Declension
Declension (er. (k•/inaison, Lat. Declen Tin, From (kr/inure, To Bend, From Dc, Down ± *clinare, Gk. Kx1vele,klinein, To Bend, Lith. To Incline, Slat. To Lean). A Grammatical Term Applied To The System Of Modifications Called Cases, Which Nouns, Pronouns, And Adjec Tives Undergo In Many Languages. How The Words Declension ...
Declination Needle
Declination Needle. An Instrument For Determining Magnetic Declination. In This Instrument, Which Is Also Known As A Deelino Meter, There Are Two Things Essential—the Means Of Ascertaining The Astronomical Meridian, And A Needle For Showing The Magnetic Meridian. The Common Form Of Declinometer Consists Of A Tri Pod. Provided With ...
Decomposition
Decomposition (fr. Decomposition. From Lat. De, Down. Away + Componcre. To Put Together, Join. Unite). A Term Employed To Sig Nify The Breaking Up Of Compounds Into Simpler Compounds Or Altogether Into Their Chemical Ele Ments. The Number Of Substances That Are Being Decomposed Is As A Rule Smaller, Of ...
Decorative Art
Decorative Art. Art In General May Be Defined As The Interpretation Of Through Form And Color. Poetry And Music, Which Sentiment Through Sound-forms, Painting, Which Employs Color, And Sculpture And Architecture. Which Employ Plastic Forms, Are All Independent Arts, Producing Works Which Have Intrinsic Artistic Value Apart From Their Use ...
Decorative Sculpture
Decorative Sculpture. The Work Of The Sculp Tors Has In All Ages Been Considered An Essential Adjunct To Noble Architecture. In Egypt He En Operated With The Painter In Producing The Pic Tures Already Mentioned And Carved The Effigies Of The King And Of The God Osiris Against The Pylons ...
Decoy
Decoy (from De-, Fr., Lat. De-. Down + Coy, Of. Coi, Quiet, From Lat. Quietus. Still, Front Gales, Repose). A Contrivance For Luring Game Into A Snare Or Within The Range Of A Weapon. In Eng Land For Centuries 'decoys* Have Been Contrivances For Capturing As Well As Alluring Ducks, ...
Decree
Decree (lat. Dreretum. Judgment, From De Cerncre, To Separate One Thing From Another, To Decide). In The Civil Law. An Imperial Judgment In Causes Brought Before The Emperor On Appeal, Or Otherwise. These Judgments Were Promul Gated As Law, And The Principles Enunciated Iu Them Were Binding On All The ...
Dedication Feast
Dedication Feast ( Rkb. Own Ukka, Ra I-ykaivat, Neainia. From Iv, Tet, Ill 4 Xcu•os, Kainos, New. Lat. Cnea-nio). An Annual Festival Among The Jews, Which Originated In The Maccalsean Period. In December, 16s, The Jehovah Temple In Jerusalem Was Dedicated To The Worship Of Zeus Olympias (baal Itashslta Maim, ...
Deduction
Deduction (lat. Deducere, To Draw Out). A Particular Aspect Of The Reasoning Process; Its Counterpart Is Induction (a.v.i. Many Logicians Have Represented Deduction And Induction A.s Op Posed Operations, Hut A Careful Attention To The Nmvement Of Thought In Shows That Such A Representation Is Only Partially True. De Duction ...
Deed
Deed Ian Act, Lat. Factum, Something, Done). A Written Instrument. Sealed And Delivered, Whereby A Legal Right Is Created Or Transferred. Though The Term Is Popularly Employed Only In Connection With Instruments For The Conveyance Of Land, It Is Not, In The Legal Sense, Thus Re Stricted. Being Equally Applicable ...
Deed Sea Dredging
Deed-sea Dredging. The Methods Employed On Board The United States Fish Commission Steamship _i Thatross, Doubtless The Best-equipped Deep-sea Dredger In Existence, May Be Taken As Illustrative. The Albatross Has Brought Together Larger Deep-sea Collections Than Have Been Made On Any Other Vessel. She Has Made Nearly 6000 Hydrographie Soundings, ...
