denn.¹

Brit.

/dɛn/, U.S.

/dɛn/

Forms: Old English–Middle English denn, Middle English–1600s denne, (Middle English deen), Middle English– den.

Etymology: Old English dęnn habitation of a wild beast < Old Germanic type *danjo^m, corresponding in form to Old High German tenni (neuter), Middle High German tenne (neuter, feminine), German tenne (feminine) floor, thrashing-floor, Old Low German *denni, early modern Dutch denne ‘floor, pavement, flooring of a ship, also cave, cavern, den’ (Kilian): compare also Middle Dutch dan(n (masculine) forest, abode of wild beasts, waste place, open country. The same root dan- appears in dean, Old English dęnu ( < dani-) vale: the root-meaning is uncertain.

1. The lair or habitation of a wild beast.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter

houseOE

denOE

holdc1275

lying-placea1382

coucha1398

homea1398

logis1477

starting-hole1530

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lodge1567

lair1575

lay1590

squat1590

hover1602

denning1622

start-holea1641

bed1694

niche1725

shed1821

lying1834

basking-hole1856

lie1869

homesite1882

holt1890

lying-ground1895

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > cave

covec950

denOE

cavec1220

rochea1300

spelunk13..

cavernc1374

cabin1377

speke1377

antruma1398

minea1398

thurse-house?c1450

crypt?a1475

vault1535

chamber1575

antre1585

underground1594

Peak1600

lustre?1615

open?1644

cunicle1657

subterranean1714

subterrane1759

loch1767

purgatory1797

vug1818

OE Beowulf 2759 Geseah [he]..wundur on wealle, ond þæs wyrmes denn.

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 187/1 Lustra, wilddeora holl and denn.

c1220 Bestiary 13 Ðe leun..driueð dun to his den ðar he him berȝen wille.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 15 And so dide..þe prophete danyel in þe deen of lyonys.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16762 + 110 Þe fox has his den and ilk foghel is nest.

a1400 Octouian 582 The lady wente..To the tygre denne.

1585 J. B. tr. P. Viret School of Beastes: Good Housholder sig. Bij^v It is a signe of rayne..when the Ante bringeth out of her hole and denne al her egges.

1611 Bible (King James) Job xxxvii. 8 Then the beastes goe into dennes: and remaine in their places.

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xiv. 338 And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall?

2. A place hollowed out of the ground, a cavern (†occasionally a pit). Obsolete or blended with senses 1 or 3.

ΚΠ

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. xi. 38 Thei erringe in..dennys, and cauys of erthe.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 315 Þe lond of Sicilia is holow and ful of dennes [L. cavernosa].

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4185 Tac we him [sc. Joseph] out of yon den.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 212/2 Den, a hole in the grounde, cauerne.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcj [They] lurked in dennes and wholes secretly.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 215 Aron, and thou looke downe into this den .

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 1 I lighted on a certain place, Where was a Denn; And I laid me down in that place to sleep.

1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes i. 101 I..had already search'd into several Denns and Caverns of the Mountains.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 157 No churl immured in cave or den.

3. transferred and figurative.

a. A place of retreat or abode (likened to the lair of a beast); a secret lurking-place of thieves or the like (cf. Matthew xxi. 13).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun] > lair, den > of thieves

denc1275

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > dwelling of specific types of people > of thieves or criminals

denc1275

case?1536

ken1567

nest1617

lumber1753

c1275 Pains of Hell 176 in Old Eng. Misc. 152 Vvrþer þer beoþ olde men Þat among neddren habbeþ heore den.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 14745 Ȝe hit make..A den to reset inne þeues.

c1450 How Wise Man tauȝt Sonne (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 52 How litil her good dooþ hem a-vaile Whanne þei be doluen in her den.

1588 E. Spenser Virgils Gnat 96 No such sad cares..Do ever creepe into the shepheards den.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 204 [They would have] made the Island a Den of Thieves.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 8 The cavern, where 'tis told A giant made his den of old.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 167 The very type of a robber den.

b. A small confined room or abode; esp. one unfit for human habitation.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > vile or miserable

hell-holec1400

dogholec1450

cabin1594

sty1605

hole1616

hogsty1688

gourbi1738

rathole1770

pigsty1798

hell's kitchen1827

den1836

kennel1837

pigpen1872

rural slum1886

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 15 The musicians were securely confined in an elevated den.

