dee

¹

[ dee ]

noun

1. a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:

   The wire cutters hung from a dee on her saddle.

2. Physics. a hollow electrode for accelerating particles in a cyclotron.

Dee

²

[ dee ]

noun

1. John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.
2. a river in NE Scotland, flowing E into the North Sea at Aberdeen. 90 miles (145 km) long.
3. a river in N Wales and W England, flowing E and N into the Irish Sea. About 70 miles (110 km) long.
4. a male or female given name.

Dee

¹

/ diː /

noun

1. DeeJohn15271608MEnglishSCIENCE: mathematicianMISC: astrologerTHEATRE: magician John. 1527–1608, English mathematician, astrologer, and magician: best known for his preface (1570) to the first edition of Euclid in English

Dee

²

/ diː /

noun

1. 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)
2. a river in NE Scotland, rising in the Cairngorms and flowing east to the North Sea. Length: about 140 km (87 miles)
3. a river in S Scotland, flowing south to the Solway Firth. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)

dee

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/ diː /

verb

1. See die
   a Scot word for die 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of dee¹

First recorded in 1785–95; so called from its shape, which resembles the letter D

Example Sentences

Dee and Pyne estimate that a single offense processed through STAR costs about $150, compared with the roughly $600 it costs to process one through the criminal justice system.

From Science News

On three of the finds, Kuitems, Dee and their team identified an annual growth rings in the wood that showed a signature spike in radiocarbon levels.

From Science News For Students

Conversations about a new shelter in National City kicked off after Dee of the Rescue Mission toured a former school in the city that he decided was ideal for a navigation center like the one the nonprofit is planning in Oceanside.

From Voice of San Diego

“We wouldn’t be where we are today if it wasn’t for how involved they had been,” Dee said.

From Voice of San Diego

Within Dee’s alchemical manuscript was a cipher table, followed by encrypted ciphertext under the heading “Hermeticae Philosophiae medulla”—or Marrow of the Hermetic Philosophy.

From Singularity Hub 

Playful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.

From The Daily Beast

Promo shots for Dee Dee King, taken by famed rock photographer Bob Gruen, are also on display at the Storefront Gallery.

From The Daily Beast

Dee Dee candles, rosaries, shirts and prints are offered for sale near the gallery's door as a kind of consolation.

From The Daily Beast

Ruby Dee, the legendary actress, poet, and Civil Rights activist, passed away on Wednesday in New York.

From The Daily Beast

Dee was married to Ossie Davis, the actor, activist, and WWII veteran, from 1948 until his death in 2005.

From The Daily Beast

Along the sea-margin of the tongue of land between the rivers Mersey and Dee, the sand has been thrown up in domes.

From Project Gutenberg

Mists trailed low along the sides of the Dasar-dee-ash Mountains across the lake, and hid their snowy summits from view.

From Project Gutenberg

She was certainly more liberal to Dee than to many of her servants who were much more deserving.

From Project Gutenberg

He was suspected of coining false money, but Dr. Dee declares he was innocent.

From Project Gutenberg

Dee pursued a shadow which he believed to be a substance; Kelly knew that the shadow was nothing more than a shadow.

From Project Gutenberg