Another batch from <email deleted>

And some space removal after I noticed some on incoming entries.

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@@ -957,6 +957,18 @@ cram*
 	crocodile is a large, dangerous predator native to tropical
 	and subtropical climes.  It spends most of its time in large
 	bodies of water.
+		[]
+
+	How doth the little crocodile
+	    Improve his shining tail,
+	And pour the waters of the Nile
+	    On every golden scale!
+
+	How cheerfully he seems to grin
+	    How neatly spreads his claws,
+	And welcomes little fishes in,
+	    With gently smiling jaws!
+		[ How Doth The Little Crocodile, by Lewis Carroll ]
 croesus
 kroisos
 creosote
@@ -1067,7 +1079,29 @@ dark one
 	and the Orcs were at his command and multiplied like flies.
 	Thus the Black Years began ...
 		[ The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
+# includes "dart trap"
+dart*
+	Darts are missile weapons, designed to fly such that a sharp,
+	often weighted point will strike first.  They can be
+	distinguished from javelins by fletching (i.e., feathers on
+	the tail) and a shaft that is shorter and/or more flexible,
+	and from arrows by the fact that they are not of the right
+	length to use with a normal bow.
+		[ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ]
+
+	Against my foe I hurled a murderous dart.
+	He caught it in his hand -- I heard him laugh --
+	I saw the thing that should have pierced his heart
+	Turn to a golden staff.
+		[ Gifts, by Mary Coleridge ]
 demogorgon
+	A terrible deity, whose very name was capable of producing the
+	most horrible effects.  He is first mentioned by the 4th-century
+	Christian writer, Lactantius, who in doing so broke with the
+	superstition that the very reference to Demogorgon by name
+	brought death and disaster.
+		[ Brewer's Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ]
+
 	Demogorgon, the prince of demons, wallows in filth and can
 	spread a quickly fatal illness to his victims while rending
 	them.  He is a mighty spellcaster, and he can drain the life
@@ -1084,16 +1118,66 @@ major demon
 	them difficult to deal with, even on the rare occasions when
 	they are friendly.
 	[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]
+diamond
+	The hardest known mineral (with a hardness of 10 on Mohs' scale).
+	It is an allotropic form of pure carbon that has crystallized in
+	the cubic system, usually as octahedra or cubes, under great
+	pressure.
+		[ A Concise Dictionary of Physics ]
+
+	The diamond, _adamas_ or _dyamas_, is a transparent stone, like
+	crystal, but having the colour of polished iron, but it cannot
+	be destroyed by iron, fire or any other means, unless it is
+	placed in the hot blood of a goat; with sharp pieces of diamond
+	other stones are engraved and polished.  It is no greater than
+	a small nut.  There are six kinds, however Adamant attracts
+	metal; it expels venom; it produces amber (and is efficacious
+	against empty fears and for those resisting spells).  It is
+	found in India, in Greece and in Cyprus, where magicians make
+	use of it.  It gives you courage; it averts apparitions; it
+	removes anger and quarrels; it heals the mad; it defends you
+	from your enemies.  It should be set in gold or silver and worn
+	on the left arm.  It is likewise found in Arabia.
+	  	[ The Aberdeen Bestiary, translated by Colin McLaren ]
+dilithium*
+	The most famous and the first to be named of the imaginary
+	"minerals" of Star Trek is dilithium. ... Because of this
+	mineral's central role in the storyline, a whole mythology
+	surrounds it.  It is, however, a naturally occurring substance
+	within the mythology, as there are various episodes that
+	make reference to the mining of dilithium deposits. ...
+	This name itself is imaginary and gives no real information on
+	the structure or make-up of this substance other than that this
+	version of the name implies a lithium and iron-bearing
+	aluminosilicate of some sort.  That said, the real mineral that
+	most closely matches the descriptive elements of this name is
+	ferroholmquistite which is a dilithium triferrodiallosilicate.
+	If one goes on the premise that nature follows certain general
+	norms, then one could extrapolate that dilithium might have a
+	similar number of silicon atoms in its structure.
+	Keeping seven (i.e. hepto) ferrous irons and balancing the
+	oxygens would give a theoretical formula of Li2Fe7Al2Si8O27.
+	A mineral with this composition could theoretically exist,
+	although it is doubtful that it would possess the more fantastic
+	properties ascribed to dilithium.
+		[ The Mineralogy of Star Trek, by Jeffrey de Fourestier ]
 dingo
 	A wolflike wild dog, Canis dingo, of Australia, having a
 	reddish- or yellowish-brown coat, believed to have been
 	introduced by the aborigines.
