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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. Dis'van-tā'geous, a.p. 397Disadvantageous. [Obs.] Drayton.
  2. Dis-vĕl'op, v. t.p. 397To develop. [Obs.] Bailey.
  3. Dis-vĕnt'üre, n.p. 397A disadventure; mishap. [Obs.]
  4. Dis-vouch', v. t.p. 397To discredit; to contradict. Shak.
  5. Dis-warn', v. t.p. 397To dissuade from by previous warning. [Obs.]
  6. Dis-wit'ted, a.p. 397Deprived of wits or understanding. [Obs.] Drayton.
  7. Dis-wŏnt', v. t.p. 397To deprive of wonted usage; to disaccustom. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  8. Dis-work'man-shĭp, n.p. 397Ill or bad workmanship. [Obs.] Heywood.
  9. Dis-wor'ship, n.p. 397A deprivation of honor; a discredit. [Obs.] Milton.
  10. Dis-wor'ship, v. t.p. 397To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
  11. Dit, n.p. 397A ditty. [Obs.] Spencer. 2. A word; a decree. [Obs.] Kelham.
  12. Dit, v. t.p. 397To close up. [Obs.] More.
  13. Di-tā'tion, n.p. 397The act of making rich; enrichment. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  14. Ditch, n.p. 397A trench in the earth made by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is…
  15. Dĭtch, v. t.p. 397To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land. 2. To surround with a ditch. Holinshed.
  16. Dĭtch, v. t.p. 397To dig or make a ditch or ditches.
  17. Ditch'er, n.p. 397One who digs ditches.
  18. Dite, v. t.p. 397To prepare for action or use; to dight. [Obs.] His hideous club aloft he dites. Spencer.
  19. Dī-tĕt'/ra-hē'dral, a.p. 397(Crystallog.) Having the form of a tetrahedral prism with dihedral summits.
  20. Dī'the-ism, n.p. 397The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods; dualism.
  21. Di'the-ist, n.p. 397One who believes in the existence of two gods; a dualist. Cudworth.
  22. Dĭ'the-īst'ic or Dĭ'the-īst'ic-al, a.p. 397Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.
  23. Dith'y-rām'b or Dith'y-rām'bus, n.p. 397An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment.
  24. Dith'y-rām'bic, a.p. 397Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild, impetuous, and boisterous.
  25. Dith'y-răm'bic, n.p. 397<br>1. A dithyramb. Johnson.<br>2. A poem written in wild, enthusiastic strains, resembling a dithyramb. Walsh.
  26. Dĭ'tion, n.p. 397Rule; power; government; dominion. [Obs.] Evelyn.
  27. Dĭ'tion-a-ry, a.p. 397Under rule; subject; tributary. [Obs.] Chapman.
  28. Dĭ'tōne, n.p. 397(Mus.) An interval comprehending two whole tones, or a major third. The proportion of the sounds that form the ditone is 4 : 5. Moore.
  29. Dī′/tri-chōt′/o-mous, a.p. 397Divided into twos or threes. 2. (Bot.) Dividing into double or treble ramifications;—said of a leaf or stem. Loudon.
  30. Dit’ri-glyph, n.p. 397(Arch.) An arrangement of intercolumniations, in the Doric order, by which two triglyphs are obtained in the frieze between the triglyphs that stand over the columns. Gwilt.
  31. Dī-trō'che-an, a.p. 397Containing two trochees.
  32. Di-trō'chee, n.p. 397(Pros.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.
  33. Dit-tān'der, n.p. 397(Bot.) A kind of plant (Lepidium sativum), having a hot, biting, taste; pepper-wort.
  34. Dit'ta-ny, n.p. 397(Bot.) A kind of plant; the Dictamnus ruber or albus. Its leaves in smell resemble lemon-thyme, and yield an essential oil. ☞ The common dittany of America is the Cunila Mariana, that of Crete a…
  35. Dit'tied, a.p. 397Sung; adapted to music. Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song. Milton.
  36. Dĭt'to, n.p. 397That which has been said; the aforesaid thing; the same thing.
  37. Ditto, adv.p. 397As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also.
  38. Dit-tŏl'o-gy, n.p. 397A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text. [Rare.]
  39. Dĭt'ty, n.p. 397A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and repeated. [Obs.] O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme. Spenser. To be dissolved and be with Christ, was his dying ditty. Browne. 2. A song; a…
  40. Dit'ty, v. i.p. 397To sing; to warble a little tune. Birds ditty to their notes. Herbert.
  41. Dī-ū-rē'sis, n.p. 397(Med.) Excretion of urine.
  42. Dī'ū-rē'tic, a.p. 397(Med.) Having the power to excite the secretion and discharge of urine. Coxe.
  43. Dī'ū-rē'tic, n.p. 397(Med.) A medicine with diuretic properties.
  44. Dī-ûr'nal, a.p. 397Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours; the diurnal butterflies. 2. Daily; recurring every day; performed in a…
  45. Dī-ûr'nal, n.p. 397A day-book; a journal. [Obs.] Tatler. 2. (Ornith.) One of a tribe of raptorial birds, including those which fly by day, and have lateral eyes. Brande. 3. (Entom.) One of a family of lepidopterous…
  46. Di-ûr'nal-ist, n.p. 397A journalist. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  47. Dī-ür'nal-ly, adv.p. 397Daily; every day.
  48. Di-ür'nal-ness, n.p. 397The quality of being diurnal.
  49. Di'ur-nā'tion, n.p. 397Continuance during the day. [Obs.]
  50. Dĭ/ū-tŭr′nal, a.p. 397Of long continuance; lasting. Milton.
  51. Dī-ū-tūr'ni-ty, n.p. 397Length of time; long duration.
  52. Di'va-gā'tiōn, n.p. 397A going astray. [Rare.] Let us be set down... without further divagation. Thackeray.
  53. Di-vān', n.p. 397A book; a collection of writings or essays, especially of poems; an account-book. 2. A council; the Turkish council of state, or privy council of the sultan; the royal court; the court of justice…
  54. Di-vāp'o-rā'tion, n.p. 397(Chem.) The act or process of expelling vapors by heat.
  55. Di-vār'i-cāte, v. i.p. 397To part into two branches; to open; to fork. Woodward. 2. (Bot.) To diverge widely; to spread asunder at an obtuse angle;—said of the branches of plants.
  56. Di-văr'i-cāte, v. t.p. 397To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart. Warburton.
  57. Di-văr'i-cate, a.p. 397(Bot.) Turning off at a very large angle, as a right angle or more, with the axis of growth; widely divergent.
  58. Di-vār'i-cate-ly, adv.p. 397With divarication.
  59. Di-vār'i-cā'tion, n.p. 397A separation into two parts or branches; a parting; a forking. 2. A wide divergence. 3. An ambiguity of meaning; equivocation. 4. (Nat. Hist.) A crossing or intersection of fibers at different angles.
  60. Di-väst', a.p. 398Devastated; laid waste. [Obs.] Owen.