mnỏ, môve, nðr, not j—tube, tâb, bill ,—il ;p&and ,thin, THIS. -pỏẳnd,—thin, Little used. To DISTIL, dis-til'. v. a. To let fall in drops ;|| DISTRAUGHT, dis-tråwt'. part. a. Distraci to draw by distillation. DISTILLATION, dis-til-la'shun. s. The act of dropping, or falling in drops; the act of pouring out in drops; that which falls in drops; the act of distilling by fire; the substance drawn by the still. DISTILLATORY, dis-til'lâ-tôr-è. a. 512. Belonging to distillation. DISTILLER, dis-til'lår. s. One who practises DISTILMENT, dis-til'mênt. s. That which is Different: a. That which DISTINCTLY, dis-tingkt'-lè. ad. Not confus 8. Nice observation of the difference between things; such|| separation of things as makes them easy to be observed. TO DISTINGUISH, dis-tinggwish. v. a. 340. To denote the diversity of things; to separate || from others by some mark of honour; to divide by proper notes of diversity; to know one from another by any mark; to discern critically, to judge; to constitute difference, to specificate; to make known or eminent. To a. To DISTINGUISH, dis-ting'gwish. v. n. DISTINGUISHED, dis-ting'gwisht. 359. part. a. DISTINGUISHINGLY, dis-ting'gwish-ling-lè. ad. To DISTORT, dis-tôrt'. v. a. To writhe, to DISTORTION, dis-tôr'shûn. s. Irregular motion, by which the face is writhed, or the parts disordered. TO DISTRACT, dis-tråkt'. v. a. ・ Part. pass. DISTRESS, dis-trẻs'. s. The act of making legal seizure; a compulsion, by which a man is assured to appear in court or to pay a debt; the thing seized by law; calamity, misery, misfortune. To DISTRESS, dis-três'. v. a. To prosecute by law to a seizure; to harass, to make miserable. DISTRESSFUL, dis-très'fål. a. Full of trouble, full of misery. To DISTRIBUTE, dis-trîb'ùte. v. a. To divide DISTRIBUTIVE, dis-trib'ů-tiv. a. Assigning to To DISTRUST, dis-tråst'. v. a. To regard with DISTRUST, dis-trust'. 8. Loss of credit, loss of confidence, suspicion. DISTRUSTFUL, dis-tråst'fål. a. Apt to distrust, suspicious; diffident of himself, timorous. DISTRUSTFULLY, dis-trust'ful-lè. ad. In a distrustful manner. DISTRUSTFULNESS, dis-tråstful-nês. s. The state of being distrustful, want of confidence. DISTRUSTLESS, dis-tråst'les. s. Void of distrust. Mason. To DISTURB, dis-tårb'. v. a. To perplex, to disquiet; to put inte irregular motions; to interrupt, to hinder. DISTURBANCE, dis-tûr'bânse. s. Interruption To DISTURN, dis-tårn'. v. a. To turn off. Not To DISVALUE, díz-vâl'ů. v. a. To undervalue. Some curious inspector may, perhaps, wonder why I have given disunion, disuse, &c. the pure s and not the z, since I have laid it down as a general rule under the prepositive particle Dis, that the s immediately before the accent, when a vowel begins the next syllable, is always flat; but it must be remembered, that long u in these words is not a pure vowel, 8; not that I think the z, in this case, would be palpably wrong; for though long u may be called a semi-consonant, it is sufficiently vocal to make the s, or 2, sound, in these words, perfectly indifferent.-See Dis. To separate, to Distracted, anciently Distraught. To pull dif-||To DISUNITE, dis-ù-nite'. v. a. ferent ways at once; to separate, to divide; to perplex; to make mad. DISTRACTEDLY, dis-trâk'têd-lè. ad. Madly, frantickly. DISTRACTEDNESS, dis-trâk'tẻd-nẻs. s. The state of being distracted, madness. DISTRACTION, dis-trâk'shân. s. Confusion, state in which the attention is called different ways; perturbation of mind; frantickness, loss of the wits; tumult, difference of senti ments. To fall asunder, divide; to part friends. To DISUNITE, dis-ù-nite'. v. n. to become separate. DISUNITY, dîs-ù'nė-tè. s. A state of actual separation. DISUSAGE, dis-ù'zaje. s. 90. The gradual ces sation of use or custom. DISUSE, dis-use'. s. 437. Cessation of use, want of practice; cessation of custom. To DISUSE, dis-uze'. v. a. To cease to make To DISVOUCH, diz-võûtsh'. v. a. To destroy the 17 559.