Deep Sea Exploration
Deep-sea Exploration. The Depths Of The Sea Have Been Explored With Precision Only During Comparatively Recent Years, Deep-sea Investigations Began In The Necessity For Accurate Soundings For Submarine Cables, And This Is Still The Main Reason For Sounding, But Much More Has Been Accomplished In This Field By Dredging For ...
Deep Water Sculpin
Deep-water Scul'pin. See Sea-ii.1ven. Deep-water Trout. See Squeteague. Deep-water Whiting. See Whiting. Deer (as. Wild Beast, Animal, Ger. 7'hicr, Animal, Goth. Dins, Wild Beast; Cf. As. Door, Bold, Ohg. Florin', Wild). The Popular Name For Even-toed, Hoofed Mammals Of The Fam Ily Cervidme And Subfamily Cervinme. The Musk (q.v.), Usually ...
Deer Stalking
Deer-stalking. To Stalk Or Steal Up To Game Under Cover Is An Attractive Spurt, With Many Varmtions Of Method In Different Countries, And Even Different Parts Of The Same Country; Seeing That The Deer Ranges In North America Alone, From The Arctic Circle Of Northern Canada To The Bayous Of ...
Defamation
Defamation (lat. Diffamare, From Dis-, Prig. Pima. Report). The Infringement Of The Right Of Reputation; Specifically, The Publishing Of Any Matter Concerning An Individual Which Is Untrue In Fact, And Which Has A Tendency To Impair His Public Reputation. The Right Of Every Man To The Good Name Which Lie ...
Defeasance
Defeasance E 1 Fr. (frfrisance, From Thla Ire, Fr. A, Fai•,. To Make Void). A Proviso Annexed To A Conveyance Of Land Or Jnod., Whereby The Latter Shall Become Void In Some Specified Event. At Entonam Hriv. The Term Was Confined In ,sneli A Provis.1 Contained In A Separate Instrument ...
Defense
Defense (lat. D? Ft Ad, Re. To Ward Off). In Eriminal Law. The Rbdit Of Forcible Resistance To An Attack By Force On Person Or Property. The Exercise T F This Right May He A Of The Charge Of Tissault Or Homicide. It Is Restricted Ii) The Ye Lit T ...
Deformities
Deformities (lat, Dcformitos, Ugliness, Deformity, From Dc, Away, Off Forma, Form, Shape). Varieties Of Form Which Mar The Ex Ternal Appearance. Deformities May Be Divided Into Congenital And Acquired, According As They Occur Before Or After Birth. The Former (lass Were Considered By The Ancients To Carry Some Important Meaning ...
Defpsea Life
Def.p.sea Life. The Surface Of The Sea Nearly Everywhere Hears An Abundance Of Minute Animal And Plant Life. In This Surface Life, Or 'plankton,' As It Is Called Collectively. Many Groups Of Inver Teb•ates Are Represented. The Phosphorescence Often Seen Upon The Surface Of The Sea Is Due En Tirely ...
Degeneracy
Degen'eracy (from El, Gem Rate, Tat. Dr Arra P. P. Of (i, To 111•11111, To Degen Rate, From Ile, Down -1- Genic, Race). The Definition ..iv, N In Is:;; By Nlorel Is: "the Clearest Not Ion We Can Form Of Degeneracy Is To Regard It As A Morbid Deviation From ...
Degeneration
Degeneration (fr. D(wneration, From Lat. Degenerate, To Depart From One's Race, To Degenerate, From De, Away + Genus. Stock. Race, Family). In Pathology, A Term Applied To Certain Tissue Changes Of A Retrogressive Character, Which Are Associated With Various Conditions Resulting From Age, Malnutrition. Infectious Dis Eases, Poisons, Etc. The ...
Degeneration S A Factor
Degeneration S A Factor In Ev01.1" Tion. The Progressive Development Of Organic Forms Is From The Beginning Attended By The Modi Fication Of Organs Or Of The Organism, Through Lack Of Nutrition Or Disuse, Resulting In Physical Degeneracy, \\ E See C W Here Throughout The Plant Nod Animal Kingdoms ...
