DIALOGIST — DIFFARREATION

DIALOGIST — DIFFARREATION NWAD DIALOGIST.1

DIALOGIST, n. [See Dialogue.] A speaker in a dialogue; also, a writer of dialogues. NWAD DIALOGIST.1

DIALOGISTIC, a. Having the form of a dialogue. NWAD DIALOGISTIC.1

DIALOGISTICALLY, adv. In the manner of dialogue. NWAD DIALOGISTICALLY.1

DIALOGIZE, v.i. [See Dialogue.] To discourse in dialogue. NWAD DIALOGIZE.1

DIALOGUE, n. Dialog. [Gr., to dispute; to speak.] NWAD DIALOGUE.1

1. A conversation or conference between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conversation in theatrical performances; also, an exercise in colleges and schools, in which two or more persons carry on a discourse. NWAD DIALOGUE.2

2. A written conversation, or a composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing on some topic; as the dialogues of Cicero de Oratore, and de Natura Deorum. NWAD DIALOGUE.3

DIALOGUE, v.i. To discourse together; to confer. [Not used.] NWAD DIALOGUE.4

DIALOGUE-WRITER, n. A writer of dialogues or feigned conversations. NWAD DIALOGUE-WRITER.1

DIALYSIS, n. [Gr., to dissolve.] NWAD DIALYSIS.1

1. A mark in writing or printing, consisting of two points placed over one of two vowels, to dissolve a diphthong, or to show that the two vowels are to be separated in pronunciation; as, aer, mosaic. NWAD DIALYSIS.2

2. In medicine, debility; also, a solution of continuity. NWAD DIALYSIS.3

DIAMANTINE, for adamantine. [Not in use.] NWAD DIAMANTINE.1

DIAMETER, n. [Gr., measure through.] NWAD DIAMETER.1

1. A right line passing through the center of a circle or other curvilinear figure, terminated by the circumference, and dividing the figure into two equal parts. NWAD DIAMETER.2

2. A right line passing through the center of a piece of timber, a rock or other object, from one side to the other; as the diameter of a tree, or of a stone. NWAD DIAMETER.3

DIAMETRAL, a. Diametrical, which see. NWAD DIAMETRAL.1

DIAMETRALLY, adv. Diametrically. NWAD DIAMETRALLY.1

DIAMETRICAL, a. NWAD DIAMETRICAL.1

1. Describing a diameter. NWAD DIAMETRICAL.2

2. Observing the direction of a diameter; direct; as diametrical opposition. NWAD DIAMETRICAL.3

DIAMETRICALLY, adv. In a diametrical direction; directly; as diametrically opposite. NWAD DIAMETRICALLY.1

DIAMOND, n. Dimond. [L., Gr. See Adamant.] NWAD DIAMOND.1

1. A mineral, gem or precious stone, of the most valuable kind, remarkable for its hardness, as it scratches all other minerals. When pure, the diamond is usually clear and transparent, but it is sometimes colored. In its rough state, it is commonly in the form of a roundish pebble, or of octahedral crystals. It consists of carbon, and when heated to 14 degrees Wedgewood, and exposed to a current of air, it is gradually, but completely combustible. When pure and transparent, it is said to be of the first water. NWAD DIAMOND.2

2. A very small printing letter. NWAD DIAMOND.3

3. A figure, otherwise called a rhombus. NWAD DIAMOND.4

DIAMOND, a. Resembling a diamond, as a diamond color; or consisting of diamonds, as a diamond chain. NWAD DIAMOND.5

DIAMONDED, a. Having the figure of an oblique angled parallelogram, or rhombus. NWAD DIAMONDED.1

DIAMOND-MINE, n. A mine in which diamonds are found. NWAD DIAMOND-MINE.1

DIANDER, n. [Gr., twice; a male.] In botany, a plant having two stamens. NWAD DIANDER.1

DIANDRIAN, a. Having two stamens. NWAD DIANDRIAN.1

DIAPASM, n. [Gr., to sprinkle.] A perfume. NWAD DIAPASM.1

DIAPASON, DIAPASE, n. [Gr., through all.] NWAD DIAPASON.1

1. In music, the octave or interval which includes all the tones. NWAD DIAPASON.2

2. Among musical instrument-makers, a rule or scale by which they adjust the pipes of organs, the holes of flutes, etc., in due proportion for expressing the several tones and semitones. NWAD DIAPASON.3

Diapason-diapente, a compound consonance in a triple ratio, as 3 to 9, consisting of 9 tones and a semitone, or 19 semitones; a twelfth. NWAD DIAPASON.4

