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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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Dī'a-zeū'tic, a. p. 370(Anc. Mus.) Disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which, like that from F to G in modern music, lay between two fourths, and, being joined to either, made a fifth. [Obs.]Dib, v. i. p. 370To dip or dibble; — a term in angling.Dib'ber or Dib'ble, n. p. 370A pointed hand instrument, used in gardening and agriculture, to make holes for planting seeds, &c.Dib'ble, v. t. p. 370To plant with a dibble; to make holes in with a dibble for planting seeds, &c. Dibble. 2. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble. The clayey soil around it was dibbled thick at the…Dĭb’ble, v. i. p. 370To dib; to dip as in angling. See Dib.Dib'bler, n. p. 370One who, or that which, dibbles or makes holes in the ground for seed.Di-bŏth'ri-an, n. p. 370(Entom.) One of a certain division of tape worms, which includes those having not more than two pits on the head. Brande.Dī-brăn'chi-ate, n. p. 370(Zoöl.) One of an order of cephalopods, which includes those with two gills, three distinct hearts, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and with solid cephalic arms, not exceeding ten in number…Dībs, n. p. 370A sweet preparation or treacle of grape-juice, much used in the East. Johnston.Dib'stōne, n. p. 370A little stone thrown at another stone, in a certain game played by children.Di-cā'cious, a. p. 370Talkative; pert; saucy. [Obs.]Dī-căç'i-ty, n. p. 370Pertness; sauciness. [Obs.]Dī'cast, n. p. 370A functionary in ancient Athens answering nearly to the modern juryman.Dī'çe, n. p. 370pl. of die. A game. See DIE, No. 1.Dīce, v. i. p. 370To play with dice. I . . . diced not above seven times a week. Shak.Dice'-bŏx, n. p. 370A box from which dice are thrown in gaming.Dice'-cōal, n. p. 370A kind of coal easily splitting into cubical fragments. Brande.Di-cĕph'a-lous, a. p. 370Having two heads on one body.Di'cer, n. p. 370A player at dice. “As false as dicers’ oaths.” Shak.Dich, v. p. 370May it do;—a word peculiar to Shakespeare, and supposed to be a corruption of dit for do it.Di-chōt'ōr-sēs, n. p. 370Spontaneous subdivision. Dana.Di-chās'tic, a. p. 370Capable of subdividing spontaneously. Dana.Di'chla-myd'e-oŭs, a. p. 370(Bot.) Having two coverings, a calyx and a corol. Linnæus.Di-chōt'o-mist, n. p. 370One who dichotomizes.Di-chŏt'/o-mīze, v. t. p. 370To cut into two parts; to divide into pairs; to halve; to bisect. [Rare.] 2. (Astron.) To exhibit as a half-disk or semicircle. [[The moon] was dichotomized.] Whewell.Di-chōt'o-mize, v. i. p. 370To separate or divide into two parts, or into pairs. R. Owen.Di-chŏt'o-moŭs, a. p. 370(Bot.) Regularly dividing by pairs, from top to bottom; as, a dichotomous stem. Martyn.Di-chōt'o-moŭs-ly, adv. p. 370In a dichotomous manner.Di-chōt′o-my, n. p. 370A cutting in two; a division. [Obs.] “A general breach or dichotomy with their church.” Browne. 2. Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts. 3.…Di-chrō'ic, a. p. 370Having the property of dichroism; as, a dichroic crystal. Dana.Di'chro-ïsm, n. p. 370(Opt.) The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes. Dana.Di'-chro-ite, n. p. 370(Min.) Iolite;—so called from its presenting two different colors when viewed in two different directions. See IOLITE.Dī'-chrō'mate, n. p. 370(Chem.) A double chromate.Di'-chro-māt'ic, a. p. 370Having or producing two colors.Di′chro-oŭs, a. p. 370Dichroic.Di'chro-scōpe, n. p. 370An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals. Dana.Di'-chro-scōp'ic, a. p. 370Pertaining to dichroism, or observations with the dichroscope. Dana.Dick'ens, n. p. 370The devil;—used as a vulgar interjection. “What the dickens does he mean?” Congreve.Dick'er, n. p. 370The number or quantity of ten, particularly, ten hides or skins; a dakir: as, a dicker of gloves. [Obs.] “A dicker of cow-hides.” Heywood. 2. A chaffering barter or exchange of small wares. [U. S.]…Dick'er, v. i. p. 370To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U. S.] “Ready to dicker and to swap.” Cooper.Dick'ey or Dick'y, n. p. 370A seat behind a carriage, for servants, &c. 2. A bosom made to be tied over the front of a shirt. 3. A gentleman’s shirt-collar. [New Eng.]Di-clīn'ic or Di'clī-nate, a. p. 370(Crystallog.) Having two of the intersections between the three axes oblique. Dana.Di'cli-noŭs, a. p. 370(Bot.) Having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers. Gray.Di-eō'cōŭs, a. p. 370(Bot.) Two-grained; containing two grains of seed; consisting of two cohering closed carpels or cocci, with one seed in each; as, a dicoccous capsule. Martyn.Di-cœ'loüs, a. p. 370Having two cavities. R. Owen.Di'co-ty'le, n. p. 370(Zoöl.) A genus of quadrupeds closely related to the hog, and including the peccaries.Di-côt/y-lē'don, n. p. 370(Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two lobes in germinating.Di-cŏt'y-lēd'o-nŏus, a. p. 370(Bot.) Having two cotyledons or lobes; as, a dicotyledonous plant.Dī-crōt'ic, a. p. 370Having a double or rebounding action;—said of the pulse.Di'cro-tis, a. p. 370(Med.) Beating twice as rapidly as usual; — said of the pulse. Dunglison.Dic-tā'men, n. p. 370That which is dictated to one person by another; a precept; an injunction; a dictation.Dic-tam'nus, n. p. 370(Bot.) (a.) A genus of fragrant herbaceous plants, the roots of some species of which are used in medicine, being possessed of sedative and drastic qualities; Fraxinella. (b.) A small evergreen shrub…Dic'tāte, v. t. p. 370To deliver or state for another person to reduce to writing; to utter so that another may write down. “The mind which dictated the Iliad.” Wayland. 2. To communicate with authority; to deliver to a…Dic'tate, n. p. 370A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule or principle; a prescription; a direction. I credit what the Grecian dictates say. Prior. Syn.—Command; injunction…Dic-tā/tion, n. p. 370The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing. It affords security against the dictation of laws. Paley.Dic-tā'tor, n. p. 370One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims for the direction of others. 2. One invested with absolute authority, especially a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and…Dic-ta-tō'ri-al, a. p. 370Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute; unlimited. “Military powers quite dictatorial.” Irving. 2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or…Dic-ta-tō’ri-al-ly, adv. p. 370In the manner of a dictator.Dīc'ta-tō'ri-an, a. p. 370Suited to a dictator; dictatorial. [Obs.] State Trials.Dic-tā'tor-ship, n. p. 370The office of a dictator; the term of a dictator’s office.