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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-tĕt'/ra-hē'dral, a. p. 397(Crystallog.) Having the form of a tetrahedral prism with dihedral summits.Dī'the-ism, n. p. 397The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods; dualism.Di'the-ist, n. p. 397One who believes in the existence of two gods; a dualist. Cudworth.Dĭ'the-īst'ic or Dĭ'the-īst'ic-al, a. p. 397Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.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.Dith'y-rām'bic, a. p. 397Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild, impetuous, and boisterous.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.Dĭ'tion, n. p. 397Rule; power; government; dominion. [Obs.] Evelyn.Dĭ'tion-a-ry, a. p. 397Under rule; subject; tributary. [Obs.] Chapman.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.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.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.Dī-trō'che-an, a. p. 397Containing two trochees.Di-trō'chee, n. p. 397(Pros.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.Dit-tān'der, n. p. 397(Bot.) A kind of plant (Lepidium sativum), having a hot, biting, taste; pepper-wort.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…Dit'tied, a. p. 397Sung; adapted to music. Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song. Milton.Dĭt'to, n. p. 397That which has been said; the aforesaid thing; the same thing.Ditto, adv. p. 397As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also.Dit-tŏl'o-gy, n. p. 397A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text. [Rare.]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…Dit'ty, v. i. p. 397To sing; to warble a little tune. Birds ditty to their notes. Herbert.Dī-ū-rē'sis, n. p. 397(Med.) Excretion of urine.Dī'ū-rē'tic, a. p. 397(Med.) Having the power to excite the secretion and discharge of urine. Coxe.Dī'ū-rē'tic, n. p. 397(Med.) A medicine with diuretic properties.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…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…Di-ûr'nal-ist, n. p. 397A journalist. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Dī-ür'nal-ly, adv. p. 397Daily; every day.Di-ür'nal-ness, n. p. 397The quality of being diurnal.Di'ur-nā'tion, n. p. 397Continuance during the day. [Obs.]Dĭ/ū-tŭr′nal, a. p. 397Of long continuance; lasting. Milton.Dī-ū-tūr'ni-ty, n. p. 397Length of time; long duration.Di'va-gā'tiōn, n. p. 397A going astray. [Rare.] Let us be set down... without further divagation. Thackeray.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…Di-vāp'o-rā'tion, n. p. 397(Chem.) The act or process of expelling vapors by heat.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.Di-văr'i-cāte, v. t. p. 397To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart. Warburton.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.Di-vār'i-cate-ly, adv. p. 397With divarication.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.Di-väst', a. p. 398Devastated; laid waste. [Obs.] Owen.Dive', v. i. p. 398To descend or plunge into water, as an animal, head first; to thrust the body under, or very deeply into, water, or other fluid; as, in the pearl fishery, men are employed to dive for shells. 2. To…Dive', v. t. p. 398To explore by diving. [Rare.] The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame. Denham.Dive'dāp'per, n. p. 398A certain small bird; a didapper. Middleton.Di-vēl', v. t. p. 398To rend apart. [Obs.] Browne.Di-vĕl'ient, a. p. 398Drawing asunder; separating. [Rare.]DI-vĕl'li-cāte, v. t. p. 398To pull in pieces. [Obs. or rare.]Div'er, n. p. 398One who dives; one who plunges head first into water; one who sinks by effort; as, a diver in the pearl fishery. 2. One who goes deeply into a study or business. 3. (Ornith.) A bird of certain…Di'vĕrb, n. p. 398A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted: an antithetical proverb. [Obs.] Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes. Burton.Dĭ′ver-ber-ā′tion, n. p. 398A sounding through.Di-vĕrge', v. i. p. 398To extend, or proceed from a common point in different directions; to deviate gradually from a given course or line;—opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun. 2. To…Di-vērge'ment, n. p. 398Act of diverging; divergence.Di-vĕr'gence or Di-vĕr'gen-cy, n. p. 398[Fr. divergence, It. divergen-za, Sp. divergencia, Lat. divergens. [See infra.] A receding from each other in radiating lines; as, the divergence of lines, or the angle of divergence. Gregory.Dī-vĕr'gent, a. p. 398Departing or receding from each other, as lines radiating from the same point; deviating gradually from a given direction;—opposed to convergent.Di-vēr'ging-ly, adv. p. 398In a diverging manner.Dī'vers, a. p. 398Different in kind or species; various; diverse. [Obs.] Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds. Deut. xxii. 9. 2. Several; sundry; more than one, but not a great number; as, we have divers…Di'verse, a. p. 398Different in kind; different; unlike. And calling forth, straightway, A diverse dream out of his prison dark. Spencer. 2. Capable of various forms; multiform. Eloquence is a diverse thing. B. Jonson.Dī-vērse', adv. p. 398In different directions. And with tendrils creep diverse. Philips.Dī-vērse', v. i. p. 398To turn aside. [Obs.] “The red-cross knight diverst.” Spenser.