Davy

[ dey-vee ]

/ ˈdeɪ vi /

noun

Sir Humphry,1778–1829, English chemist.

Crockett

[ krok-it ]

/ ˈkrɒk ɪt /

noun

DavidDavy, 1786–1836, U.S. frontiersman, politician, and folklore hero.

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A voracious giant squid sucking a pirate ship down to Davy Jones' locker.
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Alberta Ferretti said Davy plans on wearing two of her dresses.
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Davy himself has said he was not spared land seizure and has given up 140,000 acres to the government.
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Over the next few months Davy Rothbart will be touring around America to promote his new book, My Heart Is an Idiot.
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By the way, Davy, you haven't happened by any chance to meet him?
The Crossing|Winston Churchill
For this and his former work the name of Davy ought for ever to be inseparably united with the discovery of chemical electricity.
The Royal Institution|Bence Jones
Observe, then, that Davy made his epochal experiment of melting ice by friction when he was a youth of twenty.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams
Like others, in their first contact with midgets, he was giving Davy the status of a child.
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There is Davy, who seems honest, could we not trust him to conduct us and our two poor women to our friends the Deverells?
The Kangaroo Hunters|Anne Bowman

British Dictionary definitions for davy (1 of 2)

Davy

/ (ˈdeɪvɪ) /

noun

Sir Humphry. 1778–1829, English chemist who isolated sodium, magnesium, chlorine, and other elements and suggested the electrical nature of chemical combination. He invented the Davy lampSee Davy lamp

British Dictionary definitions for davy (2 of 2)

Crockett

/ (ˈkrɒkɪt) /

noun

David, known as Davy Crockett. 1786–1836, US frontiersman, politician, and soldier

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Science definitions for davy

Davy

[ dā′vē ]

Sir Humphry 1778-1829

British chemist who was a pioneer of electrochemistry. By means of electrolysis Davy isolated several elements, including sodium and potassium (1807), and barium, boron, calcium, and magnesium (1808). He also proved that diamonds are a form of carbon.

Davy

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