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Da·vy D0178900 (dā′vē), Sir Humphry 1778-1829. British chemist who was a pioneer of electrochemistry, using its methods to isolate sodium and potassium (1807) and barium, boron, calcium, and magnesium (1808).Davy (ˈdeɪvɪ) n (Biography) Sir Humphry. 1778–1829, English chemist who isolated sodium, magnesium, chlorine, and other elements and suggested the electrical nature of chemical combination. He invented the Davy lampDa•vy (ˈdeɪ vi)
n. Sir Humphry, 1778–1829, English chemist. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Davy - English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)Humphrey Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy |
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Davy Jones's lockerThe deepest depths of the ocean, especially as a grave for those who have died at sea. Tragically, many men from that battle in the Pacific Ocean are now in Davy Jones's locker.See also: Davy, lockergo to Davy Jones's lockerTo die at sea. Tragically, many men from that battle in the Pacific Ocean went to Davy Jones's locker.See also: Davy, go, lockerDavy Jones's lockerthe bottom of the sea, especially when it is a grave. They were going to sail around the world, but ended up in Davy Jones's locker. Most of the gold from that trading ship is in Davy Jones's locker.See also: Davy, lockerDavy Jones's lockerAlso, Davy's locker. The bottom of the sea, especially the grave of those who die at sea. For example, Caught out at sea during the hurricane, they thought they were heading for Davy Jones's locker . This term, first recorded in 1726, alludes to Davy Jones, a name given to the evil spirit of the sea. The ultimate origin of both Davy and Jones is disputed. A logical theory is that Jones referred to the biblical Jonah who was swallowed by a whale, and Davy was a corruption of a West Indian word for "devil." See also: Davy, lockergo to Davy Jones's locker be drowned at sea. Davy Jones is identified in Tobias Smollett's Peregrine Pickle ( 1751 ) as ‘the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep’, but the origin of the name is uncertain.See also: Davy, go, lockerDavy Jones's lockerDeath, by drowning or some other means. The term was originally nautical slang, in which the bottom of the sea—the locker in question—was regarded as the grave of those who died there. It dates from the second half of the 1700s. By the mid-1800s, it had been transferred to other kinds of death as well. The term appears in writings by Washington Irving, Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and James M. Barrie, among others, as well as in the opening verse of the U.S. Navy’s anthem, “Sail on to victory, and sink their bones to Davy Jones.” See also: Davy, lockerDavy
Davy Sir Humphry. 1778--1829, English chemist who isolated sodium, magnesium, chlorine, and other elements and suggested the electrical nature of chemical combination. He invented the Davy lamp DavyJustice Shallow’s varlet; assumes identity of master. [Br. Lit.: Henry IV]See: ButlerDavy
Related to Davy: Davy Jones, Davy lamp, Davy Crockett, Humphry DavySynonyms for Davynoun English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)Synonyms- Humphrey Davy
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