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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dutch \Dutch\, a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig.,
popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG.
diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS.
pe['o]d, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta
land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have
applied the name especially to the Germanic people living
nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. {Derrick}, {Teutonic}.]
Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
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{Dutch auction}. See under {Auction}.
{Dutch cheese}, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
milk.
{Dutch clinker}, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
{Dutch clover} (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
England from Holland.
{Dutch concert}, a so-called concert in which all the singers
sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
{Dutch courage}, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
--Marryat.
{Dutch door}, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
while the upper part remains open.
{Dutch foil}, {Dutch leaf}, or {Dutch gold}, a kind of brass
rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in
Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also {Dutch
mineral}, {Dutch metal}, {brass foil}, and {bronze leaf}.
{Dutch liquid} (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
{C2H4Cl2}, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
olefiant gas; -- called also {Dutch oil}. It is so called
because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
Hollandish chemists. See {Ethylene}, and {Olefiant}.
{Dutch oven}, a tin screen for baking before an open fire or
kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron
kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals.
{Dutch pink}, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in
distemper, and for paper staining. etc. --Weale.
{Dutch rush} (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or
{Equisetum} ({Equisetum hyemale}) having a rough,
siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; --
called also {scouring rush}, and {shave grass}. See
{Equisetum}.
{Dutch tile}, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly
much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the
like.
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Note: Dutch was formerly used for German.
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Germany is slandered to have sent none to this
war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that
other pilgrims, passing through that country,
were mocked by the Dutch, and called fools for
their pains. --Fuller.
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