Webster's Dictionary 1913

1459

Deliriant

De‐lir″i‐ant (?), n. [See Delirium.] (Med.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).

1460

Delirifacient

De‐lir′i‐fa″cient (?), a. [Delirium + L. faciens, -entis, p. pr. of facere to make.] (Med.) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium. — n. Any substance which tends to cause d...

1461

Delirious

De‐lir″i‐ous (?), a. [From Delirium.] Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. — De‐lir″i‐ous‐ly, ad...

1462

Delirium

De‐lir″i‐um (?), n. [L., fr. delirare to rave, to wander in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing; de- + lira furrow, track; perh. akin to G. geleise track, rut, and E...

1463

Delit

De‐lit″ (?), n. Delight. Chaucer.

1464

Delitable

De‐lit″a‐ble (?), a. Delightful; delectable.

1465

Delitescence

Del′i‐tes″cence (?), n. [See Delitescent.] 1. Concealment; seclusion; retirement.The delitescence of mental activities. Sir W. Hamilton.2. (Med.) The sudden disappearance of inf...

1466

Delitescency

Del′i‐tes″cen‐cy (?), n. Concealment; seclusion.The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the p...

1467

Delitescent

Del′i‐tes″cent (?), a. [L. delitescens, -entis, p. pr. of delitescere to lie hid.] Lying hid; concealed.

1468

Delitigate

De‐lit″i‐gate (?), v. i. [L. delitigare to rail. See Litigate.] To chide; to rail heartily.

1469

Delitigation

De‐lit′i‐ga″tion (?), n. Chiding; brawl.

1470

Deliver

De‐liv″er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Delivered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Delivering.] [F. délivrer, LL. deliberare to liberate, give over, fr. L. de + liberare to set free. See Liberate....

1471

Deliver (2)

De‐liv″er, a. [OF. delivre free, unfettered. See Deliver, v. t.] Free; nimble; sprightly; active.Wonderly deliver and great of strength. Chaucer.

1472

Deliverable

De‐liv″er‐a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. Hale.

1473

Deliverance

De‐liv″er‐ance (?), n. [F. délivrance, fr. délivrer.] 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captiv...

1474

Deliverer

De‐liv″er‐er (?), n. 1. One who delivers or rescues; a preserver.2. One who relates or communicates.

1475

Deliveress

De‐liv″er‐ess (?), n. A female deliverer. Evelyn.

1476

Deliverly

De‐liv″er‐ly, adv. Actively; quickly; nimbly.Swim with your bodies,And carry it sweetly and deliverly. Beau. & Fl.

1477

Deliverness

De‐liv″er‐ness, n. Nimbleness; agility.

1478

Delivery

De‐liv″er‐y, n.; pl.Deliveries (�). 1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.2. The act of delivering...

1479

Dell

Dell (?), n. [AS. del, akin to E. dale; cf. D. delle, del, low ground. See Dale.] 1. A small, retired valley; a ravine.In dells and dales, concealed from human sight. Tickell.2....

1480

Della Crusca

‖Del″la Crus″ca (?). A shortened form of Accademia della Crusca, an academy in Florence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conserving the purity of the Italian ...

1481

Dellacruscan

Del′la‐crus″can (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence.The Dellacruscan School, a name given in satire to a class of affected English writers, most o...

1482

Deloo

‖De″loo (dā̍″lō), n.(Zoöl.) The duykerbok.

1483

Deloul

‖De‐loul″ (dā̍‐lo͞ol″), n.(Zoöl.) A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; — called also herire, and maharik.

1484

Delph

Delph (?), n. Delftware.Five nothings in five plates of delph. Swift.

1485

Delph (2)

Delph, n.(Hydraul. Engin.) The drain on the land side of a sea embankment. Knight.