Dwale, n. [OE. dwale, dwole, deception, deadly nightshade, AS. dwala, dwola, error, doubt; akin to E. dull. See Dull, a. ]
1. (Bot.) The deadly nightshade ( Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities.
2. (Her.) The tincture sable or black when blazoned according to the fantastic system in which plants are substituted for the tinctures.
3. A sleeping potion; an opiate. Chaucer.

Dwang, n. [Cf. D. dwingen to force, compel.]
1. (Carp.) A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them.
2. (Mech.) (a) A kind of crowbar. (b) A large wrench. Knight.

Dwarf, n. ; pl. Dwarfs (#). [OE. dwergh, dwerf, dwarf, AS. dweorg, dweorh; akin to D. dwerg, MHG. twerc, G. zwerg, Icel. dvergr, Sw. & Dan. dverg; of unknown origin.] An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being. During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared the favor of courts and the nobility. Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much below the usual or normal size; as dwarf tree; dwarf honeysuckle. Dwarf elder (Bot.), danewort. — Dwarf wall (Arch.), a low wall, not as high as the story of a building, often used as a garden wall or fence. Gwilt.

Dwarf, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dwarfed p. pr. & vb. n. Dwarfing.] To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt. Addison.
"Even the most common moral ideas and affections … would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background." J. C. Shairp.

Dwarf, v. i. To become small; to diminish in size.
"Strange power of the world that, the moment we enter it, our great conceptions dwarf." Beaconsfield.

Dwarfish
Dwarf´ish, a. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as a dwarfish animal, shrub. — Dwarf´ish•ly, adv. — Dwarf´ish•ness, n.

Dwarfling
Dwarf´ling, n. A diminutive dwarf.

Dwarfy
Dwarf´y, a. Much undersized. [R.] Waterhouse. { Dwaul, Dwaule }, v. i. [See Dull, Dwell.] To be delirious. [Obs.] Junius.

Dwell, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dwelled, usually contracted into Dwelt ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dwelling.] [OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dväljas to dwell, Dan. dvaele to linger, and to E. dull. See Dull, and cf. Dwale.]
1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.]
2. To abide; to remain; to continue.
"I ’ll rather dwell in my necessity." Shak.
"Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart." Wordsworth.
3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside.
"The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions." Peacham.
"The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides." C. J. Smith.To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. "My hopes in heaven to dwell." Shak. — To dwell on or upon, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note.
"They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement." Buckminster.
Syn. — To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest.

Dwell, v. t. To inhabit. [R.] Milton.

Dweller
Dwell´er, n. An inhabitant; a resident; as a cave dweller. "Dwellers at Jerusalem." Acts i. 19.

Dwelling
Dwell´ing, n. Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
"Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons." Jer. xlix. 33.
"God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men." Milton.
"Philip’s dwelling fronted on the street." Tennyson. Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building. — Dwelling place, place of residence.

Dwelt, imp. & p. p.of Dwell.

Dwindle
Dwin´dle, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dwindled p. pr. & vb. n. Dwindling ] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away, AS. dwinan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish, Icel. dvina to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is added to the root with a diminutive force.] To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
"Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine." Shak.
"Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs." Swift.

Dwindle
Dwin´dle, v. t.
1. To make less; to bring low.
"Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught." Thomson.
2. To break; to disperse. [R.] Clarendon.

Dwindle
Dwin´dle, n. The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [R.] Johnson.

Dwindlement
Dwin´dle•ment, n. The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling. [R.] Mrs. Oliphant.

Dwine, v. i. [See Dwindle.] To waste away; to pine; to languish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Gower.