Devanagari
Devanagari, Da'va-na'ga-re, Or Nagari. The Name Given To The Character In Which San Skrit Is Generally Written. Especially In Northern And Middle India. The Hindus Commonly Em Ploy The Second Term Rather Than The First. The Word //agar/ Means 'of The City, Urban' (writing) ; (pramignri Signifies • (writing) Of ...
Development Of Doctrine
Development Of Doctrine. Emcees Whieh Christian Doctrine Has Been Slowly And .uiecessi‘ely Divided Into Different De Partments Of Thought. These One After Another More Carefully Defined, Subdivided, And Idaho Rated. And More Thoroughly Grounded In Revela Tion And Reason, And The 1v111/11' 1111•11'1/y 10 :1 Systematic And Relatively Complete Form. ...
Devise
Devise (same As &tice: Of., 'er. Derisc, From :mi,. (firisa, Judgment, Contrivance. Will). Strictly Speaking. A Testamentary Gift Of Real Property. As A Verb, The Term Is Frequently, Though Improperly. Employed Interchangeably With Bequeath (properly, To Make A Legacy, Or Testamentary Gift Of Personal Property). As Haying Any Disposition Of ...
Dew As
Dew (as. Thatc, Ger. Than ; Ef. Skt. Dime, (mar, To Flow). Dew Is Said To Be Formed When Atmospheric Moisture Is Condensed By Cold Into Drops Of Water Upon Grass, Trees. Rocks, Roofs Of Buildings. Or Other Solid Surfaces, While The Adjacent Air Remains Clear. The Moisture Which Gathers ...
Dewes
D'ewes, Dfiz. Sir Simonds (1602-50). An Industrious English Chronicler And Antiquarian. He Was The Son Of Paul D'ewes, Of Alihien. Suf Folk, One Of The Six Clerks Of Chancery, And Was Born At Coxden, Dorsetshire. On December 18. 1602. His Preparatory Education Was Gained Under Several Private Teachers. Through Henry ...
Dewey
Dewey, Cruittitt (1s37—). An American Naval Officer, Born In :montpelier. Vt. Ile Gradu Ated At The United States Naval :leadenly In Ps55, And Began Active Service On The :mediter Ranean Statical. In 1562. Miller Farragnt. Lie Was Present At The Passage If Forts Jackson And `saint Philip In The Foe,-or ...
Dexippus
Dexippus, Pi•nt.it•s I Ierenni T's ( ?-e.2s0 A.n.). A Greek Rhetorician, Historian. And Sol Dier. Ile Was Horn At Athens, And After Holding The Ilioli•st Otlh•es In His Native City. Commanded The Army Against The Goths When They Invaded Greece And Captured Athens In A.d. 262. L'hotius Describes Three Of ...
Dextrin
Dextrin (from Lat. Dexter, Right, Referring To Its Power Of Turning To The Right The Plane Of Polarised Light ). .\ Nana• Applied To Several Organic Substances Produced By The Action Of Malt Extract, Saliva. Or Panereatie Juke Upon Starch Paste, The First Product Of The (ransforma Tion Being Soluble ...
Di Visions Of Tile
Di Visions Of Tile Devonian System. At The Beginning Of The Devonian Period The Dry Land Of Was Confined To The Present Ter Ritory Of Eastern Canada And New England. The Alleghany Mountains Were Sketched In A Series Of Islands And Coral Reefs Which Made A Barrier Between The Ocean ...
Diabase
Di'abase (from (k. Doable A 2oing. From To Go: Inlineneed In Lona By I:i:. Diobaxis, Pas From Dig. Through 4- Ifirtic, Basis. It Going. Ha-el. A Crystalline, Igneous Rock Of Which The Essential Constituent Minerals Are Feldspar And Pyroxene (augite). Texture Of Diabase. While Generally Crystalline Throughout. Differs From That ...
Diabetes
Diabetes, (yco-lat., From Nk. Drat3iirtic, Dialilc•, 'siphon. From Diarbainein. To Stride. Go Through, From (lei, Din, Through + Latineim To Go). A Disease Of Which The Principal Symptom Is An Abundant Flow Of Saccharine Urine. Diabetes Is Of Taro Kinds: (i) Diabetes Insipiellis Is A Mere ,ymp• Tom Of A ...
