Duel

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Duel \Du"el\, v. i. & t.
     To fight in single combat. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Duel \Du"el\, n. [It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest
     between two, which passed into the common form bellum war,
     fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See {Bellicose}, {Two}, and cf.
     {Duello}.]
     A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by
     agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an
     affront given by one to the other.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Trial by duel} (Old Law), a combat between two persons for
        proving a cause; trial by battel.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  duel
       n 1: a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people
            (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel
            over a point of honor [syn: {affaire d'honneur}]
       2: any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or
          groups)
       v : fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th
           century, men often dueled over small matters"
       [also: {duelling}, {duelled}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "duel":
     affair of honor, battle, box, brawl, broil, buck, clash, close,
     collide, combat, come to blows, contend, contest, cut and thrust,
     dispute, exchange blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel,
     give and take, give satisfaction, grapple, grapple with, jostle,
     joust, mix it up, monomachy, oppose, quarrel, rassle, repel, riot,
     run a tilt, satisfaction, scramble, scuffle, single combat,
     skirmish, spar, strive, struggle, thrust and parry, tilt, tourney,
     traverse, tussle, wage war, war, withstand, wrestle
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  DUEL
       
          A front end to {gdb} by Michael Golan .
          DUEL implements a language designed for debugging {C}
          programs.  It mainly features efficient ways to select and
          display data items.  It is normally linked into the gdb
          executable, but could stand alone.  It interprets a subset of
          {C} in addition to its own language.
       
          Version 1.10.
       
          {(ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/duel/)}.
       
          (1993-03-20)
       
       

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  DUEL, n.  A formal ceremony preliminary to the reconciliation of two
  enemies.  Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if
  awkwardly performed the most unexpected and deplorable consequences
  sometimes ensue.  A long time ago a man lost his life in a duel.
  
      That dueling's a gentlemanly vice
          I hold; and wish that it had been my lot
          To live my life out in some favored spot --
      Some country where it is considered nice
      To split a rival like a fish, or slice
          A husband like a spud, or with a shot
          Bring down a debtor doubled in a knot
      And ready to be put upon the ice.
      Some miscreants there are, whom I do long
          To shoot, to stab, or some such way reclaim
      The scurvy rogues to better lives and manners,
      I seem to see them now -- a mighty throng.
          It looks as if to challenge _me_ they came,
      Jauntily marching with brass bands and banners!
                                                            Xamba Q. Dar