1840 T. A. Trollope Summer in Brittany I. 315 The frightful dens of some of the Manchester operatives.

1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon II. 100 The filthy den where her mother lived.

c. colloquial. A small room or lodging in which a man can seclude himself for work or leisure; as, ‘a bachelor's den’.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > private or inner room > study

studya1400

study place1563

closeta1600

studiolo1765

den1771

thinking box1911

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 238 So saying, he retreated into his den.

1816 W. Scott Let. 26 Nov. (1933) IV. 302 A little Boudoir..a good eating-room and a small den for myself in particular.

1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 709 [He] went off in the direction of his own den, a little room in which he smoked and kept his treasures.

4. The name given in the Lowlands of Scotland, and north of England, to the conventional enclosure or place of safety in boys' out-of-door games, called elsewhere the home, bay, or base.

ΚΠ

1901 R. C. Maclagan Games Argyleshire 22 Equal sides being chosen, a ‘den’..sufficiently large to contain the whole of the side who are ‘in’ is fixed.

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren viii. 150 Den or denny. Occasionally used as truce term, from the ‘den’ or sanctuary of certain catching games.

1968 Proc. Leeds Philos. Soc., Lit. & Hist. Section XIII. ii. 56 There is the den, in which players line up to take their turn in striking.

5. ‘A deep hollow between hills; a dingle’ (Jamieson). Scottish regional. [‘Often applied to a wooded hollow’ (Jamieson), and then nearly synonymous with dean n.²; but not the same word.] In many place names, as Dura Den near Cupar Fife, The Den near Kirkcaldy, Hawthornden in Mid Lothian; but as a termination often representing earlier dene, dean.

ΚΠ

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Prol. f. i^v In the vail or den quharin yow vsit to commit ydolatrie.

1786 R. Burns Poems 211 We'll sing auld Coila's..banks an' braes, her dens an' dells.

a1800 Ballad ‘The dowie dens of Yarrow.’

1806 W. Forbes Beattie II. 51 (Jam.) I have made several visits of late to the Den of Rubislaw. Note. A Den, in the vernacular language of Scotland..is synonymous with what in England is called a Dingle.

†6. Anatomy. A cavity or hollow. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > depression or cavity

pita1275

holec1300

cella1398

den1398

follicle?a1425

purse?a1425

pocketa1450

fossac1475

cystis1543

trench1565

conceptory1576

vesike1577

vesicle1578

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socket1601

bladderet1615

cistern1615

cavern1626

ventricle1641

bladder1661

antrum1684

conceptaculum1691

capsule1693

cellule1694

loculus1694

sinus1704

vesicula1705

vesica1706

fosse1710

pouch1712

cyst1721

air chamber1725

fossula1733

alveole1739

sac1741

sacculus1749

locule1751

compartment1772

air cell1774

fossule1803

umbilicus1811

conceptacle1819

cœlia1820

utricle1822

air sac1835

saccule1836

ampulla1845

vacuole1853

scrobicule1880

faveolus1882

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. xxii. 70 Oute of a denne of the lyfte syde of the herte comyth a veyne.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 609 The implanted Ayre concluded within the dennes or cauities of the Eares.

1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse iii. xiv. 140 The Caverns or Cavities, by some called Dens.

Compounds

†den-dreadful adj. dreadful with dens of wild beasts.

ΚΠ

1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis i. 8 Now past den-dreadfull Manalus confines [L. Maenala..latebris horrenda ferarum].

Draft additions 1993

A local meeting-place for Cub Scouts; hence (now the usual sense), a small subdivision of a Cub Scout pack. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > subdivision of

den1930

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] > meeting-hall or house > for cub scouts

den1930

1930 Survey 15 Dec. 330/1 In each neighborhood is a ‘den’ where the boys meet.

1946 Parents' Mag. Jan. 52/2 Our den elected to have refreshments at each meeting.

1965 B. Grant Boy Scout Encycl. 51/2 A den is made up of from two to eight boys.

1985 Stockholm Stud. in Eng. 62 26 It is common for the mother of a Cub Scout to take charge of the home-centred subdivision of the Cub Scout Pack, the Den.

