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American writer and policy analyst (born 1952)
David Rieff (/ˈriːf/; born September 28, 1952) is an American nonfiction writer and policy analyst. His books have focused on issues of immigration, international
David_Rieff
American sociologist & cultural critic (1922–2006)
eight years. Sontag and Rieff had a son together, David Rieff, a writer and the editor of his mother's personal journals. Philip Rieff was born on December
Philip_Rieff
American writer, critic and public intellectual (1933–2004)
she has been considered an unofficial co-author. The couple had a son, David Rieff, who went on to be his mother's editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
Susan_Sontag
2023 essay collection by Susan Sontag
essay collection after At the Same Time (2007), it was edited by her son David Rieff and features an introduction by Turkish-American writer Merve Emre. On
On_Women
American philosopher, classicist, and academician (1930–1992)
Nietzsche, in the London Review of Books; and David Rieff in The Times Literary Supplement. David Rieff called Bloom "an academic version of Oliver North:
Allan_Bloom
2016 book
Memory and Its Ironies is a 2016 non-fiction book by David Rieff, published by Yale University Press. Rieff argues the contrarian position that sometimes history
In_Praise_of_Forgetting
2007 nonfiction book by Susan Sontag
Dilonardo and her assistant Anne Jump and features a foreword by her son David Rieff. At the Same Time includes pieces on literature, language and politics
At_the_Same_Time
Third sector of society, distinct from government and business
constraining the un-democratic consolidation of power. Others, such as David Rieff, point out that the U.S. government is more financially equipped to work
Civil_society
1987 book by Allan Bloom
Nehamas in the London Review of Books; and by David Rieff in The Times Literary Supplement. David Rieff called Bloom "an academic version of Lieut. Col
The Closing of the American Mind
The_Closing_of_the_American_Mind
Perspective in African studies
economic and democratic renewal. According to the American policy analyst David Rieff, the view held that "while Africa's promise remained undeniable" in view
Afro-pessimism_(Africa)
Jacob Neusner Albert Jay Nock Arthur Penn Orhan Pamuk Paul Ramirez Jonas David Rieff Roswell Rudd Mary Lee Settle Isaac Bashevis Singer Wadada Leo Smith Wilhelm
List_of_Bard_College_people
Famine in Ethiopia during the Derg rule
document entitled Ethiopia: Security and Political Impact of the Drought David Rieff (24 June 2005). "Cruel to be kind?". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October
1983–1985_famine_in_Ethiopia
Shared knowledge and values of a social group
limitations by developing a related concept of "social forgetting". Historian David Rieff takes issue with the term "collective memory", distinguishing between
Collective_memory
1985 benefit concert
accomplished good ends while inadvertently causing harm at the same time, David Rieff gave a presentation of similar concerns in The Guardian at the time of
Live_Aid
Most populous city in California, U.S.
American West. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-2567-1. David Rieff (1992). Los Angeles: Capital of the Third World. Touchstone. ISBN 978-0-671-79210-7
Los_Angeles
Private college in Saratoga Springs, New York, US
Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Howard, Carolyn Forche, Martin Jay, and David Rieff are among the writers who have contributed to Salmagundi. Regular columnists
Skidmore_College
Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951)
13 September 2001. Retrieved 8 April 2014. Geldof, Bob. Live Aid DVD. David Rieff "Cruel to be kind?", [1] The Guardian, 24 June 2005 SPIN. "Live Aid:
Bob_Geldof
Chancellor of Germany from 1930 to 1932
support them, eventually leading to the alignment with the Nazi party. As David Rieff states, civil society being a uniting force is true to the extent that
Heinrich_Brüning
American academic, author and diplomat (born 1970)
Patrick Porter 'Powered' Out: Samantha Power Misunderstood Her Role by David Rieff The Road to Hell by Samuel Moyn Idealism in service of Empire by Azad
Samantha_Power
American author and academic (born 1959)
the facts or prefers to exclude those which do not fit his thesis". David Rieff questions Goldhagen's conclusion that, in order to prevent "eliminationism"
Daniel_Goldhagen
American journalist and author
war crimes, Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know, co-edited with David Rieff, was published by W.W. Norton in 1999 with a second edition in 2007.
