Diddler
Did″dler (?), n. A cheat.Jeremy Diddler, a character in a play by James Kenney, entitled “Raising the wind.” The name is applied to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confi...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Didelphia
‖Di‐del″phi‐a (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia.
Didelphian
Di‐del″phi‐an (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or relating to the Didelphia. — n. One of the Didelphia.
Didelphic
Di‐del″phic (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.
Didelphid
Di‐del″phid (?), a.(Zoöl.) Same as Didelphic.
Didelphid (2)
Di‐del″phid, n.(Zoöl.) A marsupial animal.
Didelphous
Di‐del″phous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Didelphic.
Didelphyc
Di‐del″phyc (?), a.(Zoöl.) Same as Didelphic.
Didelphys
‖Di‐del″phys (?), n. [NL. See Didelphia.] (Zoöl.) Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are ma...
Didine
Di″dine (?), a.(Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Didus, or the dodo.
Dido
Di″do (?), n.; pl.Didos (�). A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.To cut a dido, to play a trick; to cut a caper; — perhaps so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so m...
Didonia
‖Di‐do″ni‐a (?), n.(Geom.) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area. Tait.
Didrachm
{ Di″drachm (?), Di‐drach″ma (?), } n. [Gr. �; δι- = δίσ- twice + � a drachm.] A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents.
Didst
Didst (?), the 2d pers. sing. imp. of Do.
Diducement
Di‐duce″ment (?), n. Diduction; separation into distinct parts. Bacon.
Diduction
Di‐duc″tion (?), n. [L. diductio, fr. diducere, diductum, to draw apart; di- = dis- + ducere to lead, draw.] The act of drawing apart; separation.
Didym
Di″dym (?), n.(Chem.) See Didymium.
Didymium
Di‐dym″i‐um (?), n.(Chem.) A rare metallic substance usually associated with the metal cerium; — hence its name. It was formerly supposed to be an element, but has since been fo...
Didymous
Did″y‐mous (dĭd″ĭ‐mŭs), a. [Gr. δίδυμοσ twofold, twin.] (Bot.) Growing in pairs or twins.
Didynamia
‖Did′y‐na″mi‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. δι- = δίσ- twice + � power.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.
Didynamian
‖Did′y‐na″mi‐an (?), a. Didynamous.
Didynamous
Di‐dyn″a‐mous (?), a.(Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.
Die
Die (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Died (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dying.] [OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deyja; akin to Dan. döe, Sw. dö, Goth. diwan (cf. Goth. afd�jan to har...
Die (2)
Die, n.; pl. in 1 and (usually) in 2, Dice (dīs); in 4 & 5, Dies (dīz). [OE. dee, die, F. dé, fr. L. datus given, thrown, p. p. of dare to give, throw. See Date a point of time....
Diecian
Di‐e″cian (?), a., Di‐e″cious (�), a.(Bot.) See Diœcian, and Diœcious.
Diedral
Di‐e″dral (?), a. The same as Dihedral.
Diegesis
‖Di′e‐ge″sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, fr. � to narrate; διά through + � to lead.] A narrative or history; a recital or relation.