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Davy

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Da·vy  (dv), Sir Humphry 1778-1829.
British chemist who was a pioneer of electrochemistry, using its methods to isolate sodium and potassium (1807) and barium, boron, calcium, and magnesium (1808).
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Noun1.DavyDavy - 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)


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"'Cause," said Davy very decidedly, "if she does I won't say my prayers before her like I do before you, Anne.
Davy and Dora, the Green Gables twins, whisked the babies off to the garden.
Yes,' replied the sexton; adding in a half compassionate, half irritable tone, which the old man couldn't hear, 'you're getting very deaf, Davy, very deaf to be sure
 
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