Dashiell Hammett
         n 1: United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction
               (1894-1961) [syn: {Hammett}, {Dashiell Hammett}, {Samuel
               Dashiell Hammett}]

English Dictionary: declination	by the DICT Development Group
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dazzling adj amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; "the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps"; "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet Flanner; "adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous"- Idwal Jones Synonym(s): dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" Synonym(s): blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary
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dazzlingly adv in a manner or to a degree that dazzles the beholder
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declaim v recite in elocution Synonym(s): declaim, recite speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" Synonym(s): declaim, inveigh
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declamation n vehement oratory recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
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declamatory adj ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" Synonym(s): bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid
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declension n the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages process of changing to an inferior state Synonym(s): deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening a downward slope or bend Synonym(s): descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope Antonym(s): acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; "the first declension in Latin"
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declination n a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state Synonym(s): decline, declination Antonym(s): improvement, melioration a downward slope or bend Synonym(s): descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope Antonym(s): acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere Synonym(s): declination, celestial latitude, dec a polite refusal of an invitation Synonym(s): declination, regrets
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decline n change toward something smaller or lower [syn: decline, diminution] a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state Synonym(s): decline, declination Antonym(s): improvement, melioration a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current Synonym(s): decay, decline a downward slope or bend Synonym(s): descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope Antonym(s): acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade v grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" [syn: worsen, decline] Antonym(s): ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" Synonym(s): refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline Antonym(s): accept, have, take show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" Synonym(s): refuse, decline Antonym(s): accept, consent, go for grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" Synonym(s): decline, go down, wane go down; "The roof declines here" go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" Synonym(s): decline, slump, correct inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
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decline in quality n process of changing to an inferior state [syn: deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening]
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declinometer n an instrument for measuring magnetic declination [syn: declinometer, transit declinometer]
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Declomycin n tetracycline antibacterial (trade name Declomycin) effective in the treatment of some bacterial and rickettsial and other infections Synonym(s): demeclocycline hydrochloride, Declomycin
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decolonisation n the action of changing from colonial to independent status Synonym(s): decolonization, decolonisation
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decolonise v grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's" Synonym(s): decolonize, decolonise Antonym(s): colonise, colonize
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decolonization n the action of changing from colonial to independent status Synonym(s): decolonization, decolonisation
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decolonize v grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's" Synonym(s): decolonize, decolonise Antonym(s): colonise, colonize
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desalinate v remove salt from; "desalinate water" [syn: desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise] Antonym(s): salinate
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desalination n the removal of salt (especially from sea water) [syn: desalination, desalinization, desalinisation]
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desalinisation n the removal of salt (especially from sea water) [syn: desalination, desalinization, desalinisation]
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desalinise v remove salt from; "desalinate water" [syn: desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise] Antonym(s): salinate
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desalinization n the removal of salt (especially from sea water) [syn: desalination, desalinization, desalinisation]
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desalinize v remove salt from; "desalinate water" [syn: desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise] Antonym(s): salinate
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diclinous adj having pistils and stamens in separate flowers [ant: monoclinous]
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diesel engine n an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil [syn: diesel, diesel engine, diesel motor]
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diesel motor n an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil [syn: diesel, diesel engine, diesel motor]
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disclaim v renounce a legal claim or title to Antonym(s): claim, take make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility" Antonym(s): claim
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disclaimer n (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something denial of any connection with or knowledge of Synonym(s): disavowal, disclaimer
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dissilience n the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe
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dissilient adj bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels
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Dixieland n the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 Synonym(s): Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland
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duckling n flesh of a young domestic duck young duck
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Duke Ellington n United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974) Synonym(s): Ellington, Duke Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington
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d8Calamistrum \[d8]Cal`a*mis"trum\, n. [L., a curling iron.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of       certain spiders ({Ciniflonid[91]}), used to curl certain       fibers in the construction of their webs.
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d8Calando \[d8]Ca*lan"do\, a. [It.] (Mus.)       Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.
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d8Calembour \[d8]Cal"em*bour`\, n. [F.]       A pun.
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d8Calendula \[d8]Ca*len"du*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. calendae       calends.] (Bot.)       A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species,       {Calendula officinalis}, is the common marigold, and was       supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the       name.
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d8Calin \[d8]Ca"lin\, n. [F., fr. Malay kelany tin, or fr.       Kala'a, a town in India, fr. which it came.]       An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make tea       canisters.
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d8Chelone \[d8]Che*lo"ne\, n. [Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise. So named       from shape of the upper lip of the corolla.] (Bot.)       A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order       {Scrophulariace[91]}, natives of North America; -- called       also {snakehead}, {turtlehead}, {shellflower}, etc.
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d8Chelonia \[d8]Che*lo"ni*a\ (k[esl]*l[omac]"n[icr]*[adot]), n.       pl. [NL., fr. Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise.] (Zo[94]l.)       An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles,       peculiar in having a part of the vertebr[91], ribs, and       sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm       shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See {Reptilia};       also, Illust. in Appendix.
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d8Chlamys \[d8]Chla"mys\, n.; pl. E. {Chlamyses}, L.       {Chlamydes}. [L., from Gr. [?].]       A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient       Greeks; a kind of cloak.
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d8Chol91maa \[d8]Cho*l[91]"ma*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] bile +       [?] blood.] (Med.)       A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependent       upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the       blood.
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d8Cilium \[d8]Cil"i*um\, n. [L., eyelid.]       See {Cilia}.
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d8Clamatores \[d8]Clam`a*to"res\, n. pl. [L. clamator, pl.       clamatores, a bawler.] (Zo[94]l.)       A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are       but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.
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d8Clinanthium \[d8]Cli*nan"thi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] bed +       [?] flower.] (Bot.)       The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also       called {clinium}.
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d8Clinique \[d8]Cli*nique"\, n. [F.] (Med.)       A clinic.
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d8Clinium \[d8]Clin"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kli`nh bed.] (Bot.)       See {Clinanthium}.
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d8Clonus \[d8]Clo"nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] violent, confused       motion.] (Med.)       A series of muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of       the muscle, -- a sign of certain neuropathies.