Draft additions 1993

den mother n. North American (originally U.S.) the woman leader of a den of Cub Scouts; also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > members of scouts or guides

Boy Scout1908

patrol leader1908

scout1908

scoutmaster1908

tenderfoot1908

captain1909

Girl Guide1909

Girl Scout1909

lieutenant1909

pathfinder1911

sea scout1911

rosebud1914

brownie1916

sixer1916

tenderpad1916

Brown Owl1918

rover1918

Rover Scout1918

ranger1920

tawny owl1921

Cub1922

Akela1924

scouter1930

Guider1931

den mother1936

Queen's Guide1946

Queen's Scout1952

Venture Scout1966

Beaver1975

skipper1986

1936 National Republic Feb. 4/2 The Den Mother is usually the kind of a mother whose yard..is usually full of boys anyway.

1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) viii. 107 I put away my damask tablecloths years ago, and so did most American housewives, because we haven't time to wash and iron them and still be Den Mothers.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 4 Dec. 22/1 Linda's Pictures, for instance, is a collection of photographs by Linda McCartney, den mother to the Beatles.

1986 B. Freemantle Kremlin Kiss xxxvii. 269 You'll be here for years. You're going to become the den mother of the diplomatic wives.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

denv.¹

Brit.

/dɛn/, U.S.

/dɛn/

Etymology: < den n.¹

1. reflexive (or passive). To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > secrete oneself [verb (reflexive)]

denc1220

burrow1837

c1220 Bestiary 36 Wu he dennede him in ðat defte meiden, Marie bi name.

1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. G If he be den'd, Il'e rouze the monstrous beast.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 315 A pit digged to hide the Gunner..the Gunner lay denned, and durst not stirre.

1823 J. Galt Entail II. xvii. 157 Hae ye ony ark or amrie..where a body might den himsel till they're out o' the gate and away?

2. intransitive. To live or dwell in a den; to escape into, or hide oneself in, a den. to den up: to retire into a den for the winter, as a hibernating animal. (U.S. colloquial.)

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > dwell in or as in other buildings

cabin1586

den1610

stable1651

hut1691

templea1711

bog-trota1734

sty1748

village1819

shanty1840

shack1895

flat1966

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > be or hide in secret place [verb (intransitive)]

squata1425

den1610

hole1828

to hole up1890

the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > hibernate

latibulize1802

hibernate1816

to den up1843

to hole up1890

1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 30 The sluggish saluages, that den belowe.

1724 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 295 They generally den among the Rocks in great Numbers together.

1843 Amer. Pioneer 2 171 In that climate [sc. of Canada] the bears usually den up in the winter, and lie in something of a torpid state.

c1860 Tom Taylor in Thornbury Two Cent. of Song (1867) 261 In a dingier set of chambers no man need wish to stow, Than those, old friend, wherein we denned, at Ten, Crown Office Row.

1894 Home Missionary (N.Y.) Jan. 463 Our people..are inclined to ‘den up’ in the hot weather, as certain animals..do in the cold season.

1918 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 187/1 The brown bear usually ‘dens up’ early in the season.

†3. to den out: to drive (a beast) out of its den; to unearth. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > drive from lair or cover

starta1393

raisec1425

to put upa1475

rear1486

uprear1486

to start out1519

rouse1531

uncouch?a1562

to den outa1604

dislodge1632

tufta1640

draw1781

jump1836

a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 203 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) [They] burned their Cabbans and Cottages, and such as dwelt in caves and rockes under ground (as the manner is to denne out Foxes) they fired and smothered to death.

Derivatives

denned adj. and n.

/dɛnd/

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [adjective] > of animal: lurking in a den

denned1854

1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 165 Arousing a denned lion.

