decuman (not comparable)
(obsolete) large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in sequence.
(historical) Connected with the principal gate of an Ancient Roman camp, near which the tenth cohort of the legion was stationed.
decuman (plural decumans)
(obsolete) An extraordinarily large billow.
• mancude
Source: Wiktionary
Dec"u*man, a. Etym: [L. decumanus of the tenth, and by metonymy, large, fr. decem ten.]
Definition: Large; chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order. [R.] Also used substantively. "Such decuman billows." Gauden. "The baffled decuman." Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
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