Degree
Degree. _kil A•ademie Rank Or Title, Originat Ing In The Mein:twat Universities. Scholastic Dist Iiwt Ions Of An Analogous Nature Seem To Have Existed In Ancient Time... The Doctors Or Teachers Of The Law I And The Scribes Of The Were Products Of An Organized Educa Tional Submit.., And Possessed ...
Dehorning
Dehorning Nord Of Hybrid Formation. From Lat. ,f,„ :may From ? Fled. Horn). The Praet Ice Of Dehorninc Cattle Has Been In Vogue In I:nrope And The [lilted 'dates For Ninny Years. From Tinie To Time There Has Been Uni•ll Coffin, Versv As To Illo Advisability And Alleged Cruelty Of ...
Deir El Bahri
Deir-el-bahri, Date .1-16're Inort Hem Cement . O Oils Rn Arabic Mime Of It •...? I Tian The Site Of The Aneitnt Th. Ites Q,c. . It Ails Built By Queen Llat-lie Psut Ilatasti T, The Si.t. R And Ivile Of Thoth ,. Ii • I At A. Ter T ...
Deir El Kamar
Deir-el-kamar, I Kil'inr.r, Or K Km Kit \r„ Monastery Of The Moot, ). A 'own F Stria And Once The Seat Of Emir Resliir. Ilt. Chief Sheik Of The 1)ru•es I Nlap: Palestine. 11 1 It I. Piet•ire-gnely Situated In At Gl. N Of Mount Lett: Loll. It :111 Altitude ...
Dejazet
Dejazet, Tt. Ne Virg} Nie (1707-1s7.11. .\ Celebrated Fmnch Actress. She Was Horn In Paris, ..\ugust. 30, 1797 (som• Ac Count: Say 170s). L'rotn The Time She Was Five Yeas 1)111, She Began Playing Children's Wit 11 Marvelous Precocity Of Intelligenet• At Till She Was Over Seventy, Her Career Upon ...
Delambre
Delambre. Bai.tiste .14iseril 1749-1s122. I. A French ;1st Horn At .1iniens. Ile Studied First Under Delisle, And Afterwards Under Lalonde, With Both Of Whom He Formed A (dose Friendship. In 1781, The Planet Uranus Was Discovered By 11'il 1iam Herschel. Delatuhre Worked Out Taldes Of Its Motion, That Obtained For ...
Delaroche
Delaroche, T• T. ( 1 797 .\ French Historical Painter. Born In Paris, July 17, 1797. Ile Was A Pupil Of Banal Grass, And One Of The Most Painter; Of Lii. Time. In His "joan Of .\ Re" And The "death Of I,me•tt Elizabeth" He Es,ayed To Follow The Ilotnatitie ...
Delavigne
Delavigne, De-la'vcny', Jean Francois Casimir (1793-1843). A French Lyric Poet And Dramatist, Born In Havre, April 4, 1793. Ile Ww1 Distinction From The Freneh Academy In Nil And Was Elected A Member Of It In 1825. His First Important Writings Were Dithyrambic Poems, Les Messatiennes (isis), Antique In Form, But ...
Delaware
Delaware. A River Of The Eastern United States, Which Rises On The Western Slopes Of The Catskill 2li1111ntains (9.v.) In Fork Alai): New Jersey, P 11. It Flows In A Southwest Course To 1)eposit, A Distance Of About 100 Miles. 'here It Turns Sharply To The South• And Soon Forms ...
Delaware_2
Delaware (from The Delaware River). One Of The Most Important Tribes Of Algonquian Stock, Originally Occupying What Is Now New Jersey And The Delaware River Basin, Eastern Pennsylvania, And Southeastern New York. They Call Themselves Lenape. 'true Men,' And Claimed And Were Accorded Precedence Over Nearly All The Other Tribes ...