Roy_Gutman
Confrontation among ideologies
was held bringing together Paul Berman, Scott Malcomson, James Traub, David Rieff, Ian Burama and Michael Ignatieff. Malcomson observed, The American reaction
War_of_ideas
Body of international law designed to promote human rights
prosecution under universal jurisdiction. See Hitchens, Christopher, and David Rieff. "[3]." Prospect, 28 June 2001 (accessed 11 June 2013); Hitchens, Christopher
International human rights law
International_human_rights_law
German-born American (born 1930)
is in the "far-left corner of the Middle East worldview". Journalist David Rieff said, in 2004, that Siegman is "perhaps the most perceptive American
Henry_Siegman
Sociological theory
authority. Anzaldúa states that she "appropriated" and reused the term from David Rieff, who had "used it to criticize [her] for being 'a professional Aztec'
New_tribalism
Entity that is not part of the government
[ed.]: "Civil Society in the Making", IFiS Publishers, Warsaw (2006) David Rieff (10 June 2010). "NG-Uh-O – The trouble with humanitarianism". The New
Non-governmental_organization
School in New York, New York, United States
School) Mason Reese, actor Charles A. Reich, legal and social scholar David Rieff, nonfiction writer and policy analyst[circular reference] Tad Robinson
New_Lincoln_School
musician David Ridgen, Canadian filmmaker David Ridley (born 1954), English cricketer David Rieff (born 1952), American writer and policy analyst David Riesman
List of people with given name David
List_of_people_with_given_name_David
American novelist
to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks 1964-1980," edited by [Sontag's son] David Rieff (2012), p.108. Levy, Deborah (2021-02-27). "Divorcing: a classic novel
Susan_Taubes
Nonprofit publisher of classic American literature and name of its book series
fountain-pen-like hand, help give the clothbound volumes a timeless feel" — David Skinner, Humanities, 2015 Aaron remained in his position until 1985, and
Library_of_America
War between Mexico's government and various drug trafficking syndicates
Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War. City Lights Books. p. 190. David Rieff, "The Struggle for Mexico", The New Republic, March 17, 2011. Anonymous
Mexican_drug_war
American writer (born 1951)
hired Nunez to type her correspondence. Nunez began dating Sontag's son, David Rieff, and moved into the Upper West Side apartment that mother and son were
Sigrid_Nunez
American diplomat and author (1941–2010)
this was the moment that put the 'almost' in 'almost great.'" (p. 15.) David Rieff, "An American in the Treetops: Should we miss Richard Holbrooke?", Harper's
Richard_Holbrooke
American independent filmmaker (born 1948)
Warren Zevon and New York Underground, with Lucy Sante, Samuel R. Delany, David Rieff, and Fran Lebowitz. Taylor's film, Atlantis (2006), "a tantalizing treatment
Fred_Barney_Taylor
political spectrum for their respective interests. It is defined broadly by David Rieff as the wide range of organizations operating outside the governmental
Politics_of_Indonesia
Book by Roy Gutman & David Rieff
Public Should Know is a 1999 reference book edited by Roy Gutman and David Rieff. The 352-page book contains more than 150 entries, and was published
Crimes_of_War
Canadian author, academic and former politician
Impossible?", A Review of A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis, by David Rieff (Simon and Schuster, 2002), The New York Review of Books, December 19
Michael_Ignatieff
American author (1928–2018)
Stormer: None Dare Call It Treason... 25 Years Later, p. vii. David Rieff: Gott Mit Uns David Rieff's blog at World Affairs, February 26, 2010. Carl Bogus: What's
John_A._Stormer
Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
volunteers fought and four diaspora fighters died in the war. According to David Rieff, members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaks), "including
Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict
1972 mass killings of Hutus in Burundi
