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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Dip'o-dy, n. p. 377(Pros.) Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure. Hadley.Di-pō'lar, a. p. 377Having two poles, as a magnetic bar.Dip'pel's-oil, n. p. 377An oil obtained by distilling animal matter, and named from the inventor. It is colorless, aromatic, and volatile. Francis.Dip'per, n. p. 377One who, or that which, dips. 2. A vessel used to dip water or other liquor; a ladle. 3. (Ornith.) A small bird (Hydrobata aquatica), resembling the blackbird in form and plumage, and seeking its…Dip'ping-nee'dle, n. p. 377A magnetic needle suspended at its center of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or inclination.Dĭ'pris-măt'ic, a. p. 377Doubly prismatic. Jameson. 2. (Crystallog.) Having cleavages parallel to the sides of a four-sided vertical prism, and at the same time to an horizontal prism. Mohs.Di-prŏt'o-don, n. p. 377(Zoöl.) An extinct marsupial of Australia, nearly as large as a rhinoceros.Dips, n. p. 377The same as Dibs.Dip'sa-cŭs, n. p. 377(Bot.) A genus of composite plants, including the fuller's teasel.Dip'sas, n. p. 377(Zoöl.) A serpent whose bite produces a mortal thirst.Dip-sēt'ic, a. p. 377Tending to produce thirst. Wright.Dip-sō'sis, n. p. 377(Med.) Excessive thirst produced by disease.Dip'ter-ă, n. pl. p. 377(Entom.) An order of insects having only two wings, and two poisers, as the house-fly, mosquito, May-fly, &c.Dip'ter-ā'ter-æ, n. pl. p. 377(Bot.) An order of exogenous, polypetalous trees, growing in the East Indies, and producing various resinous and oilyDip'ter-al, a. p. 377(Entom.) Having two wings only; belonging to the order of Diptera. 2. (Anc. Arch.) Having a double row of columns on each of the flanks, as well as in front and rear;— said of a temple. Gwilt.Dĭp'ter-o-cār'pus, n. p. 377(Bot.) A genus of trees found in the East Indies, which afford an abundance of resinous juice.Dip'ter-on, n. p. 377A dipteral temple.Dip'ter-ōus, a. p. 377(Entom.) Having two wings, as among insects, or wing like processes, as in some plants; belonging to the order of Diptera.Dip'tōte, n. p. 377(Gr. & Lat. Gram.) A noun which has only two cases; as, suppetia, suppetias.Dip'tych or Dip'ty-chium, n. p. 377A folded writing tablet among the ancients, usually consisting of two leaves; especially, such a tablet containing the name and portrait of a magistrate under the Roman empire, and distributed by him…Di-pȳre', n. p. 377(Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of silicate of alumina, with small proportions also of the silicates of soda and lime;— so called from the double effect of fire in producing fusion and…Di-rā/di-ā'tion, n. p. 377The emission and diffusion of rays of light.Dire, a. p. 377Evil in a great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. Milton.Dī-rēct’, a. p. 377Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading immediately to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means. “What is direct to, what slides by, the question.” Locke. 2. Straightforward…Dĭ-rĕct', v. t. p. 377To give direction or bearing to; to aim; to point; as, to direct an arrow or piece of ordnance. 2. To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to regulate; to…Di-rĕct', v. i. p. 377To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide. Wisdom is profitable to direct. Eccles. x. 10.Di-rēct', n. p. 377(Mus.) A character, thus [~], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation. Moore.Di-rēct'er, n. p. 377One who directs; a director. Director plane (Geom.), the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.Di-rēc'tion, n. p. 377The act of directing, or of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction of public affairs or of a bank. All chance, direction…Di-rēct'ive, a. p. 377Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; directing. “By mind as the principal and directive clause.” Cudworth. “The precepts directive of our practice in relation to God.” Barrow.Dĭ-rēct'ly, adv. p. 377In a direct manner; in a straight line or course; without curving, swerving, or deviation. 2. Without interposition or interruption; without circumlocution or ambiguity; in an immediate, express, or…Di-rēct'ness, n. p. 377The state or quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.Di-rēct'or, n. p. 377One who, or that which, directs, regulates, guides, or orders: a manager or superintendent; a counselor or instructor. 2. One of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company or…Di-rēct'o-rate, n. p. 377A body of directors, or the office of director.Dī-rec-tō'ri-al, a. p. 377Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive. 2. Pertaining to a director, a directory, or the Directory of France. “Whoever goes to the directorial presence under this…Dĭ-rĕct'or-ship, n. p. 377The condition or office of a director; directorate.Dĭ-rĕct'o-ry, a. p. 377Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.Dĭ-rĕct'o-ry, n. p. 377A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; especially a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Book of Common Prayer was preferred to a Directory. 2. A book containing…Dĭ-rĕct'ress, n. p. 377A female who directs or manages.Dī-rĕc'trix, n. p. 377A female who governs or directs. 2. (Geom.) (a.) A line along which a point in another line moves, and which governs its motion and determines the position of the curve generated by it, or along…Dīre'ful, a. p. 377Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; as, direful fiend; a direful misfortune.Dire'ful-ly, adv. p. 377Dreadfully; terribly; wofully.Dire'ful-ness, n. p. 377Calamitousness.Di-rēmpt', a. p. 377Divided; separate. [Obs.] Stow.Dī-rĕmp't, v. t. p. 377To tear apart; to break off by violence or peremptorily; to separate forcibly. [Obs.] Holinshed.Di-rĕmp'tion, n. p. 377A tearing apart; violent separation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Dire'ness, n. p. 377Terribleness; horror.Di-rĕp'tion, n. p. 377The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away. Speed.Di-rep-ti'tious-ly, adv. p. 377With plundering violence; with violent injustice. Strype.Dirge, n. p. 377A piece of music of a mournful character, intended to accompany funeral rites. The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls Sung dirges at her funeral. Ford.Dir'i-ge, n. p. 377A service for the dead in the Romish church, being a hymn beginning, “Dirige gressus meos;” a dirge. “Matins, and mass, and even-song, and placebo, and dirige.” Wycliffe. Resort, I pray you, unto my…Dir'i-gent, a. p. 377Directing. Baxter.Dĩr'i-ġent, n. p. 377(Geom.) The line of motion along which a describent line or surface is carried in the genesis of any plane or solid figure; a directrix. See DIRECTRIX. Hutton.Dĩrk, n. p. 377A kind of dagger or poniard.Dĩrk, v. t. p. 377To stab with a dirk or dagger; to poniard.Dĩrk, a. p. 377Dark. [Obs.] Spenser.Dirk, v. t. p. 378To darken. [Obs.] Spenser.Dirk'-knife, n. p. 378A clasp knife, having a large, dirk-like blade.Dĭrl, v. i. p. 378To tremble slightly; to thrill; to move quickly. Halliwell.Dirt, n. p. 378Any foul or filthy substance, as excrement, earth, mud, dust, and the like; whatever, adhering to any thing, renders it foul or unclean. Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Isa. lvii. 20. 2.…