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▪ I. dee, n.|diː|
1. a. Name of the letter D; applied to a D-shaped iron or steel loop used for connecting parts of harness, or for fastening articles to the saddle: cf. d I. 2.
1794W. Felton Carriages (1801) II. 145 The Collar-Dee, an iron ring in the form of a D, sewed in the front of the collar, for the pole-piece to loop through; there are various other dees used about some harness, but of a small size, and mostly plated. 1880Blackw. Mag. Feb. 164 (Bush Life Queensland) The pommel was also furnished with strong iron dees driven firmly into the woodwork. 1884W. Westall in Contemp. Rev. July 69 The cheeks are furnished with ‘dees’ for holding bridle and curb chain. 1888Elworthy W. Somerset Gloss., Dee, an iron shaped like letter D. Such an iron is used in cart-harness to connect the leather of the breeching with the chains.
b. Comb. dee-lock (see quot.)
1888Elworthy W. Somerset Gloss., Dee-lock, a very common, cheap kind of padlock, used for gates, etc. It is a simple piece of iron in the shape of letter D, having a joint at one angle and a screw working in a short pipe at the other.
2. Either of the two hollow, D-shaped electrodes used to accelerate particles in a cyclotron.
1936Lawrence & Cooksey in Physical Rev. L. 1131/2 The accelerating electrodes..are called duants, or dees. 1966New Scientist 24 Nov. 464/1 In the traditional type of cyclotron, the particles are accelerated by being driven electrostatically from one to another of a pair of matched semicircular devices called dees.
3. Slang abbrev. of detective n. Cf. D III. 3.
1882Sydney Slang Dict. 3/2 Dee (D.), a detective policeman. 1895Brewer's Dict. Phr. & Fable 339/2 Look sharp! the dees are about. 1943Penguin New Writing XVIII. 72 Occasionally I'd see people we passed who'd pick them for dees. 1949E. de Mauny Huntsman in Career 127 You've got to look out, if the dees come.
▪ II. dee, v.|diː|
a. Pronunciation of d ―, euphemistic for damn (see D I. 3); usually in pa. pple. deed (also deedeed) = d ― d, damned.
a1845Barham Ingol. Leg., The Poplar, We'll be Deed if it isn't an O! 1859Reade Love me little iii. 25 Your three graces are three deed fools. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 61 A satirist..whose works were long ago dead and (I fear) deedeed to boot.
b. as adj. = damned ppl. a. 4 a.
1889Kipling From Sea to Sea (1899) 212 Dee fool. It's different in Upper Burma, where you get command and travelling allowances.
▪ III. dee, d'ee
earlier way of writing d'ye = do ye? do you?
1611Chapman May Day Plays 1873 II. 344 And how dee Sir? 1625Fletcher Fair Maid iii. i, De'e forsooth? 1632Brome Northern Lasse i. ii, Dee hear?
▪ IV. dee
var. of dey; obs. or dial. f. die. |