Delbruck
Delbruck. Drd'bruk. A I;eritiali Eomparative Philologist And Sansl
Delft I
Delft I I Hitch, Ditelted; Connected With S. Ditch, From Elelfan, Dutch Deleen. To Dig, Bets Man, To Bury. Engl. A (plaint Old Town Of The Netherlands. Situated On The Sella., About Six Miles Southeast Of The Hague And About Eight Miles Northwest Of Rotterdam I \lap: Netherlands, (' 2). ...
Delhi Or Defill
Delhi Or Defill \ City Of India. Capi Tal Of Tile N And The 111.4 Rim Of 1)(•11ti In Thy Punjab I \lap: Itnti•i, :i). It Is Sitil•ted Fat Ow Right Bank Of The •itinula. In Latitude •,4° 39' And Lonjillide 77 17' E. 951 Miles And 4.70 Miles Ley ...
Delirium
Delirium (lat., Literally, Being Otf The Straight Line, Or Furrow, From De, Off, Away -( Lira, Furrow). -a Derangement Of Mind During Illness, In Which The Intellect And The Judgment Are Perverted Or Lost, While The Imagination And The Passions Are Often Excited, Or At Least Left Without Control. The ...
Delos
De'los (gk. .10.0c). The Smallest Of The Cyclades. Called In Ancient Times Asteria, Orty Gia. Cynthus. It Is Situated Between The Islands Rhenea And Myconus. It Is About Three And One Half Miles From North To South, And Three-fourths Of A Mile From East To West. Year The Centre Rises ...
Delphi
Delphi (gk. Aexcpoi. De/phoi). An Nneiew Town Of Iliad:, Greece. Eelebrated For Its Oracle Of Apollo. It Was Situated About Eight Miles R. Rr. F Indentation In The Northern -1.4.ne Of T. T . Ru Ii 1 Iii ...lit. In The Llom•rie Mums It Is ; Tilt.. It On The ...
Delta
Delta I Lat.. From Ck. Aii.ra, Fourth Letter Of The Alphabet. Anything Shaped Like The Letter _x, From Heb. Dateth, Door, Name Of The Fourth Hotter Of The Alphabetl, An Alluvial Plain Occurring At The Mouth Of A River. The Name Was Applied Originally By The I:reeks To The Land ...
Demand
Demand. A Technical Term Of The Common Law, Signifying A Legal Claim Or Obligation. It Is Defined By Lord Coke As "a Term Of Law, Of An Extent Greater In Its Signification Than Any Other Word Except Claim" (co. Lit. 291). In Addition To The Claims Enforceable By Actions, Such ...
Demand And Supply
Demand And Supply. It Is A Familiar Axiom Of Political Economy That Price Depends Upon Demand And Supply. Simple As The Propo Sition Appears, It Has Been The Subject Of Inter Minable Dispute Because Of The Inevitable Ten Dency To Make Of The Rule A Sweeping Generaliza Tion Applicable To ...
Dembinski
Dembin'ski, 414'ni-bim'skta. Henrik (179i Iso.1). A Polish And Ilungarian General, Horn Near Cracow, In Poland. Ile Entered The .\riny In 1809, Took Part In The Invasion Of The L'reneli In Ise!. And Was Made Captain By Napoleon Himself On The Battlefield Of Smolensk. Ile Subsequently Distinguished Him-elf At Leipzig After ...
Deme
Deme, I Gk. Sijp.os. Di'mos. District 1. ()lie Of The Subdivisions Of The Ancient Attie T The Word Originally Meant A Country District, And W.is Applied To The Rural Connimni• Or 11/ T He Hying 111 111e Country, In 11111 Itm From Those Living In The City. 'the Uos Existed ...
Demetrius
Demetrius. The Assumed Name Of Four Pretenders To The Throne Of Russia Between The Years Lial3 And 1013. In 1584 Ivan The Terrible Died, Leaving Two Sons. Feodor And Demo Rills, The Former Of Whom Ascended The Throne, But Proved A Weak Ruler. And Fell Completely Under The Con Trol ...
