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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Dĕl'i-quĕsçe', v. i. p. 350To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.Dĕl'i-qués'cence, n. p. 350The act or state of being deliquescent or liquefying.Dēl'/i-qués'cent, a. p. 350Liquefying in the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts. 2. (Bot.) Branching so that the stem is lost in the branches. Gray.De-liq'u-āte, v. i. p. 350To melt and become liquid by imbibing water from the air; to deliquesce.De-liq'ui-ā'tion, n. p. 350The act of deliquiating, or state of becoming deliquiated.De-lĭq'uĭ-ŭm, n. p. 350(Chem.) A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium. 2. A sinking away; a failing; a swooning or fainting; as, a deliquium of…De-lir'a-cy, n. p. 350Delirium. [Obs.]De-lir'a-ment, n. p. 350A wandering of the mind; crazy fancy. [Obs.] Hopwood.De-lir'an-cy, n. p. 350Delirium. [Obs.] Gauden.De-lī'rant, a. p. 350Delirious. [Obs.] Owen.De-lĭ'rāte, v. i. p. 350To wander mentally; to rave as a madman. [Obs.] Cockeram.Dĕl'i-rā'tion, n. p. 350The state of delirating; wandering of mind; delirium. [Rare.] Repressed by ridicule as a deliration of the human mind.De-lir'i-ōŭs, a. p. 350Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; demented; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies.De-lir'i-ōs-ly, adv. p. 350In a delirious manner.De-lir'i-ōŭs-ness, n. p. 350The state of being delirious; delirium.De-lir'i-ūm, n. p. 350(Med.) A state in which the ideas of a person are wild, irregular, and unconnected; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, — usually dependent on some other disease, as a fever, and so…Dĕl'i-tēs'çence or Dĕl'i-tēs'çen-cy, n. p. 350The state of being concealed; retirement. “The delitescence of mental activities.” Sir W. Hamilton. The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an…Dĕl/i-tēs'cent, a. p. 350Lying hid; concealed.De-lĭt'ĭ-gāte, v. i. p. 350To chide, or contend in words. [Obs.]De-lit'i-gā'tion, n. p. 350A chiding; a brawl. [Obs.]De-liv'er, v. t. p. 350To free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release from confinement; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to rescue or save from evil actual or feared; as, to deliver one from…De-liv'er, a. p. 351Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.] “Wonderfully deliver, and of great strength.” Chaucer.De-liv'er-a-ble, a. p. 351Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. Hale.De-liv'er-ance, n. p. 351The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; as, the deliverance of a captive, of a trust, of an opinion, of a child. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted…De-liv'er-er, n. p. 351One who delivers or rescues; a preserver. 2. One who relates or communicates. [Rare.]De-liv'er-ly, adv. p. 351In a deliver or free manner; nimbly. [Obs.] Swim with your bodies, And carry it sweetly and deliverly. Beau. & Fl.De-liv'er-ness, n. p. 351The state of being deliver or free; nimbleness; agility. [Obs.]De-liv'er-y, n. p. 351The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon. 2. The act of delivering up or over; surrender; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a…Dell, n. p. 351A small, retired valley; a ravine. “In dells and dales concealed from human sight.” Tickell. 2. A young woman; a wench. [Obs.] “Sweet doxies and dells.” B. Jonson.Dĕlph, a. p. 351See DELF.Dĕl'phi-an or Dĕl'phie, a. p. 351(Gr. Antiq.) Relating to Delphi, and to the oracle of that place.Dĕl'phin or Dĕl'phine, a. p. 351Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared under Louis XIV., “in usum Delphini”—for the use of the dauphin.Dĕl'phine, a. p. 351Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.Del-phin'-i-um, n. p. 351(Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Ranunculaceæ; lark-spur;—so called from the form of the nectary, which resembles the ordinary representations of the dolphin.Del'phī'nus, n. p. 351(Zoöl.) A Linnean genus of cetaceous mammals, including the dolphin, restricted in modern zoölogy to those species of cetacea which have teeth in both jaws, all simple, and almost all conical. Brande.Del Segno p. 351See DAL SEGNO.Dĕl'ta, n. p. 351The Greek letter Δ. 2. A tract of land of a similar figure; especially, the space between two mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Nile.Dĕl'ta-ti-ā'tion, n. p. 351The formation of deltas at the mouth of rivers.Del-tā'ic, a. p. 351Relating to, or like, a delta. Ogilvie.Dĕl'toid, a. p. 351Resembling the Greek Δ (delta); triangular. Deltoid leaf (Bot.), one in the form of a triangle.—Deltoid muscle (Anat.), a muscle in the shoulder which serves to move the arm directly upward.De-lūd'a-ble, a. p. 351Capable of being deluded or deceived; liable to be imposed on. “Him whose cognition is no way deludable.” Browne.De-lūde', v. t. p. 351To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on. “To delude the nation by an airy phantom.” Burke. 2. To frustrate or disappoint. “It deludes thy…De-lūd'er, n. p. 351One who deludes, or deceives; a deceiver; an impostor.Dĕl'ūge, n. p. 351A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; especially, the great flood or overflowing of the earth by water in the days of Noah. 2. Any thing which overwhelms, as a…Dĕl'ūge, v. t. p. 351To overflow, as with water; to inundate; to drown. The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore. 2. To overwhelm; to cover with any flowing or moving, spreading body; as, the northern nations…De-lu'sion, n. p. 351The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. “Laborious in delusion.” Pope. 2. The state of being deluded or misled. 3. That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false…De-lū'sive, a. p. 351Fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; delusive appearances. “Delusive and unsubstantial ideas.” Whewell.De-lū'sive-ly, adv. p. 351In a delusive manner.De-lū'sive-ness, n. p. 351The quality of being delusive; tendency to deceive.De-lū'so-ry, a. p. 351Apt to delude; delusive; fallacious. “A delusory prejudice.” Glanville.Dēlve, v. t. p. 351To dig; to open with a spade. Delve of convenient depth your thrashing-floor. Dryden. 2. To fathom; to penetrate; to trace out. I can not delve him to the root. Shak.Dĕlve, v. i. p. 351To labor with the spade; to labor as a drudge. Delve may I not, I shame to beg. Luke xvi. 3, Wycliffe's Trans.Dĕlve, n. p. 351A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave. “To that shady delve him brought.” Spenser. The very tigers from their delves Look out. Moore. 2. A quantity of coals dug. [Prov. Eng.]Dĕl′ver, n. p. 351One who digs, as with a spade.De-măg'net-i-zā'tion, n. p. 351The act or process of depriving of magnetic polarity, or of mesmeric influence.De-măg'net-ize, v. t. p. 351To deprive of magnetic polarity; to restore from a sleep-waking state.Dēm'a-gōg'ic or Dēm'a-gōg'ic-al, a. p. 351Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious.Dēm'a-gōg'ĭsm, n. p. 351The practices of a demagogue.Dēm'a-gōgue, n. p. 351A leader of the people, especially one who controls the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; a panderer to popular prejudices; an artful political orator.Dēm'a-gōg'y, n. p. 351Demagogism.