Diagram
Diagram (lat. Dia Gramma, Gk. Dai;pappa, Figure Front Rir;r1c5rtv, Diayraphein, To Describe, From Jai, Dia. Through Yportv, Graphein, To Write). A Timure So Drawn That Its Geometric Relations May Illustrate The Relations Between Other Quantities. The Area Of A Reetangle Is The Product Of The Numbers Representing Its Length And ...
Dial
Dial Ano Dialing. _1 ,un-dial Is An In Strument For Measuring Time By Means Of The Motion Of The Sun'- Shadow. It Is An Instrument Very Great Antiquity, The Earliest Mention Of It Being In Isa. Xxxtiii, Ti : And Before And Watches Became Common It Was In General Use ...
Dialect
Dialect (lat. Dia/cctus, From Nk. Is142.e.kroc, Dinfrktos. Dialect. Diseourse, Dialegestka I, To Converse, From Ot4, Din, Through Atyur, /rgrin, To Say). The Name Dialect Is Given To Those Varieties Or Peculiar Forms Which A Language Assumes Among The Various Tribes Or Other Local Divisions Of A People. It Is Clear ...
Diamond Ct7g
Diamond-ct:7=g. The Art Of Diamond-cut Ting Was Not Developed Until The Middle Of The Fifteenth Century, Although Crude Methods Of Polishing Were In Use Long Before That Time. About 1470 A Guild Of Lapidaries Was Established At Bruges, Under The Direction Of Louis De Ber Quem, Who Is Thought To ...
Diamond Of
Diamond (of., Fr. Diamant, H.. Sp. Dia La Ante, From Lat.' A Dania R, Adamant, From Gk. Tidcipac, Adamas. Adamant. From A. A Prig. Dajair, (lumen. Ski. Dam, To Subdue). A Preeious Stone Composed Of Pure Carbon, Remark Able For Hardness. Lustre. And Flash Of Color. It Crystallizes In The ...
Diana
Dia'na (lat., Olat. Jana, Fem. Of Jalli18, Probably Connected With Lat. Jupiter, Gk. Dios. Of Zeus. Skt. Dlr. Sky). A Roman Goddess, Corresponding In Most Of Her Attributes To The Greek Artemis. According To The Common Myths, She Was The Daughter Of Zeus And Leto. The Twin Sister Of Apollo. ...
Diana_2
Diana, Te3let.e Or. A Magnificent Structure At Ephesus, Built At The Public Charge, And Re Corded As One Of The ...even Wonder, Of The World. The Site Was Early The Seat Of The Worship Of The Asiatic Nature-goddess, Whom The Greeks Iden Tified With Artemis, And Legend Told Of Inan• ...
Diaphragm
Diaphragm (lat., El Ia Phra Grim. (tia_ Paypa, Partition, Midriff, From Pi Rat, D Ia Ph Ragnynai, To Barricade, From (yid, Di,, Through To Fence In). A Thin Musculo-fibrons Partition Separating The Cavity Of The Thorax From That Of The Abdomen. It Is Roughly Elliptical, With The Longest Diameter From ...
Diary
Diary (lat. Dia•ium, From Dies, Day). .1 Word Which Simply A Daily Record. It Ibit5 Not, However, Comprehend (-very Sort Of Daily Rec Ord. Hut Only Such As Have Reference To The Writer Personally. In It The Man Of Letters Inscribes The Daily Results Of Observation. Rending. Or Thought To ...
Diastase
Diastase (cik. Diastasis, Sep Aration, From Sitarcivat, Diistanui, To Separate, From Old, Dia, Apart Io-rdvat, Histanai, To Stand). An Enzyme Found In Both Animals And Plants, Which Has The Power Of Converting Starch Into A Sugar. It Has Also Been Called Amylase. And In The Saliva Is Known As Ptyalin. ...
Diathermancy
Di'ather'mancy (from Out, Ilia, Through Elp/aa Pats, Mt Rnionsis„ It Heating, Inn]] Oep I.laipeo•• T'irminein. To Heat, From Oeppos, On. Warm: Connected With Lat. F Ornms, Skt. Gharnor, Hot ). A Term Used To Express That Qual Ity Of A Body In Virtue Of Which Those Ether E At Are ...
Diatomaceie
Di'atoma'ceie (xeo-lat. Nom. Pl. From Siaroa4, Tom(• Severance. Cliofrio To In, To Cut Throu•h., From Sid, Din. Through 71/avfip, Tentio. In, To Cot 1. At) Immense Group Of Unicellular Algae, Estimated At 10,000 Species, The Cells Are Solitary Or United In Various Ways Into Colonies That Are Frequently Elaborately Branched. ...
