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Derne  v. t. & v. i.  To hide; to skulk. (Scot.) "He at length escaped them by derning himself in a foxearth."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... country-men and others, engaged for the occasion in conjunction with the troops of the ex-Bashaw of that country, gallantly conducted by our late consul, Eaton, and their successful enterprise on the city of Derne, contributed doubtless to the impression which produced peace, and the conclusion of this prevented opportunities of which the officers and men of our squadron destined for Tripoli would have availed ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... African and Asiatic towns; I see Algiers, Tripoli, Derne, Mogadore, Timbuctoo, Monrovia; I see the swarms of Pekin, Canton, Benares, Delhi, Calcutta, Yedo; I see the Kruman in his hut, and the Dahoman and Ashantee-man in their huts; I see the Turk smoking opium in Aleppo; I see the picturesque crowds at the fairs of Khiva, and those of Herat; ...
— Poems By Walt Whitman • Walt Whitman



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