—Fåte, får, fåll, fåt ;—mè, mêt ;-pine, pîn ;— TITCH, ditsh. v. a. To make a ditch. DACHER, ditsh'ur. s. One who digs ditches. LYTHYRAMBICK, dîth-è-râm'bik. s. A song in honour of Bacchus; any poem written with wildness. DITTANY, dît'tâ-hè. s. An herb. DITTIED, dit'tid. a. 282. Sung, adapted to mu- DITTY, dit'tè. s. A poem to be sung, a song. DIVARICATION, dl-vâr-è-kå'shin. s. Partition To DIVE, dive. v. n. To sink voluntarily under water; to go deep into any question, or science. || DIVER, dvůr, s. One that sinks voluntarily under water; one that goes under water to search for any thing; he that enters deep into knowledge or study. To tend va Tending to To DIVERGE, dè-vérje'. v. n. 124. DIVERSIFICATION, dè-vêr-sè-fè-kå ́shẳn.s. The To DIVERSIFY, dè-vèr'sè-fi. v. a. To make DIVERSELY, di'verse-lè. ad. In different ways, To DIVERT, dẻ-vẻrt'. v. a. 124. To turn off from any direction or course; to draw forces to a different part; to withdraw the mind; to please, to exhilarate. DÎVER'Í'ER, dè-vêr'tår. s. Any thing that di verts or alleviates. TO DIVERTISE, dè-vêr'tîz. v. n. To sport, to amuse, to divert. disunite by discord; to dear out, to give in shares. To DIVIDE, dè-vide'. v. n. To part, to sunder. to break friendship. DIVIDEND, div'è-dềnd. s. A share, the part allotted in division; dividend is the number given to be parted or divided. DIVIDER, dè-vl'dür. s. 98. That which parts any thing into pieces; a distributer, he who deals out to each his share; a disuniter; a particular kind of compasses. DIVIDUAL, dè-vid ́ú-ål, or dé-vîd'jù-âl. a. 293, 376 Divided, shared, or participated in com. mon with others. DIVINATION, Bv-è-nà'shân. s. 530. Prediction DIVINE, dè-vine'. a. 12. Partaking of the na- . a priest, a clergyman; a man skilled in divinity, a theologian. To DIVINE, dè-vine'. v. a. know. To foretell, to fore To DIVINE, dè-vine'. v. n. DIVINELY, dé-vine'lè. ad. By the agency or DIVINER, de-vl'når. s. 98 One that professes ce divination, or the art of revealing occult things by supernatural means; conjecturer, guesser. DIVINERESS, dè-vine'rês. s. A prophetess. DIVINITY, dè-vîn'è-tè. s. 511. Participation of the nature and excellence of God, deity, god. head; the Deity, the Supreme Being; lestial being; the science of divine things, theology. DIVISIBLE, dè-vîz'è-bl. a. 124. Capable of being divided into parts, separable. DIVISIBILITY, dè-vîz-è-bîl'è-tè. s. The quality of admitting division. DIVISIBLENESS, dè-viz'è-bl-nês. s. Divisibility. DIVISION, dè-vízh'ûn. s. The act of dividing any thing into parts; the state of being divided; that by which any thing is kept apart, partition; the part which is separated from the rest by dividing; disunion, difference; parts into which a discourse is distributed; space between the notes of musick, just time: in arithmetick, the separation or parting of any number or quantity given, into any parts assigned. Dr. Johnson seems to have accented this word on the last syllable, in compliance with the verb advertise, which is exactly of the same form, and therefore he thought ought to be accented in the same manner. But by making divertise conform in accentuation to advertise, we make the general rule stoop to the exception, rather than the exception to the general rule. For in all verbs of three or more sylla-|To DIVORCE, dè-vòrse'. v. a. bles where the termination ise is only the verbal formation, and does not belong to the root, we never find the accent on it; as criticise, exercise, epitomise, &c.