Academics Scott Straus and David Leonard refer to them as "organised massacres" instead of genocide. Policy analyst David Rieff wrote that the targeting
Ikiza
American journalist, commentator, editor
David Brooks (born August 11, 1961) is a Canadian-born American book author and political and cultural commentator. Though he describes himself as a "moderate
David_Brooks_(commentator)
American foreign policy expert, journalist and author
2012-07-08 at archive.today, Sep/Oct 2006. "Optimism Goes to War", by David Rieff, The New Republic, April 12, 2006. "W. Germany Assails U.S. on Libyan
Michael_R._Gordon
Type of humanitarian organization
aid organizations or to directly engage in humanitarian initiatives. David Rieff, in his 2003 book A Bed for the Night, further elaborates on the two
Dunantist
The Journal of the National Archives. 19. hdl:2027/mdp.39015028748500. David Rieff (1987), Going to Miami: Exiles, Tourists, and Refugees in the New America
Timeline_of_Miami
Argentine publisher, journalist and author (1923–1999)
Coetzee, “'They Wanted to Terrify Me'”, New York Times, 10 January 1988. David Rieff, “A Suffocating and Demoralized Island", New York Times, 21 October 1990
Jacobo_Timerman
1998 book by Roger Cohen
Nations for what he sees as their moral cowardice in the wake of genocide. David Rieff in The New York Observer called it a "stunning accomplishment" and stated
Hearts_Grown_Brutal
American political sociologist (born 1951)
Diamond papers, 1969-1977, at Stanford University "No Exit Strategy" – David Rieff reviews Diamond's book in The Nation magazine. Appearances on C-SPAN
Larry_Diamond
French photographer (born 1946)
What the Public Should Know, WW Norton, 1999, edited by Roy Gutman and David Rieff, concept and design concept by Peress. Here is New York: A Democracy
Gilles_Peress
Motor car race
Racing Television in the United States Network Fox Sports 1 Announcers David Rieff, Phil Parsons Radio in the United States Radio Motor Racing Network
2020_Bush's_Beans_200
Israeli outpost in the West Bank
and Daily Life Link Arab and Israeli". The New York Times. 2 May 2001. David Rieff (2011). Against Remembrance. Melbourne University Publishing. p. 114
Giv'at_Asaf
American quarterly journal on international relations
Lewis Libby H.R. McMaster P. J. O’Rourke George Packer Richard Perle David Rieff Marc Thiessen Michael J. Totten James Traub Michael Zantovsky The journal
World_Affairs
2013 book by Arthur L. Herman
"Breezy and enthusiastic but resting on a sturdy rock of research." David Rieff, writing in The National Interest, criticizes Herman for both oversimplification
The_Cave_and_the_Light
Motor car race
Motorsports Television in the United States Network Fox Sports 1 Announcers Phil Parsons, David Rieff Radio in the United States Radio Motor Racing Network
2020_Lucas_Oil_200
2019 book by Benjamin Moser
authorized biography of Susan Sontag. Moser was approached by Sontag's son, David Rieff, and the literary agent Andrew Wylie to write the biography. Moser previously
Sontag:_Her_Life_and_Work
American writer (born 1976)
Expanded) (Essay by Skinner, Editors Anthony Dworkin, Roy Gutman and David Rieff) (W.W. Norton & Company, 2007) ISBN 0393328465 A Crime So Monstrous:
Benjamin_Skinner
British professor of politics at Oxford
War, Leve en Masse, and Jus ad Bellum Jus in Bello in Roy Gutman and David Rieff, eds., Crimes of War. New York, W.W. Norton, 1999. "Karma Nabulsi | Fellow
Karma_Nabulsi
International relations school of Sciences Po
Israel Yasha Mounk, German-American political scientist and journalist David Rieff, policy analyst, senior fellow at the World Policy Institute at the New
Paris School of International Affairs
Paris_School_of_International_Affairs
American conservative writer and activist (1939–2025)
David Joel Horowitz (January 10, 1939 – April 29, 2025) was an American conservative writer and activist. He was a founder and president of the David
David_Horowitz
American political theorist, writer, and newsletter publisher