Demise Of
Demise (of. Fem. Of Dcmis, From Lat. De Millerc, To Hand Down). In The Most General Sense, A Transfer Or Conveyance Of An Interest In Land. Technically The Term Is Employed In Two Distinet Senses: First, To Denote A Lease Or Letting Of Land For A Term Of Years; Second, ...
Democracy
Democracy (gk. 57paokparia, Diln Okra I Government Of The People, From Di.mos, People + Npareir, Kralcia, To Rule). A Term Of Wide And Variable Signification, Comprehend Ing Such Diverse But Related Conceptions As (1) A Society Based On Equality; (2) A State In Which The Actual Power Of Government Is ...
Democratic Party
Democratic Party. The Term Demo Cratic, Ill .‘illerieilli Party ''ii, And Loosely Applied Ill The Years 17ti9 92 Lo The Gro1111 Of.\1111 Thereafter, In The Decade Of The Eigh Teenth :aid The Tirst Two Decades Of The Nineteenth, To The Party Then Commonly Kno\vn As The 1:v11111'1k:in. 'ulf • Vigoron, ...
Democritus
Democ'ritus (gk. ..1thu6kptros% Demokri Los). An Illustrious Greek Philosopher, Often Popularly Spoken Of In Both Ancient And Modern Times As 'the Laughing Philosopher,' Just As Lleraelitus Was Styled 'the Weeping Philoso Pher.' Ile Was Born At _thilera, In Thrace. About N.c. 470 Or Id°. Of His Life Little Is Known. ...
Demog Ra Phy
Demog 'ra Phy I Fr. Drutoqttl Dtit, From Dittlos, Country, People 1pciocte, Qru Ill, Ii) Write. Deserille Bratiell Of The Science 1i .tat In Its Narrower Sense It Deal. Ex Clusively With Vital The Of Population. In Its Broader Sense It Has Been •letined As Science Of -tat Ist Ies ...
Demolition
Demolition ( Fr. It Moll! 1.at, Demo From Dentofiri, I1 Pill Down, From /le, Down -1- Tao/iri, To !mild). The Seitottilie De Struction Of An Enemy's Works Or Property, Lit Modern \rattan' Tile 1f Ulat1erial Is 1411u (11'10111'd By Military 1'1)11111111 Ildel's 10 He To Tile Sllec•ss Of Heir Operations. ...
Demon
Demon (ilk. Do In On, Of Uncertain Etymology, Often Derived From Sactikoat, D Nious Divide: Ultimately Connected With Sul,;vai, Didomti, Lat. Dare, (la, To Give, From Gk. /1(//ino, To Know. Skt. Fifism, Wise, But Best Connected, Perhaps, If For *(samgcm,, •dasi-mo», With Hat. Tares, Tutelary Deities, Ski. Dux, To Perish). ...
Demoniac
Demoniac ( Lai . Ilk. 3araorik6s, Duim On Ikos, From Scal.uov, Daim Cm, Detillni 1. A Person Supposed To He Possessed By A Demon. The Idea Of Such A Possession Is As Widespread As The Belief In The Existence Of Demons. There Is Evidence Of It In The Ancient Civilizations ...
Demonology
Demonology. The Branch Of Comparative Religion Which Concerns Itself With Beliefs Re Garding Evil Spirits Or Demons. The Worship Of Demons Is One Of The Most Widespread Of All Religious Phenomena. It May Even Be Considered One Of The Chief Sources Of Primitive Religion. Beside The Beneficent Godlings Or Ghosts ...
Demosthenes
Demos'thenes (gk. Atnunreertic) Ie.:36:3 :122 We.). The Greatest Orator Of The Ancient World. He Was Born In The Dente Pzeania, In Attica. Llis Father, A Wealthy Manufacturer, Died Early, Leaving His Fortune And Children To The Care Of Three Guardians, Who Abused Their Trust. As Soon As Demosthenes Came Of ...