Diaz
Diaz, Teens, Porfirto 1530-). A President Of Mexico. Ile Was Horn At Oaxaca, Of Spanish Parentage, And Was Studying Law In His Native Town When The War With The United States Broke Out. Young Diaz Entered A Militia Regi Ment In 1847 And Thenceforth Devoted Himself To A Military Career. ...
Diaz De La
Diaz De La Peka, •az' De La 'wily:i', Narmsse Virgille (1507-76). A French Land Scape Painter, Of The Parhison School. De Was Born In Bordeaux, Of Spanish Parents. Ili: Father Having Left His Family, The Lad Was Supported By His Mother's Efforts In Teaching Spanish And French. She Died At ...
Dice Of
Dice (of. De, Fr. Sp.. Pori., It. Dado, Die, From Lat. Dotus, P.p. Of To Give). 'elie Origin Of Dice Is Variously Ascribed By Some Authors 0, But 111(11*(' Authentically To Psalinedes Of Greelbe. P.c. 1244. \vitliont Ques Tion, The Game- Played With Them Are The Simplest And Most Universal ...
Dicecism
Dice'cism (front 1;k. Sr-, Di-, Double 4 Oikos. House). Primarily This Word Applies To That Condition In Plants In Which The Male And Female Organs Are Borne By Different Indi Viduals. In Its Original Application, Lawevcr, It Referred To The Fact That In Some Seed-plants The Stamens And Pistils Are ...
Dichromatism In Birds
Dichro'matism In Birds (ak It-. Di-, Double + Xpciga, Ehroma, Color). The Name Given To That Peculiar Occurrence Of Two Phases Of Color In The Plumage Of A Species Of Bird, Not I Hie To Age. Sex, Or Health, Which Is So Well Illustrated By The Common Screeeh-owl Of The ...
Dickinson
Dickinson, .lone (1732 Isoc)„\ N Ameri Can Statesman And Publiei•t, Known As The 'pen Man Of The 1:e•oliti Lie Was Born In Talbot Collinty, Ltd., But In 1710 Removed With His Father To 1)claware. Ile Began The .truly Of The Law Its Philadelphia In 17511; Aliddh, Plc, London. England, In ...
Dickson
Dick'son, Sir .tames Robert (18321 901). An Australian Statesman. He Was Born At Plym Outh. England. And Was Educated In Glasgow, Scotland, Where He Began His Business Career In A Bank. He Emigrated To Australia In 1854 And Settled First In Victoria, Whence He Removed To New South Wales. And ...
Dicotyledons
Di'cotyle'dons (neo-lat.. From Gk. At-, Di-. Double Saseino6v, Kot1t/a/(3n, Eup-shaped. Hollow, From Koran, Hot,/le, Cavity). The Larger And More Important Of The Two Groups Of Flowering Plants, Angiosperms (q.v.). Its Members Repre Sent The Eulmination Of The Plant Kingdom. And Are The Most Eonspienous And The Most Modern Of Plants. ...
Dictator
Dictator (lat., From Cliclarc. To Dictate, Froptentative Of It) Nay I. In The Earliest Times. The Name Of The Highest Magistrate Of The Latin Confederation; And In Some Of The Latin Towns The Title Was Continued Long After These Towns Were Subjected To The Dominion Of 'koine. In The Roman ...
Dictionary Ml
Dictionary (ml. Dietionarins, Nvord-hook, From Lat. Dictio, Word, From (hi-ere. To Say). In Its Original And Most Common Application, A ..ork Which Is Lingui-.tie In Character, Being A C011ipihition Of All Or A Portion Of The Words Of A Language Arranged According To Sonic Exact Order. Usually The Alphabetical One, ...
Dictum
Dictum (lat., A Saying. Utterance. Response Of An Oracle), Sometimes Called Obiter Dictum, I.e. An Opinion Pronounced 'by The Way.' In Legal Parlance. An Unauthoritative Expression Of Opin Ion On A Point Of Law Uttered By A Judge In A Judicial Proceeding. In A Legal System Based. As Is That ...