Get Less Mechanistic and More Compassionate"). ISBN 978-1-86287-747-4. David Rieff, A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis, Simon & Schuster, 2002
Mark_Satin
American feminist author (born 1952)
Church, before transferring to the progressive New Lincoln School, where David Rieff and Shari Belafonte were among her classmates. Wallace cites her time
Michele_Wallace
Mexican literary magazine
José Emilio Pacheco, Enrique Vila-Matas, Adolfo Castañón, Roger Bartra, David Rieff, Bisam Álvaro, Jorge Edwards and Patricio Pron. Letras Libres publishes
Letras_Libres
Romanian-French writer
with an introduction by Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody with a foreword by David Rieff. Syracuse University Press 2017. Daniel, p. 595 Daniel, pp. 596–597,
Benjamin_Fondane
Book by Carol Off
Yugoslavia, she consulted, amongst others, the works of Noel Malcolm, David Rieff, Roy Gutman. Living in Toronto with husband Linden MacIntyre, the 45-year-old
The_Lion,_the_Fox_&_the_Eagle
Swiss educator (1938–2023)
of Books. 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2023-05-09. Rieff, David. "An American Passion for Tyrants | David Rieff". ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved 2023-05-09. Rist
Gilbert_Rist
American documentary photographer
Kehrer, 2017. Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know, Roy Gutman, David Rieff, Norton, 1999. Humans Being: Disability in Contemporary Art, Chicago
Nina_Berman
Motor car race
Racing Television in the United States Network Fox Sports 1 Announcers David Rieff, Phil Parsons Radio in the United States Radio Motor Racing Network
2020_Dawn_Ultra_150
Motor car race
Venturini Motorsports Television in the United States Network FS1 Announcers David Rieff, Phil Parsons, Matt Crafton Radio in the United States Radio Motor Racing
2020 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
2020_General_Tire_150_(Phoenix)
World War II general, U.S. president from 1953 to 1961
Dwight David Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), also known as Ike, was the 34th president of the United States
Dwight_D._Eisenhower
Bosnian theatre director (born 1961)
Neighbor and The Balkans – Blood and Honey about the American journalists David Rieff, Peter Maass and Ron Haviv, who had reported from the Bosnian War and
Haris_Pašović
Motor car race
Venturini Motorsports Television in the United States Network FS1 Announcers David Rieff, Todd Bodine, Matt Crafton Radio in the United States Radio Motor Racing
2020_General_Tire_200
Ruining Our Schools, Families, Military, and Sports February 11, 2006 David Rieff Wesley Clark At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention
List of After Words interviews first aired in 2006
List_of_After_Words_interviews_first_aired_in_2006
Spanish writer
ISBN 978-0-8387-5661-4. "On Historical Memory: A Conversation between Nuria Amat and David Rieff". AS/COA. Retrieved 2023-03-23. "Nuria Amat: "En Barcelona se discriminaba
Nuria_Amat
Motor car race
Motorsports Television in the United States Network Fox Sports 1 Announcers David Rieff, Phil Parsons Radio in the United States Radio Motor Racing Network
2020_Speediatrics_150
American political strategist (born 1974)
Kevin David Roberts (born June 24, 1974) is an American political strategist and former historian who is the president of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative
Kevin Roberts (political strategist)
Kevin_Roberts_(political_strategist)
Motor car race
Racing Television in the United States Network Fox Sports 1 Announcers David Rieff, Todd Bodine Radio in the United States Radio Motor Racing Network
2020 General Tire 150 (Kentucky)
2020_General_Tire_150_(Kentucky)
contributors include George Konrad, Aleksandar Hemon, Semezdin Mehmedinović, David Rieff, Ágnes Heller, Peter Zilahy, Courtney Angela Brkic, George Szirtes, Jorge
Habitus:_A_Diaspora_Journal
Bilateral relations
Југословени и Ирска револуција 1916–1923". Arhiv. 1–2. Archives of Yugoslavia. David Rieff (2016). In Praise of Forgetting. Yale University Press. p. 70-72.