Diapason-diatessaron, a compound concord, founded on the proportion of 8 to 3, consisting of eight tones and a semitone. NWAD DIAPASON.5

Diapason-ditone, a compound concord, whose terms are as 10 to 4, or 5 to 2. NWAD DIAPASON.6

Diapason-semiditone, a compound concord, whose terms are in the proportion of 12 to 5. NWAD DIAPASON.7

DIAPENTE, n. [Gr., five.] NWAD DIAPENTE.1

1. A fifth; an interval making the second of the concords, and with the diatessaron, an octave. NWAD DIAPENTE.2

2. In medicine, a composition of five ingredients. NWAD DIAPENTE.3

DIAPER, n. Figured linen cloth; a cloth wove in flowers or figures; much used for towels or napkins. Hence, a towel or napkin. NWAD DIAPER.1

DIAPER, v.t. To variegate or diversify, as cloth, with figures; to flower. NWAD DIAPER.2

DIAPER, v.i. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. NWAD DIAPER.3

If you diaper on folds. NWAD DIAPER.4

DIAPHANED, a. Transparent. [Little used.] NWAD DIAPHANED.1

DIAPHANEITY, n. [Gr., to shine through; to shine.] The power of transmitting light; transparency; pellucidness. NWAD DIAPHANEITY.1

DIAPHANIC, a. [Gr. See supra.] Having power to transmit light; transparent. NWAD DIAPHANIC.1

DIAPHANOUS, a. [See supra.] Having power to transmit rays of light, as glass; pellucid; transparent; clear. NWAD DIAPHANOUS.1

DIAPHORESIS, n. [Gr., to carry through; to carry.] Augmented perspiration; or an elimination of the humors of the body through the pores of the skin. NWAD DIAPHORESIS.1

DIAPHORETIC, a. [supra.] Having the power to increase perspiration; sudorific; sweating. NWAD DIAPHORETIC.1

DIAPHORETIC, n. A medicine which promotes perspiration; a sudorific. Diaphoretics differ from sudorifics; the former only increase the insensible perspiration; the latter excite the sensible discharge called sweat. NWAD DIAPHORETIC.2

DIAPHRAGM, n. Diafram. [Gr., to break off, to defend.] NWAD DIAPHRAGM.1

1. In anatomy, the midriff, a muscle separating the chest or thorax from the abdomen or lower belly. NWAD DIAPHRAGM.2

2. A partition or dividing substance. NWAD DIAPHRAGM.3

DIAPORESIS, n. [Gr., to doubt.] In rhetoric, doubt; hesitation. NWAD DIAPORESIS.1

DIARESIS, DIARESY, n. [Gr., a division; to take away.] The dissolution of a diphthong; the mark placed over one of two vowels, denoting that they are to be pronounced separately, as distinct letters. NWAD DIARESIS.1

DIARIAN, a. [See Diary.] Pertaining to a diary; daily. NWAD DIARIAN.1

DIARIST, n. One who keeps a diary. NWAD DIARIST.1

DIARRHEA, n. [Gr., to flow through; to flow.] Purging or flux; a frequent and copious evacuation of excrement by stool. NWAD DIARRHEA.1

DIARRHETIC, a. Promoting evacuation by stool; purgative. NWAD DIARRHETIC.1

DIARY, n. [L., a day.] An account of daily events or transactions; a journal; a register of daily occurrences or observations; as a diary of the weather. A diary fever is a fever of one day. NWAD DIARY.1

DIASCHISM, n. [Gr., a piece cut off; to cut off.] In music, the difference between the comma and enharmonic diesis, commonly called the lesser comma. NWAD DIASCHISM.1

DIASPORE, n. [Gr., to disperse.] A mineral occurring in lamellar concretions, of a pearly gray color, and infusible. A small fragment, placed in the flame of a candle, almost instantly decrepitates, and is dispersed; whence its name. It is a mineral little known. NWAD DIASPORE.1

DIASTALTIC, a. [Gr., dilating.] Dilated; noble; bold; an epithet given by the Greeks to certain intervals in music, as the major third, major sixth and major seventh. NWAD DIASTALTIC.1

DIASTEM, n. [Gr.] In music, a simple interval. NWAD DIASTEM.1

DIASTOLE, DIASTOLY, n. [Gr., to set or send from.] NWAD DIASTOLE.1

1. Among physicians, a dilation of the heart, auricles and arteries; opposed to systole or contraction. NWAD DIASTOLE.2

2. In grammar, the extension of a syllable; or a figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long. NWAD DIASTOLE.3

