2 entries under this word

Diallage

Dī-ăl'la-ge, n.

noun

n. [Gr. διαλλαγή, interchange, change, from διαλλάσσειν, to interchange, from διά, through, asunder, and ἀλλάσσειν, to make other than it is, to change, from ἄλλος, other.] (Rhet.) A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Smart.

Di'al-lāge, n.

noun

(45) (Synop., § 130), n. [Gr. διαλλαγή, change, alluding to the change and inequality of luster between its natural joints. See supra.] (Min.) A dark-green or bronze-colored laminate mineral, considered as a variety of hornblende or augite. Dana.