Ireland–Yugoslavia_relations
lifestyle, to social esteem, to a meaningful life" (Ford, 133). Ford cites David Rieff when discussing the marketing of multiculturalism, who compares the consumption
Racial_Culture:_A_Critique
Director, National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action); David Rieff (Contributing Editor, New Republic) "Mr. Cochran talked about headlines
List of Washington Journal programs aired in March 1995
List_of_Washington_Journal_programs_aired_in_March_1995
Motor car race
Racing Television in the United States Network Fox Sports 1 Announcers David Rieff, Phil Parsons Radio in the United States Radio Motor Racing Network
2020 General Tire AnywhereIsPossible 200
2020_General_Tire_AnywhereIsPossible_200
Fourth race of the 2019 ARCA Menards Series
DGR-Crosley Television in the United States Network Fox Sports 1 Announcers David Rieff, Phil Parsons Radio in the United States Radio Motor Racing Network
2019_General_Tire_200
Passions. BBC Radio 3. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2026. Hepworth, David (1 August 2025). "John Lahr's Private Passions make fantastic radio". The
List of Private Passions episodes (2015–2019)
List_of_Private_Passions_episodes_(2015–2019)
American classicist and military historian (born 1953)
Kuehnelt-Leddihn Lind Lovecraft Loury Lukacs Mansfield Meyer Murray Nisbet Ransom Rieff Rushdoony Santayana Schaeffer Sowell Strauss Vermeule Viereck Voegelin Weaver
Victor_Davis_Hanson
Motor car race
Motorsports Television in the United States Network Fox Sports 1 Announcers David Rieff, Phil Parsons Radio in the United States Radio Motor Racing Network
2019_Lucas_Oil_200
British politician (born 1974)
Glasman, Mary Harrington, Adrian Pabst, Roger Scruton, Yoram Hazony, Philip Rieff, Robert D. Putnam, Charles Murray, and Patrick J. Deneen among the influences
Danny_Kruger
Non-profit organisation in the USA
The David Horowitz Freedom Center, formerly the Center for the Study of Popular Culture (CSPC), is a conservative anti-Islam foundation founded in 1988
David_Horowitz_Freedom_Center
Academic journal
Molesworth's "From Collage to Combine: Rauschenberg and Visual Culture" (1998) David Rieff's "In Rwanda: The Crisis of Humanitarianism" (1998) Joyce Carol Oates's
Salmagundi_(magazine)
American editor (1932–2020)
4, 2020, at the age of 87. Bob Woodward Carl Bernstein David Brooks David Maraniss David Rieff Diane McWhorter Doris Kearns Goodwin William Greider Evan
Alice_Mayhew
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
said he would carefully weigh recommendations from his commanding General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker about how to proceed after the end
George_W._Bush
9th episode of the 1st season of Angel
massacred. Angel’s team arranges passage for the Listers on a cargo ship. Rieff, a Lister who is skeptical of Angel, takes off alone; Doyle pursues him
Hero_(Angel)
Soviet journalist and defector (1939–1993)
Алекса́ндрович Безме́нов; December 11, 1939 – January 5, 1993; alias: Tomas David Schuman) was a Soviet journalist for Novosti Press Agency (APN). In 1970
Yuri_Bezmenov
American government official and television personality (born 1980)
"be war" and "a radical departure" for the department. Trump later chose David Shulkin, with The Washington Post noting Hegseth's lack of experience in
Pete_Hegseth
American political activist (1993–2025)
from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2018. Smith, David (September 10, 2025). "Charlie Kirk: Trump ally and divisive provocateur
Charlie_Kirk
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
Rodney Conover, Mallory and Thomas Danaher, David Friedman, James Fulford, Ron Gordon, Kevin Harrington, David Limbaugh, Jay Mann, Jim Moody, Dan Travers
Peter_Thiel
Ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region
Arts. Archived from the original on 11 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025. Rieff, David (4 June 2007). "God and Man in Rwanda". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 14 May
Tutsi
American historian (1932–1994)
Henry George, Lewis Mumford, Jacques Ellul, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Philip Rieff. A notable group of graduate students worked with Lasch at the University
Christopher_Lasch
Businessman and public official (born 1971)