Demurrage
Demurrage ( Oram • From Demon R, In Th.lay. Lat. Di Ii 011114, To De. Down Inoritri, To Delay I. In Admiralty Law. An Allowance Made To The Or Owners Of A Ship By The Freighter When He Is Detained Ill Port By The Latter Beyond The ,peeitied Time Of ...
Demurrer
Demurrer. A Pleading Which In Legal Ef Fect Admits The Facts Alleged By The Opposite Party To He True For The Purpose Of Argument. But Denies That They Are Sufficient, As A Matter Of Law, To Sustain His Claim: Or Which Sets Up That There Is Sonic Other Defect On ...
Denon
Denon, Dm Ban' Dominique Vivant, Baron 1747 M. A French Artist And Author, Born At (halm L•-• At An Early Period He De Etemi Himself To The Study Of Line Arts In T".. A Mi A Great Favorite In Aristocratic Im Ty. 'amok Xv, Made Him An Attaeliml To The ...
Dentistry
Dentistry. The Science Of Diseases Or Lesions Of The Teeth And Adjacent Organs, And The Art Of Making And Inserting Appliances For The Correction Of Loss, Deformity. Injury, Or Malposi Tion Of Those Organs. The Two Main Branches Of Dentistry Are Prosthetic Or Mechanical Dentistry, Sometimes Called Prosthodontia. And Operative ...
Denver
Den'ver. 'file Largest City Of Colorado, :mate Capital, And Count Y -sea T Of Arapahoe County, At The Junction Of The South Platte River And T 'terry Creek; 2023 Miles From New York ('ily And 135; Miles From San Francisco; In Latitude 47' N., Longitude 105' Iv. Olt: Colorado. E ...
Dependent Children
Dependent Children. A Term Ap Plied To Normal Children Who Must He Supported By Other Than Their Natural Guardians. It Does Not Include The Deaf And Ehnnh, Blind, Insane. Epi Leptic, And Feeble-minded, Who Are Classified As Icctir.s. Nor Those Of Perverse Habits, Known As Jltrenile Del I Nqurn Is. ...
Deposition
Deposition. (we Of The Penalties Which Can Be Inflicted On A Clergyman. As Long As Nv:1-4 Practically Emmeeted With The Right To Serve In A Particular Ellureli. The With Drawal Of This Right Was Equivalent To Exclusion From All El••ieal Rights: But With The Development Of The Clergy As A ...
Deposition Of
Deposition (of. Deposition. Fr. Th'position. From Lat. Deponcres To Lay Down). The Testimony Of A Witness, Legall• Taken And Committed To Writing, By Or In The Present.). Of A Judge. Referee, Commissioner, Notary Public. Or Other Duly Official Person. It Is Usuall• Taken By Virtue Of A Commission, Or Rogatory ...
Depping
Dep'ping, Oeorq Bernard (1784-1s53). A German-french Historian. He Was Horn At ,\1iinster, Westphalia, Settled In Paris In Ism, 'vas Employed For A Time As A Teacher In Several Institutions, And Subsequently Contributed To French And (:ernian Periodicals. Ile Wrote On A Wide Range Of Subjects. Two Of His Juvenile Works ...
Depression
Depression (fr. Depression, From Lat. Deprimerc, From De, Down + Prcmcre, To Press), Or Dip Of Tile Honizox. The Angle Through Which The Sea-horizon Appears Depressed In Consequence Of The Elevation Of The Spectator Above The Surface Of The Water. Let A He A Point On The Surface Of The ...
Derby
Derby. D:ir'bi Man. Fb•rtecni Ifrorally. Near The Derwent. Lat. 1). 'tea Ia . Municipal Borough And Manufacturing Town. The Eapital Of 1)erbyshire. England, In The Wide And Fertile Valley Of The Derwent. Thence Navigable To Tlie Trent. At The Junction Of The Main Branches Of The Alidland Railway. 129 Miles ...
Derby Day
Derby Day, The Most Important Day In The Calendar Of English Horse Raeing Events. The Name Is Derived Front The 'derby Stakes' Race, Rim On The Si.r011(1 Day ( Of The Efi-oin Summer Ilbeetlng. Whirl) Takes !dace About The End Of May. Or. In Rare In Stances, At The Beginning ...