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d8Collembola \[d8]Col*lem"bo*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla       glue + 'e`mbolon wedge, peg; -- so called from their having       collophores.] (Zo[94]l.)       The division of Thysanura which includes {Podura}, and allied       forms.
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d8Collenchyma \[d8]Col*len"chy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue       + [?] an infusion. Formed like parenchyma.] (Bot.)       A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles       and (usually) elongated.
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d8Collum \[d8]Col"lum\, n.; pl. {Colla}. [L., neck.]       1. (Anat.) A neck or cervix. --Dunglison.          2. (Bot.) Same as {Collar}. --Gray.
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d8Colonitis \[d8]Col`o*ni"tis\, n. (Med.)       See {Colitis}.
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d8Columb91 \[d8]Co*lum"b[91]\, n. pl.; [L. columba pigeon.]       (Zo[94]l.)       An order of birds, including the pigeons.
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d8Columbarium \[d8]Col`um*ba"ri*um\, n.; pl. L. {Columbaria} [L.       See {Columbary}.] (Rom. Antiq.)       (a) A dovecote or pigeon house.       (b) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary             urns.
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d8Columbella \[d8]Col`um*bel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. columba a       dove. So called from a fancied resemblance in color and form,       of some species.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some       species, as {Columbella mercatoria}, were formerly used as       shell money.
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d8Coulomb \[d8]Cou`lomb"\ (k??`l?n"), n. [From Coulomb, a French       physicist and electrican.] (Physics)       The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It       is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the       current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt       acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the       quantity transferred by one amp[8a]re in one second. Formerly       called {weber}.
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d8Culmen \[d8]Cul"men\ (k?l"m?n), n. [L., fr. cellere (in comp.)       to impel; cf. celsus pushed upward, lofty.]       1. Top; summit; acme. --R. North.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
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d8Dd2gling \[d8]D[d2]g"ling\, n. [Native name in Faroe Islands.]       (Zo[94]l.)       The beaked whale ({Bal[91]noptera rostrata}), from which       d[d2]gling oil is obtained.
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d8Diachylon \[d8]Di*ach"y*lon\, d8Diachylum \[d8]Di*ach"y*lum\,       n. [NL. diachylum, fr. Gr. [?] very juicy; dia` thoroughly +       [?] juice.] (Med. & Chem.)       A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants       (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil,       and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts       of the fat acids.
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d8Diachylon \[d8]Di*ach"y*lon\, d8Diachylum \[d8]Di*ach"y*lum\,       n. [NL. diachylum, fr. Gr. [?] very juicy; dia` thoroughly +       [?] juice.] (Med. & Chem.)       A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants       (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil,       and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts       of the fat acids.
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d8Eclampsia \[d8]Ec*lamp"si*a\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] a shining       forth, fr. [?] to shine forth; [?] out + [?] to shine.]       (Med.)       A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of       epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.          Note: The term is generally restricted to a convulsive                affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to                infantile convulsions.
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d8Eclampsy \[d8]Ec*lamp"sy\, n. (Med.)       Same as {Eclampsia}.
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d8Gallimatia \[d8]Gal`li*ma"ti*a\ (? [or] ?), n.       Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See {Galimatias}.
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d8Gallinaceae \[d8]Gal"li*nace*ae\, n. pl. [NL. See       {Gallinaceous}.] (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Gallinae}.
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d8Gallinae \[d8]Gal*li"nae\, n.; pl. [NL., fr. L. gallina a hen,       gallus a cock.] (Zo[94]l.)       An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls,       pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes       called {{Rasores}}.
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d8Glama \[d8]Gla"ma\, n. [NL.; cf. Gr. [?], L. gramiae, Gr. [?]       blear-eyed.] (Med.)       A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, in       consequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude.
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d8Glans \[d8]Glans\n.; pl. {Glandes}. [L. See {Gland}.]       1. (Anat.) The vascular body which forms the apex of the             penis, and the extremity of the clitoris.          2. (Bot.) The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.             --Gray.          3. (Med.)             (a) Goiter.             (b) A pessary. [Obs.]
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d8Glioma \[d8]Gli*o"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] glue + -oma.]       (Med.)       A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of       the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous       system.
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d8Glomerulus \[d8]Glo*mer"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Glomeruli}. [NL.,       dim. of L. glomus. See 3d {Glome}.] (Anat.)       The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian       capsule of the kidney.
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d8Go89land \[d8]Go`[89]`land"\, n. [F. go[89]land.] (Zo[94]l.)       A white tropical tern ({Cygis candida}).
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d8Guillemet \[d8]Guil"le*met`\, n. [F.]       A quotation mark. [R.]
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d8Jalons \[d8]Ja`lons"\, n. pl. [F. Of unknown origin.] (Mil.)       Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and       signals. --Farrow.
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d8Julienne \[d8]Ju`li*enne"\, n. [F.]       A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots,       onions, etc.
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d8Kalmia \[d8]Kal"mi*a\, n. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a       Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)       A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen       foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also {mountain       laurel}, {ivy bush}, {lamb kill}, {calico bush}, etc.
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d8Koulan \[d8]Kou"lan\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)       A wild horse ({Equus, [or] Asinus, onager}) inhabiting the       plants of Central Asia; -- called also {gour}, {khur}, and       {onager}. [Written also {kulan}.]          Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which                it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but                fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal                stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is                intermediate between the horse and ass.
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d8Oculina \[d8]Oc`u*li"na\, n. [NL., fr. L. oculus the eye.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a       very volid texture.
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d8Oculinacea \[d8]Oc`u*li*na"*ce*a\, n.pl. [NL., fr. NL. oculina       the name of a typical genus.] (Zo[94]l.)       A suborder of corals including many reef-building species,       having round, starlike calicles.
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d8Osculum \[d8]Os"cu*lum\, n.; pl. {Oscula}. [L., a little       mouth.] (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Oscule}.
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d8Salaam \[d8]Sa*laam"\ (s[adot]*l[aum]m"), n.       Same as {Salam}.                   Finally, Josiah might have made his salaam to the                exciseman just as he was folding up that letter.                                                                               --Prof.                                                                               Wilson.
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d8Salam \[d8]Sa*lam\ (s[adot]*l[aum]m"), n. [Ar. sal[be]m peace,       safety.]       A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or       act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing       the right palm on the forehead. [Written also {salaam}.]
