Webster's Dictionary 1913

3403

Dinginess

Din″gi‐ness, n. Quality of being dingy; a dusky hue.

3404

Dingle

Din″gle (?), n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. AS. ding prison; or perh. akin to dimble.] A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and embowered valley.

3405

Dingle-dangle

Din″gle–dan′gle (?), adv. In a dangling manner.

3406

Dingo

Din″go (?), n.(Zoöl.) A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color.

3407

Dingthrift

Ding″thrift′ (?), n. A spendthrift.Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be,A dingthrift and a knave? Drant.

3408

Dingy (2)

Din″gy (?), a. [Compar.Dingier (?); superl.Dingiest.] [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. Dungy.] Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. “Scraps of dingy paper.” Macaulay.

3409

Dinichthys

‖Di‐nich″thys (?), n.(Paleon.) A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in l...

3410

Dining

Din″ing (?), n. & a. from Dine, a.☞ Used either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, dining hall or dining-hall, dining room, dining table, etc.

3411

Dink

Dink (?), a. Trim; neat. Burns. — Dink″ly, adv.

3412

Dink (2)

Dink, v. t. To deck; — often with out or up.

3413

Dinmont

Din″mont (?), n.(Zoöl.) A wether sheep between one and two years old.

3414

Dinner

Din″ner (?), n. [F. dîner, fr. dîner to dine. See Dine.] 1. The principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour....

3415

Dinnerless

Din″ner‐less, a. Having no dinner. Fuller.

3416

Dinnerly

Din″ner‐ly, a. Of or pertaining to dinner.The dinnerly officer. Copley.

3417

Dinoceras

‖Di‐noc″e‐ras (?), n.(Paleon.) A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; — called also Uintatherium. See Illustration in Appendix.☞ They were herbivorous, and remark...

3418

Dinornis

‖Di‐nor″nis (?), n.(Paleon.) A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa. [Written also Deinornis.]

3419

Dinosaur

{ Di″no‐saur (?), Di′no‐sau″ri‐an (?), } n.(Paleon.) One of the Dinosauria. [Written also deinosaur, and deinosaurian.]

3420

Dinosauria

‖Di′no‐sau″ri‐a (?), n. pl.(Paleon.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters ...

3421

Dinothere

{ Di″no‐there (?), ‖Di′no‐the″ri‐um (?), } n. [NL. dinotherium, fr. Gr. δεινόσ terrible + θηρίον beast.] (Paleon.) A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of E...

3422

Dinoxide

Din‐ox″ide (?), n.(Chem.) Same as Dioxide.

3423

Dinsome

Din″some (?), a. Full of din. Burns.

3424

Dint

Dint (?), n. [OE. dint, dent, dunt, a blow, AS. dynt; akin to Icel. dyntr a dint, dynta to dint, and perh. to L. fendere (in composition). Cf. 1st Dent, Defend.] 1. A blow; a st...

3425

Dint (2)

Dint, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dinted; p. pr. & vb. n.Dinting.] To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent. Donne. Tennyson.

3426

Dinumeration

Di‐nu′mer‐a″tion (?), n. [L. dinumeratio; di- = dis- + numerare to count, fr. numerus number.] Enumeration. Bullokar.

3427

Diocesan

Di‐oc″e‐san (?; 277), a. [LL. dioecesanus: cf. F. diocésain.] Of or pertaining to a diocese; as, diocesan missions.

3428

Diocesan (2)

Di‐oc″e‐san, n. 1. A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese; as, the diocesan of New York.2. pl. The clergy or the people of a diocese. Strype.

3429

Diocese

Di″o‐cese (?), n.; pl.Dioceses (#). [OE. diocise, OF. diocise, F. diocése, L. dioecesis, fr. Gr. � housekeeping, administration, a province, a diocese, fr. � to keep house, mana...