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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Dĭc'tum or Dĭc'ta, n.p. 371An authoritative saying or assertion. “A class of critical dicta every where current.” M. Arnold. 2. (Law.) (a.) A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the…
  2. Di-dăc'tic, n.p. 371A treatise on teaching or education. [Obs.] Milton.
  3. Di-dăc'tic or Di-dăc'tic-al, a.p. 371Fitted or inclined to teach; intended to instruct; preceptive; arranged in a form suitable for instruction; systematic. “The finest didactic poem in any language.” Macaulay.
  4. Di-dăc'tic-al-ly, adv.p. 371In a didactic manner.
  5. Di'dac-tic'i-ty, n.p. 371Devotion to teaching. Hare.
  6. Di-dăc'tics, n. sing.p. 371The art or science of teaching. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  7. Di-dæ'tyl, n.p. 371An animal having two toes.
  8. Dī-dăc'tyl or Dī-dăc'tyl-ōus, a.p. 371Having two toes.
  9. Di'dal, n.p. 371A kind of triangular spade.
  10. Did’ap-per, n.p. 371(Ornith.) A certain bird that dives into the water; a species of grebe; the little, or black-chin grebe; dab-chick; Podiceps minor.
  11. Dī-dăs'ca-lar or Dī-das-cal'ic, a.p. 371Didactic; preceptive. [Rare.]
  12. Did'der, v. i.p. 371To shiver with cold. Sherwood.
  13. Did'dle, v. t.p. 371To cheat or overreach.
  14. Did'dle, v. i.p. 371To totter, as a child in walking. Quarles.
  15. Dī-dĕl’phie, a.p. 371Pertaining to the didelphys. [Written also didelphyc.]
  16. Di-dĕl'phid, n.p. 371A marsupial animal.
  17. Di-dĕl'phid, a.p. 371Pertaining to the marsupials.
  18. Di-dĕl'phis, n.p. 371See DI-DELPHYS.
  19. Dī-del’phye, a.p. 371Pertaining to the didelphys. [Written also didelphic.]
  20. Dĭ-dĕl'phys, n.p. 371(Zoöl.) An animal of the marsupial tribe; — so called by Linnæus, but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossum. [Written also didelphis.]
  21. Dī’do, n.p. 371A trick; an antic; a caper. To cut a dido, to play a trick; — so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, cut it into a long string to inclose more than…
  22. Dī/do-dĕ'c/a-hē'dral, a.p. 371(Crystallog.) Having the form of a dodecahedral prism with hexahedral summits.
  23. Di'drăchm or Di-drăch'mā, n.p. 371A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth about thirty cents.
  24. Dĭdstp. 371Second person imperfect of do. See Do.
  25. Di-dūçe'ment, n.p. 371Separation into distinct parts; division. [Obs.] Bacon.
  26. Di-dūc'tion, n.p. 371Act of drawing apart; separation.
  27. Dī'dus, n.p. 371(Ornith.) A genus of birds including the dodo. See DODO.
  28. Di'dym or Di-dym'i-üm, n.p. 371A rare metal related to cerium, in whose ores it is found;— so called from its intimate association with the ores of lantanium, which are always found with those of cerium.
  29. Did'y-mōus, a.p. 371(Bot.) Growing in pairs or twins. Eng. Cyc.
  30. Dĭd'y-nā'mi-ă, n.p. 371(Bot.) A class of plants in the Linnean system, characterized by having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.
  31. Did'y-nā'mi-an or Di-dŷn'a-moüs, a.p. 371(Bot.) Containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.
  32. Dīe, v. i.p. 371To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to decease; to expire; — said of animals or…
  33. Dīe, n.p. 371A small cube, marked on its faces with numbers from one to six, used in gaming, by being thrown from a box. [See Illust. of Dice.] 2. Any small cubical body. “Words . . . pasted upon little flat…
  34. Dī-ē'cian or Dī-ē'cioŭs, n.p. 371Dī-ē'cioŭs, a. See DIŒCIAN and DIŒCIOUS.
  35. Dī-ē'dral, a.p. 371The same as DIHEDRAL.
  36. Dī'e-ġē'sis, n.p. 371A narrative or history; a recital or relation.
  37. Dī'e-lĕc'tric, n.p. 371(Elec.) Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a non-conductor separating a body electrified by induction…
  38. Dī-ĕn'ni-al, a.p. 371Biennial. [Obs.] Scott.
  39. Dī-ĕr'e-sis, n.p. 371The same as DIÆRESIS.
  40. Dī'er-vĭl'lȧ, n.p. 371(Bot.) A genus of shrubs with yellow flowers; — so called from M. Dierville, who sent it from Canada to Tournefort. Gray.
  41. Dīe'-sĭnk'er, n.p. 371An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, &c.
  42. Dīe'-sĭnk'ing, n.p. 371The process of engraving dies.
  43. Dī'e-sĭs, n.p. 371(Mus.) A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals. 2. (Print.) The mark ‡; — called also double dagger. Eng. Cyc.
  44. Dī'ēs nŏnp. 371(Law.) A day on which courts are not held, as the Sabbath, &c.
  45. Dīe'stŏck, n.p. 371A contrivance to hold the dies used for cutting screws.
  46. Dī'et, n.p. 371Course of living or nourishment; habitual food; what is eaten and drunk; victuals. For his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king. Jer. lii. 34. 2. Course of food selected with…
  47. Dī'et, v. t.p. 371To cause to take food; to feed; to nourish; especially, to cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules.
  48. Dī'et, v. i.p. 371To eat; to feed; especially, to eat according to prescribed rules; to eat sparingly.
  49. Dī'et, n.p. 371A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention.
  50. Dī'et-a-ry, a.p. 371Pertaining to diet, or the rules of diet.
  51. Dī'et-a-ry, n.p. 371Rule of diet; allowance of food, especially that presented in almshouses, prisons, &c.
  52. Dī'et-brē'ad, n.p. 371Food medicated, or regulated by a physician.
  53. Dī'et-drink, n.p. 371Medicated drink.
  54. Dī'et-er, n.p. 371One who diets; one who prepares, or who partakes of, food according to hygienic rules.
  55. Dī'e-tĕt'ic or Dī'e-tĕt'ic-al, a.p. 371Pertaining to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten.
  56. Dī'e-tēt'ĭc-al-ly, adv.p. 371In a dietetical manner.
  57. Dī'e-tēt'ics, n. sing.p. 371That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  58. Di/e-tēt'ist, n.p. 371A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases. Dunglison.
  59. Dī'et-ine, n.p. 371A subordinate or local assembly; a diet of inferior rank or consequence; a cantonal convention.
  60. Dī'et-ist or Dī'e-ti'tian, n.p. 371One skilled in diet. [Rare.]