Dictyospongid1e
Dic'tyospon'gid1e (neo-lat. Nom. Pl.. Front Gk. 31kruov, Diktyon. Net +g.21-6-y-yos. Spongor, Eponge). .1 Family Of Usually Large. Fossil Lyssa Eine Sponges Somewhat Closely Ex Isting Grass-sponges I Euplectella F • :11141 Found In Rocks Of Lower Devonian To Lower Carbonif Erous Ave. But Chiefly In Those Of Upper De Vonian ...
Diderot
Diderot, (bt-'d'-r6'. Den Is (1713-s4). One Of The Most Brilliant, Versatile, And Prolific Writers Of The French 'philosophic' Generation. He Was Horn At Langres, October 5. 1713. And Was Educated By The Jesuit.. Ile Declined To Study Medicine Or Law, Quarreled With His Family, And Eked Out A Meagre Livelihood ...
Didius Salvius
Did'ius Sal'vius Ju'lia'nus,1\1mtus. .1 Poinan Emperor For It Brief Period. :\larcli To Dime, Pc.i. Ile Had T4111111 :111410,1 The Army In Iriermally :11101 Held High Military And Civil Posts In Italy And The Provinves. Out Been Named Min More Than Once Tin The Murder Of Pertinax In 193. The Praetorian ...
Dieppe
Dieppe, (•onnected With As. Dype, Dutch Di, Fa. Depth). .\ Seaport In The Depart Ment Of France, At The Mouth Of The River Amines, On The English Channel, :13 Miles North Of Bowen (map: France, (1 2). Dieppe Is Situated Between Two High Ranges 01 Chalk Has Tolerably Wide. ('11: ...
Dies Non
Dies Non, Uiui I Lit.. Abbreviated Front The Phrase Dies Non Not A Court Day). A Non-juridical Day; That Is, A Day On Which The Business Of I Lie Courts In The Administration Of Justice Cannot Lawfully Be Carried On. .a.t The Vont Mon Law Sundays And Certain Other Peculiarly' ...
Dies And Die Sinking Of
Dies And Die-sinking (of. De. Det, Fr. De, Sp., Port. It.. (bolo, Die. From Lat. Dotes, P.p. Of Dare, To Give). The Art Of Making And Using Dies For Stamping Coins Is Of Very Ancient Origin. Old Coins Have Been Found Which Show That It Was Known To The Greeks ...
Diffraction And Diffraction Gratings
Diffraction And Diffraction Gratings (front Lat. Diffringure, To Break In Pieces, From Dis-, Apart Frangcre, To Break). When Shadows Ale Cast On A Screen By Allowing Light From A Small Opening Or Source To Pass An Opaque Body. It Is Noted That The Shadows Are Not Sharp. As Would Be ...
Diffusion Of
Diffusion Of Lithium. If Sulphuric Acid Be Carefully Poured Through A Tube Into The Bottom T A Vessel Tilled With Water Colored By A Few Drops Of Litmus Solution, And The Liquid: Allowed To Remain Undisturbed, The Acid Will He Seen Gradually To Lh Upward Into The Waiter, Its Progress ...
Digby
Digby, Sir Kenelm Au English Author And Naval Commander, Lle Was Born Three Years Before The Execution Of His Father, Sir Everard Digby, Noted As One Of The Gun Powder Plot Conspirators. At The Age Of Fifteen He Was Entered At Gloucester Hall, Oxford. Leaving The University In 1620, Without ...
Digest
Digest. \ Topical Arrangement Or Eompila . Lion Of Legal Rules, Judicial Deeisions. Or Statutes, In Condensed Form; Particularly. The Authorita Tive Compilation Of The Civil Law. Otherwisc Known A. The L'andeets, Made Under The Author Ity Of Justinian (530 5:1:1r. See Civil. 'out.: I N Sec Rs. In English ...
Digester
Digester. A Name Originally Applied To A Strong Boiler. With 41 Closely Fitting Eover, In Which Bones Or Other Animal Substances, Placed In Water.eould Be Raised To :1 Troperntur Above The Boiling Point. Or 212° F. The Word Is Now Given A Wider Meaning: The Material May Be Placed In ...
Digestion
Digestion (lat. Digostio, From Digercre, To Digest I In Plan Rs. The Process By Which Foods Are Tendered Tit For Absorption, Conduction, Or Assimilation (qq.v.). Are Sometimes Soluble In Water. Or. When Soluble. Need To Be Altered To Make Them More Readily Diffusible Or Usable. Since No Substances •nn Be ...
