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DITCHING, ppr. Digging ditches; also, draining by a ditch or ditches; as ditchin...
DITETRAHEDRAL, a. [dis and tetrahedral.] In crystalography, having the form of a...
DITHYRAMB, DITHYRAMBUS, n. [Gr.] In ancient poetry, a hymn in honor of Bacchus, ...
DITHYRAMBIC, n. 1. A song in honor of Bacchus, in which the wildness of intoxica...
DITHYRAMB, DITHYRAMBUS, n. [Gr.] In ancient poetry, a hymn in honor of Bacchus, ...
DITION, n. [L.] rule; power; government; dominion.
DITONE, n. [Gr., tone.] In music, an interval comprehending two tones. The propo...
DITRIHEDRIA, n. [Gr., twice three sides.] In mineralogy, a genus of spars with s...
DITTANDER, n. Pepper-wort, Lepidium, a genus of plants of many species. The comm...
DITTANY, n. [L., Gr.] The white dittany is a plant of the genus Dictamnus. Its l...
DITTIED, a. [See Ditty .] Sung; adapted to music. He, with his soft pipe, and sm...
DITTO, contracted into do, in books of accounts, is the Italian detto, from L. I...
DITTY, n. [L.] A song; a sonnet or a little poem to be sung. And to the warblign...
DIURETIC, a. [Gr., urinam reddo; urine.] Having the power to provoke urine; tend...
DIURNAL, a. [L., daily.] 1. Relating to a day; pertaining to the daytime; as diu...
DIURNALIST, n. A journalist. [Not in use.]