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d8Salamandrina \[d8]Sal`a*man*dri"na\, n.; pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)       A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.
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d8Salamandroidea \[d8]Sal`a*man*droi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL.]       (Zo[94]l.)       A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied       groups; the Urodela.
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d8Salmis \[d8]Sal`mis"\, n. [F.] (Cookery)       A ragout of partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine,       bread, and condiments suited to provoke appetite.
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d8Salon \[d8]Sa`lon"\, n. [F. See {Saloon}.]       An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the       plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
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d8Salon \[d8]Sa`lon"\, n.       An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of       art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures,       etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; --       sometimes called the {Old Salon}.          {New Salon} is a popular name for an annual exhibition of             paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs             de Mars, by the Soci[82]t[82] Nationale des Beaux-Arts             (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in             1890, seceded from the Soci[82]t[82] des Artistes             Fran[87]ais (Society of French Artists).
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d8Scholion \[d8]Scho"li*on\, n. [NL.]       A scholium.                   A judgment which follows immediately from another is                sometimes called a corollary, or consectary . . . One                which illustrates the science where it appears, but is                not an integral part of it, is a scholion. --Abp.                                                                               Thomson (Laws                                                                               of Thought).
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d8Solano \[d8]So*la"no\, [Sp., fr. L. solanus (sc. ventus), from       sol the sun.]       A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the       Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.
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d8Solen \[d8]So"len\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] channel, a       shellfish.]       1. (Med.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See {Cradle}, 6.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to {Solen}             or allied genera of the family {Solenid[91]}; a razor             shell.
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d8Solenoconcha \[d8]So*le`no*con"cha\, n. pl. [NL. See {Solen},       and {Conch}.] (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Scaphopoda}.
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d8Solenoglypha \[d8]So`le*nog"ly*pha\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.       [?][?][?][?] a channel + [?][?][?][?] to engrave.] (Zo[94]l.)       A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular       erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See {Fang}.
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d8Solenostomi \[d8]So`le*nos"to*mi\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr.       [?][?][?][?][?] a channel + [?][?][?][?] a mouth.] (Zo[94]l.)       A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The       female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.
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Daggle \Dag"gle\ (d[acr]g"g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Daggled}       (-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Daggling} (-gl[icr]ng).] [Freq. of       dag, v. t., 1.]       To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to       moisten.                   The warrior's very plume, I say, Was daggled by the                dashing spray.                                       --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Dazzlement \Daz"zle*ment\, n.       Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. --Donne.
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Dazzle \Daz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dazzled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Dazzling}.] [Freq. of daze.]       1. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by             brilliance of light.                         Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly,                      with their blaze Insufferably bright. --Milton.                         An unreflected light did never yet Dazzle the vision                      feminine.                                          --Sir H.                                                                               Taylor.          2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any             kind. [bd]Dazzled and drove back his enemies.[b8] --Shak.
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Dazzlingly \Daz"zling*ly\, adv.       In a dazzling manner.
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Decillion \De*cil"lion\, n. [L. decem ten + the ending of       million.]       According to the English notation, a million involved to the       tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according       to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to       the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers       annexed. [See the Note under {Numeration}.]
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Decillionth \De*cil"lionth\, a.       Pertaining to a decillion, or to the quotient of unity       divided by a decillion.
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Decillionth \De*cil"lionth\, n.       (a) The quotient of unity divided by a decillion.       (b) One of a decillion equal parts.
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Declaim \De*claim"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declaimed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Declaiming}.] [L. declamare; de- + clamare to cry       out: cf. F. d[82]clamer. See {Claim}.]       1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration;             to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc.,             in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public             speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.          2. To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously,             noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to             rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.                         Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the                      repeal of the stamp act.                     --Bancroft.
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Declaim \De*claim"\, v. t.       1. To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set             manner.          2. To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly. [Obs.]             [bd]Declaims his cause.[b8] --South.
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Declaimant \De*claim"ant\, n.       A declaimer. [R.]
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Declaim \De*claim"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declaimed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Declaiming}.] [L. declamare; de- + clamare to cry       out: cf. F. d[82]clamer. See {Claim}.]       1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration;             to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc.,             in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public             speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.          2. To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously,             noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to             rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.                         Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the                      repeal of the stamp act.                     --Bancroft.
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Declaimer \De*claim"er\, n.       One who declaims; an haranguer.
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Declaim \De*claim"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declaimed}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Declaiming}.] [L. declamare; de- + clamare to cry       out: cf. F. d[82]clamer. See {Claim}.]       1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration;             to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc.,             in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public             speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.          2. To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously,             noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to             rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.                         Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the                      repeal of the stamp act.                     --Bancroft.
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Declamation \Dec`la*ma"tion\, n. [L. declamatio, from declamare:       cf. F. d[82]clamation. See {Declaim}.]       1. The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery;             haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the             public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools             and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.                         The public listened with little emotion, but with                      much civility, to five acts of monotonous                      declamation.                                       --Macaulay.          2. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.          3. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than             sense; as, mere declamation.
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Declamator \Dec"la*ma`tor\, n. [L.]       A declaimer. [R.] --Sir T. Elyot.
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Declamatory \De*clam"a*to*ry\, a. [L. declamatorius: cf. F.       d[82]clamatoire.]       1. Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a             rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.          2. Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously             rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic;             noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.
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Declension \De*clen"sion\, n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F.       d[82]clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See       {Decline}, and cf. {Declination}.]       1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent;             slope.                         The declension of the land from that place to the                      sea.                                                   --T. Burnet.          2. A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency;             deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of             science, of a state, etc.                         Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughts To                      base declension.                                 --Shak.          3. Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a             declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.          4. (Gram.)             (a) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to                   the grammatical cases.             (b) The form of the inflection of a word declined by                   cases; as, the first or the second declension of                   nouns, adjectives, etc.             (c) Rehearsing a word as declined.          Note: The nominative was held to be the primary and original                form, and was likened to a perpendicular line; the                variations, or oblique cases, were regarded as fallings                (hence called casus, cases, or fallings) from the                nominative or perpendicular; and an enumerating of the                various forms, being a sort of progressive descent from                the noun's upright form, was called a declension.                --Harris.          {Declension of the needle}, declination of the needle.
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Declension \De*clen"sion\, n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F.       d[82]clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See       {Decline}, and cf. {Declination}.]       1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent;             slope.                         The declension of the land from that place to the                      sea.                                                   --T. Burnet.          2. A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency;             deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of             science, of a state, etc.                         Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughts To                      base declension.                                 --Shak.          3. Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a             declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.          4. (Gram.)             (a) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to                   the grammatical cases.             (b) The form of the inflection of a word declined by                   cases; as, the first or the second declension of                   nouns, adjectives, etc.             (c) Rehearsing a word as declined.          Note: The nominative was held to be the primary and original                form, and was likened to a perpendicular line; the                variations, or oblique cases, were regarded as fallings                (hence called casus, cases, or fallings) from the                nominative or perpendicular; and an enumerating of the                various forms, being a sort of progressive descent from                the noun's upright form, was called a declension.                --Harris.          {Declension of the needle}, declination of the needle.
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Declensional \De*clen"sion*al\, a.       Belonging to declension.                   Declensional and syntactical forms.         --M. Arnold.
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Declinable \De*clin"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]clinable. See       {Decline}.]       Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or       inflection; as, declinable parts of speech.
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Declinal \De*clin"al\, a.       Declining; sloping.
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Declinate \Dec"li*nate\, a. [L. declinatus, p. p. of declinare.       See {Decline}.]       Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve;       declined.
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Declination \Dec`li*na"tion\, n. [L. declinatio a bending aside,       an avoiding: cf. F. d[82]clination a decadence. See       {Declension}.]       1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as,             declination of the head.          2. The act or state of falling off or declining from             excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.             [bd]The declination of monarchy.[b8] --Bacon.                         Summer . . . is not looked on as a time Of                      declination or decay.                        --Waller.          3. The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion;             obliquity; withdrawal.                         The declination of atoms in their descent.                                                                               --Bentley.                         Every declination and violation of the rules.                                                                               --South.          4. The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal;             refusal; averseness.                         The queen's declination from marriage. --Stow.          5. (Astron.) The angular distance of any object from the             celestial equator, either northward or southward.          6. (Dialing) The arc of the horizon, contained between the             vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned             from the east or west, or between the meridian and the             plane, reckoned from the north or south.          7. (Gram.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See             {Decline}, v. t., 4.          {Angle of declination}, the angle made by a descending line,             or plane, with a horizontal plane.          {Circle of declination}, a circle parallel to the celestial             equator.          {Declination compass} (Physics), a compass arranged for             finding the declination of the magnetic needle.          {Declination of the compass} [or] {needle}, the horizontal             angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true             north-and-south line.
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Refraction \Re*frac"tion\ (r?*fr?k"sh?n), n. [F. r[82]fraction.]       1. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted.          2. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the             like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different             density from that through which it has previously moved.                         Refraction out of the rarer medium into the denser,                      is made towards the perpendicular.      --Sir I.                                                                               Newton.          3. (Astron.)             (a) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and,                   consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly                   body from which it emanates, arising from its passage                   through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished                   as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction.             (b) The correction which is to be deducted from the                   apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of                   atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true                   altitude.          {Angle of refraction} (Opt.), the angle which a refracted ray             makes with the perpendicular to the surface separating the             two media traversed by the ray.          {Conical refraction} (Opt.), the refraction of a ray of light             into an infinite number of rays, forming a hollow cone.             This occurs when a ray of light is passed through crystals             of some substances, under certain circumstances. Conical             refraction is of two kinds; external conical refraction,             in which the ray issues from the crystal in the form of a             cone, the vertex of which is at the point of emergence;             and internal conical refraction, in which the ray is             changed into the form of a cone on entering the crystal,             from which it issues in the form of a hollow cylinder.             This singular phenomenon was first discovered by Sir W. R.             Hamilton by mathematical reasoning alone, unaided by             experiment.          {Differential refraction} (Astron.), the change of the             apparent place of one object relative to a second object             near it, due to refraction; also, the correction required             to be made to the observed relative places of the two             bodies.          {Double refraction} (Opt.), the refraction of light in two             directions, which produces two distinct images. The power             of double refraction is possessed by all crystals except             those of the isometric system. A uniaxial crystal is said             to be optically positive (like quartz), or optically             negative (like calcite), or to have positive, or negative,             double refraction, according as the optic axis is the axis             of least or greatest elasticity for light; a biaxial             crystal is similarly designated when the same relation             holds for the acute bisectrix.          {Index of refraction}. See under {Index}.          {Refraction circle} (Opt.), an instrument provided with a             graduated circle for the measurement of refraction.          {Refraction of latitude}, {longitude}, {declination}, {right       ascension}, etc., the change in the apparent latitude,             longitude, etc., of a heavenly body, due to the effect of             atmospheric refraction.          {Terrestrial refraction}, the change in the apparent altitude             of a distant point on or near the earth's surface, as the             top of a mountain, arising from the passage of light from             it to the eye through atmospheric strata of varying             density.
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Declination \Dec`li*na"tion\, n. [L. declinatio a bending aside,       an avoiding: cf. F. d[82]clination a decadence. See       {Declension}.]       1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as,             declination of the head.          2. The act or state of falling off or declining from             excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.             [bd]The declination of monarchy.[b8] --Bacon.                         Summer . . . is not looked on as a time Of                      declination or decay.                        --Waller.          3. The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion;             obliquity; withdrawal.                         The declination of atoms in their descent.                                                                               --Bentley.                         Every declination and violation of the rules.                                                                               --South.          4. The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal;             refusal; averseness.                         The queen's declination from marriage. --Stow.          5. (Astron.) The angular distance of any object from the             celestial equator, either northward or southward.          6. (Dialing) The arc of the horizon, contained between the             vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned             from the east or west, or between the meridian and the             plane, reckoned from the north or south.          7. (Gram.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See             {Decline}, v. t., 4.          {Angle of declination}, the angle made by a descending line,             or plane, with a horizontal plane.          {Circle of declination}, a circle parallel to the celestial             equator.          {Declination compass} (Physics), a compass arranged for             finding the declination of the magnetic needle.          {Declination of the compass} [or] {needle}, the horizontal             angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true             north-and-south line.
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Refraction \Re*frac"tion\ (r?*fr?k"sh?n), n. [F. r[82]fraction.]       1. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted.          2. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the             like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different             density from that through which it has previously moved.                         Refraction out of the rarer medium into the denser,                      is made towards the perpendicular.      --Sir I.                                                                               Newton.          3. (Astron.)             (a) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and,                   consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly                   body from which it emanates, arising from its passage                   through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished                   as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction.             (b) The correction which is to be deducted from the                   apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of                   atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true                   altitude.          {Angle of refraction} (Opt.), the angle which a refracted ray             makes with the perpendicular to the surface separating the             two media traversed by the ray.          {Conical refraction} (Opt.), the refraction of a ray of light             into an infinite number of rays, forming a hollow cone.             This occurs when a ray of light is passed through crystals             of some substances, under certain circumstances. Conical             refraction is of two kinds; external conical refraction,             in which the ray issues from the crystal in the form of a             cone, the vertex of which is at the point of emergence;             and internal conical refraction, in which the ray is             changed into the form of a cone on entering the crystal,             from which it issues in the form of a hollow cylinder.             This singular phenomenon was first discovered by Sir W. R.             Hamilton by mathematical reasoning alone, unaided by             experiment.          {Differential refraction} (Astron.), the change of the             apparent place of one object relative to a second object             near it, due to refraction; also, the correction required             to be made to the observed relative places of the two             bodies.          {Double refraction} (Opt.), the refraction of light in two             directions, which produces two distinct images. The power             of double refraction is possessed by all crystals except             those of the isometric system. A uniaxial crystal is said             to be optically positive (like quartz), or optically             negative (like calcite), or to have positive, or negative,             double refraction, according as the optic axis is the axis             of least or greatest elasticity for light; a biaxial             crystal is similarly designated when the same relation             holds for the acute bisectrix.          {Index of refraction}. See under {Index}.          {Refraction circle} (Opt.), an instrument provided with a             graduated circle for the measurement of refraction.          {Refraction of latitude}, {longitude}, {declination}, {right       ascension}, etc., the change in the apparent latitude,             longitude, etc., of a heavenly body, due to the effect of             atmospheric refraction.          {Terrestrial refraction}, the change in the apparent altitude             of a distant point on or near the earth's surface, as the             top of a mountain, arising from the passage of light from             it to the eye through atmospheric strata of varying             density.
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Declination \Dec`li*na"tion\, n. [L. declinatio a bending aside,       an avoiding: cf. F. d[82]clination a decadence. See       {Declension}.]       1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as,             declination of the head.          2. The act or state of falling off or declining from             excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.             [bd]The declination of monarchy.[b8] --Bacon.                         Summer . . . is not looked on as a time Of                      declination or decay.                        --Waller.          3. The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion;             obliquity; withdrawal.                         The declination of atoms in their descent.                                                                               --Bentley.                         Every declination and violation of the rules.                                                                               --South.          4. The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal;             refusal; averseness.                         The queen's declination from marriage. --Stow.          5. (Astron.) The angular distance of any object from the             celestial equator, either northward or southward.          6. (Dialing) The arc of the horizon, contained between the             vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned             from the east or west, or between the meridian and the             plane, reckoned from the north or south.          7. (Gram.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See             {Decline}, v. t., 4.          {Angle of declination}, the angle made by a descending line,             or plane, with a horizontal plane.          {Circle of declination}, a circle parallel to the celestial             equator.          {Declination compass} (Physics), a compass arranged for             finding the declination of the magnetic needle.          {Declination of the compass} [or] {needle}, the horizontal             angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true             north-and-south line.
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Declination \Dec`li*na"tion\, n. [L. declinatio a bending aside,       an avoiding: cf. F. d[82]clination a decadence. See       {Declension}.]       1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as,             declination of the head.          2. The act or state of falling off or declining from             excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.             [bd]The declination of monarchy.[b8] --Bacon.                         Summer . . . is not looked on as a time Of                      declination or decay.                        --Waller.          3. The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion;             obliquity; withdrawal.                         The declination of atoms in their descent.                                                                               --Bentley.                         Every declination and violation of the rules.                                                                               --South.          4. The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal;             refusal; averseness.                         The queen's declination from marriage. --Stow.          5. (Astron.) The angular distance of any object from the             celestial equator, either northward or southward.          6. (Dialing) The arc of the horizon, contained between the             vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned             from the east or west, or between the meridian and the             plane, reckoned from the north or south.          7. (Gram.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See             {Decline}, v. t., 4.          {Angle of declination}, the angle made by a descending line,             or plane, with a horizontal plane.          {Circle of declination}, a circle parallel to the celestial             equator.          {Declination compass} (Physics), a compass arranged for             finding the declination of the magnetic needle.          {Declination of the compass} [or] {needle}, the horizontal             angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true             north-and-south line.
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Variation \Va`ri*a"tion\, n. [OE. variatioun, F. variation, L.       variatio. See {Vary}.]       1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form,             position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification;             alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a             variation of color in different lights; a variation in             size; variation of language.                         The essences of things are conceived not capable of                      any such variation.                           --Locke.          2. Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a             position or state; amount or rate of change.          3. (Gram.) Change of termination of words, as in declension,             conjugation, derivation, etc.          4. (Mus.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful             embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or             harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a             musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the             essential features of the original shall still preserve             their identity.          5. (Alg.) One of the different arrangements which can be made             of any number of quantities taking a certain number of             them together.          {Annual variation} (Astron.), the yearly change in the right             ascension or declination of a star, produced by the             combined effects of the precession of the equinoxes and             the proper motion of the star.          {Calculus of variations}. See under {Calculus}.          {Variation compass}. See under {Compass}.          {Variation of the moon} (Astron.), an inequality of the             moon's motion, depending on the angular distance of the             moon from the sun. It is greater at the octants, and zero             at the quadratures.          {Variation of the needle} (Geog. & Naut.), the angle included             between the true and magnetic meridians of a place; the             deviation of the direction of a magnetic needle from the             true north and south line; -- called also {declination of             the needle}.          Syn: Change; vicissitude; variety; deviation.
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Declinator \Dec"li*na`tor\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]clinateur. See       {Decline}.]       1. An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a             plane makes with the horizontal plane.          2. A dissentient. [R.] --Bp. Hacket.
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Declinatory \De*clin"a*to*ry\ (?; 277), a. [LL. declinatorius,       fr. L. declinare: cf. F. d[82]clinatoire.]       Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of       submission to a charge or sentence. --Blackstone.          {Declinatory plea} (O. Eng. Law), the plea of sanctuary or of             benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction; -- now             abolished.
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Declinatory \De*clin"a*to*ry\ (?; 277), a. [LL. declinatorius,       fr. L. declinare: cf. F. d[82]clinatoire.]       Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of       submission to a charge or sentence. --Blackstone.          {Declinatory plea} (O. Eng. Law), the plea of sanctuary or of             benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction; -- now             abolished.
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Declinature \De*clin"a*ture\ (?; 135), n.       The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an       office.
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Decline \De*cline"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declined}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Declining}.] [OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink,       decline (a noun), F. d[82]cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L.       declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid;       de- + clinare to incline; akin to E. lean. See {Lean}, v. i.]       1. To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction;             to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness,             despondency, etc.; to condescend. [bd]With declining             head.[b8] --Shak.                         He . . . would decline even to the lowest of his                      family.                                             --Lady                                                                               Hutchinson.                         Disdaining to decline, Slowly he falls, amidst                      triumphant cries.                              --Byron.                         The ground at length became broken and declined                      rapidly.                                             --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          2. To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to             tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or             impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as,             the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines;             business declines.                         That empire must decline Whose chief support and                      sinews are of coin.                           --Waller.                         And presume to know . . . Who thrives, and who                      declines.                                          --Shak.          3. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw;             as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that             declines from sound morals.                         Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. --Ps.                                                                               cxix. 157.          4. To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of             accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle.
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Decline \De*cline"\, n. [F. d[82]clin. See {Decline}, v. i.]       1. A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or             decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is             tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the             decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of             virtue and religion.                         Their fathers lived in the decline of literature.                                                                               --Swift.          2. (Med.) That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the             symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a             fever.          3. A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical             faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary             consumption; as, to die of a decline. --Dunglison.          Syn: {Decline}, {Decay}, {Consumption}.          Usage: Decline marks the first stage in a downward progress;                   decay indicates the second stage, and denotes a                   tendency to ultimate destruction; consumption marks a                   steady decay from an internal exhaustion of strength.                   The health may experience a decline from various                   causes at any period of life; it is naturally subject                   to decay with the advance of old age; consumption may                   take place at almost any period of life, from disease                   which wears out the constitution. In popular language                   decline is often used as synonymous with consumption.                   By a gradual decline, states and communities lose                   their strength and vigor; by progressive decay, they                   are stripped of their honor, stability, and greatness;                   by a consumption of their resources and vital energy,                   they are led rapidly on to a completion of their                   existence.
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Decline \De*cline"\, v. t.       1. To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to             bend, or fall.                         In melancholy deep, with head declined. --Thomson.                         And now fair Phoebus gan decline in haste His weary                      wagon to the western vale.                  --Spenser.          2. To cause to decrease or diminish. [Obs.] [bd]You have             declined his means.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.                         He knoweth his error, but will not seek to decline                      it.                                                   --Burton.          3. To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse             to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid;             as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined             any participation with them.                         Could I Decline this dreadful hour?   --Massinger.          4. (Gram.) To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of             grammatical form of; as, to decline a noun or an             adjective.          Note: Now restricted to such words as have case inflections;                but formerly it was applied both to declension and                conjugation.                            After the first declining of a noun and a verb.                                                                               --Ascham.          5. To run through from first to last; to repeat like a             schoolboy declining a noun. [R.] --Shak.
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Decline \De*cline"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declined}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Declining}.] [OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink,       decline (a noun), F. d[82]cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L.       declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid;       de- + clinare to incline; akin to E. lean. See {Lean}, v. i.]       1. To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction;             to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness,             despondency, etc.; to condescend. [bd]With declining             head.[b8] --Shak.                         He . . . would decline even to the lowest of his                      family.                                             --Lady                                                                               Hutchinson.                         Disdaining to decline, Slowly he falls, amidst                      triumphant cries.                              --Byron.                         The ground at length became broken and declined                      rapidly.                                             --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          2. To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to             tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or             impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as,             the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines;             business declines.                         That empire must decline Whose chief support and                      sinews are of coin.                           --Waller.                         And presume to know . . . Who thrives, and who                      declines.                                          --Shak.          3. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw;             as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that             declines from sound morals.                         Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. --Ps.                                                                               cxix. 157.          4. To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of             accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle.
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Declined \De*clined"\, a.       Declinate.
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Decliner \De*clin"er\, n.       He who declines or rejects.                   A studious decliner of honors.               --Evelyn.
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Decline \De*cline"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declined}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Declining}.] [OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink,       decline (a noun), F. d[82]cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L.       declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid;       de- + clinare to incline; akin to E. lean. See {Lean}, v. i.]       1. To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction;             to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness,             despondency, etc.; to condescend. [bd]With declining             head.[b8] --Shak.                         He . . . would decline even to the lowest of his                      family.                                             --Lady                                                                               Hutchinson.                         Disdaining to decline, Slowly he falls, amidst                      triumphant cries.                              --Byron.                         The ground at length became broken and declined                      rapidly.                                             --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          2. To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to             tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or             impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as,             the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines;             business declines.                         That empire must decline Whose chief support and                      sinews are of coin.                           --Waller.                         And presume to know . . . Who thrives, and who                      declines.                                          --Shak.          3. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw;             as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that             declines from sound morals.                         Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. --Ps.                                                                               cxix. 157.          4. To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of             accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle.
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Declinometer \Dec`li*nom"e*ter\, n. [Decline + -meter.]       (Physics)       An instrument for measuring the declination of the magnetic       needle.
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Declinous \De*clin"ous\, a.       Declinate.