Digitalis
Digitalis, Dij1-15'lis (lat. Digitalis, Per Taining To The Finger, From Diyitus, Finger: In Allusion To The Shape Of Flowers). _1 Pint,: Of Plants Of The Natural Order Scroldiularincece Ilinn;), Tribe Digitalefe, Natives Chiefly Of The South Of Europe And Western And Middle Asia, Characterized By Five-cleft Calyx, Campanulate, Vent Rieose ...
Dijon
Dijon, Wzlion' (lat. ('ast•ual Dirioncnsc). A Town And Seat Of A Bishopric, Capital Of The De Partment Of Cote D'or. France, Formerly Capital Of The Old Duchy Of Burgundy 1.11ap; France, L 41. Dijon Occupies A Delightful Situation In A Fertile Plain On The Right Hank Of The And At ...
Dilettante Society
Dilettante Society. A Body Of Noble Men And Gentlemen By Whose Exertions The Study Of Antique Art In England Has Been Largely Pro Moted. The Society Wa, Founded In 1734, And Liehl Its Meetings At The Thatched House Tavern In Saint James Street. It Was In Its Beginnings Simply An ...
Dilke
Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth (1s43—). An English Politician And Author, Horn At Chel Sea. The Grandson Of Charles Wentworth Dilke (q.v.). He Graduated At Cambridge In 1566, Traveled Extensively In The United States, Canada. And The British Countries In The East ; And Em Bodied His Observations In Greater Britain: ...
Dimension
Dimension (lat. Dinicasio, From (tinware, To Measure Off. From Di-. Apirt Metiri, To Meas Ure). In Geometry, A Line, Whether Straight Or Curved. Has One Dimension, Viz. Length: A Plane Surface Has Two, Length And Breadth; And A Solid Has Three, Length, Breadth, And Thickness. In Algebra. The Term Dimension ...
Dimensions
Dimensions. All Physical Quantities. Such As Force, Energy. Electric Intensity. Magnetic Poles, Etc., Admit Of Mathematical Expression In Terms Of The Elementary Ideas Of Physics. Thus, All Mechanical Quantities Can Be Expressed In Terms Of Mass. Length, And Duration Of Time. All Electrical And Imometic Quantities Can He Ex Pressed ...
Diminutive
Diminutive (fr. Diminutif, Ml, Diniinn Liens• From Lat. Deininntieus, Diminutive. Front P.p. Of Dentin Acre, To Lessen). A Of Words. Chiefly Of Substantives, In Which The Primitive Notion Has Beecane Lessened Or Di As Linnet: = O Little Hill. With Little Ness Is Associated The Idea Of Neatness, And Also ...
Dinan
Dinan, (gall.. Fortress On The Water. From Its Situation On The Rance). A Town In The Department Of Cotes-du-nord, France, Pictur Esquely Situated On The Rance, 30 Miles North West Of Rennes. And 14 Miles South Of Saint Malo (map: France. E 3). It Stands On The Summit Of A ...
Dingo
Dingo, Din'gif (native Australian Name). The Wild Dog Of Australia (canis Dingo). Re Markable Not Only For Being The Only Species Of Dog Existing Both Wild And Domesticated, But Also For Being The Only Carnivorous Placental .lanonal In Australia. Some Writers Have Re Garded The Dingo As An Example Of ...
Dinichthys
Dinichthys, (neo-lat.. From Gk. Sauk, Deinos, Terrible Ixeic, Ichthys. Fish). A Genus Of Fossil Dipnoan Fishes Of Large Size Belonging In The Order Arthrodira, And Found In The Uppermost Devonian And Lower Carboniferous Rocks Of North America, And Less Commonly Inn Europe. The Body Is Estimated To Have Had A ...
Dinosatyria
Di'nosat.yria Nett-lat., From Gk, Cletpor, Deinos, Terrible -r St It Rus. Lizard,. An Ordk R Of Fossil Reptiles, Found Only In Rocks Of Aleskloic Age, And Containing Some Of The Most Wonderful And Bizarre Land Animals That Have Over Lived. In General, The Dinosaurs Present The Same Reptilian Characters As ...