-See ADVERTISEMENT. DIVERTISEMENT, dè-vêr'tîz-mênt. s. Diversion, delight. DIVISOR, dè-vi'zůr. s. 166. The number given, by which the dividend is divided. DIVERTIVE, dè-vêr'tiv. a. Recreative, amusive. To DIVEST, dè-vest'. v. a. 124. To strip, to make naked. DIVESTURE, dè-vês'tshåre. s. The act of putting off. DIVIDABLE; dè-vi'dâ-bl. a. That may be sepa-|| rated. DIVIDANT, dè-vl'dânt. a. Different, separate. To DIVIDE, dè-vide'. v. a. 124. To part one DIVORCE, de-vorse'. s. 124. The legal sepa, DIVORCER, dè-vòr'sûr. s. The person or cause DIURNAL, di-ar'nâl. a. 116. Relating to the day; constituting the day; performed in a day, daily. i DIURNAL, di-år'nål. s. A journal, a day-book. To DIVULGE, de-vålje'. v. a. To publish, to mnd, move, nor, nốt ;tube, tỉb, bull ; oil ;pound ;—thin, THIS. A publisher. The act of pluck DIVULGER, dè-val'jår. s. 98. To DIZZY, dîz'zè. v. a. To whirl round, to|| to To DO, dỏỏ. v. a. 164. To practise or act any thing good or bad; to perform, to achieve ; execute, to discharge; to finish, to end; to conclude, to settle. To DO, dỗỗ. v. n. To act or behave in any man- DOCIBLE, dos'è-bl. a. 405. Tractable, docile, DOCILE, dôs'sil. a. 140. Teachable, easily in- Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Nares, Mr. Scott, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Perry, make the first syllable of this word short, and Buchanan only makes it long. See INDOCIL. DOCILITY, dò-sîl'è-tè. s. Aptness to be taught, readiness to learn. DOCK, dők. s. An herb. DOCK, dôk. s. The stump of the tail, which remains after docking. DOCK, dék. s. A place where water is let in or out at pleasure, where ships are built up, or laid down. To DOCK, dók. v. a. To cut off a tail; to cut To DOCKET, Hôk'ît. v. a. To mark by a docket. DOCKET, dôkît. s. 99. A direction tied upon goods, à summary of a larger writing. DOCTOR, dôk'tår. s. 166. One that has taken the highest degree in the faculties of divinity, law, or physick: in soine universities they have|| doctors of musick; a physician, one who undertakes the cure of diseases. To DOCTOR, dôk'tür. v. a. To physick, to cure. DOCTORAL, dôk'tó-rål. a. Relating to the degree of a doctor. DOCTORALLY, dôk'tò-râl-è. ad. In manner of a doctor. doctor. DOG-DAYS, dôg'dáže. s. Cheap as dog's. The days in which the dog-star rises and sets with the sun. DOGE, doje. s. The title of the chief magistrate of Venice and Genoa. DOGFISH, dog'fish. s. A shark. DOGFLY, dog ill. s. A voracious biting fly. DOGGED, dôg'gểd. a. 366. Sullen, sour, morose, ill-humoured, gloomy. DOGGEDLY, dôg'gêd-le. ad. Sullenly, gloomily. DOGGEDNESS, dûg'gëd-nês. S. Gloom of mind, sullenness. DOGGER, dôg'gûr. s. 98., A small ship with one DOGMATICALNESS, dog-mât'è-kål-nës. . DOCTORSHIP, dôk'tür-ship. s. dôk'tår-ship. s. The rank of||DOGMATIST, dôg'mâ-tist. S. A magisterial teacher, a bold advancer of principles. DOCTRINAL, dôk'trẻ-nål. a. Containing doc-To DOGMATIZE, dôg'må-tize. v. n. To assert trine; pertaining to the act or means of teach< ing. DOCTRINALLY, dôk'trẻ-nâl-è. ad. In the form of doctrine, positively. DOCTRINE, dök'trin. s. 140. The