mat-i. "Fortress of the Lord of the Land."
|
The Assyrian name of the city of |
$H Dur-i-assur.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>
|
The governor of Tusha=
n
in the reign of Tiglath =
Pileser
II. He was eponym of the year B.C. 728, in which year "the king took=
the
hands of Bel," i.e. held a festival to that deity. See Dur-Assur. (1876c1) |
$H Dur-i-galzu.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>
|
Another form of the Babylonian royal name =
Kurigalzu, which see. (1876c1) |
$H Durja. Or Doorga. Hindu
|
Doorga. Or Durja. A Hindu goddess, a form of Parvati the consort of Siva, in her attribute of the avenger.(1876c1) |
$H Dur-kurigalzu. "Castl=
e
of Kurigalzu
|
A great fortress on the Northern frontier =
of |
$H Dur-la-dinna.=
|
A Chaldean town
belonging to the Dakkuri. It was conquered by
Sargon II. in his war with Merodach-baladin,
king of |
$H Dur-papsukul.=
|
A city of the Accadia=
ns
which was destroyed, together with 447 surrounding cities, by Samas-Rimmon, king of |
$H Dur-sargina. =
"Castl=
e
of Sargina Babylon
|
A city founded by Sargon or |
$H Dur-sargina.<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Assyria
|
An Assyrian city founded by Sargon II., ki=
ng
of |
$H Dur-tila. Assyria
|
An Assyrian city which supported Assurdainpal in his revolt against his father Shalmaneser II. (1876c1) |
$H Dur-u.
|
An Elamite city
which was destroyed by Sennacherib. (1876c1) |
$H Dur-undasi.
|
An important Elamite<=
/span>
city conquered by Assurbanipal, in his war wi=
th the
usurper Ummanaldas, king of |
$H Dur-yakin.
|
A town in Lower Chald=
ea,
founded by the father of |
$H Dusares.
|
The Greek form of the name of the Nabathean deity Dulshara, which
see. (1876c1) |
$H Dutch Pink. (See PINKS.) (1883m1)
$H Dutch White. (See CARBONATE = OF LEAD, BARYTES.) (1883m1)
$H Duvara. "Gate."
|
The name of the royal palace in old Persian
history. It was inaccessible to all but a chosen few, and was the origin =
of
the title "Sublime Porte," which is still in use in |
$H Duzi. "The Son of Life."
|
The first husband of the goddess Ishtar, who descended into Hades in search of him. =
He was
the same as Tamzi and the Tammuz of Hebrew hi=
story.
(1876c1) |
$H Duzu. Assyria
|
The fourth month of the Assyrians, sacred =
to
the god Adar. It was called Sukulna, "Se=
izer
of Seed," by the Accadians, and it answe=
red
roughly to our June. (1876c1) |
$H =
Dwararab'ha, Dwaragopouras, Dwaraharmya, Dwaraprasada=
, Dwarasala.
$H Dyauspiter.
|
In Vedic literature a title of the deity <=
span
class=3DSpellE>Indra, from whence the Diespit=
er,
or Jupiter, of the Romans was derived. (1876c1) |
$H Dyeing. Egypt
|
From
the fact that the Egyptians dyed linen, as well as wool, we know that they
understood the use of mordants. It is to this
process of preparing the materials to receive the dye that Pliny refers, =
when
he says, "There exists in |
$H Dynasties. Egypt
|
"Manetho of Sebennytos, =
who
wrote a history of Egypt for the use of Alexandrine Greeks, adopted, on s=
ome
unknown authority, a division of thirty-one dynasties from Menes to the Macedonian conquest, and his system has
prevailed - not, indeed on account of its excellence, but because it is t=
he
only complete one which has come down to us."
(1902b1) |