Dinotherium
Di'nothe'rium (neo-lat., From (ikdiftpos, Deinns, Terrible -1- Onprop Thrriong Beast, Diminu Tive Of P.o. Arr. Wild Beast). Genus Of Fossil Proboseitl•ans Allied To The Modern Elephant And The Extinet Mastodon And Of Which Fragmentary Remains Have Been Found In The Mineene And Pliocene Rocks Of Europe. No Complete Skeleton Has ...
Diocese Of
Di'ocese (of. Diocise, Diocese, Fr. Dioci.sc, Lat. Dicceesis, From Gk. Omixncric, Dioikesis, Ad Ministration, From Sausei'v, Dioikein, To Keep House, From Aui, Din, Through + Olsav, Oikcin, To Inhabit, From Asoc, Oikos, House, Lat. •icus, Village, Skt. Ri., House). In The Roman Catholic And Anglican Churches, A District Committed To ...
Diogenes
Diogenes, Di-oj'e-nez (lat., From Gk. .1(0 (e.412-323 N.c.). A Cynic Philosopher. Ile Was A Native Of Sinope, In Pontus. His Father, Icesias, A Banker, Was Convicted Of Debasing The Coinage, And His Son, Being Implieated In The Matter, Was Obliged To Leave Sinope. On Coming To Athens He Attached Himself ...
Diognetus
Di'ogne'tus (hat.. From Gk. Arbycl,tos), Epistle To. A Greek Christian Work, Of Un Known Authorship, Commonly Ineluded Among The Apostolic Fathers (q.v.), But Properly Be Longing To The Apologetic Literature Of The Early Chureh. In The Strassburg Manuscript, Our Sole Authority For The Text, Which Was Destroyed By Fire In ...
Dionysius Tile Elder Bc
Dionysius Tile Elder (b.c. 431-307), Ty Rant Of Syracuse. Ile Was Born In A Private :ail Tion, And Hegan Life As A Clerk In A Public Office. Iie Fought Vwith Dist Inetbm Against The Ca Rt Might Ians, Mull Whom The Syracusans Hail Been At War Since N.c. 41o. After ...
Dionysius Of Haiiicarnassus
Dionysius Of Haiiicarnas'sus. A Learned Critic. Antiquarian, And Rhetorician. He Was The Soa Of One Alexander Of Haliearnassu4, And Was Born Probably About The Middle Of The First Century N.c. Lie Came To Rome At The Termination Of The Civil Wars (n.c. 29), And Re• Sided There For Twenty-two Years, ...
Dionysius The
Dionysius The An'eovagitf.. A Memher Of The Court Of Areopagus (q.v.). At Athens. Converted To Christianity Through The Preaching Of Paul (acts Xvii. 34). Nothing More Is Known About Hint. Eusehius, On The Authority Of Dimly Cults. Bishop Of Corinth, About A.n. 175. Records That He Was The First Bishop ...
Diophantine Analysis
Di'ophan'tine Analysis. That Por Tion Of The Theory Of Indeterminate Problems Which Seeks Rational And Commensurable Roots Of Equations Involving The Squares And Cubes Of The Unknown Quantity. This Class Of Problems Was First And Chiefly Treated By Diophantus, Whose Name The Method Bears. Although Dio Phantus Gave Problems Involving ...
Diorite
Di'orite (front Gk. Stoplotv, Diorizcin, To Distinguish. From Sal, Dig, Through + Dplrem Hori.:eia, To Divide. From Opoc., Ho•os, An Igneous Rock Of Granitie Texture. The Essential Constituent Minerals Of Which Arc A Lime-soda Feldspar And Either Hornblende Or Dark Mica, Or Both Of These Minerals. Tim Average Chemical Composition ...
Diplodocus
Diplod'ocus (neo-lat., From Gk. Borx6or, Diptous, Double 1 Dokus, Beam). A Gigan Tic Fossil Reptile Of The Order Din0sauria, Sub Order Sauropoda, Found In The Jurassic Nicks Of Western North America. Its Body Was Long And Low, Its Head Remarkably Small, Its Neck Very Lung, Trunk Short And Deep, And ...
Diplomacy
Diplomacy. In The Wider Sense, The Art Or St Iettee Of Foreign Polities. The Term Is, How Ever, More Commonly Employed In The More Re Stricted Meaning Of The Art Of Managing The In Tereour-e And Adjusting The Relations Of Slates To One Another By Negotiation. Used In This Sense, ...
