(n) English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829), Syn.Sir Humphrey Davy, Humphrey Davy
The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors. [ 1913 Webster ]
This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]
Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean. -- Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Named after Sir Humphry Davy, the English chemist. ] (Chem.) A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154. [ 1913 Webster ]
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