Derfflinger
Derfflinger, Dt•fling-er. Georg. Baron Von (1606.95). A Field-marshal Of Brandenburg. Liorn At Neuhofen, Austria. Ile Entered The Swedish Serviee During The Reign Of Gustavus Adolphus, And Advanced To The Rank Of Colonel. In 1642 He Was Sent By Torstenson To Negotiate An Alliance With George In Transyl Vania. Several Years ...
Derrick
Derrick (from D. (tick, A Tyburn Hang Man). A Device For Hoisting Heavy Load, And •tivvying Them Short Distances. In Ordinary Nomenclature The Distinction Between Derricks And Is Eonsiderably Confused. The Most Common Form Of Derrick Consists Of A %•rtical Mast Pivoted At It Bottom Into A Fixed Bed-plate And ...
Dervish
Dervish (pers. Darvish, Poor. Avesta Dri-o, Poor: The Persian Equivalent Of Ar. Plyir, Poor, Ascetic.). In Mohammedan Countries A Class Of Persons Who :tre Supposed To Lead A Peenliarly Religious Life, Resembling In Some Re Spects The Monks Of Christendom. There Arc Many Different Brotherhoods Or Orders. D'ohsson.in His Work ...
Derzhavin
Derzhavin, Dyer-zliii'‘•n, Itont% Xo‘trtit T17 1:3 - I 6 1 . Telebratcol L? Lie Poet. Born Of A Noble Family At Kazan, He Entered There The Newly Opened Gryinnasinin In 1750, Joined The Ranks Of The Preobrazhensky 1 ;11,11'il 1:eginl•nt 111 17:7.2, Became Lieutenant Captain In 177:1, And Later Entered ...
Des Moines
Des Moines. De Moinf T Fr., Of The Monks). The Largest City Of Iowa, State Capital And County-seat Of Polk County; Near The Geo Graphical Centre Ot The State, 1:3$ Mites East By North Of Omaha, Neb.; On The Des Moines River. :it The Head Of Navigation, And At The ...
Desaix De Veygoux
Desaix De Veygoux, (if -sal' Or Dc-ztt' Lot Is T'll.mt.es (176s-1600) French General Of The First Neptiblie. Bore August 17, Lilts. At Saint Hilaire Tr..\ylit. Ile Studied At Military School Of Etliat, And In 17s:1 111:111e Sub-lientenant In A Breton Regi Went. Ile Was In Sympathy Frith T Rev01111. Loll ...
Desbarres
Desbarres, Dri'blir', Or Des Barres, Dosemt Frederick Wa I.s ( 1722-is24 ) . Military Engineer And Hydrographer. Ile Graduated At The Royal Military Academy Of Woolwich, And Was Scut. To America, Where He Was Engaged In The Erenell And Indian War As Lieutenant Of :irtilivry. L Le Was In The ...
Descartes
Descartes. (1:4'kiirt'. Lat. 1zen.v•t S Catestt S 11:)..itl•1115n). Tine Of The Most Dis Tinguished Modern Philos?11111 Somet F•alli Fl Father Of Modt Rn Ile Ryas Born At 1.a Ilaye, In Touraine, And Was Sent At Tl Age Of Eight Pars To The Jesuit College At 1..1 Where He Soon Beeanie ...
Descent
Descent. The Transmission Of Real Prop By Operation Of Tan To The Heir Or Heirs Of One Who I T• A Principle K.orninon To Most It Not All Legal Systems, That The Prop• Erty Of A Decedent. If Otherwise Disposed Of By Him, N Fixed Line Of Tie,vent To Those ...
Desert
Desert (fr. Lat. Dcsertuin. From De Screr(% To Abandon. From De, From -l Rercrc. To Bind). A Region Which Supports Little Plant And Animal Life. As Thus Defined. The Term Includes All Barren Areas. Whether Their Barrenness Is Caused By Intense Cold, Lack Of Soil, Or By In Sufficient Moisture. ...
