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.
☞ 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.