n. a subfamily of birds consisting of the old world finches, many of which have taken up residence in the Americas; -- it is a subgroup of finches used in some classifications, in which the Fringillidae are divided into two subfamilies, the Carduelinae (including the goldfinches, siskins, redpolls, crossbills, and linnets) and Fringillinae (the brambling and the chaffinches). The siskins and goldfinches have migrated as far south as the southern end of South America. T. M. Shortt.
Syn. -- subfamily Carduelinae. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the Fringillidae, used in some classifications. It includes the goldfinches (such as the American goldfinch, Cardulis tristis, and the European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis); siskins; redpolls; and linnets, as well as the common northern cardinal (Carduelis cardinalis, also called the cardinal bird).
Syn. -- genus Carduelis. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ OF. deu, F. dû, p. p. of devoir to owe, fr. L. debere. See Debt, Habit, and cf. Duty. ] 1. Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her obedience, which is due to me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

With dirges due, in sad array,
Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; due service; in due time. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

This effect is due to the attraction of the sun. J. D. Forbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Directly; exactly; as, a due east course. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will give the devil his due. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Right; just title or claim. [ 1913 Webster ]

The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To endue. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fit; becoming. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See Bellicose, Two, and cf. Duello. ] A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To fight in single combat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who engages in a duel. [ R. ] [ Written also dueller. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj. [ Written also duelling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. duelliste. ] One who fights in single combat. [ Written also duellist. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A duelist . . . always values himself upon his courage, his sense of honor, his fidelity and friendship. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. See Duel. ] A duel; also, the rules of dueling. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] See Doña. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming. T. Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Duennas [ Sp. dueña, doña, fr. L. domina. See Dame. ] 1. The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain. Brande. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Duetto. ] (Mus.) A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It ., dim. fr. duetto a duet. ] A duet of short extent and concise form. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., fr. It & L. duo two. See Two. ] See Duet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Endued p. pr. & vb. n. Enduing. ] [ L. induere, prob. confused with E. endow. See Indue. ] To invest. Latham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. Luke xxiv. 49. [ 1913 Webster ]

Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts. Book of Common Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. An older spelling of Endow. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of enduing; induement. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Also erroneously . ] [ F. See Fondu; cf. Fondant. ] 1. (Cookery) A dish made of cheese, eggs, butter, etc., often seasoned with kirsch and white wine, melted together, and usually used as a dip for pieces of bread. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Cookery) A dish consisting of pieces of solid food cooked in or dipped into a hot sauce; as, beef fondue. [ PJC ]

a. [ F. fondu, p.p. of fondre to melt, blend. See Found to cast. ] Melted. [ Also spelled fondu. ] [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indued p. pr. & vb. n. Induing. ] [ Written also endue. ] [ L. induere to put on, clothe, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + a root seen also in L. exuere to put off, divest, exuviae the skin of an animal, slough, induviae clothes. Cf. Endue to invest. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To put on, as clothes; to draw on. [ 1913 Webster ]

The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Indued with intellectual sense and souls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Indue; cf. Indument, Enduement. ] The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Leaf metal of bronze; Dutch metal. See under Dutch. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival, payment, return, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note; a book overdue at the library; an overdue payment. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } a. [ F. perdu, f. perdue, lost, p. p. of perdre to lose, L. perdere. See Perdition. ] 1. Lost to view; in concealment or ambush. [ 1913 Webster ]

He should lie perdue who is to walk the round. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless. “A perdue captain.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. perduellio; per + duellum, bellum, war. ] (Civil Law) Treason. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. résidu, L. residuum, fr. residuus that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. See Reside, and cf. Residuum. ] 1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder. [ 1913 Webster ]

The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jer. xv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; a moiety or group; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue and moiety being applied to the others. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Theory of Numbers) Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; relics. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Subdued p. pr. & vb. n. Subduing. ] [ OE. soduen, OF. sosduire to seduce, L. subtus below (fr. sub under) + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Subduct. ] 1. To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will subdue all thine enemies. 1 Chron. xvii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing could have subdued nature
To such a lowness, but his unkind daughters. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If aught . . . were worthy to subdue
The soul of man. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To conquer; overpower; overcome; surmount; vanquish. See Conquer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not glaring in color; soft in tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Subdual. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law. [ 1913 Webster ]

Undue influence (Law), any improper or wrongful constraint, machination, or urgency of persuasion, by which one's will is overcome and he is induced to do or forbear an act which he would not do, or would do, if left to act freely. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ OF. vendue, from F. vendre, p. p. vendu, vendue, to sell. ] A public sale of anything, by outcry, to the highest bidder; an auction. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Vendue master, one who is authorized to sell any property by vendue; an auctioneer. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]