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American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1
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D
D, in the English alphabet, is the fourth letter and the third articulation. It holds the same place in the English, as in the Chaldee, Syriac, Hebrew, Samaritan, Greek and Latin alphabets. In the Arabic, it is the eighth; in the Russian, the fifth; aid in the Ethiopic, the nineteenth letter.
D is a dental articulation, formed by placing the end of the tongue against the gum just above the upper teeth. It is nearly allied to T, but is not so close a letter, or rather it does not interrupt the voice so suddenly as T, and in forming the articulation, there is a lingual and nasal sound, which has induced some writers to rank D among the lingual letters. It has but one sound, as in do, din, bad; and is never quiescent in English words, except in a rapid utterance of such words as handkerchief.
As a numeral, D representsfive hundred, and when a dash or stroke is placed over it, thus D, it denotesfive thousand.
As an abbreviation, D stands for Doctor; as M. D. Doctor of Medicine; D. T. Doctor of Theology, or S. T. I). Doctor of Sacred Theology; D. D. Doctor of Divinity, or dono dedit; D. D. D. dat, dicat, dedicat; and D. D. D. D. dignum Deo donum dedit.
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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "D," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed November 27, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L6W8K6PKNW5QVWF.
MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "D." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 27 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L6W8K6PKNW5QVWF.
Harvard: Webster, N, 'D' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 27 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L6W8K6PKNW5QVWF.
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