Diplomatic Agents
Diplomatic Agents. In The Widest Sense, All The Officers To Whom The Intercourse Of The Mate With Foreign Powers Is Committed. As Thus Employed. The Expression Would Include The Foreign Minister, Or Secretary Of State For For Eign Affairs, And, In The 'united States, The Senate In The Exercise Of ...
Dipnoi
Dip'noi (neo-lat. Lima. Pl.. Front Gk. 31, Di-, Double + Irvefv, To Breathe, Referring To Their Breathing Through The Gills And The Lungs). The Lung-lishes. A Group Of Fishes, By Some Zoologists Regarded As An Entirely Separate Class Of Vertebrates. They Were More Numerously Represented In Past Ages Than Now, ...
Dipper 1
Dipper. (1) A Small, Somewhat Thrush Like Bird Of The Family Chu:lithe. Having An Al Most Straight. Eompressed, Sharp-pointe.d Bill: Compact, Waterproof Plumage, And Extraordinary Habit.. Dippers Frequent Clear, Pebbly .rrentn And Lakes. Feeding: Chiefly On Mollusks And On Aquatic Insects And Their Larvae, Which They Sock Even Under Water, ...
Dipping Needle
Dipping-needle. If A Magnetic Needle Be Supported So As To Be Free To Mo Na! In A Verti Cal Plane, At Most Places On The Earth's Surface, It Does Not Rest In A Horizontal Position, But Has A Certain Amount Of Inclination. If The Vertical Thine In Which The Needle ...
Director
Director. One Of T He Persons Chosen To Act As A Board Of Managers To Control The Affairs Of A Business Corporation Or Joint Stock Company. Officers Acting In A Similar Capacity For Pleemo Sy On Ry Are Usually, Thoilob Not Neces Sarily, Known As Trustees. The Director Is Usu ...
Directory
Directory (fr. Directoirc, From Lat. Di Netorius, Serving To Direct, Fruit Lat. Dirigere, To Direct). The Name Given To The Executive Gov Ernment In France From October S. 1795, To November 9, 1799. Alter The Overthrow Of The Ultra-jacobins, The Moderate Republicans Pro Mulgated A New Constitution, That Of The ...
Dis Ciplina Arcani
Dis Cipli'na Arca'ni (lat., Discipline Of The St.crtt L. A Term, Ap Plied To A System Of The Early Church Which Treated Certain Rites As Mysteries And Withheld Them From The Knowledge Of The Uninitiated. There Is No Trace Of This Secret Discipline Before The End Of The Second Century. ...
Disability
Disability. \s A Legal Term. The Want Of Power To Do A Particular Act Or Class Of It Mac Result From Bodily I.r Mental Incapacity, Or From A Rule Of Law. Itt The First Sort Is The Dis Ability Referred To In Accident Insurance Policies, Which Pro% Ide For Pa)ments ...
Discharle
Discharle Gases. There Is Reason For Believing That A Pure Gas Would Be A Perfect Insulator; Hut All Gases Pan Be Made Conduetors In Many Ways, In All Of Which There Is Evidence That The Molecules Of The Gas Have Been Broken In To Parts—i.e. 'ionized': Although The Ions In ...
Discipline
Discipline, Ecclesia:stical. The Cor Rective And Preservative Function By Which Or Ganization- For The Purposes Of Religion Seek To Maintain Their Of Order And Conduct Among Their Members. It Is A Function Common To All Religious Bodies, Though It Varies Greatly In The Objects To Be Attained And The Means ...
Disclaimer
Disclaimer ( From Disc/aint, Of, Dis Donor, Des/ame R, Front Dischtmorc, To Re. Metmee, From Lat. Disc-, Apart -- Chimore, To Claim; Connected With Lat. Cofore, (a, Ma.tir, I,ol< In, To Cry Aloud). In Law, A Renunciation, Icpudiation, Or Disavowal Of Rights, Duties, Or Liabilities By Words Or Conduct. Specifically: ...
Discovery
Discovery (from Discover, Of. Descovrir, Fr. Decouvrir. It. Discoprire, From Ail. Disco Operire, To Discover, From Lat. Dis-„ Away Cooperire, To Cover, From Co-, Together + Operire, To Cover) Of Territory. As The Foundation For Claim Of Title This Has Ceased To He Of Prac Tical Importance With The Disappearance ...
Discovery Bill Of
Discovery. Bill Of. An Equitable Remedy Which Is Sometimes Used To Enable A Plaintiff Or Defendant In An Action. Either At Law Or In Equity, To Obtain Information And Proof As To Facts And Documents Necessary For The Prosecu Tion Or Defense Of His Case. Where Such Means Of Proof ...
Discrimination
Discrimination ( Lat. Discrim Hoz From Diserimiaarc. To Discriminate, From Disrer Acre, From Dis-, Apart + Cenicn, To Perceive). A (list Inetiun Made Between Pa Tron: By One Engaged In A Public Or E0111 Mon (-ailing. Such As That Of Gammon Carrier, Or Farrier. Or Innkeeper. It Is Diseolititellanced By ...
Discrimination
Discrimination, Senstat.r., Or Diffkr• 1:nm% I. Sensitivity. The Liana. Applied To An In Tellectual Function Of Ext Reme Importanee---our Ca Paeity To Pronounce Upon The Likeness Or Differ Mice Of Sense-presentat Ions. The Phrase "must Not Be Taken To Denote A Faculty Of Eompa Rison. In T He Of A ...
Disease
Disease, .any Departure From, Failure Ill. Or Perversion Of Normal Physiological Action In The Material Constitution Or Functional Integrity Of The Living Organism I Foster's I/re/i E./7 Dictionary). Practically, A Disease Is A Par Ticular Condition Of Ill Health Dependent Upon Some Cause Other Than Normal Decay From Age. ('onvenient. ...
Disease_2
Disease, Oran Tillony Or. The Theory That Several Enthetic Diseases Are Caused By Entrance Into The Body Of Germs Of A Vegetable Nature, Which During Their Growth Produce Chemical Changes And Give Rise To Chemical Prod Ucts. These Chemical Products, Like Other Poi Sons, Alter Functions. Disturb The Pnwesses Of ...
Diseases Of Animals
Diseases Of Animals. In The Gen Eral Discussion Of The Diseases Which Affect Animals, Various Systems Of Classification Have Been Adopted By Different Writers. The Scheme Here Presented Is That Most Commonly Adopted. Animal Diseases May Be Grouped Under The Fol Lowing Five Heads: (1) Infectious; (2) Poisoning; (3) Constitutional; ...
Diseases Of Plants
Diseases Of Plants. In Addition To Being Of Great Scientific Interest. Of Arc Of Immense Economic Importanee. Losses Running Into Millions Of Dollar, Have Been Caused In .1111crent Ct By Certain Plant Di,ea-es. In Ra I Ia The Wheat-rust Often Greatly Depreciate, The Wheat Crop; Phylloxera Has Ravaged The Vineyards ...
Diseases Of Tiie
Diseases Of Tiie M.ustoid Process. Inflam Mation Of This Process May Result From Extension Of A Similar Process From The Middle Ear. A Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media Is The Most Fre Quent Cause Of Acute Mastoiditis. It May Follow Exposure To Cold, A Traumatism. Or General Tuber Cular Or Syphilitic ...
Diseases Or The Middle
Diseases Or The 'middle Ear. (1) Tubal Catarrh Is A Congestive Condition Of The Eusta Chian Tube, Leading From The Throat To The Middle Ear. The Result Of This Affection Is Closure Of The Tube, With Deafness And Eonstant Noises Heard. With A, Sense Of Fullness In The Head. Infla ...
Disinfectants
Disinfectants (from Dis-, Without + Engl. Inject, From Of. Fr. Injecitt. From Lat. In/let-re, To Infect, From In, In + Faccre, To Make). A ,'lass Of Substances Which Have The Power Of Destroying The Causes Of Infectious And Conta Gious Diseases. In A Large Proportion Of These Diseases The Causes ...
Dislocation
Dislocation (fr. Dirlocatimi, From )11... Fliselooare, To Dislocate, From I.at. Ills-, Apart + Li Corc. To Place, From Place). .\ Displace Ment Of One Bone From Another With Which It Forms A Joint Clint Out Of Joint' Being The Popu Are Generally The Result Of Accident, But May Also Be ...
Dispensary
Dispen'sary ( Fr. Dispensaire, From Ml. Dispensarias. From Dispcnsa. Larder, From Lat. Dismnsar. To Disbur-e, From Dis-. Apart + Pen Sarc, Frequentative Of Prndere. To Weigh). An Institution In Which Medical Or Surgical Treat Ment Is Given Free Of Charge To Patients Who Are Able To Walk In And Then ...