dee
[dee]
- a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear: to hang wire cutters from a dee on a saddle.
- Physics. a hollow electrode for accelerating particles in a cyclotron.
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Origin of dee
First recorded in 1785–95; so called from its shape, which resembles the letter D
Dee
[dee]
- John,1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.
- a river in NE Scotland, flowing E into the North Sea at Aberdeen. 90 miles (145 km) long.
- a river in N Wales and W England, flowing E and N into the Irish Sea. About 70 miles (110 km) long.
- a male or female given name.
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Examples from the Web for dee
Contemporary Examples
Playful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk PaintingsMelissa Leon
December 15, 2014
Promo shots for Dee Dee King, taken by famed rock photographer Bob Gruen, are also on display at the Storefront Gallery.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk PaintingsMelissa Leon
December 15, 2014
Dee Dee candles, rosaries, shirts and prints are offered for sale near the gallery's door as a kind of consolation.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk PaintingsMelissa Leon
December 15, 2014
Dee was married to Ossie Davis, the actor, activist, and WWII veteran, from 1948 until his death in 2005.
Spike Lee’s Tribute to Ruby Dee: ‘A Living Example That One Could Be An Artist and Activist’Marlow Stern
June 12, 2014
In its reticence it might disappoint some readers, but it also underlines Dee's basic decency.
Historical Examples
The "Banks of Dee" is, you know, literally "Langolee" to slow time.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
I'm thinkin we dee mair things in faith than we ken—but no eneuch!
Salted With FireGeorge MacDonald
He wantit her hame; and he's no are to dee onything ill, or at the wrang moment!
Salted With FireGeorge MacDonald
I'll dee for him what I can, ohn forgotten that he's no mine but anither wuman's.
Salted With FireGeorge MacDonald
And when she was deein', she askit for it, and she dee'd wi' it in her haun'.
St. Cuthbert'sRobert E. Knowles
dee
- a Scot word for die 1
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Dee1
- a river in N Wales and NW England, rising in S Gwynedd and flowing east and north to the Irish Sea. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)
- a river in NE Scotland, rising in the Cairngorms and flowing east to the North Sea. Length: about 140 km (87 miles)
- a river in S Scotland, flowing south to the Solway Firth. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)
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Dee2
- John. 1527–1608, English mathematician, astrologer, and magician: best known for his preface (1570) to the first edition of Euclid in English
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