Statistics". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved June 7, 2025. Shepardson, David; Roulette, Joey (July 30, 2020). "Taking on SpaceX, Amazon to invest $10 billion
Elon_Musk
Conservative political initiative in the United States
the rights of American citizens. In Mother Jones, Washington bureau chief David Corn called Project 2025 "the right-wing infrastructure that is publicly
Project_2025
Group of states not aligned with the US or USSR
original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2020 – via Google Books. Rieff, David (1989). "In The Third World". Salmagundi (81): 61–65. ISSN 0036-3529
Third_World
American politician and naval officer (1932–2021)
Eisenhower administration, Rumsfeld served as administrative assistant to David S. Dennison Jr., a Congressman representing the 11th district of Ohio. In
Donald_Rumsfeld
DAVID RIEFF
DAVID RIEFF
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Feminie of David
Boy/Male
Australian, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Swiss
Italian Form of David; Beloved; Dear One
Male
Italian
Italian form of Hebrew David, DAVIDE means "beloved."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Celtic, Chinese, Christian, English, French, Hebrew, Irish, Norse, Scandinavian
Beloved; Dear One; Bright Finn; Brilliant Finn; Black One; Variant of David
Male
English
 English pet form of Hebrew David, DAVIE means "beloved." Compare with another form of Davie.
Male
Norse
Old Norse form of Hebrew David, DAVIÃ means "beloved."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Hebrew, Scottish
Son of David; David's Son; Dear One; Beloved
Male
Scottish
 Pet form of Scottish Gaelic Dà ibhidh, DAVIE means "beloved." Compare with another form of Davie.
Male
Polish
Polish form of Hebrew David, DAWID means "beloved."
Female
English
(דָוִידָה) Feminine form of Hebrew David, DAVIDA means "beloved."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Indian, Latin, Swedish
Beloved; Feminine of David; Friend; Darling
Girl/Female
English
Beloved. Feminine of David.
Male
Greek
(Δαυίδ) Greek form of Hebrew David, DAUID means "beloved." In the bible, this is the name of the second king of Israel and ancestor of Jesus.Â
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from Hebrew David, DAVIS means "beloved."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, English, French, Hebrew, Irish
Cherished; Beloved; Variant of David Beloved; Diminutive of David
Male
Yiddish
Yiddish form of Hebrew David, DOVID means "beloved."
Boy/Male
Australian, Finnish
Form of David
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Hebrew
Beloved; Feminine Form of David
Male
English
(דָּוִד, דָּוִיד) Hebrew name DAVID means "beloved." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Jesse. David was the second king of Israel and father of King Solomon. As a youth he killed a giant named Goliath with his slingshot.Â
Male
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese form of Hebrew David, DAVI means "beloved."
DAVID RIEFF
DAVID RIEFF
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Incantation of Guru
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Admired; Praisable Man
Girl/Female
Irish
Ancient.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gale 3.Possibly a respelling of German Gähler, a variant of Gehler.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Jehovah is God.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Name of a Goddess, Contented, Satisfied, Pleased
Boy/Male
French American
From Gascony.
Male
Egyptian
, a prophet of Amen.
Girl/Female
Australian, Portuguese
Heavenly
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Of Thought; Wish; Longing
DAVID RIEFF
DAVID RIEFF
DAVID RIEFF
DAVID RIEFF
DAVID RIEFF
n.
A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit.
n.
Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
n.
Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits.
n.
Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
n.
A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors.
a.
Timid; fearful.
a.
Avid.
n.
A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and lxxxiv.
n.
A writer or composer of sacred songs; -- a title particularly applied to David and the other authors of the Scriptural psalms.
a.
Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.
n.
An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of design.
a.
Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy.