Dictionary: DEX'TROUS-LY – DI'A-DEM

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DEX'TROUS-LY, adv.

With dexterity; expertly; skillfully; artfully; adroitly; promptly.

DEX'TROUS-NESS, n.

Dexterity; adroitness.

DEY, n.

The title of the governor or sovereign of Algiers, under the protection of the Grand Seignior. – Encyc.

DI, prep. [DI-.]

A prefix, a contraction of dis, denotes from, separation or negation, or two.

DIA, prep. [DIA-.]

Greek, a prefix, denotes through.

DI'A-BASE, n.

Another name of greenstone. – Cleaveland.

DI-AB-A-TE'RI-AL, a. [Gr. διαβαινω.]

Border-passing. – Mitford.

DI-A-BE'TES, n. [Gr. διαβητης, from διαβαινω, to pass through; δια and βαινω, to go or pass.]

An excessive and morbid discharge of saccharine urine.

DI-A-BET'IC, a.

Pertaining to diabetes.

DI-AB'LE-RY, n. [Fr. diablerie.]

Deviltry.

DI-A-BOL'IC, or DI-A-BOL'IC-AL, a. [L. diabolus, the devil.]

Devilish; pertaining to the devil: hence, extremely malicious; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wicked; partaking of any quality ascribed to the devil; as, a diabolical temper; a diabolical scheme or action.

DI-A-BOL'IC-AL-LY, adv.

In a diabolical manner; very wickedly; nefariously.

DI-A-BOL'ICAL-NESS, n.

The qualities of the devil.

DI-AB'O-LISM, n.

  1. The actions of the devil.
  2. Possession by the devil. – Warburton.

DI-A-CAUS'TIC, a. [Gr. διακαιω, to burn or inflame.]

Belonging to curves formed by refraction. Bailey.

DI-ACH'Y-LON, n. [Gr. δια and χυλος.]

A plaster.

DI-A-CO'DI-UM, n.

The sirup of poppies.

DI-AC'O-NAL, a. [L. diaconus.]

Pertaining to a deacon.

DI-A-COUS'TIC, a. [Gr. διακουω, to hear; δια and ακουω, to hear.]

Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.

DI-A-COUS'TICS, n.

The science or doctrine of refracted sounds; the consideration of the properties of sound refracted by passing through different mediums; called also diaphonics. – Encyc.

DI-A-CRIT'I-CAL, a. [Gr. διαχριτικος; διακρινω, to separate; δια and κρινω, to separate.]

That separates or distinguishes; distinctive; as, a diacritical point or mark. The short vowel is never signified by any diacritical mark. – Encyc.

DI'A-DELPH, n. [Gr. δις, δι, twice, and αδελφος, a brother.]

In botany, a plant whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments.

DI-A-DELPH'I-AN, a.

Having its stamens united in two bodies by their filaments.

DI-A-DELPH'OUS, a.

Diadelphian, which see.

DI'A-DEM, n. [Gr. διαδημα, from διαδεω, to gird; δια and δεω, to bind; L. diadema.]

  1. Anciently, a head-band or fillet worn by kings as a badge of royalty. It was made of silk, linen or wool, and tied round the temples and forehead, the ends being tied behind and let fall on the neck. It was usually white and plain; sometimes embroidered with gold, or set with pearls and precious stones.
  2. In modern usage, the mark or badge of royalty, worn on the head; a crown; and figuratively, empire; supreme power. – Gibbon.
  3. A distinguished or principal ornament. A diadem of beauty. Is. xxviii.