duel

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: affaire d'honneur

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honorSynonyms: affaire d'honneur
  2. any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)

Verb (1)

  1. fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman“In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

DUEL

<programming> A front end to gdb by Michael Golan <mg@cs.princeton.edu>. DUEL implements a language designed for debugging C programs. It 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)

The Devil's Dictionary

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

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