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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. Dim'i-nūte, a.p. 375Small; diminutive; diminished; reduced. [Obs.] Gorges.
  2. Dim'i-nū'tion, n.p. 375The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less, or the state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; — opposed to augmentation or increase. 2. The act of lessening dignity…
  3. Dĭ-mĭn'ū-tive, a.p. 375Of small size; minute; little. 2. Tending to diminish. [Rare.] “Diminutive of liberty.” Shaftesbury.
  4. Dĭ-mĭn'ū-tive, n.p. 375Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. “Water-flies, such diminutives of nature.” Dryden. 2. (Gram.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same…
  5. Dĭ-min'ū-tīve-ly, adv.p. 375In a diminutive manner; diminishingly; as, to speak diminutively of another.
  6. Di-min′ū-tive-ness, n.p. 375The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness.
  7. Dim'ish, a.p. 375The same as DIMMISH.
  8. Dī-mis'sion, n.p. 375Leave to depart. [Obs.] Burrow.
  9. Dĭm’is-so-ry, a.p. 375Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction. Bp. Taylor. 2. Granting leave to depart. Prideaux. Letter dimissory. (Eccl.), one given by a bishop dismissing a person who is removing into another…
  10. Dī-mit′, v. t.p. 375To permit to go. [Obs.] 2. To grant; to farm; to let. [Obs.] Huloet.
  11. Dim'i-ty, n.p. 375A kind of stout, white cotton cloth, ribbed or figured.
  12. Dīm'ly, adv.p. 375In a dim or obscure manner; not brightly or clearly; with imperfect sight.
  13. Dim'mish or Dim'my, a.p. 375Somewhat dim; rather obscure, or of weak sight. Yon dimmy clouds . . . well employ your staining. Sidney.
  14. Dim'ness, n.p. 375The state or quality of being dim; lack of luster, clearness, or distinctness; dullness. 2. Obscurity of bodily vision or intellectual perception. Syn.—Darkness; obscurity; gloom. See DARKNESS.
  15. Di-môr'phism, n.p. 375The property of being dimorphous.
  16. Dī-môr'phous, a.p. 375Occurring under two distinct forms. 2. (Crystallog.) Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different. Dana.
  17. Dĭm'ple, n.p. 375A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of the body, but especially on the cheek or chin; a delicate interruption of the roundness of the flesh, appearing particularly in early life…
  18. Dim'ple, v. i.p. 375To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities. And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden.
  19. Dim'ple, v. t.p. 375To mark with dimples or dimple-like depressions.
  20. Dĭm'ple-ment, n.p. 375The state of being dimpled or marked with gentle depressions. [Rare.] “The ground’s most gentle dimplement.” E. B. Browning.
  21. Dim'ply, a.p. 375Full of dimples, or small depressions; dimpled; as, the dimply flood. Warton.
  22. Dim’y-a-ry, n.p. 375(Zoöl.) A bivalve mollusk which closes its shell by means of two muscles. Dana.
  23. Dim'y-a-ry, a.p. 375Belonging or relating to the dimyaries.
  24. Din, n.p. 375Loud, stunning noise; racket; clamor. He knew the battle's din afar. W. Scott.
  25. Dĭn, v. t.p. 375To strike with continued or confused sound; to stun with noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries. At every turn, with dinning clang, The armorer's anvil clashed and rang. W.…
  26. Dī'nar, n.p. 375A petty imaginary money of Persia.
  27. Dĭn'ar-chy, n.p. 375See DIARCHY.
  28. Din'dle, n.p. 375(Bot.) (a.) A plant; the sow-thistle. (b.) The corn sow-thistle. (c.) The hawkweed. [Prov. Eng.]
  29. Dīne, v. i.p. 375To partake of the noon meal, or of the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner. Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. Shak.
  30. Dine, v. t.p. 375To give a dinner to or at; to furnish with the principal meal; to feed; as, the landlord dined a hundred men. A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. W. Scott.
  31. Din'er-out, n.p. 375One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company. “A brilliant diner-out, though but a curate.” Byron. “A liberal landlord, graceful diner-out.” E. B. Browning.
