A lawyer and a doctor were on an extravagant fishing trip.
The lawyer said, "I am here because my house burned down and everything I owned was burned. The insurance company paid a mint for everything I lost."
"Now that’s quite a coincidence," said the doctor, "I’m here because my house and all my belongings were destroyed by a flood, and my insurance company also paid for everything."
The lawyer looked somewhat confused and said, "Really? How do you start a flood?"
—n. - plate with a scale for measuring weight, volume, etc., indicated by a pointer.
- movable numbered disc on a telephone for making connection.
- face of a clock or watch, marking the hours etc.
- a plate or disc etc. On a radio or television for selecting a wavelength or channel. B similar device on other equipment. —v. (-ll-; us -l-) 1 (also absol.) Select (a telephone number) with a dial.
- measure, indicate, or regulate with a dial. [medieval latin diale from dies day]
DICE
—n.pl. - a small cubes with faces bearing 1–6 spots, used in games or gambling. B (treated as sing.) One of these cubes (see *die2).
- game played with dice. —v. (-cing) 1 take great risks, gamble (dicing with death).
- cut into small cubes. [pl. Of *die2]
DICK
n. - colloq. (in certain set phrases) person (clever dick).
- coarse slang penis. [dick, pet form of richard]
- n. Slang detective. [perhaps an abbreviation]
DIET
—n. - range of foods habitually eaten by a person or animal.
- limited range of food to which a person is restricted.
- thing regularly offered (diet of half-truths). —v. (-t-) restrict oneself to a special diet, esp. To slim. dietary adj. Dieter n. [greek diaita way of life]
- n. - legislative assembly in certain countries.
- hist. Congress. [latin dieta]
DIGS
see *dig n. 5.
DIKE
var. Of *dyke1.
- var. Of *dyke2.
DILL
n. Herb with aromatic leaves and seeds. [old english]
DIME
n. Us ten-cent coin. [latin decima tenth (part)]
DINE
v. (-ning) 1 a eat dinner. B (foll. By on, upon) eat for dinner.
- (esp. In phr. Wine and dine) entertain with food. dine out dine away from home. [french diner as *dis-, latin jejunus fasting]
DING
—v. Make a ringing sound. —n. Ringing sound. [imitative]
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