DIASTYLE, n. [Gr.] An edifice in which three diameters of the columns are allowed for intercolumniations. NWAD DIASTYLE.1

DIATESSARON, n. [Gr., four.] Among musicians, a concord or harmonic interval, composed of a greater tone, a lesser tone, and one greater semitone. Its proportion is as 4 to 3, and it is called a perfect fourth. NWAD DIATESSARON.1

DIATONIC, a. [Gr., by or through, sound.] Ascending or descending, as in sound, or from sound to sound. This epithet is given to a scale or gammut, to intervals of a certain kind, or to music composed of these intervals; as a diatonic series; a diatonic interval; diatonic melody or harmony. It is applied to ordinary music, containing only the two greater and lesser tones, and the greater semitone. NWAD DIATONIC.1

DIATRIBE, n. [Gr.] A continued discourse or disputation. NWAD DIATRIBE.1

DIAZEUTIC, a. [Gr., to disjoin.] A diazeutic tone, in ancient Greek music, disjoined two fourths, one on each side of it, and which, being joined to either, made a fifth. This is, in our music, from A to B. NWAD DIAZEUTIC.1

DIBBLE, n. [probably from the root of top, tip, a point, and denoting a little sharp point; or allied to dip, to thrust in.] A pointed instrument, used in gardening and agriculture, to make holes for planting seeds, etc. NWAD DIBBLE.1

DIBBLE, v.t. To plant with a dibble; or to make holes for planting seeds, etc. NWAD DIBBLE.2

DIBBLE, v.i. To dibble or dip; a term in angling. NWAD DIBBLE.3

DIBSTONE, n. A little stone which children throw at another stone. NWAD DIBSTONE.1

DICACITY, n. [L.] Pertness. [Little used.] NWAD DICACITY.1

DICAST, n. [Gr., to judge; justice.] In ancient Greece, an officer answering nearly to our juryman. NWAD DICAST.1

DICE, n. plu. of die; also, a game with dice. NWAD DICE.1

DICE, v.i. To play with dice. NWAD DICE.2

DICE-BOX, n. A box from which dice are thrown in gaming. NWAD DICE-BOX.1

DICE-MAKER, n. A maker of dice. NWAD DICE-MAKER.1

DICER, n. A player at dice. NWAD DICER.1

DICHOTOMIZE, v.t. [See the next word.] To cut into two parts; to divide into pairs. NWAD DICHOTOMIZE.1

DICHOTOMOUS, a. [Gr., doubly, by pairs; to cut.] In botany, regularly dividing by pairs from top to bottom; as a dichotomous stem. NWAD DICHOTOMOUS.1

DICHOTOMOUS-CORYMBED, a. Composed of corymbs, in which the pedicles divide and subdivide by pairs. NWAD DICHOTOMOUS-CORYMBED.1

DICHOTOMY, n. [Gr., a division into two parts; to cut.] NWAD DICHOTOMY.1

1. Division or distribution of ideas by pairs. [Little used.] NWAD DICHOTOMY.2

2. In astronomy, that phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures. NWAD DICHOTOMY.3

DICHROIT, n. [See Iolite.] NWAD DICHROIT.1

DICING-HOUSE, n. A house where dice is played; a gaming house. [Little used.] NWAD DICING-HOUSE.1

DICKER, n. [Gr., ten. L.] In old authors, the number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; but applied to other things, as a dicker gloves, etc. [I believe not used in America.] NWAD DICKER.1

DICOCCOUS, a. [Gr., L., a grain.] Two-grained; consisting of two cohering grains or cells, with one seed in each; as a dicoccous capsule. NWAD DICOCCOUS.1

DICOTYLEDON, n. [Gr., two; a cavity.] A plant whose seeds divide into two lobes in germinating. NWAD DICOTYLEDON.1

DICOTYLEDONOUS, a. Having two lobes. A dicotyledonous plant is one whose seeds have two lobes, and consequently rise with two seminal leaves. NWAD DICOTYLEDONOUS.1

DICTATE, v.t. [L., to speak.] NWAD DICTATE.1

1. To tell with authority; to deliver, as an order, command, or direction; as, what God has dictated, it is our duty to believe. NWAD DICTATE.2

2. To order or instruct what is to be said or written; as, a general dictates orders to his troops. NWAD DICTATE.3

3. To suggest; to admonish; to direct by impulse on the mind. We say, the spirit of God dictated the messages of the prophets to Israel. Conscience often dictates to men the rules by which they are to govern their conduct. NWAD DICTATE.4

DICTATE, n. NWAD DICTATE.5

1. An order delivered; a command. NWAD DICTATE.6

2. A rule, maxim or precept, delivered with authority. NWAD DICTATE.7

I credit what the Grecian dictates say. NWAD DICTATE.8

3. Suggestion; rule or direction suggested to the mind; as the dictates of reason or conscience. NWAD DICTATE.9

DICTATED, pp. Delivered with authority; ordered; directed; suggested. NWAD DICTATED.1

DICTATING, ppr. Uttering or delivering with authority; instructing what to say or write; ordering; suggesting to the mind. NWAD DICTATING.1

DICTATION, n. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing. NWAD DICTATION.1

It affords security against the dictation of laws. NWAD DICTATION.2

DICTATOR, n. [L.] NWAD DICTATOR.1

1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims for the direction of others. NWAD DICTATOR.2

2. One invested with absolute authority. In ancient Rome, a magistrate, created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power. He remained in office six months. NWAD DICTATOR.3

DICTATORIAL, a. NWAD DICTATORIAL.1

1. Pertaining to a dictator; absolute; unlimited; uncontrollable. NWAD DICTATORIAL.2

2. Imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, the officer assumed a dictatorial tone. NWAD DICTATORIAL.3

DICTATORSHIP, n. NWAD DICTATORSHIP.1

1. The office of a dictator; the term of a dictators office. NWAD DICTATORSHIP.2

2. Authority; imperiousness; dogmatism. NWAD DICTATORSHIP.3

DICTATORY, a. Overbearing; dogmatical. NWAD DICTATORY.1

DICTATURE, n. NWAD DICTATURE.1

1. The office of a dictator; dictatorship. NWAD DICTATURE.2

2. Absolute authority; the power that dictates. NWAD DICTATURE.3

DICTION, n. [L., to speak.] Expression of ideas by words; style; manner of expression. NWAD DICTION.1

DICTIONARY, n. [L., a word, or a speaking.] A book containing the words of a language arranged in alphabetical order, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon. NWAD DICTIONARY.1

DID, pret. of do, contracted from doed. I did, thou didst, he did; we did, you or ye did, they did. NWAD DID.1

Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry? Matthew 12:3. NWAD DID.2

The proper signification is, made, executed, performed; but it is used also to express the state of health. NWAD DID.3

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did. Esther 2:11. NWAD DID.4

Did is used as the sign of the past tense of verbs, particularly in interrogative and negative sentences; as, did he command you to go? He did not command me. It is also used to express emphasis; as, I did love him beyond measure. NWAD DID.5

DIDACTIC, DIDACTICAL, a. [Gr., to teach.] Adapted to teach; preceptive; containing doctrines, precepts, principles or rules; intended to instruct; as a didactic poem or essay. NWAD DIDACTIC.1

DIDACTICALLY, adv. In a didactic manner; in a form to teach. NWAD DIDACTICALLY.1

DIDAPPER, n. [from dip.] A bird that dives into the water, a species of Colymbus. NWAD DIDAPPER.1

DIDASCALIC, a. [Gr., to teach.] Didactic; preceptive; giving precepts. [Little used.] NWAD DIDASCALIC.1

DIDDER, v.i. To totter, as a child in walking. NWAD DIDDER.1

DIDDLE, v.i. To totter, as a child in walking. NWAD DIDDLE.1

DIDECAHEDRAL, a. [di and decahedral.] In crystalography, having the form of a dodecahedral prism with hexahedral summits. NWAD DIDECAHEDRAL.1

DIDODECAHEDRAL, a. [di and dodecahedral.] In crystalography, having the form of a dodecahedral prism with hexahedral summits. NWAD DIDODECAHEDRAL.1

DIDRACHMA, n. [Gr.] A piece of money, the fourth of an ounce of silver. NWAD DIDRACHMA.1

DIDUCTION, n. [L., to draw.] Separation by withdrawing one part from the other. NWAD DIDUCTION.1

DIDYNAM, n. [Gr., power.] In botany, a plant of four stamens, disposed in two pairs, one being shorter than the other. NWAD DIDYNAM.1

DIDYNAMIAN, a. Containing four stamens, disposed in pairs, one shorter than the other. NWAD DIDYNAMIAN.1

DIE, v.i. [See Day.] NWAD DIE.1

1. To be deprived of respiration, of the circulation of blood, and other bodily functions, and rendered incapable of resuscitation, as animals, either by natural decay, by disease, or by violence; to cease to live; to expire; to decease; to perish; and with respect to man, to depart from this world. NWAD DIE.2