denning n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter

houseOE

denOE

holdc1275

lying-placea1382

coucha1398

homea1398

logis1477

starting-hole1530

cabbage1567

lodge1567

lair1575

lay1590

squat1590

hover1602

denning1622

start-holea1641

bed1694

niche1725

shed1821

lying1834

basking-hole1856

lie1869

homesite1882

holt1890

lying-ground1895

1622 S. Ward Woe to Drunkards (1627) 45 In such townes this Serpent hath no nestling, no stabling, or denning.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	den
释义	denn.¹ Brit. /dɛn/, U.S. /dɛn/ Forms: Old English–Middle English denn, Middle English–1600s denne, (Middle English deen), Middle English– den. Etymology: Old English dęnn habitation of a wild beast < Old Germanic type danjo^m, corresponding in form to Old High German tenni* (neuter), Middle High German tenne (neuter, feminine), German tenne (feminine) floor, thrashing-floor, Old Low German denni, early modern Dutch denne* ‘floor, pavement, flooring of a ship, also cave, cavern, den’ (Kilian): compare also Middle Dutch dan(n (masculine) forest, abode of wild beasts, waste place, open country. The same root dan- appears in dean, Old English dęnu ( < dani-) vale: the root-meaning is uncertain. 1. The lair or habitation of a wild beast. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter houseOE denOE holdc1275 lying-placea1382 coucha1398 homea1398 logis1477 starting-hole1530 cabbage1567 lodge1567 lair1575 lay1590 squat1590 hover1602 denning1622 start-holea1641 bed1694 niche1725 shed1821 lying1834 basking-hole1856 lie1869 homesite1882 holt1890 lying-ground1895 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > cave covec950 denOE cavec1220 rochea1300 spelunk13.. cavernc1374 cabin1377 speke1377 antruma1398 minea1398 thurse-house?c1450 crypt?a1475 vault1535 chamber1575 antre1585 underground1594 Peak1600 lustre?1615 open?1644 cunicle1657 subterranean1714 subterrane1759 loch1767 purgatory1797 vug1818 OE Beowulf 2759 Geseah [he]..wundur on wealle, ond þæs wyrmes denn. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 187/1 Lustra, wilddeora holl and denn. c1220 Bestiary 13 Ðe leun..driueð dun to his den ðar he him berȝen wille. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 15 And so dide..þe prophete danyel in þe deen of lyonys. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16762 + 110 Þe fox has his den and ilk foghel is nest. a1400 Octouian 582 The lady wente..To the tygre denne. 1585 J. B. tr. P. Viret School of Beastes: Good Housholder sig. Bij^v It is a signe of rayne..when the Ante bringeth out of her hole and denne al her egges. 1611 Bible (King James) Job xxxvii. 8 Then the beastes goe into dennes: and remaine in their places. View more context for this quotation 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xiv. 338 And dar'st thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall? 2. A place hollowed out of the ground, a cavern (†occasionally a pit). Obsolete or blended with senses 1 or 3. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. xi. 38 Thei erringe in..dennys, and cauys of erthe. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 315 Þe lond of Sicilia is holow and ful of dennes [L. cavernosa]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4185 Tac we him [sc. Joseph] out of yon den. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 212/2 Den, a hole in the grounde, cauerne. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcj [They] lurked in dennes and wholes secretly. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 215 Aron, and thou looke downe into this den . View more context for this quotation 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 1 I lighted on a certain place, Where was a Denn; And I laid me down in that place to sleep. View more context for this quotation 1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes i. 101 I..had already search'd into several Denns and Caverns of the Mountains. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 157 No churl immured in cave or den. 3. transferred and figurative. a. A place of retreat or abode (likened to the lair of a beast); a secret lurking-place of thieves or the like (cf. Matthew xxi. 13). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun] > lair, den > of thieves denc1275 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > dwelling of specific types of people > of thieves or criminals denc1275 case?1536 ken1567 nest1617 lumber1753 c1275 Pains of Hell 176 in Old Eng. Misc. 152 Vvrþer þer beoþ olde men Þat among neddren habbeþ heore den. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 14745 Ȝe hit make..A den to reset inne þeues. c1450 How Wise Man tauȝt Sonne (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 52 How litil her good dooþ hem a-vaile Whanne þei be doluen in her den. 1588 E. Spenser Virgils Gnat 96 No such sad cares..Do ever creepe into the shepheards den. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 204 [They would have] made the Island a Den of Thieves. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 8 The cavern, where 'tis told A giant made his den of old. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiii. 167 The very type of a robber den. b. A small confined room or abode; esp. one unfit for human habitation. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > vile or miserable hell-holec1400 dogholec1450 cabin1594 sty1605 hole1616 hogsty1688 gourbi1738 rathole1770 pigsty1798 hell's kitchen1827 den1836 kennel1837 pigpen1872 rural slum1886 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 15 The musicians were securely confined in an elevated den. 1840 T. A. Trollope Summer in Brittany I. 315 The frightful dens of some of the Manchester operatives. 1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon II. 100 The filthy den where her mother lived. c. colloquial. A small room or lodging in which a man can seclude himself for work or leisure; as, ‘a bachelor's den’. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > private or inner room > study studya1400 study place1563 closeta1600 studiolo1765 den1771 thinking box1911 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 238 So saying, he retreated into his den. 1816 W. Scott Let. 26 Nov. (1933) IV. 302 A little Boudoir..a good eating-room and a small den for myself in particular. 1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 709 [He] went off in the direction of his own den, a little room in which he smoked and kept his treasures. 4. The name given in the Lowlands of Scotland, and north of England, to the conventional enclosure or place of safety in boys' out-of-door games, called elsewhere the home, bay, or base. ΚΠ 1901 R. C. Maclagan Games Argyleshire 22 Equal sides being chosen, a ‘den’..sufficiently large to contain the whole of the side who are ‘in’ is fixed. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren viii. 150 Den or denny. Occasionally used as truce term, from the ‘den’ or sanctuary of certain catching games. 1968 Proc. Leeds Philos. Soc., Lit. & Hist. Section XIII. ii. 56 There is the den, in which players line up to take their turn in striking. 5. ‘A deep hollow between hills; a dingle’ (Jamieson). Scottish regional. [‘Often applied to a wooded hollow’ (Jamieson), and then nearly synonymous with dean n.²; but not the same word.] In many place names, as Dura Den near Cupar Fife, The Den near Kirkcaldy, Hawthornden in Mid Lothian; but as a termination often representing earlier dene, dean. ΚΠ 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Prol. f. i^v In the vail or den quharin yow vsit to commit ydolatrie. 1786 R. Burns Poems 211 We'll sing auld Coila's..banks an' braes, her dens an' dells. a1800 Ballad ‘The dowie dens of Yarrow.’ 1806 W. Forbes Beattie II. 51 (Jam.) I have made several visits of late to the Den of Rubislaw. Note. A Den, in the vernacular language of Scotland..is synonymous with what in England is called a Dingle. †6. Anatomy. A cavity or hollow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > depression or cavity pita1275 holec1300 cella1398 den1398 follicle?a1425 purse?a1425 pocketa1450 fossac1475 cystis1543 trench1565 conceptory1576 vesike1577 vesicle1578 vault1594 socket1601 bladderet1615 cistern1615 cavern1626 ventricle1641 bladder1661 antrum1684 conceptaculum1691 capsule1693 cellule1694 loculus1694 sinus1704 vesicula1705 vesica1706 fosse1710 pouch1712 cyst1721 air chamber1725 fossula1733 alveole1739 sac1741 sacculus1749 locule1751 compartment1772 air cell1774 fossule1803 umbilicus1811 conceptacle1819 cœlia1820 utricle1822 air sac1835 saccule1836 ampulla1845 vacuole1853 scrobicule1880 faveolus1882 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. xxii. 70 Oute of a denne of the lyfte syde of the herte comyth a veyne. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 609 The implanted Ayre concluded within the dennes or cauities of the Eares. 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse iii. xiv. 140 The Caverns or Cavities, by some called Dens. Compounds †den-dreadful adj. dreadful with dens of wild beasts. ΚΠ 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis i. 8 Now past den-dreadfull Manalus confines [L. Maenala..latebris horrenda ferarum]. Draft additions 1993 A local meeting-place for Cub Scouts; hence (now the usual sense), a small subdivision of a Cub Scout pack. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > subdivision of den1930 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] > meeting-hall or house > for cub scouts den1930 1930 Survey 15 Dec. 330/1 In each neighborhood is a ‘den’ where the boys meet. 1946 Parents' Mag. Jan. 52/2 Our den elected to have refreshments at each meeting. 1965 B. Grant Boy Scout Encycl. 51/2 A den is made up of from two to eight boys. 1985 Stockholm Stud. in Eng. 62 26 It is common for the mother of a Cub Scout to take charge of the home-centred subdivision of the Cub Scout Pack, the Den. Draft additions 1993 den mother n. North American (originally U.S.) the woman leader of a den of Cub Scouts; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations > members of scouts or guides Boy Scout1908 patrol leader1908 scout1908 scoutmaster1908 tenderfoot1908 captain1909 Girl Guide1909 Girl Scout1909 lieutenant1909 pathfinder1911 sea scout1911 rosebud1914 brownie1916 sixer1916 tenderpad1916 Brown Owl1918 rover1918 Rover Scout1918 ranger1920 tawny owl1921 Cub1922 Akela1924 scouter1930 Guider1931 den mother1936 Queen's Guide1946 Queen's Scout1952 Venture Scout1966 Beaver1975 skipper1986 1936 National Republic Feb. 4/2 The Den Mother is usually the kind of a mother whose yard..is usually full of boys anyway. 