DUST. The refuse of biscuit in the bread-room. Also used for money. This term probably got into use in India, where the boat hire on the Ganges was added to by the Ghât-Manjees, in the way of "Dustooree." Moreover, a tumult or uproar. DUTCH. Language, or rather gibberish, which cannot be understood by a listener. (_See_ DOUBLE DUTCH.) DUTCH-CAPER. A light-armed vessel of the seventeenth century, adapted for privateering, and much used by the Dutch. DUTCH CONSOLATION. "Whatever ill befalls you, there's somebody that's worse;" or "It's very unfortunate; but thank God it's no worse." DUTCH COURAGE. The excitement inspired by drinking spirits; false energy. DUTCH EEL-SKUYT. A flat-bottomed somewhat cutter-rigged sea-boat, carrying lee-boards, fitted with two water-tight bulk-heads, making a well for keeping live fish in, the water being admitted through perforated plates fastened on inside the ribs. DUTCHIFYING. A term used for converting square sterns to round ones. DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES. The patch of blue sky often seen when a gale is breaking, is said to be, however small, "enough to make a pair of breeches for a Dutchman." Others assign the habiliment to a Welshman, but give no authority for the assumption. DUTCH PLAICE. The _Pleuronectes platessa_. When small, it is called fleak; when large, Dutch plaice. DUTCH PUMP. A punishment so contrived that, if the prisoner would not pump hard, he was drowned. DUTCH RECKONING. A bad day's work, all in the wrong. DUTCH REDS. High-smoked herrings prepared in Holland. DUTIES. Taxes levied by the custom-house upon goods exported or imported. DUTTEES. Coarse brown calicoes of India. DUTY. The exercise of those functions which belong to the service, and are carried out from the highest to the lowest. DWANG-STAFF. This is otherwise the _wrain-staff_ (which see). DYCE. A langridge for the old hail-shot pieces. DYCE, OR THYST, "VERY WELL DYCE." (_See_ THUS.) DYELLE. A kind of mud-drag used for cleaning rivers on our eastern coasts. DYING MAN'S DINNER. A snatch of refreshment when the ship is in extreme danger. DYKE. From the Anglo-Saxon _dic_, a mound or bank; yet in some parts of England the word means a ditch. DYKE-CAM. A ditch-bank. DYNAMOMETER. An instrument for measuring the amount of force, and used for indicating the thrust or force of a screw-propeller, or any other motor. There are many, varying in mode according to the express purpose of each, but all founded on the same principle as the name expresses--_power_ and _measure_, so that a steel-yard is the simplest exponent. E. E. The second class of rating on Lloyd's books for the comparative excellence of merchant ships. (_See_ A.) EAGER. _See_ EAGRE. EAGLE. The insignia of the Romans, borrowed also by moderns, as Frederic of Prussia and Napoleon. Also, a gold coin of the United States, of the value of five dollars, or £1, 0_s._ 10_d._ sterling, at the average rate of exchange.