principles or|| positions of any sect or master; the act of teaching. DOCUMENT, dôk'ù-ment. s. Precept, instruction, direction. DODDER, död'dir. s. 98. A plant which winds itself about other plants, and draws the chief part of its nourishment from them. DODECAGON, đỏ dẻh-gôn.s. A figure of twelve sides. positively; to teach magisterially. DOGMATIZER, dog'mâ-il-zůr. s. An asserter, a magisterial teacher. DOGRÖSE, dög'roze. s. The flower of the hip. DOGSTOOTH, dogz'tooth. s. A plant. DOGWEARY, dôg-wè'rẻ. a. Tired as a dog, CHERRY. To DODGE, dôdje. v.,n. To use craft; to shift|| DOILY, doé'lẻ. s. A species of woollen stuff. place as another approaches; to play fast and||DOINGS, döô'îngz. s. Things done, events, loose, to raise expectations and disappoint transactions; feats, actions good or bad; stir, them. bustle, tumult. A DODMAN, dôd'niân. s. 88. The name of a fish. DOIT, dôlt. s. A small piece of money. 559.-Fate,får, fåll, fât;-mè, mêt,-pine, pîn ;— Ing; any thing dealt out or distributed; proprovisions or money distributed in charity; grief, sorrow, misery. To DOLE, dole. v. a. To deal, to distribute., * DOLEFUL, dòle'fül. Sorrowful, express ing grief; melancholy, afflicted, DOLEFULLY, dòle'fůl-lè. ad. In a doleful DOLESOMENESS, dole'sim-nes. s. Gloomy, melancholy. DOLL, dôl. s. A little girl's puppet. This word ought to be written with one? only for the reasons, see Principles, 406. DOLLAR, dómar. s. 419. A silver coin of various countries; in the United States it is of the value of one hundred cents, and in Great Britain, four shillings and sixpence. DOLORIFICK, dól-d-rîf'îk. a. 530. That which causes grief or pain. DOLOROUS, dôl'ò-rus. a. 503. Sorrowful, doleful, dismal; painful. DOLOUR, do'lur. s. 314. Grief, sorrow; lamentation, complaint. which we must pronounce the unaccented o in Domestick, Docility, Potential, Proceed, Monastick, Monotony, &c. we may be assured that these vowels are exactly under the same predica ment; and can never be pronounced short and shut, as if written Dommestick, Dossility, Pottentiul, &c. without hurting the ears of every good speaker, and overturning the first principles of pronunciation, 547, 548. The same observations seem to hold good of the unaccented o in every word ending in ory; as transitory, dilatory, &c. The o in rapid speaking certainly goes into short u, as if written transitury, dilatury, &c.; but in solemn pronunciation approaches to the accented open sound of o in glory, story, &c. but as the o in these terminations never admits of being pronounced quite so úpeu as when ending a syllable before the accent, I have, like Mr. Sheridan, given it the colloquial sound of short u. 512.-See COM MAND. To DOMESTICATE, dò-měs’tè-kåte. v. a. To make domestick, to withdraw from the publick. DOMICILIARY, dom-e-sil'yä-rè. a. Intruding into private houses. Mason. DOMINANT, dôm'è-nânt. a. Predominant, pre- To DOMINATE, dôm'è-nåte. v. a. To predom- 3 Mr. Nares, W. Johnston, Buchanan, Elphin- : DOLPHIN, dol'fîn. s. A fish. 8. Dominion, e pire; DOLT, dòlt. s. A heavy, stupid fellow. There is a strong propensity, particularly in the people of London, to pronounce this word so as to rhyme with room; but this is contrary || to all our Dictionaries which give the sound of the vowels, and ougl.t not to be suffered to add to the already too numerous exceptions to the general sound of o. té-kål. ? DOMESTICK, dò-mês'tik. DOMINEER, dôm-è-nèèr'. v. n. To rule witla insolence, to act without control. DOMINICAL, dò-min è-kil. a. That which