n. [ See Ding. ] 1. The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Horol.) An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.

3. a stupid or foolish person; -- used in a deprecatory or contemptuous sense. [ slang ]
Syn. -- ding-a-ling, doofus. [ PJC ]

. (Philol.) The theory which maintains that the primitive elements of language are reflex expressions induced by sensory impressions; that is, as stated by Max Müller, the creative faculty gave to each general conception as it thrilled for the first time through the brain a phonetic expression; -- jocosely so called from the analogy of the sound of a bell induced by the stroke of the clapper. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A government of Upper Egypt. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. same as Dongola kid.

Dongola kid,
D. leather, leather made by the Dongola process. --
Dongola process, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin, with a combination of vegetable and mineral agents, so that it resembles kid. --
Dongola race, a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. The leader of the Chinese communist party and later of the People's Republic of China; b. 1893, d. 1976. Also referred to a simply Mao. [ Also spelled Mao Tse-Tung. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang. [ 1913 Webster ]