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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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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.Dī'verse-ly, adv. p. 398In different ways; differently; variously. “Diversely interpreted.” Bacon. 2. In different directions; to different points. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Pope.Dī-vĕr'si-fī/a-ble, a. p. 398Capable of being diversified or varied. Boyle.Di-vĕr'si-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 398The act of making various, or of changing forms or qualities. Boyle. 2. State of diversity or variation; modification; change; alteration. Infinite diversifications of tint may be produced.…Dī-vēr'si-fied, p. a. p. 398Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects; as, diversified scenery; a diversified landscape.Dī-vĕr'si-fōrm, a. p. 398Of a different form; of varied forms.Dī-vēr'si-fy, v. t. p. 398To make diverse or various in form or qualities; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects. “Separated and diversified one from another.” Locke. “Its seven…Dī'ver-sil'o-quent, a. p. 398Speaking in different ways. [Rare.]Dī-vērʹsion, n. p. 398The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business. 2. That which diverts; that which turns or draws…Dī-vēr'si-ty, n. p. 398A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness. Not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety. South. 2. Multiplicity of difference; variety. Roaring, shrieking, howling, jingling…Dī'ver-sīv'o-lent, a. p. 398Desiring many different things. [Obs.]Dī-vēr'so in-tēl'ē-tu p. 398(Law.) With a different intent or purpose; in a different view or point of view; by a different course or process.Dī-vĕr'so-ry, a. p. 398Serving to divert. [Obs.]Dī-vēr'so-ry, n. p. 398A wayside inn. [Obs. and rare.] Chapman.Dĭ-vĕrt’, v. t. p. 398To turn off from any course, direction, or intended application; to turn aside; as, to divert a river from its usual channel; to divert commerce from its usual course. “That crude apple that diverted…Dī-vērt', v. i. p. 398To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.] I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. Evelyn.Dĭ-vĕrt'er, n. p. 398One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.Dī-vĕr'ti-cle, n. p. 398A turning; a by-way. [Obs.] Hale. 2. (Anat.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one, especially out of the intestinal canal. Wright.Dī-vĕrt'ing-ly, adv. p. 398In an amusing or entertaining manner.Di-vērt'ing-ness, n. p. 398The quality of being amusing or diverting. [Rare.]