notes the Lord's day, or Sunday. DOMINION, dồ-min'yan. s. 113. Sovereign authority; right of possession or use without be ing accountable; territory; region, district predominance; ascendant; an order of angels ĐÔN, dồn. The Spanish title for a gentle man. To DON, dón. v. a. To put on. Little used. uses. DONATION, dò-nå'shân. s. The act of giving I have differed from Mr. Sheridan, Mr Scott, W. Johnson, and Entick, in the quantity of the vowel in the first syllable of this word, not only as I think it contrary to the best usage, but as it is at variance with the analogy of words in this termination. Let not the long quantity of the Latino in Donatio be pleaded in favour of my opponents; for (waving the utter uncertainty of arguing from the Latin quantity to ours) this would prove that the a and e in the first syilable of Sanative and Lenitive ought to be long likewise. Dr. Kenrick, Dr. Ash, and Mr. Perry, are on my side. Dr. Johnson observes, that of English, as of ali living tongues, there is a double pronunciation, one cursory and colloquial, the other regular and solemn. He gives no instances of this double pronunciation; and it is at first a little difficult to conceive what are the words in which this observation is verified. Solemn speaking seems to have no effect upon the accented vowels; for, let us pronounce them as rapidly or as solemnly as we will, we certainly do not make any change in the quantity or quality of them. The only part of the language in which Dr. Johnson's observation seems true DONE, dan. part. pas. of the verb Do. is some of the vowels when unaccented; and of DONE, dau. interject. The word by which a these the o seems to undergo the greatest wager is concluded; when a wager is offered, change in consequence of solemnity or rapidi- he that accepts says it is Done. ty. Thus the o in ovey is, in solemn speaking, DONOR, do'nor. s. A giver, a bestower. pronounced as long and full as in the first syi-DOODLE, dôô'dl. s. 405. A trifler, an idler lable of open; but in rapid and cursory speaking, as short as the o in oven. This latter sound, however, must not be given as a model; for let the pronunciation be ever so rapid and familiar, there is a certain elegance in giving the 2, in this situation, its full, open sound, approaching to that which it has when under the accent; and though nothing but a delicacy of ear will direct us to the degree of openness with A low word To DOOM, dôôm. v. a. To condemn to any tion. --nỏ, môve, når, nôt ;-tůbe, tåb, bâll ;—ôll ;—påând ;—thin, THIS DOOMSDAY, dôômz'då. s. The day of final || DOUBLE-BITING, då bl-bl'ting. a. Biting or and universal judgment; the last, the great day; cutting on either side. the day of sentence or condemnation. DOUBLE-BUTTONED, dåb-bl-båt'tn'd. a. 170, DOOMSDAY-BOOK, döỏmz'då-bỏôk. S. A 359. Having two rows of buttons book made by order of William the Conqueror,|| in which the estates of the kingdom were registered. DOUBLE-DEALER, ab-bl-dè'lür. s. A deceitful, subtle, insidious ellow, one who says one thing and thinks another. DOOR, dore. s. 310. The gate of a house, DOUBLE-DEALING, dub-bl-dè'ling. s. Artithat which opens to yield entrance; entrance, fice, dissimulation, low or wicked cunning. portal; passage, avenue, means of approach.