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Decolling \De*col"ling\, n.       Beheading. [R.]                   By a speedy dethroning and decolling of the king.                                                                               --Parliamentary                                                                               History                                                                               (1648).
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Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[be]pe; akin to D. zeep, G.       seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[be]pa, Sw. s[?]pa, Dan. s[?]be,       and perhaps to AS. s[c6]pan to drip, MHG. s[c6]fen, and L.       sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.]       A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather,       and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by       combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths,       usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium,       potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic,       palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf.       {Saponification}. By extension, any compound of similar       composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent       or not.          Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft.                Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they                are insoluble and useless.                            The purifying action of soap depends upon the                         fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of                         water into free alkali and an insoluble acid                         salt. The first of these takes away the fatty                         dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap                         lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus                         tends to remove it.                        --Roscoe &                                                                               Schorlemmer.          {Castile soap}, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled,             made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles,             [or] Venetian, soap}.          {Hard soap}, any one of a great variety of soaps, of             different ingredients and color, which are hard and             compact. All solid soaps are of this class.          {Lead soap}, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by             saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used             externally in medicine. Called also {lead plaster},             {diachylon}, etc.          {Marine soap}. See under {Marine}.          {Pills of soap} (Med.), pills containing soap and opium.          {Potash soap}, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft             soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil.          {Pumice soap}, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as             silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists             mechanically in the removal of dirt.          {Resin soap}, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in             bleaching.          {Silicated soap}, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium             silicate).          {Soap bark}. (Bot.) See {Quillaia bark}.          {Soap bubble}, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a             film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something             attractive, but extremely unsubstantial.                         This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C.                                                                               Shairp.          {Soap cerate}, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax,             and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an             application to allay inflammation.          {Soap fat}, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses,             etc., used in making soap.          {Soap liniment} (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor,             and alcohol.          {Soap nut}, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the             soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc.          {Soap plant} (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place             of soap, as the {Chlorogalum pomeridianum}, a California             plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and             rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells             not unlike new brown soap. It is called also {soap apple},             {soap bulb}, and {soap weed}.          {Soap tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Soapberry tree}.          {Soda soap}, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps             are all hard soaps.          {Soft soap}, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and             of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the             lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often             contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in             cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively,             flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.]          {Toilet soap}, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and             perfumed.
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Dichlamydeous \Di`chla*myd"e*ous\, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice +       [?], [?], a cloak.] (Bot.)       Having two coverings, a calyx and in corolla.
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Diclinic \Di*clin"ic\, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] to       incline.] (Crystallog.)       Having two of the intersections between the three axes       oblique. See {Crystallization}.
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Diclinous \Dic"li*nous\, a. [Gr. [?] = [?] bed.]       Having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers. --Gray.
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Diesel engine \Die"sel en`gine\ [or] motor \mo`tor\ [After Dr.       Rudolf Diesel, of Munich, the inventor.]       A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn       in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the       heat generated ignites the fuel (usually crude oil), the fuel       being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure.       The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency.
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Disallowance \Dis`al*low"ance\, n.       The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit;       rejection.          Syn: Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure;                rejection.
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Disallow \Dis`al*low"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disallowed}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Disallowing}.] [Pref. dis- + allow: cf. OF.       desalouer, desloer, to blame, dissuade.]       To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to       disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's       charge.                   To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed                indeed of men, but chosen of God.            --1 Pet. ii.                                                                               4.                   That the edicts of C[91]sar we may at all times                disallow, but the statutes of God for no reason we may                reject.                                                   --Milton.          Note: This verb was sometimes followed by of; as, [bd]What                follows, if we disallow of this?[b8] --Shak. See                {Allow}.          Syn: To disapprove; prohibit; censure; reject.
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Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disclaimed}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Disclaiming}.]       1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or             responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.                         He calls the gods to witness their offense;                      Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. --Dryden.                         He disclaims the authority of Jesus.   --Farmer.          2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse.                         The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed.                                                                               --Milman.          3. (Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow             another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate,             interest, or office. --Burrill.          Syn: To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.
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Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t.       To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share.       --Blackstone.          {Disclaim in}, {Disclaim from}, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.]             [bd]Nature disclaims in thee.[b8] --Shak.
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Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t.       To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share.       --Blackstone.          {Disclaim in}, {Disclaim from}, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.]             [bd]Nature disclaims in thee.[b8] --Shak.
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Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t.       To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share.       --Blackstone.          {Disclaim in}, {Disclaim from}, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.]             [bd]Nature disclaims in thee.[b8] --Shak.
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Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disclaimed}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Disclaiming}.]       1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or             responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.                         He calls the gods to witness their offense;                      Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. --Dryden.                         He disclaims the authority of Jesus.   --Farmer.          2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse.                         The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed.                                                                               --Milman.          3. (Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow             another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate,             interest, or office. --Burrill.          Syn: To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.
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Disclaimer \Dis*claim"er\, n.       1. One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.          2. (Law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title,             claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or             waiver of an interest or estate. --Burrill.          3. A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions,             and the like. --Burke.
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Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disclaimed}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Disclaiming}.]       1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or             responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.                         He calls the gods to witness their offense;                      Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. --Dryden.                         He disclaims the authority of Jesus.   --Farmer.          2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse.                         The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed.                                                                               --Milman.          3. (Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow             another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate,             interest, or office. --Burrill.          Syn: To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.
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Disclamation \Dis`cla*ma"tion\, n.       A disavowing or disowning. --Bp. Hall.
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Disclame \Dis*clame"\, v. t.       To disclaim; to expel. [Obs.] [bd]Money did love       disclame.[b8] --Spenser.
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Disclaunder \Dis*claun"der\, v. t. [From OE. disclaundre, n.,       for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre. See {Sclaundre},       {Slander}.]       To injure one's good name; to slander. [Obs.]
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Diselenide \Di*sel"e*nide\ (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + selenide.]       (Chem.)       A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.
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Disgallant \Dis*gal"lant\, v. t.       To deprive of gallantry. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Dishelm \Dis*helm"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + helm helmet.]       To deprive of the helmet. [Poetic]                   Lying stark, Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale.                                                                               --Tennyson.
