Dutch , n.
1. pl. The people of Holland; Dutchmen.
2.
The language spoken in Holland.
Dutch (?), a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig., popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch,
OHG. diutisk, fr. diot, diota,
a people, a
nation; akin to AS. peód, OS. thiod, thioda,
Goth. piuda; cf. Lith.
tauta land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have applied the name especially to the Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick, Teutonic.]
Pertaining to Holland, or to its
inhabitants.
Dutch auction. See under Auction. --
Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk. -- Dutch clinker, a kind of brick
made in Holland. It is yellowish, very hard, and long and
narrow in shape. -- Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover (Trifolium
repens), the seed of which was
largely imported into
England from Holland.
-- Dutch concert,
a so-called concert in which all the
singers sing at the same time
different songs. [Slang] -- Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang] Marryat. -- Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened, while the upper part remains open. -- Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a kind of brass rich in
copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also Dutch mineral, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf. -- Dutch liquid (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid, C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor, produced by the union of
chlorine and ethylene or olefiant gas; -- called also Dutch oil. It is so called because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant. - -
Dutch oven, a tin screen
for baking before an open fire or
kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals. --
Dutch pink, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in distemper, and for paper staining. etc.
Weale. -- Dutch rush (Bot.), a species of
horsetail rush or Equisetum (E. hyemale) having a rough, siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; -- called also scouring rush, and shave grass. See Equisetum. -- Dutch tile, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly much exported, and used in the jambs of
chimneys and the like.
&fist; Dutch was formerly used for German.
Germany is slandered to have sent none to this
war [the Crusades] at this first
voyage; and that other pilgrims, passing through that country, were mocked by the Dutch, and called fools for their pains.
Fuller.
Hear it pronounced