 	[Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language]
 disenchanter
-	Ask not, what your magic can do to it. Ask what it can do to your magic.
+	Ask not, what your magic can do to it.  Ask what it can do
+	to your magic.
 dispater
-	Dispater is an arch-devil who rules the city of Dis.  He is
+	The Roman ruler of the underworld and fortune, similar to the
-	a powerful mage.
+	Greek Hades.  Every hundred years, the Ludi Tarentini were
+	celebrated in his honor.  The Gauls regarded Dis Pater as
+	their ancestor.  The name is a contraction of the Latin Dives,
+	"the wealthy", Dives Pater, "the wealthy father", or "Fater
+	Wealth".  It refers to the wealth of precious stone below the
+	earth.
+		[ Encyclopedia Mythica, ed. M.F. Lindemans ]
 djinn*
 	The djinn are genies from the elemental plane of Air.  There,
 	among their kind, they have their own societies.  They are
@@ -1198,6 +1282,33 @@ doppelganger
 	being who ever joined in the fierce, mad, intoxicating revel
 	of the Dum-Dum.
 		[ Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs ]
+dunce*
+	A dunce cap, also variously known as a dunce hat, dunce's
+	cap, or dunce's hat, is a tall conical hat.  In popular
+	culture, it is typically made of paper and often marked with
+	a D, and given to schoolchildren to wear as punishment for
+	being stupid or lazy.  While this is now a rare practice,
+	it is frequently depicted in popular culture such as
+	children's cartoons.
+		[ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ]
+dungeon*
+	At once as far as Angels kenn he views
+	The dismal Situation waste and wilde,
+	A Dungeon horrible, on all sides round
+	As one great Furnace flam'd, yet from those flames
+	No light, but rather darkness visible
+	Serv'd only to discover sights of woe,
+	Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace
+	And rest can never dwell, hope never comes
+	That comes to all; but torture without end
+	Still urges, and a fiery Deluge, fed
+	With ever-burning Sulphur unconsum'd:
+	Such place Eternal Justice had prepar'd
+	For those rebellious, here their Prison ordain'd
+	In utter darkness, and their portion set
+	As far remov'd from God and light of Heav'n
+	As from the Center thrice to th' utmost Pole.
+		[ Paradise Lost, by John Milton ]
 ~dwarf ??m*
 #~dwar* cave*man
 dwarf*
@@ -1343,6 +1454,39 @@ emerald
 	What matter, so there is but fire
 	In you, in me?'
 		[ The Mask, by W.B. Yeats ]
+engrav*
+A.S*
+	Presently we reached a place where the beach narrowed; the sea
+	almost came up to the foot of the cliffs, leaving a passage no
+	wider than a couple of yards.  Between two projecting rocks we
+	caught sight of the entrance to a dark tunnel.
+	There, on a slab of granite, appeared two mysterious letters,
+	half eaten away by time -- the two initials of the bold,
+	adventurous traveller:
+
+			A.S.
+
+	'A.S.,' cried my uncle. 'Arne Saknussemm! Arne Saknussemm again!'
+
+	[...] at the sight of those two letters, carved there three
+	hundred years before, I stood in utter stupefaction.  Not
+	only was the signature of the learned alchemist legible on
+	the rock, but I held in my hand the dagger which had traced it.
+	Without showing the most appalling bad faith, I could no longer
+	doubt the existence of the traveller and the reality of his
+	journey.
+		[ Journey to the Centre of the Earth, by Jules Verne,
+		  translated by Robert Baldick ]
+*epidaurus
+	The asclepieion at Epidaurus was the most celebrated healing
+	center of the Classical world, the place where ill people went
+	in the hope of being cured.  To find out the right cure for
+	their ailments, they spent a night in the enkoimitiria, a big
+	sleeping hall.  In their dreams, the god himself (Asclepius)
+	would advise them what they had to do to regain their health.
+	There are also mineral springs in the vicinity which may have
+	been used in healing.
+		[ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ]
 erinys
 erinyes
 	These female-seeming devils named after the Furies of mythology
@@ -3805,7 +3949,7 @@ shrieker
 	impaled the fungus, silencing it.  However, it was too late:
 	the alarm had been raised[...]
 	Suddenly, a large, dark shape rose from the abyss before them,
-	its fetid bulk looming overhead...The monster was some kind of
+	its fetid bulk looming overhead... The monster was some kind of
 	great dark worm, but that was about all they were sure of.
 		[ The Adventurers, Epic IV, by Thomas A. Miller ]
 skeleton