Desert Vegetation
Desert Vegetation. Whose Nat Ural Habitats Are In Di Sects. They Form One Of The Three Great Climatic Groups 4.f Xerophytes, And Show T He T Y Plea I Xerophytic Adaptations. Whirl' Need Hut Brief Statement Here. Atost Of The Adaptations Secure Reduced Transpiration E.g. Many Plants Show Reduced Leaves—or ...
Desertion
Desertion. .\ Military Offense Consisting In Abandoning, The Service With The Intention Of Not Returning To It. 'l'o Prove This Offense It Is To Show Absenee Without Leave And The Intention Not To Return. The Maximum Penalty For Desertion In Time Of War Is Death. In Time Of Peace It ...
Desertion_2
Desertion. .\ S Applied To Marital Rela The Of One Of The Married Parties From The Other. Or The V.11 Mita Ry Refusal Of One To Renew A Suspended Cohabitation Without Just Itieat Ion Either In The Nomeonsent Of The Other Party Or The Wrongful Conduct Of That Party. In ...
Design
Design, Ne Nom.: Or. In Ancient Times Every Master Of An Art Or Artistic Industry 11:11111 1:: Impart The Seer•ts Of His Craft To A Number Of Pupils. '1% Hi. In Return At Hint Such Help As They Could. Working Upon His Master Pieces And Learning By Practice. Tonlor His ...
Desire Of
Desire (of. Desir, Fr. Disir, It. Dcsiro, De Sidcrio, From Lat. Desidcriiim, Desire, From De Siderarr, To Desire). An Imperfect Volition. In Both Desire And Volition An 'attractive' Object Or 'end' Is Set Before Consciousness; But In Desire The Individual Is Unable To Attain The 'end.' Unable Even To Attempt ...
Despenser 1
Despen'ser. .1 Powerful English Family Of The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Centuries. Hrcrr Le Despenser (died 1265) Was Justiciar Of Eng Land For Some Time Between 1260 And 1265. And Was Associated With Simon De Montfort In The Rising Against Henry Iii. Pe Was Killed At The Battle Of Evesham. His ...
Dessau
Dessau. D•s'sou (first Called Dissouire, Then Ihssol. 'lite Capital Of The F:ernian Duchy Of .\nlialt, And Re-ddence Of The Duke, On The Alidde, Not Far From Its Junction With The Elbe, About Seventy Miles By Rail Southwest Of I3erlin (alap: (lerniany. E :3). 'rho Town Lies In A Vvell•wooded Plain, ...
Determinants
Determinants (i.at. Dcterminans, Pres. Part. Of Di Ter-minor.% Front Dr- + Liminarc, To Bound. Limit 1. Certain Algebraic Functions Re Markable For Their Brevity Of Notation And Their Wealth Of Significant Properties. H0.. • A,bt, Or Are Nerdy Other Notations For A B„ The First Form Is Commonly Used In ...
Detinue Of
Det'inue (of. Victim. From Lat. Detincre, From Ib. Back, Nai Re. To Hold). A Personal Common-law Action For The Recovery Of Specific Goods And Chattels, Wrongfully Detained From The Claimant, Together With Damages For Their Detention And If The Action. The Ehattels Must He Such As Can Be Distinguished Front ...
Detroit
Detroit. The Chief City Of Port Of Entry. And The Comity-seal Of County; On The Detroit River. 1`4 Miles From Lake Erie. And Seem Front Lake St' It Is In Latitude 12' Lit' N. And Longitude S2' 55' \\..; 55 Miles East Lansing, ..ast Bv North Of Chicago, And 251 ...
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy. The Name Of The Fifth Book Of The Pentateitell, Derived From The ('.reek Translation Of The Two 'hebrew Words In Deuter Onomy Xvii. Is, Signify 'repetition Of The Law.' 1)eutpronomy Contains The Last Of Mose: To Ids People. Delivered In (lie Land Of 1vith The Exception Of Chapters Xxvii. ...