  32. Di-nĕt'ic-al, a.p. 375Whirling about; turning on an axis; spinning. [Obs.] Browne.
  33. Dĭng, v. t.p. 375To throw or dash with violence. [Obs.] “To ding the book a coit's distance from him.” Milton.
  34. Dĭng, v. i.p. 375To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low.] 2. To sound, as a bell; to ring or tinkle. The fretful tinkling of the convent-bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes.…
  35. Dĭng, n.p. 375A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.
  36. Ding'-dōng, n.p. 375The sound of bells; hence, a similar repeated and monotonous sound.
  37. Dīn'ghy or Dīn'gey, n.p. 375A kind of boat used in the East Indies. Malcom. 2. A ship's smallest boat, rowed by two men.
  38. Dĭn'gi-ness, n.p. 375State or quality of being dingy; a dusky or dark hue.
  39. Dĭn'gle, n.p. 375A narrow dale or valley between hills; a small, secluded, and embowered valley. Milton.
  40. Din'gle-dāng'gle, adv.p. 375In a dangling manner.
  41. Dĭn'go, n.p. 375The Australian wild dog, which has a wolf-like appearance, and is very fierce. Howitt.
  42. Ding'thrift, n.p. 375One who destroys thrift; a good-for-naught; a spendthrift. [Obs.] Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, A dingthrift and a knave? Drant.
  43. Dĭn'gy, a.p. 375Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dun.
  44. Din'ner, n.p. 375The meal taken about the middle of the day; the principal meal of the day, eaten between breakfast and supper. 2. An entertainment; a feast. Ogilvie.
  45. Din'ner-less, a.p. 375Having no dinner. Fuller.
  46. Dĭn’ner-ly, a.p. 375Appertaining to, or attending upon, dinner. [Rare.] “The dinnerly officer.” Copley.
  47. Dī-nōr'nis, n.p. 375(Ornith.) A genus of extinct birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand; — called also Moa. Mantell.
  48. Dĭ'no-thēre or Dĭ'no-thē'rē-ŭm, n.p. 375(Zoöl.) An extinct animal of gigantic size, whose remains occur in the middle tertiary. It is remarkable for having two large, elephant-like tusks set in its lower jaw.
  49. Dint, n.p. 375A blow; stroke. [Obs.] “Mortal dint.” Milton. “Like thunder’s dint.” Fairfax. 2. The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence. His hands had made a dint. Dryden. By dint of…
  50. Dĭnt, v. t.p. 376To make a mark or cavity on, by a blow or by pressure.
  51. Di-nū'mer-ā'tion, n.p. 376The act of numbering singly, or one by one. [Obs.] Bullokar.
  52. Di-ō'çe-san or Di'o-çē'san, a.p. 376Pertaining to a diocese.
  53. Di-ō'çe-san or Di'o-çē'san, n.p. 376A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese.
  54. Di'o-cēse, n.p. 376(Eccles.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.
  55. Dī'o-cē'se-ner, n.p. 376One who belongs to a diocese. [Obs.] Bacon.
  56. Dī'o-don, n.p. 376(Ichth.) The globe-fish; a genus of fishes having the skin armed with erectile spines, and one tooth occupying the whole of each jaw, and having the power to inflate the body with air, so as to make…
  57. Di-œ'ci-ā, n.p. 376(Bot.) A class of plants having the stamens on one plant and the pistils on the other.
  58. Dī-oe'cian or Dī-oe'ciōus, a.p. 376(Bot.) Belonging to the class Diœcia; having the stamens on one plant and the pistils on another.
  59. Dī-ōm'e-dē'ā, n.p. 376(Ornith.) A genus of palmiped birds, including the albatross. 2. (Bot.) A genus of composite plants. Ogilvie.
  60. Dī'o-phăn’tīne, a.p. 376Originated or taught by Diophantus. Diophantine analysis (Alg.), that branch of indeterminate analysis which has for its object the discovery of rational and commensurable values answering to certain…