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Definition: Decuman
Decuman
\Dec"u*man\, a. [L. decumanus of the tenth, and by
metonymy, large, fr. decem ten.]
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.