1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) viii. 107 I put away my damask tablecloths years ago, and so did most American housewives, because we haven't time to wash and iron them and still be Den Mothers. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 4 Dec. 22/1 Linda's Pictures, for instance, is a collection of photographs by Linda McCartney, den mother to the Beatles. 1986 B. Freemantle Kremlin Kiss xxxvii. 269 You'll be here for years. You're going to become the den mother of the diplomatic wives. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † denn.² Forms: also dene, deyn. Etymology: Variant of Dan n.¹ Scottish. Obsolete. Sir, master; = Dan n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for gentleman masterlOE Danc1330 gentleman1416 denc1425 mastership1438 mister1523 maship1526 mast?1548 esquire1552 masterdom1575 squire1645 gentlemanship1653 Mus'1875 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. x. 92 (Jam.) The Abbot of Abbyrbrothok than, Den Henry. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 1110 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 328 To ȝour abbot, dene Iohne, say. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 199 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 101 Gret ganeris..That war demyt but dowt denyss douchty. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 4670-2 in Wks. (1931) I All Monkrye..Ar callit Denis, for dignite; Quhowbeit his mother mylk the kow, He man be callit Dene Androw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). denv.¹ Brit. /dɛn/, U.S. /dɛn/ Etymology: < den n.¹ 1. reflexive (or passive). To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > secrete oneself [verb (reflexive)] denc1220 burrow1837 c1220 Bestiary 36 Wu he dennede him in ðat defte meiden, Marie bi name. 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. G If he be den'd, Il'e rouze the monstrous beast. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 315 A pit digged to hide the Gunner..the Gunner lay denned, and durst not stirre. 1823 J. Galt Entail II. xvii. 157 Hae ye ony ark or amrie..where a body might den himsel till they're out o' the gate and away? 2. intransitive. To live or dwell in a den; to escape into, or hide oneself in, a den. to den up: to retire into a den for the winter, as a hibernating animal. (U.S. colloquial.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > dwell in or as in other buildings cabin1586 den1610 stable1651 hut1691 templea1711 bog-trota1734 sty1748 village1819 shanty1840 shack1895 flat1966 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > be or hide in secret place [verb (intransitive)] squata1425 den1610 hole1828 to hole up1890 the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > hibernate latibulize1802 hibernate1816 to den up1843 to hole up1890 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 30 The sluggish saluages, that den belowe. 1724 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 295 They generally den among the Rocks in great Numbers together. 1843 Amer. Pioneer 2 171 In that climate [sc. of Canada] the bears usually den up in the winter, and lie in something of a torpid state. c1860 Tom Taylor in Thornbury Two Cent. of Song (1867) 261 In a dingier set of chambers no man need wish to stow, Than those, old friend, wherein we denned, at Ten, Crown Office Row. 1894 Home Missionary (N.Y.) Jan. 463 Our people..are inclined to ‘den up’ in the hot weather, as certain animals..do in the cold season. 1918 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 187/1 The brown bear usually ‘dens up’ early in the season. †3. to den out: to drive (a beast) out of its den; to unearth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > drive from lair or cover starta1393 raisec1425 to put upa1475 rear1486 uprear1486 to start out1519 rouse1531 uncouch?a1562 to den outa1604 dislodge1632 tufta1640 draw1781 jump1836 a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 203 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) [They] burned their Cabbans and Cottages, and such as dwelt in caves and rockes under ground (as the manner is to denne out Foxes) they fired and smothered to death. Derivatives denned adj. and n. /dɛnd/ ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [adjective] > of animal: lurking in a den denned1854 1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 165 Arousing a denned lion. denning n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter houseOE denOE holdc1275 lying-placea1382 coucha1398 homea1398 logis1477 starting-hole1530 cabbage1567 lodge1567 lair1575 lay1590 squat1590 hover1602 denning1622 start-holea1641 bed1694 niche1725 shed1821 lying1834 basking-hole1856 lie1869 homesite1882 holt1890 lying-ground1895 1622 S. Ward Woe to Drunkards (1627) 45 In such townes this Serpent hath no nestling, no stabling, or denning. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † denv.² Etymology: Etymology doubtful: compare dem v.¹ Obsolete. rare. transitive. To dam up. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [verb (transitive)] > impound water > dam stop1398 demc1400 stem?c1450 den1487 dam1563 bay1605 stanch1643 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 354 This fals tratour his men had maid..The ysche of a louch to den [rhyme men]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹OEn.²c1425v.¹c1220v.²1487
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