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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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Di'a-grāph'ie or Di'a-grāph'ie-al, a. p. 368Descriptive.Dī'a-grāph'ies, n. sing. p. 368The art of design or drawing. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Dī'a-gryd'i-ate, n. p. 368(Med.) A strong purgative made of scammony (Convolvulus scammonia) and quince juice.Dī'al, n. p. 368An instrument for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface. When the shadow is cast by the sun, it is also called a sun-dial. See SUN-DIAL. 2. The…Dī'al, v. t. p. 368To measure with a dial. Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven. Talfourd. 2. (Mining.) To survey with a dial.Dī'a-lect, n. p. 368Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech. 2. The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from others nearly related to it; local form of a…Dī'a-lēe'tal, a. p. 368Pertaining to a dialect; dialectical. Ogilvie.Di'a-lēc'tic, n. p. 368Same as DIALECTICS.Dī'a-lēc'tic or Dī'a-lēc'tic-al, a. p. 368Pertaining to a dialect or dialects. 2. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.Dī'a-lēc'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 368In a dialectical manner.Dī'a-lec-tī'cian, n. p. 368One versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner.Dī'a-lēc'ties, n. sing. p. 368That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error. [See Note…Dī'a-lec-tŏl'o-gy, n. p. 368That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. Beck.Dī'a-lēc'tor, n. p. 368One learned in dialectics.Dī'al-ing, n. p. 368The science which unfolds the principles of measuring time by dials; the art of constructing dials.Dī'al-ist, n. p. 368A constructor of dials; one skilled in dialing.Dī-ăl'la-ge, n. p. 368(Rhet.) A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Smart.Di'al-lāge, n. p. 368(Min.) A dark-green or bronze-colored laminate mineral, considered as a variety of hornblende or augite. Dana.Dī'al-lel, a. p. 368Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel;—opposed to parallel. [Obs.] Ash.Dī-ăl'lo-gĭte, n. p. 368(Min.) Native carbonate of manganese, of a rose-red color. Dana.Dī'a-lōg'ic-al, a. p. 368Pertaining to dialogues; dialo- gistical. Burton.Dī'a-lōg'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 368In the manner of a dialogue. Are you for managing it analogically or dialogically? Goldsmith.Dī-ăl’o-ğism, n. p. 368A feigned speech between two or more; a dialogue. Fulke.Dī-ăl'o-gĭst, n. p. 368A speaker in a dialogue. 2. A writer of dialogues. Skelton.Dī-ăl'o-gĭst'ic or Dī-ăl'o-gĭst'ic-al, a. p. 368Relating to, or having the form of, a dialogue.Dī-ăl'o-gīst'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 368In the manner of dialogue.Dī-ăl'o-gize, v. i. p. 368To discourse in dialogue. Fotherby.Dī'a-lōgue, n. p. 368A conversation or conference between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conversation in theatrical performances, or in scholastic exercises, in which two or more persons carry on a…Dī'a-lōgue, v. i. p. 368To discourse together; to confer; to dialogize. [Obs.] Shak.Dī'a-lōgue, v. t. p. 368To express as in dialogue. [Obs.] “And dialogued for him what he would say.” Shak.Dī'al-plāte, n. p. 368The plate of a dial on which lines are drawn to show the time of the day; hence, also, the face of a clock or watch marked with the hours, and over which the hands revolve.Dī-ăl'y-sĭs, n. p. 368A diaeresis. See DIAERESIS. 2. (Rhet.) Same as ASYNDETON, q. v. 3. (Med.) (a.) Debility. (b.) A solution of continuity; division; separation of parts.Dī'a-ly'tic, a. p. 368Having the quality of unloosing. Clarke. Dialytic telescope, an achromatic telescope in which the colored dispersion produced by a single object-lens of crown glass is corrected by a smaller concave…Dī'a-măg'net, n. p. 368A body having diamagnetic polarity.Di'a-mag-nēt'ic, a. p. 369Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism; taking, or being of a nature to take, a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force.Dī'a-mag-nēt'ic, n. p. 369Any substance, as glass, phosphorus, &c., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right…Dī'a-mag-nēt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 369In the manner of, or according to, diamagnetism.Dī'a-măg'net-ism, n. p. 369The science which treats of diamagnetic phenomena, and of the properties of diamagnetic bodies. 2. That form or condition of magnetic action which characterizes diamagnetics.Dī-a-mān'tine, a. p. 369Same as ADAMANTINE. [Obs.]Di-ăm'e-ter, n. p. 369(Geom.) Any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section, sphere, cube, &c., and terminated by the opposite boundaries; a straight line which bisects the…Dī-ām'e-tral, a. p. 369Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical. Diametral curve or surface (Geom.), a curved line or a surface which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve or surface.Dī-ăm'e-tral, n. p. 369A diameter. [Obs.] Browne.Dī-ăm'e-tral-ly, adv. p. 369Diametrically. [Obs.]Dī'a-mé'trie or Dī'a-mé'trie-al, a. p. 369Belonging or relating to a diameter. 2. As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse.Di'a-mét'ri-cal-ly, adv. p. 369In a diametrical direction; directly; as, diametrically opposite. Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. Macaulay.Dī'a-mond, n. p. 369A mineral and gem remarkable for its hardness, as it scratches all other minerals. It is crystallized carbon, the crystals being monometric, and usually with convex faces; they are sometimes colored…Dī'a-mond, a. p. 369Resembling a diamond; made of a diamond; or consisting of diamonds; as, a diamond chain.Dī'a-mond-ed, a. p. 369Having the figure of a diamond or rhombus.Dī'a-mond-īze, v. t. p. 369To set with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich. Modelizing, or enameling, or rather diamondizing of your subject. B. Jonson.Dī-ā’nā or Dī-ān’ā, n. p. 369(Myth.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage.Dī-ăn'dri-ă, n. p. 369(Bot.) A class of plants having two stamens.Dī-ān'dri-an or Dī-ān'drous, a. p. 369Having two stamens, belonging to the class Diandria.Dī'a-no-ēt'ic, a. p. 369(Metaph.) Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products. I would employ . . . dianœtic to denote the operation of the discursive, elaborate, or comparative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton.Di'a-noi-äl'o-gy, n. p. 369The science of the dianœtic faculties, and their operations. Sir W. Hamilton.Di'a-pāse, n. p. 369The same as DIAPASON. [Obs.] “A tuneful diapase of pleasures.” Spenser.Di'a-pāsm, n. p. 369Powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together. [Obs.] B. Jon.Dī'a-pā'son, n. p. 369(Gr. Mus.) The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale. 2. Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony. The fair music that all creatures made . . . In perfect…Di'a-pĕnʹte, n. p. 369(Anc. Mus.) The interval of the fifth. 2. (Med.) A composition of five ingredients.Di'a-per, n. p. 369Figured linen cloth; a cloth woven in flowers or figures, much used for towels, napkins, &c. 2. A towel or napkin; an infant's breech-cloth. Let one attend him with a silver basin, . . . Another bear…Di'a-per, v. t. p. 369To variegate or diversify with figures, as cloth; to flower. “Diapered with unwrought flowers.” Tennyson. 2. To put a diaper on, as a child.