All the first born in the land of Egypt shall die. Exodus 11:5. NWAD DIE.3

The fish that is in the river shall die. Exodus 7:18. NWAD DIE.4

This word is followed by of or by. Men die of disease; of a fever; of sickness; of a fall; of grief. They die by the sword; by famine; by pestilence; by violence; by sickness; by disease. In some cases, custom has established the use of the one, to the exclusion of the other; but in many cases, either by or of may be used at the pleasure of the writer or speaker. The use of for, he died for thirst, is not elegant nor common. NWAD DIE.5

2. To be punished with death; to lose life for a crime, or for the sake of another. NWAD DIE.6

I will relieve my master, if I die for it. Christ died for the ungodly. Romans 5:6. NWAD DIE.7

Christ died for our sins. 1 Corinthians 15:3. NWAD DIE.8

3. To come to an end; to cease; to be lost; to perish or come to nothing; as, let the secret die in your own breast. NWAD DIE.9

4. To sink; to faint. NWAD DIE.10

His heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 1 Samuel 25:37. NWAD DIE.11

5. To languish with pleasure or tenderness; followed by away. NWAD DIE.12

To sounds of heavenly harps she dies away. NWAD DIE.13

6. To languish with affection. NWAD DIE.14

The young men acknowledged that they died for Rebecca. NWAD DIE.15

7. To recede as sound, and become less distinct; to become less and less; or to vanish from the sight, or disappear gradually. Sound or color dies away. NWAD DIE.16

8. To lose vegetable life; to wither; to perish; as plants or seeds. Plants die for want of water. Some plants die annually. NWAD DIE.17

9. To become vapid or spiritless, as liquors; mostly used in the participle; as the cider or beer is dead. NWAD DIE.18

10. In theology, to perish everlastingly; to suffer divine wrath and punishment in the future world. NWAD DIE.19

11. To become indifferent to, or to cease to be under the power of; as, to die to sin. NWAD DIE.20

12. To endure great danger and distress. NWAD DIE.21

I die daily. 1 Corinthians 15:31. NWAD DIE.22

To die away, to decrease gradually; to cease to blow; as, the wind dies away. NWAD DIE.23

DIE, n. plu. dice. NWAD DIE.24

1. A small cube, marked on its faces with numbers from one to six, used in gaming, by being thrown from a box. NWAD DIE.25

He ventured his all on the cast of a die. NWAD DIE.26

2. Any cubic body; a flat tablet. NWAD DIE.27

3. Hazard; chance. NWAD DIE.28

Such is the die of war. NWAD DIE.29

DIE, n. plu. Dies. A stamp used in coining money, in founderies, etc. NWAD DIE.30

DIECIAN, n. [Gr., two; house.] In botany, one of a class of plants, whose male and female flowers are on different plants of the same species. NWAD DIECIAN.1

DIER. [See Dyer.] NWAD DIER.1

DIESIS, n. [Gr., a division.] In music, the division of a tone, less than a semitone; or an interval consisting of a less or imperfect semitone. NWAD DIESIS.1

DIET, n. [L., Gr., manner of living, mode of life prescribe by a physician, food, a room, parlor or bed room. In the middle ages, this word was used to denote the provision or food for one day, and for a journey of one day. Hence it seems to be from dies, day, or its root; and hence the word may have come to signify a meal or supper, and the room occupied for eating.] NWAD DIET.1

1. Food or victuals; as, milk is a wholesome diet; flesh is nourishing diet. NWAD DIET.2

2. Food regulated by a physician, or by medical rules; food prescribed for the prevention or cure of disease, and limited in kind or quantity. I restrained myself to a regular diet of flesh once a day. NWAD DIET.3

3. Allowance of provision. NWAD DIET.4

For his diet there was a continual diet given him by the king. Jeremiah 52:34. NWAD DIET.5

4. Board, or boarding; as, to pay a certain sum for diet, washing and lodging. NWAD DIET.6

DIET, n. [G.] An assembly of the states or circles of the empire of Germany and of Poland; a convention of princes, electors, ecclesiastical dignitaries, and representatives of free cities, to deliberate on the affairs of the empire. There are also diets of states and cantons. NWAD DIET.7

DIET, v.t. NWAD DIET.8

1. To feed; to board; to furnish provisions for; as, the master diets his apprentice. NWAD DIET.9

2. To take food by rules prescribed; as, an invalid should carefully diet himself. NWAD DIET.10

3. To feed; to furnish aliment; as, to diet revenge. NWAD DIET.11

DIET, v.i. NWAD DIET.12

1. To eat according to rules prescribed. NWAD DIET.13

2. To eat; to feed; as, the students diet in commons. NWAD DIET.14