||To DOUBLE-DIE, dûb-bi-dl'. v. a. To die twice Out of doors; no more to be found; fairly sent away At the door of any one; imputable, chargeable upon him. Next door to; approaching to, near to. DOORCASE, dore'kåse. s. The frame in which DOORKEEPER, dòre'kèèp-år: s. Porter, one Relating to the Dorick DORMANT, dor'mânt. a. Sleeping, in a } s. A pannier, a bas bas-|| ket or bag, one of which hangs on either side DORSIFEROUS, dör-s}f'fè-rûs. over. DOUBLE-HEADED, dûb-bl-hêd'êd. a. Having DOUBLE-MINDED, dåb-bl-mind'êd. a. Deceit- DOUBLE-TONGUED, dảb-bi-tâng'd'. a. 359 Deceitful, giving contrary accounts of the same thing. To DOUBLE, dûb'bl. v. a. To enlarge any quantity by addition of the same quantity; to contain twice the quantity; to add one to another in the same order or parallel; to fold; to pass round a headland. To DOUBLE, dûb'bl. v. n. To increase to twice the quantity; to enlarge the stake to twice the sun in play; to wind in running. DOUBLE, dabbl. s. Twice the quantity or num ber; strong boer of twice the common strength a trick, a shift, an artifice. DOUBLENESS, dûb'bl-nës. s. The state of being double. DOUBLER, dub'bl-ûr. s. He that doubles any thing. DOUBLET, dâb'bi-êt. s. 99. The inner garment of a man, the waistcoat; two, a pair. ? a. Hav-DOUBLON, dål-bl-dÃa's. French. A Spanish ing the property of bearing or bringing forth on the back; usea of plants that have the seeds cn the back of their leaves, as fern. 518. DOSE, dòse. s. So much of any medicine as is taken at one time; as much of any thing as falls to a man's lot; the utmost quantity of strong liquor that a man can swallow. To DOSE, dose. v. a. To proportion a medicine properly to the patient or disease. DOSSIL, dôs'sil. s. A pledget, a nodule or lump of lint. DOST, dåst. s. The second person of Do. coin routabaing the value of two pistoles.--See ENCORE. DOUBLY, dûb'bl-è̟. ad. In twice the quantity to twice the degree. jọ DOUBT, đôät. v. a. SìJ. Tó question, to be in uncertainty; to fear; to suspect; to hesitate. To DOUBT, dôŭt. v. n. To hold questionable, to think uncertain; to fear, to suspect, io dis trust. DOUBT, dôåt. s. Uncertainty of mind, suspense, question, point innsettled; scruple, perplexity; suspicion, apprehension of ill; difficulty objected. DOUBTER, dôû'tår. s. 98. One who entertains scruples. Dubious; ambiguous; questionable, uncertain; not secure; not confident. To DOT, dot. v. a. To make dots or spots. fondness. DOUBTFULLY, dôût'fâl-é. ad. Dubiously, ir- DOUBTFULNESS, dòâť fùl-nês. §. manner, dubiously. out apprehensica of danger. Dubious To DOTE, dote. v. n. To have the intelects || impaired by age or passion; to be in love to extremity; to dote upon, to regard with excessive | DOUBTINGLY, "ddûth.g-lé. ad. In a doubting DOTER, do'tår. s. 98. One whose under-DOUBTLESS, döût'lês. a. Without fear, withstanding is impaired by years, a dotard; a maŭ fondly, weakly, and excessively in love. DOTH, dath. The third person of Do. DOTINGLY, do'ting-iè. ad. Fondly. DOTTARD, dôt'târd. s. 88. by cutting. DOTTEREL, dôt'tår-il. s. 99. bird. DOUBLE, dûb'bl. a. 314, 405. A tree kept low|| DOUBTLESS, dôôt'les. ed. Without doubt, unquestionably. DOVE, dův. s. 165. A wild pigeon; a pigeon. DOVECOг, dåv'kôt. s. A small building in which pigeons are bred and kept. The name of a DOVEHOUSE, dův'hôûse. s. A house for pi one corresponding to the other; twice as much, containing the same quantity repeated; twofold, of two kinds, two in number; having|| twice the effect or influence; deceitful, acting two parts.- See CCDLE. DOUBLE-PLEA, dåb'bl-plè. s. That in which the defendant alleges for himself two several matters, whereof either is sufficient to effect his desire in debarring the plaintiff. DÕUGHTY, don'tè. a. 313. Brave, illustrious, |