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Dislimb \Dis*limb"\, v. t.       To tear limb from limb; to dismember. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Dislimn \Dis*limn"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + limn.]       To efface, as a picture. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Dislink \Dis*link"\, v. t.       To unlink; to disunite; to separate. [R.] --Tennyson.
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Dissilience \Dis*sil"i*ence\ (?; 106), Dissiliency    \Dis*sil"i*en*cy\, n.       The act of leaping or starting asunder. --Johnson.
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Dissilience \Dis*sil"i*ence\ (?; 106), Dissiliency    \Dis*sil"i*en*cy\, n.       The act of leaping or starting asunder. --Johnson.
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Dissilient \Dis*sil"i*ent\, a. [L. dissiliens, -entis, p. pr. of       dissilire to leap asunder: dis- + salire to leap.]       Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force;       dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.
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Disslander \Dis*slan"der\, v. t. [Pref. dis- (intens.) +       slander.]       To slander. [Obs.] --Legend of Dido.
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Disslander \Dis*slan"der\, n.       Slander. [Obs.] --E. Hall.
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Disslanderous \Dis*slan"der*ous\, a.       Slanderous. [Obs.]
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Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head                streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes,                and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in                the way of their progress. The common salmon has been                known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds;                more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five                pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and                grilse. Among the true salmons are:          {Black salmon}, or {Lake salmon}, the namaycush.          {Dog salmon}, a salmon of Western North America             ({Oncorhynchus keta}).          {Humpbacked salmon}, a Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus             gorbuscha}).          {King salmon}, the quinnat.          {Landlocked salmon}, a variety of the common salmon (var.             {Sebago}), long confined in certain lakes in consequence             of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the             sea. This last is called also {dwarf salmon}.          Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and                erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called                {jack salmon}; the spotted, or southern, squeteague;                the cabrilla, called {kelp salmon}; young pollock,                called {sea salmon}; and the California yellowtail.          2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the             salmon.          {Salmon berry} (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from             Alaska to California, the fruit of the {Rubus Nutkanus}.                      {Salmon killer} (Zo[94]l.), a stickleback ({Gasterosteus             cataphractus}) of Western North America and Northern Asia.                      {Salmon ladder}, {Salmon stair}. See {Fish ladder}, under             {Fish}.          {Salmon peel}, a young salmon.          {Salmon pipe}, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb.          {Salmon trout}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The European sea trout ({Salmo trutta}). It resembles                   the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more                   numerous scales.             (b) The American namaycush.             (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black                   spotted trout ({Salmo purpuratus}), and to the steel                   head and other large trout of the Pacific coast.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dog \Dog\ (d[ocr]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan.       dogge, Sw. dogg.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the             domestic dog ({C. familiaris}).          Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the                inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and                attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred                varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog,                coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound,                mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel,                spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed                breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well                as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these                names in the Vocabulary.)          2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.                         What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he                      should do this great thing?               -- 2 Kings                                                                               viii. 13 (Rev.                                                                               Ver. )          3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly             dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.]          4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and             Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis             Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).          5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an             andiron.          6. (Mech.)             (a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening                   into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of                   raising or moving them.             (b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on                   the carriage of a sawmill.             (c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch;                   especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an                   adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine                   tool.          Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in                the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog.                It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox,                a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; --                also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as,                dog Latin.          {A dead dog}, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14.          {A dog in the manger}, an ugly-natured person who prevents             others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them             but is none to him.          {Dog ape} (Zo[94]l.), a male ape.          {Dog cabbage}, [or] {Dog's cabbage} (Bot.), a succulent herb,             native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum             Cynocrambe}).          {Dog cheap}, very cheap. See under {Cheap}.          {Dog ear} (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.]          {Dog flea} (Zo[94]l.), a species of flea ({Pulex canis})             which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to             man. In America it is the common flea. See {Flea}, and             {Aphaniptera}.          {Dog grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Triticum caninum}) of the same             genus as wheat.          {Dog Latin}, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy.                      {Dog lichen} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Peltigera canina})             growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed             expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous             veins beneath.          {Dog louse} (Zo[94]l.), a louse that infests the dog, esp.             {H[91]matopinus piliferus}; another species is             {Trichodectes latus}.          {Dog power}, a machine operated by the weight of a dog             traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for             churning.          {Dog salmon} (Zo[94]l.), a salmon of northwest America and             northern Asia; -- the {gorbuscha}; -- called also {holia},             and {hone}.          {Dog shark}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dogfish}.          {Dog's meat}, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal.          {Dog Star}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Dog wheat} (Bot.), Dog grass.          {Dog whelk} (Zo[94]l.), any species of univalve shells of the             family {Nassid[91]}, esp. the {Nassa reticulata} of             England.          {To give, [or] throw}, {to the dogs}, to throw away as             useless. [bd]Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of             it.[b8] --Shak.          {To go to the dogs}, to go to ruin; to be ruined.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duckling \Duck"ling\, n.       A young or little duck. --Gay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dukeling \Duke"ling\, n.       A little or insignificant duke. --Ford.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Des Allemands, LA (CDP, FIPS 20680)       Location: 29.80173 N, 90.48200 W       Population (1990): 2504 (998 housing units)       Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 70030
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
disclaimer n.   [Usenet] Statement ritually appended to many    Usenet postings (sometimes automatically, by the posting software)    reiterating the fact (which should be obvious, but is easily    forgotten) that the article reflects its author's opinions and not    necessarily those of the organization running the machine through    which the article entered the network.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
disclaimer          Statement ritually appended to many {Usenet}       postings (sometimes automatically, by the posting software)       reiterating the fact (which should be obvious, but is easily       forgotten) that the article reflects its author's opinions and       not necessarily those of the organisation running the computer       through which the article entered the network.          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-07-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Dislang                   ["Dislang: A Distributed Programming Language/System", C. Li       et al, Proc 2nd Intl Conf Distrib Comp Sys, IEEE 1981,       pp. 162-172].          (1995-05-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Doug Lenat          One of the world's leading computer scientists       specialising in {Artificial Intelligence}.   He is currently       (1999) head of the {Cyc} Project at {MCC}, and President of       Cycorp.   He has been a Professor of Computer Science at       {Carnegie-Mellon University} and {Stanford University}.          See also {microLenat}.          (1999-08-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DSLAM          {Digital Subscriber Line Access Module}